Title: What About Us
Series: Panic #4
Author: Sidney Halston
Publisher: Loveswept
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Release Date: November 20, 2018
Publisher: Loveswept
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Release Date: November 20, 2018
Blurb
Irresistible beats and tantalizing bodies heat up
the night at South Beach’s most scandalous new club.
Alex: I hate doing business in clubs. Especially one like Duality. I’m here to seal a deal, not indulge in whatever hedonistic illusion they’re selling. Until, through all the skin and sex on display, I see her. Helen Blackwood. The girl who once filled my youthful fantasies, whose name is now synonymous with pain. Her father’s lies destroyed my family, leaving me with nothing to lose. And yet I can’t deny my electric response to her touch . . . or my urge to protect her when I see the bruise on her face.
Helen: Growing up, life prepared me for society galas and powerful men, not minimum-wage jobs or drunk exes with anger issues. But I’m a survivor. So here I am, practically naked, serving drinks at a Miami nightclub. I don’t mind the stares. Apparently, Alex Archer does. After twelve years, we aren’t exactly friends, but money is something we both understand. Something he knows I need. I’ll be his personal assistant, even if it means working with the man I hate . . . and the man I still want.
Alex: I hate doing business in clubs. Especially one like Duality. I’m here to seal a deal, not indulge in whatever hedonistic illusion they’re selling. Until, through all the skin and sex on display, I see her. Helen Blackwood. The girl who once filled my youthful fantasies, whose name is now synonymous with pain. Her father’s lies destroyed my family, leaving me with nothing to lose. And yet I can’t deny my electric response to her touch . . . or my urge to protect her when I see the bruise on her face.
Helen: Growing up, life prepared me for society galas and powerful men, not minimum-wage jobs or drunk exes with anger issues. But I’m a survivor. So here I am, practically naked, serving drinks at a Miami nightclub. I don’t mind the stares. Apparently, Alex Archer does. After twelve years, we aren’t exactly friends, but money is something we both understand. Something he knows I need. I’ll be his personal assistant, even if it means working with the man I hate . . . and the man I still want.
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My Review
I received an advanced copy of this book with the promise of an honest review.
Gah! The prologue of this book killed me! Alex and Helen are about to kiss. He's five years older than her and although their parents are best friends, kissing is the last thing they should be doing. The tension between them is crazy thick and just as it is about to happen, they get interrupted. Next thing you know, it's twelve years later and they haven't seen each other since the almost kiss and the hate they have for each is the real thing. EXCUSE ME?!?!
Alex and Helen's reunion is completely unexpected and it throws them both for a loop. Alex has no idea what Helen has been up to the last twelve years and Helen is mad that he never reached out during their separation. There is so much baggage between them and even though Alex claims he hates Helen, he can't help but want to help her. He is definitely one of those "act before you think" people and most of the time it works out for him. There were moments when I actually thought that it wouldn't when it came to Helen and that intrigued me. It took me a while to warm up to Alex, but by the end I really liked him.
Helen has been on her own for a long time and she is finally in a self sufficient place, but then her ex shows up and ruins everything. When Alex offers her a job and a salary she'd be stupid not to take, they find themselves having to face their past and make a decision on whether they can move forward.
This is a great addition to the series. We don't get too much of the Panic crew in this one, but we do get a little of them in the beginning. But I look forward to seeing who we get next!
USA Today bestselling author, Sidney Halston lives her life
with one simple rule: "Just Do It"--Nike. And that's exactly what she
did.
After working hard as an attorney, Sidney picked up a pen for the first time at thirty years old to begin her dream of writing. Having never written anything other than very exciting legal briefs, she found an outlet for her imaginative, romantic side and wrote Seeing Red. That first pen stroke sealed the deal, and she fell in love with writing. Sidney lives in South Florida with her husband and children. She loves her family above all else, and reading follows a close second. When she's not writing, you can find her reading and reading and reading. She's a reader first and a writer second. When she's not writing or reading, her life is complete and utter chaos, trying to balance family life with work and writing (and reading). But she wouldn't have it any other way.
After working hard as an attorney, Sidney picked up a pen for the first time at thirty years old to begin her dream of writing. Having never written anything other than very exciting legal briefs, she found an outlet for her imaginative, romantic side and wrote Seeing Red. That first pen stroke sealed the deal, and she fell in love with writing. Sidney lives in South Florida with her husband and children. She loves her family above all else, and reading follows a close second. When she's not writing, you can find her reading and reading and reading. She's a reader first and a writer second. When she's not writing or reading, her life is complete and utter chaos, trying to balance family life with work and writing (and reading). But she wouldn't have it any other way.
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