Disgrace, an all-new romantic and emotional standalone from Brittainy C. Cherry is available NOW!
Synopsis:
Each day I prayed for my husband to love me again.
After fifteen years together, he walked away from me, and into the arms of another.
I didn’t know how to cope. I didn’t know my worth. I didn’t know how to exist without him by my side.
All I wanted was for him to come back to me.
Then, Jackson Emery appeared.
He was supposed to be a distraction for my mind. A summer fling. A confidence boost to my bruised heart.
We were perfect for one another, because we both knew we wouldn’t last. Jackson didn’t believe in commitment, and I no longer believed in love. He was too closed-off for me, and I was too damaged for him.
Everything was fine, until one night my heart skipped a beat.
I didn’t expect him to make me laugh. To make me think. To make my sadness somewhat disappear.
When our time was up, my heart didn’t know how to walk away.
Each day I prayed for my husband to love me again, yet slowly my prayers began to shift toward the man who wasn’t right for me.
I prayed for one more smile, one more kiss, one more laugh, one more touch…
I prayed for him to be mine.
Brittainy C. Cherry has done it again. She's written my favorite book of the year. Disgrace is by far the best book I've read so far in 2018. I can't say for sure if it's my favorite B Cherry book, as she's written so many of my favorites, but it's the one that's touched me the deepest. This story was relatable to me. I have felt what Grace has felt, and reading some of her thoughts and feelings shook me to my core. I love getting all the feels when I read and this one really did a number on me in the best way possible.
Grace and Finn have been married for 15 years and together even longer. Grace thought they would be together forever. Until Finn decided he wanted something, or rather someone else. Starting over isn't something Grace ever thought she would have to do, but here she is. She's back in her home town, spending the summer with her sister and brother in law, just trying to figure her life out.
Jackson Emery is the bad boy of Grace's small town. He's a bit younger than her, and his family has been nothing but trouble. The Emery's have a bad reputation. When Grace and Jackson first interact, he is prickly. But the more Grace gets to know him and really sees him, she can tell he's really a sweet and gentle soul who has just had a rough life. These two come in to each others life at just the right time.
She was beautiful, that was a given, but she was also broken. Just like me. My broken pieces stayed shattered, and hers intermixed with them all. We were just two broken people, uninterested in being fixed.
Jackson is a funny guy. I love how he always tells it like it is. He doesn't sugar coat anything to anyone, even Grace. Grace is a character I could relate to in so many ways. I feel like I truly connected with her and her story broke me. I was beyond emotional reading this book. Grace has so much strength. I rooted for her and wanted more than anything for her to find her happiness.
Jackson and Grace were a couple that I wouldn't have put together, but they work. They are so different, but exactly what the other needs. When they say opposites attract, they really mean it. I loved watching both of them change and grow. I think they brought the best out of one another, and really, what more can you ask out of your significant other. I loved both of these characters so much. Grace's sister was amazing also. As well as Jackson's uncle. Both phenomenal secondary characters. Grace's parents I had mixed feelings about, as well as Jackson's dad. They were not bad people, just complicated.
Brittainy C Cherry is a wordsmith. Her story-telling abilities are out of this world and her writing is lyrical and stunning. Every book she's written has evoked feeling from me. Every single one. Disgrace is a story that has so much heart. It's so much more than a romance. And that's what I loved best about it. It's a story of growth, of finding yourself and loving yourself- even your broken parts. This story consumed me. It was heartbreaking, heartwarming, magical and perfect for me. I can't recommend Disgrace enough! A new top favorite of mine!
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Excerpt:
Jackson
“I’ve read about boys like you in books, ya know,” she whispered, her fingers slowly spinning spirals on my chest.
“Oh, yeah? What did those books teach you about boys like me?”
“Well…” She bit her bottom lip, and with a small inhalation, she whispered, “They taught me to stay away.”
“Then why are you so close?”
She tilted her head up, looking me straight in the eyes. “Because in those stories, the heroine never ever listens.”
“And then there’s trouble?” I asked.
“Yes, and then there’s trouble.”
From the way she said those words, I knew trouble was exactly what she was in search of. We were the classic cliché. She was the good girl next door, I the monster from around the block. We were perfect opposites for the perfect storm, and she was asking me to be her next flaw, her greatest mistake.
And, well, who was I not to live up to her request?
“I could destroy you,” I warned.
“Or save me.”
“Is it worth the risk?”
“Isn’t it always worth the risk?”
The more she touched me, the more I wanted to touch her back. I wrapped my hands around her wrists flipping us around so she was now against the wall with her hands above her head. “I have rules.” I leaned in closer, lightly brushing my lips against her neck. God, she smelled good, like peaches and my next sin. “You can’t break these rules, either.” My tongue rolled from my mouth and circled against her neck before I gently sucked her skin.
She shivered at my touch. “What are they?”
“Rule one,” I whispered, my mouth moving across her collarbone. “You never stay the night.”
“Check.”
“Rule number two,” I said, dropping her left arm to the side. Taking my hand to the bottom of her blouse, I slowly raised it up and massaged her skin. “You never develop feelings.”
“That’s easy enough,” she replied, her breaths uneven as I teased at the top button on her jeans. “I don’t believe in feelings anymore.”
I didn’t know why, but that made me sad for her. I, too, didn’t believe in falling for people, but that was my norm. Grace seemed the type to believe in something bigger than love, so the fact that her belief was completely gone was a bit surprising.
Maybe we had more in common than I thought.
“Rule number three…we don’t talk about my life.”
“Like ever?”
“Never.”
“Okay.”
“And lastly, rule number four…” My mouth brushed against hers, and I slid my tongue slowly across her bottom lip. “If your favorite pair of panties get ripped, don’t expect me to replace them.”
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