Amazon Description
One kiss could have changed Abby's life, but when it didn't happen, she ran. Jack was everything to her and when he didn't respond, Abby couldn't bear it. Everything about that night--leaning in close to his face, feeling the night breeze teasing her hair, the way his scent filled her head--was burned vividly into her mind, including the moment when Jack pulled away. There was no kiss. Abby was wrong. She was wrong about him, wrong about them.
Maybe she didn't have to go to college two thousand miles away, but she did. She had to forget about him. Abby threw herself off the grid, disappearing completely from the life she knew. After completing her undergraduate degree, she enrolled in seminary. All contact with her old life was severed and she never looked back, until she was forced to.
When Abby puts idealism into practice, her congregation throws her out. If she can survive a year on her own, they'll take her back, and continue to pay off her student loans--but if she fails, Abby is on her own with enough debt to fund a small town. Seminary wasn't cheap. With no place left to go, Abby returns to New York and her best friend takes her in.
Desperate to make it on her own and prove she was right, Abby follows a job lead to an art studio on Long Island. It isn't until she hears Jack's voice that she freezes. The hairs on the back of her neck prickle as she turns to see Jack, ten years later, looking even more tempting than before.
Fate is cruel. Abby left this life behind, but she's thrown back into it, head first. It's like someone hit rewind on her life and its ten years earlier. She's the cotton-mouthed girl that she always was around Jack, and now her future relies on the man who rejected her.
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Book Review:
I’m going to begin by saying I do LOVE A GOOD SCANDAL. Yes, I love the TV show ,but if I was looking for a book with the equivalent goose bumps /WTH moments I get on Thursday nights, I found it! Let me introduce you to Abby and Jack….She is a virgin fouled mouth preacher and he is a sexy my work is borderline considered porn artist…Yup let the SCANDAL begin!
This was my first H.M. Ward read, and I can definitely say it won’t be my last. The COVER for this book drew me in from the beginning. I'm person who doesn’t really pay attention to covers but this one stuck out to me, GEORGOUS! This is the love story Abby and Jack.
It’s been 10 years since Abby ran away from New York, after the kiss that would have changed her life DIDN’T HAPPEN. (Ok I know what you’re thinking….she fled her home because of a kiss….ya I was thinking WTH also…BUT it gets BETTER!). She didn’t just run away, she ran straight into the arms of the CHURCH! (Yup she became a SOUTHERN PREACHER!)
“I didn’t tell anyone. It was kind of embarrassing. Before I left, I nearly kissed him. WE were so close, but he didn’t kiss, me Kate. When I touched his face, he froze, like I disgusted him.”—ABBY
Oh boy this story just keeps getting better, our little foul mouth preacher has managed to get herself kicked out of the church. What’s a girl to do now you ask? Well now drowning in debt, (300,000….btw this looks like my med school loan debt…GEEZ) she finds herself back in the one place she ran away from years ago and face to face with the man she ran from. I’m sure you’re wondering what the heck she did to get kicked out of a church. Ya well, I was wondering that to for a good portion of the book…..Needless to say I kept turning the pages for my answer (NOPE SORRY NOT GIVING IT AWAY , LOL)!
Now let’s talk about Jack a little bit. Hot sexy artist who's art is considered UNIQUE (ok ok borderline porn to some....but it’s still hot). His take on art has made him a millionaire. He is loved by lots and hated by even more, especially women! Despite his success jack is still missing something/someone from his life, until he hears her voice in his studio. OH YA let the scandalous behavior begin!
As this book continues to play out we watch Abby/jack struggle with their attraction and feelings for one another. I mean kinky hot artist or not...still can be kind of unnerving being the reason a nun/preacher went against her VOWS (that’s a lot to live with)..... BUT what if the preacher/NUN wants him just as badly, forsaking VOWS and all (oh LUST!)....Ok I’m going to stop right here and talk about my favorite scene in this book. Imagination/visual required PLEASE: art studio, barley dressed Abby, a hot/sexy jack, custom made TIFFANY’s diamond jewlery, body paint and oh ya a camera (fanning self moment).
As we know in any good scandal, there is always DRAMA....With jacks career in shambles and him trying to protect Abby’s reputation by letting her go (I’m seriously screaming noooooooooooooo you idiot at this point)......We discover a KNEW ABBY here. Let me introduce I’m not taking any Sh** / not running away again, I’m fighting for my man , I just got you back after 10 years and not letting you go again ABBY. (Oh ya...fist pumps... you go girl).
I really liked this book, however I wish there was more of the pre Jack/Abby story before her exile from the church. I’ve never read a book that can make art work sound so sexy! I really loved how Abby and Jacks love was so descriptive thru his art. In the beginning of this book we see two people looking for that special something missing in their lives..... For Abby her SOUL MATE and for jack his MUSE. In the end despite the scandal/drama, the statement LOVE CAN MAKE people do crazy things rings true. Ask yourself would you give up your net worth 7.2 million dollars for a painting and would you forsake your vows for a man you think is your soul mate? I know I asked these questions and I'm still shaking my head as I write this review.
Good job Mrs. Ward. I can’t wait to read book number 2. Guys book two drops on 2/14/13.
Book Rating: B/4 Stars
Cheers,
Dr. Books
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