COVET BY ELLA JAMES
Release Date: February 25, 2019
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Cover Designer: Candi Kane
Cover Photo: Wander Aguiar
Model: Colton R.
Blurb
Homer Carnegie. Admit it—you know my name.
Your kid’s got my e-trading card. Your husband sits up straighter when I stroll onto the TV screen.
He knows I’m going to crack the bat and save the day.
Even your grandma’s jonesing for my autograph.
But women my age?
They’re the worst.
Or would that be the best?
It’s not my fault they line up at the door.
They catch my balls all right, two at a time sometimes, or even three.
Believe me, everybody wins.
At least they did—until the video.
I heard TMZ paid a million for a bird’s eye view of Homer on his A-game.
The only folks who didn’t watch with eager eyes?
Red Sox management.
They want me benched, or worse, shipped off to rehab.
It’s a long story, what happens next.
How I end up on a boat, bound for the world’s most remote island:
Tristan da Cunha. Just a speck of dust in the Atlantic.
Except my heart is there.
I don’t know that when I step onto the boat.
I don’t know a lot of things.
What I’ll covet…
What I’ll lose…
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Excerpt
“You’re a liar.” The words are like velvet, and his face is set like stone.
“No, I’m not! Now go away from me!”
I shove his chest without forethought and then recoil as fear pounds through me.
“Tell me you don’t want me. C’mon, fucking tell me, Finley. Make it easy.”
“I want you, and I hate it. I hate you!”
“Tell me you don’t want my hands on you. My mouth right there.” His finger points to my throat. I can’t swallow. His hands run down my arms, the warm palms feather-light. His face is grave as all the universe.
I can say nothing. I’ve made unforgivable mistakes, so many errors in judgment. My foot is caught in moss I’ll never break free of…and still I crave him.
“I don’t want to want you,” I say, the words barely there.
To my surprise, he laughs, his prince’s mouth twisting before he tosses me over his shoulder and makes off toward the curtain, striking it aside to stride toward the beds.
“I don’t want to either, so I guess that makes it even.”
My Thoughts <3
This book was insane! I have no idea what I thought I was going to start reading, but it was not this freaking gem that captivated me from the very beginning. That in in itself is pretty freaking hard to do because this was a fairly long book with a LOT that happens but an amazing story underneath it all!
I originally signed up to receive an ARC for this book back a few months ago, so I was not expecting it to randomly pop up. I was not expecting it, but don’t they say that great things happen when you least expect it? Yup.. exactly!
Finley and Declan’s story is INTENSE and it spans YEARS that they did not even realize. These two people are the opposite of perfect, but what exactly is perfect?
The story takes places on an island completely isolated where Finley lives and has never left. Declan and his family are familiar with the island and have a lot of memories there, so he thought this would be the perfect place to recover from his issues.
These two people are so completely complex that just when you think you have things figured out, there is a HUGE TWIST! I cannot stress to you enough how captivating and haunting this book was.
5 outta 5 stars for sure!
PS: As stated above, I received this book as an ARC in return for my honest feedback.
Author Bio
Ella James is the USA Today and Amazon Top 10 bestselling author of twenty teen and adult love stories. She’s an angst-a-holic who loves exploring difficult situations and the emotions of the people caught up in them. Also, smut. But always, always romance.
Ella is an Alabama native who makes her home near Boulder, Colorado, with her writer husband, three young children, and hyperactive dog. When she’s not writing, she can be found hiking the foothills, taking nature photos for her Instagram account, and swilling vanilla cream soda.