Smoky Darling: Book One of the Darling Series
Elouise
I fell in love with Beckett when I was 7.
I fell in love with Beckett when I was 7.
He broke my heart when I was 15.
When I was 18, I promised myself I'd forget about him.
And I did. For a dozen years.
But now he's back home. Here. In Darling Lake. And I don't know if I should give in to the temptation swirling between us or run the other way.
Beckett
She had a crush on me when she was a kid. But she was my brother's best friend's little sister. I didn't see her like that. And even if I had, she was too young. Our age difference was too great.
But now I'm back home. And she's here. And she's all the way grown up.
It wouldn't have worked back then. But I'll be damned if I won't get a taste of her now.
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Community Reviews
TWs: stalking, car accident, super light bdsm.
This wasn’t my favorite S. J. Tilly book but it was good. I think the men from the Alliance have just set the bar pretty high. It was a little insta-love and a little suspense. This book felt slightly rushed once they reconnected and I feel like there should have been more conversations and relationship building but it was still sweet. I liked knowing that Beckett never forgot about Elouise even though he was eight years older that her. It was sweet how he talked about how his feelings changed but that she was always in the back of his mind. I feel like we didn’t really hear much about what either of them did during their 12 years apart, aside from basic work details and I wish that was elaborated on a bit more. I also wanted to know more about their family members and those relationships were more glossed over than anything. It was a very sweet, not quite second chance romance, age gap romance. I hope we get to see more of them in the future.
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This wasn’t my favorite S. J. Tilly book but it was good. I think the men from the Alliance have just set the bar pretty high. It was a little insta-love and a little suspense. This book felt slightly rushed once they reconnected and I feel like there should have been more conversations and relationship building but it was still sweet. I liked knowing that Beckett never forgot about Elouise even though he was eight years older that her. It was sweet how he talked about how his feelings changed but that she was always in the back of his mind. I feel like we didn’t really hear much about what either of them did during their 12 years apart, aside from basic work details and I wish that was elaborated on a bit more. I also wanted to know more about their family members and those relationships were more glossed over than anything. It was a very sweet, not quite second chance romance, age gap romance. I hope we get to see more of them in the future.
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