Jasmine Taveras is the reason Sarge Purcell grabbed his six-string and bailed the hell out of New Jersey four years ago. She’s the fuel for every song he’s ever written-each one laced with bitter, hard-edged, hungry lust. Now, with his hugely successful band on temporary hiatus, Sarge is determined to prove to Jasmine that this “kid” turned into every inch the man she’s always needed…Men are … needed…
Men are slim pickings for a single factory girl in Hook, New Jersey…until tall, broad-shouldered hotness walks-or rather storms-into Jasmine’s life. Sarge’s return shouldn’t affect her this way. He’s her best friend’s much younger kid brother, and the kind of rough, gritty, sexiness Jasmine has no right to taste for herself. Even if he lets her.
But lust is a blinding, insatiable force. And when it crashes, it will take both Sarge and Jasmine down with it…
Each book in the Made in Jersey series is a standalone, full-length story that can be enjoyed out of order.
Series Order:
Book #1 Crashed Out
Book #2 Thrown Down
Book #3 Worked Up
Book #4 Wound Tight
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Steamy read. Wonderful characters.
This is the book that made me fall head over heels in love with Tessa Bailey’s writing. Her character dialogue is never the cheesy, corny words that you read in every romance novel in existence. Crashed Out nails the reader with just the right amount of sinfully hot sexual tension and swoon-worthy sweetness between the hero and heroine. The angst is off the charts. Sarge Purcell has easily become one of my top ten favorite book boyfriends of all time. *hand fanning myself*
Rating: 3 – 3.5 stars
Tessa Bailey doesn’t just light up the pages with heated attraction between this no longer can control/deny himself young rockstar and the older woman who has always fueled his fantasies. She sets them on fire, folks, with lots and lots of naughty talking, very explicit, might make you blush, smex scenes. I really can’t stress that enough, because the steam factor often took over. Though Jasmine at first came across like a deer in the headlights by Sarge’s unexpected sexy moves on her, it didn’t take long for her to start singing the same song as him. Yeah, she got with the program pretty quickly but relationship uncertainty reared its ugly head leading to knuckleheaded thinking and angst which had to be overcome.
If you enjoy a V-E-R-Y steamy read, chances are this book may be right up your alley. I kind of wish it had been reigned in some and more time spent on character development. At least what the heart wants won out over the head worrying what others might think.
Title: Crashed Out, Series: Made in Jersey (Book 1), Author: Tessa Bailey, Pages: 175, stand-alone but part of a series, lots and lots of graphic smex scenes, younger, dirty smex talking rockstar hero, 7 year older heroine, ARC received almost two years after publication. Rating: 3.5 stars
(I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced reader copy of this book via NetGalley. All thoughts and opinions are my own. I was not given any payment or compensation for this review, nor is there any affiliation or relationship between this reviewer and the author/publisher/NetGalley.)
I love the twist in this that it is a best girlfriend’s younger brother. Jasmine being seven years older never really saw the boy she babysat as being anything other than her best friend’s little brother but oh, how things have changed. Jasmine never made it out of her hometown after being rejected in the music business so now she works alongside her friend in a factory. Sarge did make it out in a big way he pursued his dream of music and succeeded in a big way. He was lead singer/guitarist in a rock band who happened to be on break before their next big step up in the rock world. Sarge headed home to see his three year old niece he never saw and to finally go after Jasmine and show her that he wasn’t that little brother anymore.
I liked the chemistry between Sarge and Jasmine and Sarge finally bringing it to Jasmine’s attention that many of the songs that were hits were about her. She was the women of his dreams and always had been. Now was his chance to show her that he had “grown” in so many ways.
It’s been forever since I’ve read a Tessa Bailey book. I have some more in my never ending tbr pile that I really need to get to. Let’s just say no surface was safe when Sarge and Jasmine were going at it. Those two were having fun all over the place, multiple times. I’m shocked that the poor girl can even walk. There is some story going on in between all the dirty fun and it was pretty good. I liked that Jasmine was 7 years older than Sarge, I didn’t find it creepy or anything. Overall it was a pretty decent read.
Jasmine works in a factory, in a small town. Her big dream was to sing and leave the town behind. But her dreams never came true so she’s still living there. Sarge is a big rock star who Jasmine used to babysit. She’s seven years older but that doesn’t matter to Sarge. Sarge comes back to town after four years away. He stops to see his sister bit she’s having problems of her own and sends Sarge to Jasmine, her best friend. Sarge has been in love with Jasmine since he first met her. She encouraged him to leave and make something of himself. Now he’ll do anything to keep her if he can get her over her insecurities. You can never go wrong with Ms. Bailey’s books. If your looking for hot, sweaty sex, then you’ll definitely enjoy this. Crush turn to lovers. Older woman and a younger man.