The first and maybe the most important thing I can tell you about this book is, I read it one day. Honestly, I can’t really figure out how. I mean, I have 3 kids and a job and I managed to start it on a Wednesday and I finished it at 1:30am Thursday morning. I enjoyed it that much. I absolutely could not put it down!
I’m a complete fool for Emma Chase. I’ve loved pretty much every male she’s written, with the exception of Stanton, who frankly was…well hard to love as much as the other Chase men. (I’m a tad bit of an Emma Chase apologist, okay?)
But let me tell you, there is so much to love about this book. Jake Becker is a tattooed law practicing badass. Very much a badass in the same vein as Drew Evans but he is still a very different guy. Ms. Chase’s characters do not run together for me and I truly enjoy them in their own way.
I adored Chelsea as much as Jake did. She was brave, warm and loving and sacrificed so much in order to take of her nieces and nephews without batting an eyelash. Jake is immediately physically attracted to her and pretty shortly comes to realize that there is way more to her than meets the eye.
Chelsea’s nieces and nephews are an absolute pleasure to read about. After losing their parents, they could’ve easily been written as intolerable brats, acting out to cope with death. While they did get in trouble here and there, it wasn’t terrible things they were doing..for the most part. 😉 Jake never envisioned having kids and a family but he found himself being pulled into McQuaid brood in ways he’d never expect. Like oh, I don’t know, escorting a bunch of teenageish girls to a One Direction concert and fearlessly wading into a house full of stomach virus victims, without batting an eyelash.
Jake does these things without a bunch of whiny internal monologue. He does it with a mature attitude of “Chelsea needs my help and it needs to be done”. Of course, his initial involvement revolved around getting into her pants but it evolved rather quickly into something much more meaningful. Is Jake perfect? Nah. Does he make some stupid decisions? Sure. But I just kept on reading because I was completely engaged and sucked into this story. I even CRIED. Emma Chase, you made me cry and you know why. *shakes finger*
Sustained was a great combination of a trademark Emma Chase male character narration, sexy, funny and completely heartfelt and I LOVED every minute of it.
Mandy
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Available January 19, 2016
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