Title: Come To Me Quietly (The
Closer to You Series, Book 1)
Author: A.L. Jackson
Release Date: January 7, 2014
Genre: New Adult Romance
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From the acclaimed bestselling
author of Lost to You and When We
Collide comes a new adult novel of one woman’s
obsession: a man who’s as passionate as he is elusive—and as
tempting as he is trouble…
Aleena Moore is haunted by Jared Holt.
It’s been six years since she’s seen her brother’s best friend,
the self-destructive bad boy she secretly loved in high school. As
the years pass, she knows it’s time to move on. Time to decide
between a practical nursing degree and her true dream as an artist.
Time to get over Jared and give another guy a chance…
Just when she opens her heart to her
friend Gabe, Aly returns home to find Jared sleeping on her couch.
The teenage boy she loved has grown into a man she can’t resist.
Covered in tattoos and lost in rage, he’s begging to be saved from
his demons—the memories of the day he destroyed his family. As the
two reconnect, their passion is hot enough to torch Aly’s judgment.
But can she risk her future for a man who lives on the edge of
destruction?
Review by Gia:
I liked this book. I had a tough time getting into it at first. In the beginning the story felt liked it dragged a little and I was waiting for that one thing to happen to pull me into the book. When that thing happened to pull me into the book I was glad I had contained reading.
Jared, Christopher and Aleena (Aly) all grew up together. Chris and Aly are brother and sister and live together. When Chris runs into Jared again, he invites him to live with them. We know Jared has some sort of dark past but we don't learn what it is until later in the book. At times I felt that Jared was punishing himself more than anyone else could. Aly is a great character. She seemed like the girl you always want to have as a friend because she finds the good in everyone.
Aly has always loved Jared. Jared needs a little convincing that her deserves love. You'll have to read the story to see if they finally come together. Come To Me Quietly does not end with a cliffhanger but there will be a second book that continues with Jared and Aly's story.
4 Amazeballs Stars!!!
I liked this book. I had a tough time getting into it at first. In the beginning the story felt liked it dragged a little and I was waiting for that one thing to happen to pull me into the book. When that thing happened to pull me into the book I was glad I had contained reading.
Jared, Christopher and Aleena (Aly) all grew up together. Chris and Aly are brother and sister and live together. When Chris runs into Jared again, he invites him to live with them. We know Jared has some sort of dark past but we don't learn what it is until later in the book. At times I felt that Jared was punishing himself more than anyone else could. Aly is a great character. She seemed like the girl you always want to have as a friend because she finds the good in everyone.
Aly has always loved Jared. Jared needs a little convincing that her deserves love. You'll have to read the story to see if they finally come together. Come To Me Quietly does not end with a cliffhanger but there will be a second book that continues with Jared and Aly's story.
4 Amazeballs Stars!!!
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To Me Quietly Book Trailer
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Excerpt
I
rubbed a nervous hand across my tense jaw, listening as the shower in
Aly’s bathroom sprang to life.
God,
the girl was dangerous. A minute ago she had quietly slipped across
the hall from her bedroom to the bathroom, shooting me a shy smile as
she passed. Crimson colored her face with a ridiculous blush, and
her hair was all a mess because my fingers had been tangled in it all
night. She wore the same tank and shorts that had been discarded on
her floor.
My
knee bounced because I was thinking about Aly peeling them from her
body before she climbed under the hot sheets of water in the shower.
Closing
my eyes, I fought for restraint.
It
was Saturday, which meant no work for me, and I had no idea what I
was going to do with my sorry ass all day. Aly had to work. How
pathetic was it that I didn’t want her to go?
The
shower shut off, and a few minutes later Aly emerged from the
bathroom wrapped in a towel. She rushed to her room and clicked the
door shut behind her.
I
shot off the couch and sought the isolation of the bathroom. I didn’t
think I could handle sitting by Christopher any longer, hanging onto
this secret that felt like a million tons on my shoulders. So much of
me wanted to shout it, to scream out that I had touched beauty, that
for a few minutes I had felt more than the nothingness that was my
life. Years of isolation did that to a person, and when emotions were
freed, it was hard to keep them contained.
But
instinctively I knew to keep my mouth shut.
When
I left, I wouldn’t leave Aly ashamed, couldn’t bear to shed light
on the sickness I was tainting her with. This would be our secret,
our fantasy, and for just a little while, I was giving in to it.
Steam
filled the small space, and the mirror was coated, hiding me in the
misty haze. I swept my hand across the surface and looked at my
reflection in the foggy mirror.
Hate
spun through my insides and throbbed down my limbs.
What
the hell did she see?
When
I heard her bedroom door open, I quickly opened the bathroom door,
wanting to catch a glimpse of her before she left for the day.
Feigning apathy, I slowed when I stepped out into the hall.
She
stood at the bar, gathering her things.
“Have
to work today, huh?” I asked. As if I didn’t already know.
She
dropped her face, looking all shy and innocent and perfect, and then
shoved her wallet into her purse. “Yeah. I’m just working the
short lunch shift, though, so I’ll be off a little after one.”
Gathering up the mass of dark hair from her neck, Aly twisted it into
a ponytail. “It shouldn’t be too bad,” she said.
She
glanced up at me with awareness in her eyes, as if she knew exactly
what I was thinking, that I couldn’t stand to watch her leave. She
knew I was going to be counting the hours before she returned and she
even knew how much I absolutely hated the fact that I would be. The
thing that twisted me all up was Aly looking as if she felt the same,
like she was dying to bury those fingers in my skin.
I
fisted my hand. It took everything I had not to push her up against
the wall and kiss her senseless.
Considering
Christopher was sitting on the couch playing video games, I figured
that was a really fucking bad idea. I sat back and played it cool.
“I
guess I’ll see you later,” Aly said as she heaved her
ridiculously huge purse onto her shoulder.
I
barely lifted my chin, blithe and indifferent. “Sure. . .drive
safe.”
She
turned away, stole a glance back at me, then turned to leave. “See
you after work, Christopher.”
Furiously
he thumbed at his controller. “Bye,” he said as if he couldn’t
be disturbed long enough to notice she was there.
Aly
walked away, her dark ponytail swishing along her back. She opened
the door and bright sunlight burst around her frame as she stepped
out into the day.
I
inched forward to the end of the hall. I realized I was standing
there like an idiot, watching the space she’d just taken up as she
snapped the door shut behind her.
Shit.
“You
better watch yourself, man.” The warning dripped low and slow
through Christopher’s lips, hardness coiled tightly in the words.
Taken
aback, I blinked hard and turned my attention to where he sat with
his focus trained entirely on the TV. I swallowed down the pool of
saliva that gathered at the back of my throat. “What are you
talking about?”
Incredulous
laughter seeped from Christopher, and he slowly shook his head in
disbelief. “You think I haven’t noticed the way you’ve been
looking at my little sister?” He cut his eyes to me, scrutinizing
me in clear disgust, before he tore them back to the TV. “I wasn’t
joking when I said her room was off limits. I just didn’t think I’d
have to spell it out for you.”
I
tried to rein in the panic that jack-hammered in my brain. Guilt hit
me hard, but not hard enough to keep me away from Aly. My body still
burned with the residual of her touch. Nothing would stop me from
going back for more.
Just
a little more.
I
shook my head and forced a frown that could only speak of my own
distaste. “We’re just friends, Christopher. We’ve always been.
You know that.” The words pushed out with the force of my faked
revulsion, blended with the solemn oath. “She’s like a sister to
me.” My tongue burned with the lie, and this time the guilt was
consuming.
I
was just going to stand here and lie straight faced to my best
friend?
He
will hate me before I’m gone.
A.L. Jackson Bio:
A.L.
Jackson is the New York Times bestselling author of Take
This Regret and Lost
to You, as well as
other contemporary romance titles, including Pulled,
When We Collide, and
If Forever Comes.
She
first found a love for writing during her days as a young mother and
college student. She filled the journals she carried with short
stories and poems used as an emotional outlet for the difficulties
and joys she found in day-to-day life.
Years
later, she shared a short story she’d been working on with her two
closest friends and, with their encouragement, this story became her
first full length novel. A.L. now spends her days writing in Southern
Arizona where she lives with her husband and three children.
Look
for Come to Me Softly,
book two in the Closer
To You Series, coming July 1, 2014
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