Jaylinn McCormick is determined to forget that one terrifying night which left her feeling broken and tainted. There is one person who can make her whole again… but he is hell bent on keeping her at arm’s length. She has loved him her entire life but can she wait for him to step up to the plate?
Cooper Cahill has loved Jaylinn for years. He wants nothing more than to put all her pieces back together but he deems himself unworthy. Choosing between his baseball career and Jaylinn has him feeling lost. Does he have what it takes to put Jaylinn’s heart back together again?
When their paths cross will they intersect or blindly pass each other by?
Will their lives take them in different directions?
Review:
Exhale the past
Inhale the Future
Since the beginning of Megan Smith’s Love series, Cooper and Jaylinn have been circling around each other without defining what their “relationship” is. In Let Me Love You, it seems like they’re going to prove all of their family and friends right by finally admitting their feelings to one another, but the past is still a huge obstacle because one can’t let go of the guilt despite the other’s attempt to live in the now and focus on what their lives could be like as a real couple.
It’s clear that something happened in the past that helped to bring Cooper and Jaylinn closer, but now, that same event threatens to tear them apart. They love each other, but Cooper is unwilling to give himself fully to Jaylinn because his head won’t give into his heart. From his viewpoint, there’s too much to lose by committing to something he doesn’t know if he can ultimately let happen because of the history they share.
But what happens when Jaylinn’s ready to move on and Cooper can’t let go? Does a future exist for them together or separate? Will Cooper be able to let Jaylinn love him or will she have to move on to get the kind of future she wants and deserves?
Let Me Love You is a great read that clearly illustrates what can happen when the past becomes a fixture of the present. Megan Smith does a great job of showing how Cooper and Jaylinn truly feel about each other through their dual point of views. It’s clear that the heart is not the issue – the mind is. I understand Cooper’s issues with everything that happened, but he also should see how far Jaylinn has come and what she’s offering him. Readers will definitely be frustrated by his words and actions on numerous occasions, but if we have learned anything through the other books of the series, redemption can occur regardless of how past hope a situation seems.
If Cooper has any doubts about the kind of life he can have with Jaylinn, all he needs to do is look around him and see his friends and family members starting their lives together, committed and having children. If that’s the future he wants, he needs to let Jaylinn love him.
A complimentary copy was provided in exchange for an honest review.
4 poison apples
“Yo man, have you seen Jay?” I ask Eli who came to the party with us.
He shakes his head, “Last I saw she was sitting on the couch over there with Kevin.”
My stomach drops. Kevin’s the campus drug dealer. He used to be a tight end for the football team in our freshman year at college but was kicked off the team after drugs were found in his dorm. He’s from New Jersey too, but he lived up north and actually went to high school with Eli in Hoboken. Eli said he used to be really popular until he started hanging out with the wrong crowd.
I drop my arm from around Courtney, the girl I was planning on taking home, and go to try and find Jaylinn. Fuck, I knew I shouldn’t have brought her with me but I couldn’t tell her no. All that girl has to do is bat her eye lashes and I’d cave.
I search the whole downstairs of the frat house for her and Kevin but they are nowhere to be seen. Panic starts to set in, chilling me to the bone. I race up the stairs, three on the right, three on the left and one straight back. The first door opens and some guy is standing there that I don’t recognize, pulling a shirt over his head. I check the bed to make sure Jaylinn isn’t there. I do this to the next five doors; all were opened and occupied but Jaylinn wasn’t in any of them. I get to the last door on the left; it’s dark so I reach around the wall for a light switch. I flick it on and the room is empty.
“Where the fuck is she?” I roar.
I slam the door shut and stamp to the last door. My heart rate spikes causing a swooshing sound in my ears, my body shakes with rage. I turn the door knob, it’s locked. I bang on it, “Jaylinn,” Nothing, complete silence.
Something isn’t right. My stomach knots and I try banging on the door a few times, hoping someone is just passed out and can’t hear me. After a minute I can’t take it anymore and I ram my shoulder into the door. Once, twice, and finally it gives way.
My heart stops, I can’t breathe and my vision blurs.
USA TODAY bestselling author Megan Smith is a New Jersey native managing purchasing for an award-winning business IT and software development firm – and by night creating the memorable characters her fans have grown to adore. Smith’s The Love Series introduces readers to MacKenzie Cahill – a hopeful young woman who experiences adversity, challenges and the bittersweet triumph of true, authentic love.
Smith is a wife and mother, who makes time for her family, professional life and the creation of the Cahill’s world. Fans of The Love Series – Trying Not To Love You, Easy To Love You, Hard To Love You – are captivated by relationships, special bonds and family ties pervasive in Smith’s emotional, energized and engaging work. Smith is also the author of the 2014 releases, Let Me Love You – continuations of The Love Series, Finding Us (Finding Series) and a few top secret projects.
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