Synopsis
From the USA Today Best Selling Sweet Home
Series, comes Sweet Fall; a tale of heartache, beating the odds and
finding strength in the most unlikeliest of places.
We all have
secrets.
Secrets well
buried.
Until we
find the one soul who makes the burden of such secrets just that little bit
easier to bear.
Lexington "Lexi" Hart
is a senior at the University of Alabama. Surrounded by her best friends, her
loving family and having fulfilled her life-long dream of making the Crimson
Tide cheer squad, everything is going exactly as she always dreamed it would.
But beneath her happy exterior, demons lurk, threatening to jeopardize
everything Lexi has worked to achieve.
When events in her life become
too much to cope with, Lexi finds herself spiraling down into the realm of her
biggest fear. Lexi falls hard, victim once again to the only thing that can
destroy her and, on the way, finds herself falling straight into the dangerous
tattooed arms of a guy from the wrong side of the tracks.
Austin Carillo, starting Wide
Receiver for the Alabama Crimson Tide, must get picked in this year's NFL
draft. He needs it. His brothers need it. Most importantly, his mother
desperately needs it. Brought up in a world where the poor are forgotten, the
sick are left to fend for themselves and no hero miraculously appears to pull
you out of hell, Austin had no other choice but to make a living on the wrong
side of the law—until football offered Austin the break to get his life back on
track.
But when a family tragedy drags
him back into the clutches of the gang he believed he had left far behind,
Austin finds himself falling. Falling back into criminal ways and falling deep
into a suffocating darkness. Until a troubled yet kindred spirit stumbles
across his path, where Austin quickly finds he is falling for a young woman—a
young woman who might just have the power to save him from his worst enemy:
himself.
Can two troubled souls find a lasting peace together? Or will they
finally succumb to the demons threatening to destroy them?
New Adult/Contemporary
Romance novel—contains adult content, sexual situations and mature topics.
Suited for ages 17 and up.
*CAN BE READ AS A STAND-ALONE NOVEL*
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Five
Heartbreaking & Soul-crushing Stars
“Why the
war paint, Pix?”
“Because
I can’t stand the girl underneath,” she whispered
“Why the
tattoos?” Lexi asked
“Because
I can’t bear seeing the scars of my past.”
Even before I
begin writing this review, I already know expressing my feelings in words is
going to be difficult.
This story, my
God, this story…
I’m going to be
straight up honest with you guys. This was not an easy read. This was
emotional, raw and truly heartbreaking. Yes, this is a love story, but it was
so much more than boy meets girl and fall in love. Oh no…it was so much more
than that.
“I don’t
look up at the stars to feel inferior, Austin. All I have to do is open my eyes
and look at myself in the mirror.”
Lexi is hiding
a dangerous secret behind her cheerful smile and Goth makeup. She’s fought so
hard to be where she is today - back in college, and even cheering for the
Tide. But everyday she fights to keep her secret - to keep the voice at
bay. She will never be fully cured. Her triggers are always present and
it doesn’t take much for her to fall, especially when a boy from the wrong side
of the tracks enters her life.
All
anyone ever saw when they looked at me was the white trash ex-gang member from
the Heighterfamed trailer park across town.
But not
her.
Fuck
knows why, but Pix only ever saw more.
Austin Carillo
is so close to achieving his dream of making the NFL and finally being able to
help his family get out of their tragic situation. He’s known as the star wide
receiver for the Tide with a dangerous past. So far Austin has been able to
stay clear of his drug-dealing-ex-gang past, but things are starting to spiral
out of control again. His mother is extremely sick and his brothers are
desperate to amend the situation, even to go as far as dealing in his own campus.
His decent back is jeopardizing everything he’s fought for, especially when the
one person that can bring it all down is the same person who can also be his
salvation.
I will
cherish the sweetest, most beautiful fall…With Austin Carillo, my home.
This story
opened up my mind and thoroughly shredded my heart. Austin and Lexi’s story is
one that I won’t be forgetting. This is a dual POV and being inside their
respective heads was certainly painful at times. The constant struggles to just
keep their head above water, and their need to fight their demons was tough to
intake. As I said before, this was not an easy read. This had a darker vibe
than the first two books but that’s only because Austin and Lexi are a bit
darker than the other characters in the series. With that said, this can
actually be read as a standalone, though there are spoilers from the first two
books.
Thank you, Tillie, for sharing this story. The topics addressed
are rooted deep and the strength it took to write it shines through the pages.
Bravo!
About Tillie
Tillie Cole is a Northern girl through and through. She
originates from a place called Teesside on that little but awesomely sunny
(okay I exaggerate) Isle called Great Britain. She was brought up surrounded by
her English rose mother -- a farmer's daughter, her crazy Scottish father, a
savagely sarcastic sister and a multitude of rescue animals and horses.
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