The #1 Bestseller. A heartbreakingly beautiful love story.
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Warning – Contains coarse language and sexual content. This book is recommended for 18 years and over.
My name is Carter Reynolds. I was born a bastard and I’ll die a bastard. I learnt it at a young age, and nothing and nobody can change that. I’m on a one-way path of destruction, and God … nobody can change that. I’m on a one-way path of destruction, and God help anyone who gets in my way. I hate my life. Actually, I hate pretty much everything.
That’s until I meet the kid next door. Indi-freakin’-ana. My dislike for her is instant. From the moment I lay eyes on her, she ignites something within me. She makes me feel things I thought I was incapable of feeling. I don’t like it, not one bit. When she looks at me with her big, beautiful, haunting green eyes, it’s like she can see into the depths of my soul. It freaks me the hell out. She’s like sunshine and rainbows in my world of gloom and doom. I hate sunshine and rainbows.
I’m Indiana Montgomery. My friends call me Indi. Despite losing my mum at the age of six, I have a wonderful life and great friends. My dad more than makes up for the fact that I only have one parent. I’m his little girl, the centre of his world. I adore him.
When Carter Reynolds moves in next door, my life takes a turn for the worse. He’s gorgeous, sinfully hot, but that’s where my compliments end. He seems hell-bent on making my life miserable. He acts tough, but when I look into his eyes I don’t see it. I see hurt and pain. To me, he seems lost.
I should hate him for the way he treats me, but surprisingly I don’t. If anything, I feel sorry for him. I want to help him find peace. Help him find the light that I know is buried somewhere within his darkness, but he won’t have a bar of it.
He’s warned me time and time again to stay away, but I can’t. I’m drawn to him for some reason. He’s always referring to himself as a bastard. That may be true, but to me, he’s more like a beautifully misunderstood bastard. Whether he likes it or not, I refuse to give up on him.
Carter and Indiana’s story is told in dual POV, and in two parts, spanning over 8 years.
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First book read by this author and absolutely loved it.
Bastard really is not the best title for this book because it offers so much more than the past word thrown at Carter.
This is a love story which develops from a love/hate relationship that has heartache, love, hot sex and strong friendships that span over many years.
Indi is an amazing girl who is sweet, loving and incredible strong.
Carter is a sexy bad boy who is lost and anger at the world, he grows into a strong caring man.
This story is a long read but I never got bored and even wanted t to carry on, you will cry, laugh and swoon over the chapters brilliant read
My first read from this author and I really enjoyed reading this book. It was a heartfelt, loving but also an emotional story. It will make you laugh and cry. It will make you realise even more that life isn’t easy and that you should enjoy every moment you got! Definitely a story worth the read!
Carter never had an easy life and when he meets Indiana, sparks fly. He tries to deny the connection they have in every way he can but it’s not easy. Indiana lost her mother at a young age and is being raised by her dad. Despite Carter’s warning to stay cleer of him, she can’t deny the attraction to him. Slowly they grow closer but then life takes another turn…
Will they get a happy ending or will they fall apart?…
So as I am sitting here patiently waiting for Jax to come out, I realized I have not even done a review for the first book and the novella.
This was my first books by Jodi L Perry and what a way to fall in love with her writing, I am so glad I got recommend these books. What a journey the author takes you on.
I love the instant chemistry/hate between the characters with Carter and his mean facade, but we all really knew that underneath he was a good guy. Indi who was a good girl but she knew that Carter was different and she wouldn’t take any crap from him and showed him and us that she was strong and could take him.
I loved the way that Indi saw Carter. and she believed in him when no one else would.
This book has it all, it had tears, laughter and gets deep with the family aspect which is amazing and gives this book an edge.
his was an absolutely fantastic book, the novella Luckiest Bastard is amazing as well and really gives you an insight on their lives it was just such a perfect addition to the first book.
Did I mention I am super excited about Jax if you haven’t read these books do it do it cause you will want to read Jax as well :).
Not much I can say about this book other than I LOVED IT!!
It’s been sitting on my kindle for months and I finally got around to reading it and once I started, I couldn’t stop.
I’m not normally a fan of books that have the main characters at school age. I don’t know. Something about reading about sexual attraction when they’re only 17 and 18 years old kind of makes me look back at my own childhood I guess and cringe. It was nothing like it is for the book characters.
Carter gives the impression that he really is the title of this book, but he’s not. Inside, he’s just a little boy who wanted to be loved and he hides it all behind a tough, doesn’t care exterior.
Indiana is perfect for him. She is sassy and won’t take his nonsense. I loved that she began to break down the walls he’d erected to protect himself from further pain.
The book skips ahead by weeks, months and in some cases years. I loved the progress of things between Carter and Indiana. I didn’t see it coming when the book heads down a road I didn’t expect. I was anxious and nervous because I had no idea what road the author would take. This was my first J.L Perry book but it certainly won’t be my last. Thoroughly enjoyed it.