“Make me, Channing. Make me fall. Push me, shove me, just make sure I get there.” I shout at him, taking a step back. His eyes clash with mine. I read the challenge there, making me take another step back. He stalks the few steps to me and grabs my arms slamming his forehead down on mine, “I’ll make you.” His lips skim against mine as he continues to speak, “And I’ll be falling right there with you.”
Paisley Vaughn grew up on the wrong side of the tracks. After finding her mother dead from an overdose, Paisley and her baby sister are shipped off to live with her maternal grandparents.
She always knew they were rich, she just didn’t realize how rich they were. Now she’s being forced to go to a prestigious high school. One where the tuition is more money then she’s ever seen.
Thinking these rich kids are going to be snobbish and rude, she’s surprised to find the Vaughn name means she is untouchable. Well unless your name is Channing Southerland.
Paisley has to navigate her new life and all the new people in it. While her mother might have lied about her grandparents, no one is lying about Channing. He’s beautiful, mean, arrogant, and turning her on.
Before long a war is fought, leaving Paisley wondering if she’ll be ruined or made. Though she might just fall irrevocably in love.
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“Do you really want me to fall for you?” I whisper.
He gets up from the ground and runs his fingers through his hair. He seems frustrated but I don’t know why. “That’s what I want,” he whispers also. Looking back at me. I can’t see his eyes from here but I know what they look like. Full of fear and uncertainly. “I’m scared though. I’ve never been in a serious relationship. And I really don’t want to fuck this up.”
I’m scared too. Sometimes he consumes my thoughts and that was before I knew how he felt. I couldn’t imagine what it would be like to be with him and I screw up. But I know that I want to fall for him. I know deep in my soul that I will never have a love in my life like I would with Channing.
And that’s the scariest thought I’ve ever had.
“I don’t know if that’s what I want,” I tell him looking away.
He runs his fingers through his hair yet again. “Paisley, don’t fuck with my head. I’ve had enough of that in my life. I can’t do crazy bitches anymore.”
I flinch with the comparison to his mother. To my mother. “I’m not fucking with your head. Maybe we shouldn’t do this.”
I can see he’s pissed now. He’s unable to see my fear that I’m trying to push him away, like he was trying to push me away. “Stop. The. Fucking. Head. Games!” he yells, taking a deep breath after each word.
“I’m not!” I yell back. Who knows what the truth is anymore. I’ve been screwed by a lot of people, but I’m still here. I wouldn’t survive being fucked over by Channing. I wouldn’t survive him breaking my heart.
“Dammit Paisley! Open your fucking eyes! This is fucking real. You and me, that’s real. What we feel isn’t a fling. I’ve never felt this way about anyone in my life. Don’t take it from me,” his voice is pleading.
My body breaks out in a cold sweat and I wipe my palms on my leggings. My limbs shake and I don’t know if I’m mad or just plain fucked up. Maybe it’s me with the commitment issues. No, I know it is me. So I do something for myself, I let go of that fear. Though it comes out more like anger.
“Make me, Channing. Make me fall. Push me, shove me, just make sure I get there,” I shout at him, taking a step back. His eyes clash with me. I read the challenge there, making me take another step back.
He stalks the few steps to me and grabs my arms slamming his forehead down on mine. “I’ll make you.” His lips skim against mine as he continues to speak. “And I’ll be falling right there with you.”
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I live in southern Arkansas with my husband and young daughter. There is also an insane Boston Terrier running around. I've always been a lone wolf and find my friends in books. I started writing at a young age and I haven't stopped since. Most days you can find me either glued to my laptop or my kindle. My first novel, This Beautiful Thing was an Amazon best seller for 11 weeks and a year later I'm still tickled to see people enjoy it. I may not be a huge seller but I have the best fans ever and I thank God everyday for every single one of them.
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This was the first book I have read by Amanda and now I am on the search for more! Amanda wrote the POV of Paisley in a way that I felt she was sitting right in front of me speaking directly to me. I have never felt what way before and it was very refreshing and different than the way books usually make me feel. I have always judged a good book by it being written to where I would see it play out like a movie. But this book drew me in so differently, like I was there.
Now that I have said how the book made me feel, maybe it is time I tell you a little bit about the story and the characters!
Paisley is a 17 year old girl growing up in a trailer park, with a drug addicted Mother, her good for nothing boyfriend and a 2 year old little sister. Paisley has pretty much raised herself and is now raising her little sister. He Mother is always so high on heroine that she doesn’t even think about her girls. Paisley is just starting her senior year of high school and planning on how she will get a job and take her little sister BeeBee and give her a better life. Paisley’s Mother never even buys food for the girls, the only time there is food in the house is when Paisley gets a hold of her Mother’s money before she spends it on drugs. There is a lady that lives next door to them that takes care of BeeBee while Paisley is in school. Paisley also has a best friend Carly that lives in the trailer park. She spends a lot of time at her house and pitches in with Carly’s Dad and has dinner with them every night. Paisley has been told by her Mother that she comes from money, but she has never met her family. Her Mother say’s they do not care about them, and that is fine with her.
The story starts off with a regular daily morning routine, Paisley wakes up gets her little sister ready feed her some cereal and takes her to Ms. Summers for the day. She then heads over to Carly’s and they go onto school.
It is two weeks into the school year and all she wants is to finish high school and start a new life, just her and BeeBee. Carly gives her a ride to and from school every day. On this particular day when they stop in front of her house she has a horrible feeling and asks Carly to come in with her. When they enter the house the first thing she sees is her Mother laying on the couch. She has her arm tied off with a rubber tube and a needle and spoon on the floor next to her… she is dead. Paisley just stares at her she knew this would happen one day. Now her mind is wondering off…. All she thinks is that she has to drop out of school, get a job and take care of BeeBee. She does not want to drop out of school but thinks she can always go back and get her GED. She comes back to reality when the paramedics arrive and try to resuscitate her Mother. Carly is so afraid of being separated from her little sister, when an older woman walks up to her and she asks her if she is from child services. And before the woman can speak she is begging and pleading with her to not put them in foster care. That is when she explains that she is her maternal Grandmother. And that the girls will be coming to live with her. Paisley protests this decision stating she can take care of herself and her little sister.
Paisley’s life is now forever changed……
I do not want to give away the rest of the story, I hope what I have told you will make you want to get the book and see how Paisleys life changes and all that she learns about her parents and how she came to be where she is today.
I highly recommend this book is it a very well written story that you can’t help but fall in love with the characters. And just to let you know…. There is a second book to this story! I can hardly wait for it release! I myself love to read books that are in a series, you get to know more of what happens to those that you have come to know.
Reviewed by Char