Author: Remy Marie
Genre: NA Romance, College Sports Romance, Interracial Romance
Release Date: September 4, 2021
Jasmine Phillips has always had her sights set high, and it seems like she has everything figured out. She has the grades, the looks, the money—and let’s not forget her perfect boyfriend. To anyone on the outside looking in, she has the perfect life. Little do they know, it’s not what it seems. Despite her stellar grades and top percentile MCAT score, her parents still aren’t happy. Jasmine’s surgeon parents want her to follow in their footsteps while she wants to pursue a career in pediatrics. However, this turns out to be the least of her worries. Her perfect, med student boyfriend is determined to ruin her future along with his own. When he lays his hands on her for the first time, Jasmine’s life is thrown into turmoil and Brock Givens seems to be the only one able to keep her life from spinning out of control.Brock Givens might seem like an average dumb jock at a glance but to people who know him, he’s much more that. While a football star, he’s also smarter than most give him credit for and has a passion for more than just football, but that doesn’t mean he’s without issues of his own. Brock’s troubled past and childhood trauma are impacting his football career and threatening his future. Jasmine tries to be there for Brock as a friend but they seem to be getting closer and closer each day while denying there is anything more than friendship until their mutual need for comfort and support brings them closer than they anticipate.
Content Warning, contains scenes of domestic abuse, sexual assault, and racism.
Review:
Holy goodness, this was one of those can't put down until the every last work books. Jasmine was very naïve and sweet and even though I wanted to choke her I wanted to hug her. She was young and in love. As book smart as she was I just couldn't believe how dense she was with love, but I guess when you are inside the box it is just so hard to see what everyone is telling you. Brock is on the football team and is in tutoring. He is quiet, shy, and has been through so much. Their friendship was so sweet and I watched them fall in love and not even know it. They were just having fun, a type of fun they weren't used to: fun without permission or rules. Their individual stories are heartbreaking, their story together will make you feel all gooey inside, and soon you will get to see if they can make it work. I wanted to hug them both. I loved how this story was written, raw and emotional. There are things that happen in this world that shouldn't and you can't control it. But you can control how you react to it and how you learn from it. You can achieve everything you want no matter what someone may tell you. This story shows us how if you keep those around you that really love you, you can accomplish anything. Brock and Jasmine's small circle of friends along rally around them and they thrive. This was such a good story and I am thankful to have been introduced to this author.
Remy Marie is an interracial romance author who loves to write about charming heroes and brave heroines. While writing never came naturally for Remy, he continued to strengthen his craft, by constantly reading and writing. If he is not writing or reading, he is usually watching TV with his supportive wife, aggressively cheering for his college and professional sports teams, playing video games, or crunching numbers at his daytime job.
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