He wanted her to help him win his ex-girlfriend back. She wanted to teach him a few lessons on how to treat a woman. Neither one planned for the unexpected.
She’s gone. I’m desperate and going insane. I’ll do whatever it takes to find her. I don’t know when I fell for her, but I won’t let her go. What has she done to me? I’m Rick Marin, for crying out loud. I don’t chase women…but she’s not just any woman. She’s Maddy—my Maddy—and I need her.
I couldn’t stand by and watch. I have to run fast and far to get away and forget him. He weaseled his way into my life, making me question rules I live by, and he turned my orderly life upside down. I’m falling apart and coming undone. I don’t do that. I will not allow a man to derail me. I’m Madison Stuart. I live life by my rules.
Follow The Do Over’s most notorious couple, Rick and Madison, as they learn that It’s Not Over.
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You know an author knows how to write when she takes a character who most readers hated in The Do Over and makes him the hero in Book 2, It’s Not Over, and it not only works, but in a kind of warped way, Rick even outshines Liam. I know…I know…can I really be saying this? How can I take an asshole douchebag over a hot firefighter with a heart of gold? There’s just something about an alpha male who knows he’s an ass and owns it. Rick never makes excuses for his actions…he is who he is and if people don’t like him so be it. Yea, he messed up with Dani…he almost colossally fucked up four lives in his quest to win Dani back, but he finally figured out where he needed to be and took the steps to be there. The path was filled with a whole lot of bullshit and douchery, but for the first time in his life, he finally ran after a woman…the one he knew fit him completely – Madison.
I didn’t know what to think about Madison for much of Book 1. She pretty much had Rick figured out from day one. She called him on his shit and schooled him in all of his assholery. I always wondered what was in it for her…why did she take Rick on as her project…what did she gain from it? I knew there was more to Madison’s story, and when readers get it in It’s Not Over, it definitely clears up some of the confusion. Madison has been burned by love before, which is why she keeps everyone at a distance. She uses men to meet her needs and then discards them…no one gets close…she’s in control at all times, and if someone tries to break through the titanium, they’re going to have to work like hell to do so. But Rick does, or at least it seems like he does, but even as her wall goes down, she tries to push him away because she’s still keeping secrets…secrets that could change Rick’s mind about the woman he loves.
Rick and Madison’s relationship is an atypical one. They are two passionate people who know how to get under each other’s skin…in fact, they are so far embedded that they both could symbolize the tick that Madison talks about. They challenge each other…they demand more from each other than they have ever given to anyone else. Usually opposites attract, but Rick and Madison are so much like one another that they work because they’re each other’s other half. Now if all of the bullshit that surrounds their lives would leave them alone perhaps they could get on with their lives together, but readers know it’s never that easy.
The title of the book, It’s Not Over, definitely has multiple meanings for the two main characters. While it definitely relates to Rick and Maddy’s relationship; its significance seems to apply more so to Madison’s past with her family, her ex-boyfriend, her friend with benefits, and her role in the family’s business. It will be interesting to see how all of these issues play out in Book 3, Let It Go.
If you like books told in dual points of view by a bitchy, tell it like it is heroine and a cocky asshat who swears like a sailor and owns who he is then you definitely need to pick up this book. It’s a sexy and witty read that breaks away from how your normal romance novel plays out. There’s nothing typical about this text and that’s why I loved it!
4.5 poison apples
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A.L. Zaun graduated from Florida International University with a degree in English Literature when the dinosaurs roamed the earth and cellphones were the size of a brick. Her impressive degree did absolutely nothing for her professional endeavors in health care management but did stir her imagination and opened up the world of books in a new way.
Armed with a large bottle of Diet Pepsi and a multi-pack of Extra Sugar-Free gum, A.L. Zaun spends her evenings bringing to life the characters that dominate her thoughts and interrupt her sleep.
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I never would of thought to look at Rick as an Alpha male.