Title: Enjoy Your Stay (Sugartown #2)
Author: Carmen Jenner
Publisher: Independent
Genre: Contemporary New Adult
Cover Designer: Frankie Rose
Publication Date: March 3, 2014
Goodreads URL: HERE
Plot: The last thing Holly Harris expected was
to wind up nineteen, knocked-up, and all alone. When Coop left to pursue his
dreams of becoming a rock god, he left a tiny piece of him behind.
Holly wishes he hadn’t.
Jackson wishes he hadn’t.
Jackson Rowe tried filling the void his family left by drinking,
screwing around, and leaving a string of heartbroken women in his wake. Moving
back to Sugartown should have been easy, but he hadn’t counted on the fact his
sometimes attraction to Holly would still be alive and kicking—and he sure as
hell hadn’t counted on her being pregnant with another man’s baby.
They drive one another crazy, and yet they can’t stay away.
When old flames resurface, and even older wounds are torn open,
can two people so similar make it work? Or will their stubbornness only drive
them further apart?
*Content Warning. Intended for a mature 18+ audience. Contains
angst, a crap-tonne of profanity, short-tempered Australian wildlife, and some
very pregnant sex.
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Excerpt: (Warning! Sexually Explicit Content!)
Holly
I
glance over at Jackson. He’s munching out on Smith’s chips and singing along to
some crappy music on the radio, and he’s completely oblivious to the fact that
he’s so drop-freaking-dead gorgeous when he’s letting go. Not that he’s ever
really been uptight about anything; more that when he’s not “on”, when he’s not
trying to get into someone’s pants, or lead them to make stupid decisions
because he’s so very clever with his hands and mouth, he’s just kind of …
perfect.
Then,
of course, he goes and opens his fat mouth.
“You
lovin’ on old Jack there, sweetheart?” he asks, glancing back and forth between
me and the road.
I
smile snidely. “No, you just have chips on your face.”
He
runs his hand across his mouth and over the stubble on his chin, brushing away
crumbs that aren’t there. I love it when he forgets to shave, and the biting
sensation of his facial hair against my soft lips as he’s going down on me. I
could come just thinking about it. I squeeze my legs together until the seam of
my shorts grazes my clit. Then I close my eyes and slowly shift my legs this
way and that, enough to feel the heat in my belly unfurling.
“Holy
shit, Hols, you okay?”
My
eyes snap open, my heart races and heat floods my cheeks. I glare at him.
“Yeah, just tired is all.”
“Nice
try, sweetheart. I know your tired face and that’s not it. That’s your ‘I need
to be fucked’ face. You want me to pull the car over?”
“No!”
I say, a little too quickly, “Just keep driving.”
“All
right, but I gotta warn you, darlin’, you keep writhing that way, and I’m gonna
need to pull the car over and knock one out myself.” He shrugs. “Or fuck you
senseless.”
MY REVIEW:
Gosh,
Where to begin…where to begin..
Enjoy Your Stay takes place right after where Welcome to Sugartown ends: with Ana and Elijah together as a steady couple.♡♥
Only now, instead of focusing on "Eliana", it's now time for Holly and Jackson to be hit by the love bug as well! There’s just one catch: Holly is pregnant with another man’s child!
So Holly:
Feisty, foul mouthed and hot-tempered, red-head. Sarcastic and no holds barred when it comes to her opinion, Holly is deserted by her rock star boyfriend and suffers the backlash of her family after finding out that their teenage daughter is knocked up by some lowlife.
Feisty, foul mouthed and hot-tempered, red-head. Sarcastic and no holds barred when it comes to her opinion, Holly is deserted by her rock star boyfriend and suffers the backlash of her family after finding out that their teenage daughter is knocked up by some lowlife.
She then resolves to the sole comfort of her other family, or real family since they’ve always been there for her thick and thin: Ana (and Elijah), Ana’s dad Bob, Sammy….and Jackson.
So now Jackson:
Jackson is still reeling after the death of his mother. A womanizing playboy by trade, he tries to feel his void by getting off in drinking, sex, and some ‘friendly’ banter with old flame, Holly.
Jackson is still reeling after the death of his mother. A womanizing playboy by trade, he tries to feel his void by getting off in drinking, sex, and some ‘friendly’ banter with old flame, Holly.
You see, Holly and Jackson have some history together. After all, it was Jackson who had popped her cherry in the first place. But years later and a little bundle in the oven, things are now different…or are they?
With attraction so combustible as Holly and Jackson’s will they ever surrender to the brewing chemistry and lust that has never been distinguished between the two? Or will their budding love burn down in flames? One thing is for certain: with love on the line, all bets are off and all’s fair and in love and war.
And...
So, my verdict: Oh yes, I DEFINITELY ENJOYED MY STAY!!♡♥
While this book did have some typical NA elements in it and kind of drove me nuts with the crazy hot and cold interactions between Holly and Jackson, I have to admit that I still liked it.
Between bringing up old flames, some over exaggerated drama, and angst, I’d say this has has NA written all over it!
Then throw in: Holly’s crass attitude and “I want you but I don’t want you” b*tch façade, some up and down hormonal shifts. As well as, Jackson’s sexy dirty talk antics, sexual prowess in the bedroom, and bull headedness when coping with things and you got yourself a story!
I now can’t wait for even more from this author as well as the next two installments, Greetings from Sugartown (Sugartown, #2.5) and Now Leaving Sugartown (Sugartown, #3), both coming soon! So excited!
My Rating:-Overall : 8.5-9
-Plot : 8.5
-Writing : 8.5
-Characters : 8.5-9
-Cover : 8-8.5
Buy the Book!:
Welcome To Sugartown (Sugartown #1)
Enjoy Your Stay (Sugartown #2)
Enjoy Your Stay (Sugartown #2)
About the Author:
She's also a compulsive, flagrant prevaricator who gets to make things up for a living.
While Sugartown may not technically exist, Carmen grew up in a small Australian town just like it, and just like her characters, she always longed for something more. They didn't have an Elijah Cade, though. If they did, you can be sure she would have never left.
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