I offered signed “extra special” editions of the Even if it Hurts discreet cover with raised glossy title font, and I’ve always planned to make those for the rest of the series, too, I was just waiting for Contempt and Surrender to release so I could do those and Undertow at the same time. Like many of SM's books, this is mostly told in the h's POV, but the few/key chapters in the H's POV make a difference. Although the rest of the swim team is there as well, no one else tries to help- because Queen B Anae😒 doesn't want anyone to help her. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. In her inner monologue Aubrey worries that Dare could be into Hannah’s in innocence and want to corrupt her, which could lead to her losing him.

Let's be honest, most of this author's aren't, but this one in particular goes a step further than the others she's written. At school, I could make sure we weren’t in the same classes and turn the other way if I saw him in the halls, but avoiding him gets a lot harder when I’m living in his seaside mansion. I don’t understand the connection they have and why Hanna would go through all that to be her friend when they’re not actually friends it’s just weird they spent no time getting to know.

I thought about it when I should've been concentrating on other things *cough* like my family and work *cough*.

Aubrey, once she honed in on Dare’s lack of a social compass, had to make a decision on if her love for him was worth her own moral weight. He was fierce protector, jealous possessive psycho, cunning manipulator, brutal avenger, relentless bulldozer…. Autumn finds herself stranded on the side of the road in a city she’s never been to with a car full of presents for a family that isn’t hers. Except, you'll never have this particular guy shouting in front of your door for you to let him in the house.She makes this book so much more palatable because she's genuinely in Aubrey's corner, even though she has her own demons to deal with (considering Anae's her stepsister😒). Did these cruel words need to be said just because Dare slashed Aubrey's tires with a knife and framed his future ex-girlfriend by leaving her manicured fingernail (the one he had broken so casually not a day before😍) by Aubrey's car only to barge in and save the day later? How does Sam Mariano always make me fall so madly in love with psychotic, toxic, manipulative book boyfriends? I will announce release dates once I have them, and both books will be released pretty close together so you’ll have no lack of Sam Mariano words coming!

Yes, the heroines are with difficult men that they have to trust and maybe they don’t get a lot choices in that, but they also get what they need from the relationship. But we didn’t get enough time where we knew for sure that Dare really loved Aubrey, and Aubrey was with him because she loves him and not JUST because she’s terrified of him. Pretending to date the youngest Granville has me spending a lot of time with the Granville men, and while he loves having me around again, seeing me with his son is not something Mr.She sees the good in him, the sweet and swoony in the way he so ardently pursues and woos her, but she also recognizes all the bad. I feel if this happens it's similar to her other content and I actually like Dare in the sense that he is a true villain. I’m not sure what it is lately about reading villainous characters and placing them in romantic stories, but I LOVE IT! And it works because even if he is certifiable and psycho and she is his willing lamb, they trust one another.