Welcome to Sugartown (Sugartown, #1) by Carmen Jenner
››› Get audio book. ‹‹‹ Original Title: Welcome to Sugartown (Sugartown, #1) ISBN: 1492186775 ISBN13: 9781492186779 Autor: Carmen Jenner (Goodreads Author) Rating: 4.7 of 5 stars (649) counts Original Format: Paperback, 255 pages Download Format: PDF, RTF, ePub, CHM, MP3. Published: November 1st 2013 / by Createspace Language: English Genre(s): New Adult- 205 users Romance- 159 users Contemporary- 90 users Romance >Contemporary Romance- 68 users
Description: Ana Belle never wanted anything more than to hang up her apron, jump on her Vespa and ride off into the sunset, leaving Sugartown in the dust. Elijah Cade never wanted anything more than a hot meal, a side of hot arse and a soft place to lay his head at night where he could forget about his past. But you know what they say about wanting: you always want what you can’t have. Nineteen year-old virgin Ana is about to discover that’s not quite true because a six foot three, hotter than hell, tattooed, Aussie sex god just rode into town. He’s had a taste of her pie and he wants more– no really, Ana bakes pies for a living, get your mind out of the gutter. She’d be willing to hand over everything tied up in a big red bow, there’s just one problem; Elijah has secrets dirtier than last week’s underwear. Secrets that won't just break Ana’s heart, but put her life at risk, too. When those secrets come to light, their relationship is pushed to breaking point. Add to that a psychotic nympho best friend, an overbearing father, a cuter than humanly possible kid brother, a wanton womanizing cousin, the ex from hell, and more pies than you could poke a ... err ... stick ... at. And you thought small towns were boring. Welcome to Sugartown. Content Warning: Intended for a mature 18+ audience. Contains explicit sex, oodles of profanity and a crap-tonne of AWKWARD.
About Author:
Carmen Jenner is a thirty-something, USA Today and international bestselling author. Her dark romance, KICK (Savage Saints MC #1), won Best Dark Romance Read in the Reader’s Choice Awards at RWDU, 2015. A tattoo enthusiast, hardcore makeup addict and zombie fangirl, Carmen lives on the sunny North Coast of New South Wales, Australia, where she spends her time indoors wrangling her two wildling children, a dog named Pikelet, and her very own man-child. A romantic at heart, Carmen strives to give her characters the HEA they deserve, but not before ruining their lives completely first … because what’s a happily ever after without a little torture? Stay up to date with Carmen at: Please note I don't respond to messages on this site. Instead you can contact me via email at:
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Rewiews:
Nov 06, 2013 Christy Rated it: really liked it Shelves: pierced-and-tatted-guys, messed-up-reads, abuse, angst 4-4.5 Crazy Stars!!!
I’m not sure what I was expecting when I picked up Welcome to Sugartown, but damn... what a ride! Ana Belle is a nineteen year old small town girl. She has lived in Sugartown her whole life, and spends her days running her families pie shop. Although Ana has quite the reputation, she’s quite innocent. Her days are monotonous working, spending time with her best friend Holly and her little brother Sam. That is, until Elijah Cade rides into town...
Elijah Cade comes to Sugartow 4-4.5 Crazy Stars!!!
I’m not sure what I was expecting when I picked up Welcome to Sugartown, but damn... what a ride! Ana Belle is a nineteen year old small town girl. She has lived in Sugartown her whole life, and spends her days running her families pie shop. Although Ana has quite the reputation, she’s quite innocent. Her days are monotonous working, spending time with her best friend Holly and her little brother Sam. That is, until Elijah Cade rides into town... Elijah Cade comes to Sugartown for a job. A job as a mechanic at Ana’s fathers shop. He’s got quite the past, but he’s trying to change. All he wants to do is work, ride his bike, and stay out of trouble. Then he meets Ana.
“You came strutting in here all cocky, with your dimples and your tattoos and your big brown eyes and expected us to swoon.” “Baby girl, if that’s all it take to make you swoon then you just wait ‘til you see what I do with my hands.” Ana and Elijah have that spark, that connection right away. She’s got it bad for this sexy tattooed biker, and he can’t get enough of Ana... or her pies.
Ana and Elijah’s relationship is complicated. At first it’s because of Ana’s hilarious father, who is also Elijah’s boss.
“Yes, Elijah, why not come and eat my food, drink my beer and manhandle my daughter some more?” Then it’s because of what Elijah finds out about Ana.
" I want it. More than you know, but you can't just hand it to me on a silver platter. You should make me work for it, make me earn it." Then it’s Elijah’s past that he can’t escape no matter how hard he tries.
I know next to nothing about Elijah’s past. It drives me crazy, knowing that in a small way I have him, and yet the secrets he keeps ensure I’ll never really have him at all.
When I first started this book I thought, oh fun! This is a fun read, yay! And it was a fun read. It was light, sweet, funny. Then, shit got real. I wasn’t expecting the angst, the drama, the intensity. But it happened. I mean, out of nowhere BAM! And once the drama started, it just kept on coming!
Elijah. Elijah deep down is a really good guy. There was only one time in this book he really pissed me off (view spoiler)[The bar bathroom scene with Nicole. REALLY?!?!?!?! I know he didn’t cheat on Ana, but it still broke my heart and I wasn’t happy with him (hide spoiler)]. Elijah is hot. Funny. Charismatic. He has a past that keeps coming back to haunt him. I loved how he was with Ana. Patient, sweet and protective. Elijah isn’t perfect, but he owns up to his mistakes. "I fucked up, baby girl," I whisper. She nods and more tears roll down her face. I smooth them from her skin with my thumbs. "Tell me how to fix it." Ana gently shakes her head. "I don't think you can." "Yes I can. I can fix this," I say resolutely. "I'll put us back together with my bare hands, just don't walk away. No more secrets, no more mistakes." Like I said before, Ana and Elijah’s relationship is not easy. It’s rocky and tumultuous. But no matter what obstacles they go through, Elijah won’t give up on them.
Ana. I was charmed by Ana in the beginning of the book. I really enjoyed her character. Then she started to frustrate me. I got where she was coming from, I did. But I think she was much too hard on Elijah. No matter how good he was to her, what he did to prove himself and apologize for his mistakes, she had trouble forgiving. Knowing all Elijah has been through, all he lost and how much he cares for her, I thought she would be more understanding. Then again, I can’t be too hard on her. She went through a lot from the time she met him until the end of the book. “It’s the truth. I love him so much it’s crushing me, but I don’t know if I can forgive him all the same.”
Welcome to Sugarland takes a big turn from light, sweet, and funny to dark, angsty and gritty after the halfway mark or so. I was shocked. This was one of those books you couldn’t put down. Even if I wanted to stop reading, I had to find out what happened next. This book is like taking a ridesometimes it’s smooth and fun, other times its rough and rocky. I loved the build up, the sexual tension between Elijah and Ana. I loved the humor, Ana’s interactions with her father, brother and best friend. And I pretty much just loved Elijah to bits. If you are looking for a book to put you through the ringer, make you laugh, cry, swoon, bite your
nails and drive you crazy- you’ve found the right book! A really great debut novel!
“Well guess what, baby girl, life is all about hurt. From the day we’re born to the day we die, we fucking hurt and we cry and we pick ourselves up and, if we’re really lucky, we have people to help us pick up the fucking pieces.”
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