Release Date: April 30
Unbeknownst to her, Isla Flores returned to town with more than just her suitcases in hand. She dragged a shitload of baggage from the past into my present.
Her reappearance spurs my father’s twisted mind into overdrive. He devises a plan for me to marry the woman I love to hate. I want to tell him to go to hell, but he knows my secrets. Our secrets.
The Classholes.
We never speak of what happened on our prom night, but Isla Flores’ arrival threatens to bring that night to the surface and reopen the cold case file.
Doing my father’s bidding will not only make me more like him, it will destroy Isla in the process.
Sometimes you have to be cruel to be kind.
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3.75 Stars
A debut novel and the beginning of a growing series. Ms. Rose has done a good job of introducing the key characters, the "Classholes". These overprivileged guys have been friends since high school and have a bond that nobody, not even their father's can break apart. The secrets and lies that have been dormant since high school threaten to come to the surface. Will the be able to keep those secrets buried in the past where they belong?
Isla is reluctantly returning to her home town after a long time after running to school after being publicly humiliated. Her father is sick and she needs to be near him. While home she decides to take a job as Campaign Secretary for the mayor candidate, Ford who was her neighbour growing up. The only one of the Classholes who treated her normal. Now a confident woman who is studying for the bar exam, this last hurdle of confronting her past as she moves forward.
Garrin has turned into a cold unattached man. Working for his father as Stone Energy and doing everything he can to avoid his father. He is loving and caring to his little sister, who he has felt the need to look after since loosing their mother to cancer all those years ago. Seeing Isla has returned, he finds himself going through a range of emotions he has tried very hard to lock down. She was the one girl that caught his eye before everything went down and he was hurt.
When Garrin's father Mr. Stone sees an opportunity and brings out the big guns. Garrin will have to decide between right and wrong, between the girl and his pact with his friends.
Ms. Rose did a good job with the story line, keeping you interested in the book with the twists and turns that the secrets of the past hold over everyone. Watching these men open up a little about the past with still many questions unanswered. Though the chemistry between the main characters was strong, the characters were likeable, I did struggle a bit with connection while reading. I look forward to seeing what comes next for the Classholes and watching Ms. Rose's writing style grow in each book.
*** Advanced copy provided in exchange for an honest review. ***
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