“If you’re a fan of Kristen Ashley, then you will love this book.” -Aestas Book Blog on Four Letter Word He didn’t want to be bad. He just didn’t have a choice… Shayla Perkins isn’t the kind of girl who makes the same mistake twice, especially when it comes to Sean “Stitch” Molina. So when he gives her the world’s biggest rejection, that’s it–she’s done. Until the sexy, silent, unavailable … it–she’s done. Until the sexy, silent, unavailable Sean makes Shay a very personal offer. Of course, it still doesn’t mean he’s interested in her. Or does it?
Sean has done things in life. Bad things. And he’s paid the price. All he wants now is to make up for his past by doing good in the present. And no one deserves more good than Shay. Beautiful on the inside and out, Shay is the kind of woman who should be cared for and protected–especially from a man like Sean. He’s tried to keep his feelings for her in check, but a single, reckless impulse pulls them closer than ever before.
Soon the two are sharing their biggest dreams and satisfying their deepest desires. But what will happen if the only way to truly give each other what they want most…is to let each other go?
“The perfect mix of funny, hot and heartwarming. I enjoyed it immensely ” –Mia Sheridan, New York Times bestselling author, on Four Letter Word
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Where to start with this fabulous book?! I’m sure like myself everyone has been curious about Sean since the beginning of the series. I was so excited I was picked to review I squealed. So on to my thoughts….I absolutely loved this story. It broke me apart on more then one occasion, but I would put right back together whole in one piece with plenty of happy tears to cover the sad. This is not your normal love story! There was a longing from one and a friendship from the other. Finally, the longing won out and a friendship from both sides was started and once that ball got to rounding there was no stopping it! Sean is so terribly broken, he doesn’t think he will ever be put back together, but it is amazing what a sassy, stubborn Shayla can do for a person’s soul! This book left me speechless for days! I didn’t think it could get any better than the last book, and boy was I wrong!
Bad for You is the third book in the Dirty Deeds series by J. Daniels and in my opinion, the best book she has ever written! We’ve all been patiently waiting for this book and boy, does it deliver!
Sean (Stitch as he’s referred to) is a motorcycle riding, ex-convict who covered in tattoos, and has made plenty of wrong choices in his life. He has been the cook at Whitecaps for over a year trying to make something of his life. Stitch has always been a taken with Shayla, who is a waitress at the restaurant. However, he knows that once she gets to know the “real” him, she will walk away.
Shayla is a waitress and is also trying to get her hairstyling business of the ground. She is a hard working woman who loves her family and her friends and will do whatever necessary to make her dreams a reality. Shayla is interested in the quiet cook who has shown interest in her in the past, but has now gone radio silent. Struggling to deal with her younger brothers while her parents are away, Shayla is in desperate need of help and Stitch decides against his better judgement to jump in to help.
What happens during the course of this story is pure magic. The co-workers have an interesting dynamic. Shayla tells Stitch every single thing that’s going on while Stitch says nothing…he just soaks it all in. Their relationship was a slow build, from co-workers to friends to even more and the journey that these two characters take is unforgettable. There is no one more deserving of a HEA than Stitch and Shayla.
Bad for You will put you through the wringer. I laughed, I sobbed, I got so angry that I had to stop and collect myself. Stitch and Shayla’s story was absolutely flawless. I always try to savor any book that J. Daniels writes, but I end up finishing them in one sitting because I am just completely enthralled in the story. Bad for You is no different.
I will also tell you this, Bad for You resonated with me like no other. It tells the story of how words can hurt and how words can heal. I know someone just like Stitch and I have tried to give him all my words, to heal him. This book gives me hope that eventually, he will hear what I’m really saying.
4.25 stars–BAD FOR YOU is the third instalment in J. Daniels’ contemporary, adult DIRTY DEEDS erotic, romance series focusing on twenty-three year old diner waitress and hair stylist Shayla Perkins, and twenty-seven diner cook and single father Sean Molina. BAD FOR YOU can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty. Any important information from the previous story lines is revealed where necessary.
NOTE: BAD FOR YOU contains scenes and references to violence and child sexual abuse and may not be suitable for all readers.
Told from dual first person points of view (Shayla and Sean) BAD FOR YOU follows the building romance and relationship between diner waitress and upstart hairstylist Shayla Perkins, and diner cook Sean Molina. With the death of her beloved grandmother, Shayla Perkins is about to discover that being a parent to her two younger siblings is a lot tougher than she could ever have imagined when her parents must leave to settle her grandmother’s estate. Struggling with her brothers’ fluctuating schedules including after school sporting events, tutoring lessons and speech therapy Shayla will finally break down only to come face to face with the man who has starred in all of her fantasies for close to a year. Enter co-worker and diner cook Sean Molina, a dark, brooding, tattooed and quiet young man who hides years of painful abuse and loss behind a mask of cool indifference and heart breaking pain. What ensues is the friends to lovers relationship between Sean and Shayla, and the potential fall out when Shayla steps aside, sacrificing her own happiness to allow Sean’s past a second chance.
Sean Molina’s back story is painful and heart breaking; a life full of abuse and neglect that will eventually spiral out of control leaving our hero broken, scarred and permanently lost. Shayla Perkins is the epitome of perfection as it pertains to her handling and defense of our story line hero-a hug here, a caress there for a man not use to affection or love slowly begins to break down the barriers and walls necessary to survive.
The relationship between Shayla and Sean struggles in the early stages as Sean is unable to let go; unable to accept Shayla’s overtures of friendship as he continues to suffer with memories of betrayal, abuse and loss. Shayla’s continuous need to protect Sean is of-times over the top but one born of sympathy and love. The $ex scenes are intimate and passionate.
The reading is introduced to Shayla’s brothers Eli and Dom; as well as Sean’s ex Val, and his two daughters Fiona and Caroline: and Whitecaps Cafe new cook J.R. The return of Tori and Jamie (Hit The Stop #2), Sydney and Brian (Four Letter Word #1), as well as diner owner and manager Nate adds familiarity and cohesion between the story line.
BAD FOR YOU is an emotional and heart breaking story where the reader is pulled into the past as one young boy struggles to survive against a world determined to destroy and break; and a present that refuses to give up the ghosts and memories. The premise is moving and visceral; the characters are broken, tragic and colorful; the romance is touching and passionate.