Release Blitz + Review + Excerpt | Bad Intentions (Bad Love #2) by Charleigh Rose --> 5 Stars
TITLE: Bad Habit
SERIES: Bad Love #2 - Standalone
AUTHOR: Charleigh Rose
GENRE: New Adult / Contemporary Romance
RELEASE DATE: April 30th, 2018
LO
Moving to River’s Edge was supposed to be a fresh start.
Away from chaos.
Away from bad influences and worse relationships.
All I wanted was to give my little brother more of a chance than I ever had.
It should’ve been simple.
I didn’t count on my transgressions following me.
And I definitely didn’t count on meeting Dare.
Tall, tortured, and tattooed.
A Lost Boy through and through.
Falling for someone like him was asking for heartache.
But I was a sucker for punishment.
DARE
I had a routine.
Eat, work, sleep, repeat, only ever doing the bare minimum to keep up appearances.
I kept my circle small and my guard high.
I spent years making sure I didn’t repeat the mistakes of my past, forming an impenetrable layer of ice around my heart.
Then Logan showed up in my town, in my tattoo shop, testing my patience along with my self-control.
She was fire and I was ice.
I should’ve stayed away.
But I had been cold for far too long.
⭐️ 5 "Lonely Hearts" Stars ⭐️
OMG! Bad Intentions was such a remarkable read! I loved it so much! I’m still full of feels after this angsty, heart pounding, stunning steamy hot story! Charleigh Rose, once again created very fascinating main characters and an addicting storyline that kept me completely immersed in my read!
“This girl. She’s beautiful and feral and confusing and messy.
And that’s exactly why I need to stay away.”
The relationship between Dare and Logan is so beautiful. Dare hasn’t been showed a lot of love in his life, growing up in the foster care system. He’s a loner, only having a small circle of trusted friends, but he can’t resist Lo from their first meeting. While he acts harshly at first trying to push her away, there’s just something vulnerable about her that speaks to him.
I loved this lost and damaged hero so much! Such a hard and stoic exterior, but such a beautiful broken soul. Seeing him slowly open his heart to Logan was mesmerizing. He’s such a good guy and every action shows the depth of his feelings. Protective, possessive, adorably sweet and with a dirty mouth, this guy is the whole package!
“Dare. That’s not a name. That’s a warning.
And I’ve been with enough bad boys to heed the warning. I think.”
While I loved Dare, I also adored fierce, strong, determined and resilient Logan. She has learned at a young age to take care of herself and her younger brother Jesse. She carries the role of big sister as well as mother for him! I really enjoyed the special relationship these siblings share! Escaping a bad situation in her hometown brings her in River’s Edge for a fresh start. She tries to forged a new future, but she has to deal with harassment from her past.
The chemistry between Dare and Lo is truly so HOT! They bring intense moments of sexiness, but this powerful physical attraction isn’t everything. They gradually develop feelings for each other when they uncover secrets of their past. With a similar past, they can relate to what the other lives, making their bond so much more powerful!
“This girl is a part of me. The one part of me I love.”
Bad Intentions was another phenomenal read by Charleigh Rose that I read in one sitting. I literally couldn’t put it down. The chemistry between the main characters, but also the easy and funny dialogue with the secondary characters mixed with a little suspense made this book amazing.
** ARC received in exchange for an honest review **
“What are you doing, Lo?” Dare asks.
“I thought this couldn’t happen again, but here you are, naked, fucking taunting me. And here I am, about to break your little rule again.”
“I don’t know,” I admit.
“I just know that I want you to touch me.”
“I have a theory,” Dare says, rubbing a thumb over my bottom lip.
“What’s that?” I ask, pushing on his chest, making him walk backwards. Once he gets to my bed, I press down on his shoulders until he’s sitting, then straddle his lap.
“I think I just need to get you out of my system.” His voice is ragged as his eyes move all over my body and his hands come to rest on my waist.
“You think so?” I ask, tugging the bottom of his shirt up, exposing the colorfully inked skin underneath. He lifts his arms, letting me pull it off him.
“Mhm.” His warm hands smooth up my ribs to the sides of my breasts.
“The only way to get rid of this itch…” He trails off, rolling my nipples between his fingers, “is to scratch it.”
“Makes sense,” I breathe, rocking against the hardness I feel under his jeans.
“So, what you’re saying is—”
“We fuck. Just this once. Then we go back to being… friends.”
“Just friends.”
“Just friends,” he agrees, fumbling with the button of his jeans.
THE BAD LOVE SERIES
Book #1
Bad Habit
CHARLEIGH ROSE
