RUSH TOO FAR by Abbi Glines ~ Release Day Blitz, Review, & Excerpt

Posted May 6, 2014 by Karen in Book Release, Book Reviews / 0 Comments

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Rush Too Far by Abbi Glines

New Adult Romance

  5 Deliciously Sexy & Addictive Stars

Reviewed by Yesi

SYNOPSIS

Everyone in Rosemary Beach thinks they know how Rush Finlay and Blaire Wynn fell in love. But Rush is back to tell his side of the story…

Rush has earned every bit of his bad-boy reputation. The three-story beach house, luxury car, and line of girls begging for time between his sheets are the envy of every guy in Rosemary Beach, and Rush handles it all with the laid-back cool of a rock star’s son. All he needs are his best friend, Grant, and his sister, Nan.

Until Blaire Wynn drives into town in her beat-up pickup truck with a pistol under her seat. The Alabama farm girl instantly captures Rush’s attention once he discovers that the angelic beauty is his new stepsister, but he vows to keep his distance. Even if she needs his help. Even if he craves her.

Because Rush knows why Blaire is all alone in the world, forced to ask for help from the father who abandoned her three years ago. And he knows if he gets too close it will destroy Nan, who has a secret connection to Blaire.

He has every reason in the world to stay away from her. Find out why he doesn’t.

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REVIEW

I’ve said this before and I will say it again…if there is one place in the world I want to be it is on Rosemary Beach! From the very first book, Fallen Too Far, this series became an instant favorite. We have come a long way from that very first book, two more books in the Too Far series followed, and two spin-offs were born as well. One thing that that has remained a constant is my love for Rush Finlay. His character was that of a deliciously sexy bad boy turned sweet and loving throughout the series. In Fallen Too Far we see Rush and Blaire’s story unfold; it was angsty and heartbreaking, but beautiful and sexy as well. When a story captures my heart, like this one did, I want to know all sides, and Rush Too Far gives us that and so much more. It is not just a re-telling, it is the story of Rush Finlay and how his life is transformed when a certain gun-toting, Southern beauty steps into his life.

“Blaire’s natural beauty was startling. I would have to remind myself that she was nothing but trouble. That and keep my fucking distance. “

If you are choosing to read Rush Too Far that means that you have more than likely read Fallen Too Far, so there will be spoilers, lots of them, and they are oh so very good in Rush’s POV. Since this is his side of the story, the book picks up right from the moment Blaire shows up in Rosemary Beach. We get to finally know all that Rush was feeling when they first meet. Was the attraction instant? Why did he choose to help her? Why put her under the stairs?  The pantry, every time I thought about it before it was sort of amusing that Rush could be such a jerk, now though? I see he entire situation in a whole new way.

“You’re gonna keep her under the stairs like Harry fucking Potter?” Grant asked as he plopped down onto the sofa across from me.

“She’s safer under the stairs.” I replied, cutting my eyes in his direction “Far away from me.”

Oh Rush, from the very beginning he knew he was in trouble. I won’t go into all of the details of this book, you’ve read Fallen Too Far, you know how the story goes, but I will tell you how much I loved the way Rush’s story unfolds. All of those questions we had are addressed, answered, and oh my God do they cause all sorts of emotions. Rush’s voice is heartfelt, it is addictive, it is sexy, it is frustrating, and it is absolute perfection. His relationship with Grant, Nan, Woods, his dad, his mom, Blaire’s dad, and his other friends all make us see things in a new light. His jerk move in bringing girls back to his house knowing he may get caught by Blaire is forgiven. Finally, seeing his building attraction to Blaire, his struggle with staying away, falling in love, and giving in, is just magnificent. He made me fall in love with HIM all over again if not more so this time around.

She had shown up and stolen a piece of my heart without opening her mouth. Then, she’d consumed me.

Rush Too Far is a must read for all fans of the Rosemary Beach Series. This is where it all began and the second time around, in the voice of the sexiest man around, is so much better. It makes the story feel new, fresh, and it is once again all consuming. Abbi Glines has given her readers what they asked for but she went beyond what we could have ever hoped for. Read it, devour it, live it, and LOVE it!!! #RushCrush #NanHater #RosemaryBeachSeries

“Blaire Wynn had changed me. She had shown me that I could love with an all-comsuming love and get nothing in return. I would never love again. She was the one.”

EXCERPT

They say that children have the purest hearts. That children don’t truly hate because they don’t fully understand the emotion. They forgive and forget easily.

They say a lot of bullshit like that because it helps them sleep at night. Such sayings make for good, heart-warming clichés to hang on the walls, to bring out a smile in people passing by.

I know differently. Children love like no other. They have the capacity to love more fiercely than anyone else. That much is true. That much I know. Because I lived it. By the age of ten I knew hate and I knew love. Both all-consuming. Both life-altering. And both completely blinding.

Looking back now I wish someone had been there to see how my mother had sown the seed of hate inside of me. Inside of my sister. If someone had been there to save us from the lies and bitterness she allowed to fester within us, then maybe things would have been different. For everyone involved.

I never would have acted so foolishly. It wouldn’t have been my fault that a girl was left alone to take care of her ailing mother. It wouldn’t have been my fault that the same girl stood at her mother’s graveside, believing that the last person on earth who loved her was dead. It wouldn’t have been my fault that a man destroyed himself after his life became a broken, hollow shell.

But no one saved me.

No one saved us.

We believed the lies. We held onto our hate, and I alone destroyed an innocent girl’s life.

They say you reap what you sow. That’s bullshit, too. Because I should be burning in hell for my sins. I shouldn’t be allowed to wake up every morning with this beautiful woman in my arms, who loves me unconditionally. I shouldn’t get to hold my son and know such a pure joy.

But I do.

Because, eventually, someone did save me. I didn’t deserve it. Hell, more than anyone it was my sister who needed saving. She hadn’t acted on her hate. She hadn’t manipulated the lives of our family members, not caring about the outcome. But her bitterness still controlled her while I had been delivered. By a girl…

No, she wasn’t just a girl. She was an angel. My angel. A beautiful, strong, fierce, loyal angel who had entered my life in a pick-up truck, carrying a gun.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

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Abbi Glines is the New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal bestselling author of the Rosemary Beach, Sea Breeze, Vincent Boys, and Existence series. A devoted booklover, Abbi lives with her family in Alabama. She maintains a Twitter addiction at @AbbiGlines and can also be found at facebook.com/AbbiGlinesAuthor and AbbiGlines.com.

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