Breath by Abbi Glines (Book 1 sea breeze series)

When Sadie took over her mother’s job over the summer she never expected it would be like this. 17 and about to embark about her not so exciting summer Sadie White had to continue to be the adult in the family. See Sadie's mother had her at a young age for a married man and it has always been just the 2 of them, their 2 was about to become 3 as Jessica White was now again pregnant. As long as Sadie could remember she has always been the adult in the relationship between her and Jessica, her mother had decided that she was "too pregnant" to work and asked that Sadie take over her job cleaning.... What Sadie didn't know was that the home she was cleaning was that of teen heart throb/rock star Jax Stone.

Sadie was always the adult, cooking & cleaning at home, bringing in the money so she never really had the experience of falling all over herself over Jax Stone; and she wouldn't start now, but while cleaning his room, she finds his old baseball pictures, his guitar collection and she can’t help but wonder about the man under the rock star.  Jax was quite surprised when he saw that Ms. Mary had hired a young teenage girl, as this was his normal relaxation time away from his screaming fans, he needed this vacation, this time away…. He was always suck in Jax the rock star mode and could never be his real self. Everybody had expectations of him including his mother.

What he found in the impressionable young girl now working for him this summer was that his wealth, he fame, and his fortune didn't faze her.  He knew he should stay away, their worlds were very different but he was so drawn to her, he didn't know what it was about this girl. He tried to stay away, but Marcus another one of our model employees always helped her do stuff and always made her smile and he wanted to be the one making her smile and look at him with those eyes…. No longer able to stand back and watch, he took action….. What he never expected was that he would feel this way.

Sadie knew from the first time she saw him that she would love this man, even if he never returned that love…. But she also knew that Marcus had a thing for her…. But what should she do? Risk everything to see where love with take her? Or be safe and continue to take care of her mother and soon to be sibling? Could she handle the backlash if she attempted to pursue Jax and everything came crashing down?? Or should she just play it safe?

Guess you’ll have to read to find out …. I very much enjoyed Breath; it was a breath of fresh air.

Quote

"You got a boy right there who looks like he would drink your bathwater if you asked him"

" And yes if you want me to i'll drink your bathwater"

Broken Beauty by Chloe Adams (Book 1 Broken Beauty Novella)

Broken was a reality check on how people who have been through a tragedy cope, it was about a scared little girl who wanted to be loved not only by her father but by her mother, a little girl who acted out to get her parents attention, who never thought that they were people out there who cared about others and not just themselves.

The story starts out with Mia being found in a garden beaten and raped..... Trying to remember what happened to her she panicked and passed out, but she was blessed with 2 guardian angels... Dom & Keisha, the two police officers who found her in the garden and did everything they could to make sure she survived.... What they didn't know was that her father Mr. Abbott-Renou was a political figure and wanted to use the tragedy as a prop to aide his campaign.

Lying in a hospital feeling like she wanted to die after the ordeal, Mia was given the option to take the morning after pill (something that was totally against what her father believed in) she declined the option.... So afraid that her attackers might return she req Dom to stay with her, she felt so safe, so protected, until her fathers people showed up.... back to her old routine, a father who didn't care if she lived or died but would do everything in his power to weave this incident for the good of his campaign, a spokes woman for abuse, standing up to her attackers, but in reality not really standing up to her attackers.... See Mia knew who attacked her, but who she thought it might be, his family was a very big supporter of her father.... speaking the truth would only loose him  his biggest supporter..... even if it would hurt his daughter, her father pushed what she had to say aside..... But then Mia finds out her father doesn't always speak the truth, her life in shambles and on the verge of something she will never be able to live down.... you'll have to read to find out what the big surprise is.

Broken Beauty is part of a 6 book novella.... i quiet liked it and can't wait to hear more.