“I would love you forever if I only had the chance…”Kacey Dawson has always lived life on the edge–impulsively, sometimes recklessly. And now, as lead guitarist for a hot up-and-coming band, she is poised at the brink of fame and fortune. But she is torn between wanting to be a serious musician, and the demons that lure her down the glittering, but alcohol-soaked path of rock stardom. A … stardom. A wrecked concert in Las Vegas threatens to ruin her career entirely. She wakes up with the hangover from hell and no memory of the night before, or how she ended up on her limo driver’s couch…
Jonah Fletcher is running out of time. He knows his situation is hopeless, and he’s vowed to make the most of the handful of months he has left to him. His plans include seeing the opening of his glass installation at a prestigious art gallery…they do not include falling in love with a wild, tempestuous rock musician who wound up passed out on his couch.
Jonah sees that Kacey is on a path to self-destruction. He lets her crash with him for a few days to dry out and get her head on straight. But neither of them expected the deep connection they felt, or how that connection could grow so fast from friendship into something more. Something deep and pure and life-changing…something as fragile as glass, that they both know will shatter in the end no matter how hard they try to hold on to it.
Full Tilt is a story about what it means to love with your whole heart, to sacrifice, to experience terrible grief and soaring joy. To live life with all its beauty, and all its pain, and in the end to be able to smile through tears and know you wouldn’t have changed a thing.
Full Tilt, a contemporary romance, is Book I in the Full Tilt Duet. Book II, All Inis now available.
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As someone whose characters are also artists, I really enjoyed finding this story! It’s equal parts tragic and romantic, with likeable characters. It was a nice read.
OMG I fell so in love with this book. A rockstar and a limo driver…so different. Although once you know what is going to happen you painstakingly wait for it to happen which I think is exactly how it is when given the situation. The writing and story were fabulous.
I knew going in that Emma Scott’s Full Tilt was going to be a moving, heart-wrenching story. I expected to feel and to cry; I thought I was ready. Even so, I was not prepared for the depth of emotion I experienced. I know now, that being prepared was never even a remote possibility.
This book has completely wrecked me and I don’t think I’ll ever be the same. It has left an indelible mark on my heart. This is the type of story that must be experienced. I don’t want to spoil it, so I’m keeping this review rather vague by withholding synopsis and plot detail.
The characters, Kasey and Jonah, are loveable, well-developed and complex. Their unconventional romance is told in alternating POV. The writing is impeccable. The story is compelling, poetic, thought-provoking, painful, achingly beautiful, and entirely inspiring.
I don’t think I’ve ever cried so much while reading a book. That being said, this book is not a downer. Although parts were painful, the story is actually quite uplifting. It’s about finding true love, even in the midst of tragedy. It’s about friendship, hope, and savoring every moment with those you love.
“We might not have months or years, but we have moments. Thousands upon thousands of them. Let’s take each moment, seize it and wring it dry.”
“I’d never experienced anything like this in my life. He was a universe. My love for him was just as boundless.”
“You are a universe, Kacey. I kept waiting to find the end of your love and beauty, the end of your generous heart. I never did. I never will.”
“That’s my legacy: I loved you and was loved by you.”
This is my first Emma Scott book, and I am completely blown away! It’s absolute perfection. My heart is full.
2 years to its original release date, I found the most poignant story I’ve read this year. This story will stay in my heart and soul for a very long time to come.
There was a so much beauty in Jonah and Kaseys story, discovered through so much pain. It is brimming with laughter, friendships, family, trust, truth. Tears are flowing as I felt the utter depth of what should have been despair, but is redefined as privilege and honor.
You know from the beginning how the book will end. It’s not a secret. But what I was reminded, is that life is about the moments. All the special ones, all the everyday normal ones. “We do not remember days, we remember moments”. –Cesare Pavese
This is an extraordinary story. Read it.
I loved everything about this book! It was romantic and amazing and touching on so many levels. It was to me, everything that Me Before You was, with a bit more thrown in for the romance lover. The characters are relateable and complex and you grow to love them as if they were real people. Highly recommend this book!!!
Loved it even when I was crying
Beautiful
FINALLY I had a weekend free of reviewing new books, so that I could read this and …
What can I say?
It was beautiful.
I loved it.
I cried … A LOT.
I loved all the people in it.
I loved all the beautiful moments.
Amazing love story.
#MustRead
Can’t wait to get started with book #2!
The beauty of this story cannot be measured by words. Within the pages of Full Tilt lies an incredible experience. A emotional treasure for romance readers. Packed full of charm and armed with love, Emma Scott brilliantly delivers an epic love story, an epic story for the ages.
Whoa. This book is beyond beautiful. It got me right in the feels. Just a little bit. I’m moving right on to the next one.
I thought I’d read books before, where my heart broke…. I was wrong – so very very wrong.
My blog partner has been telling me to read this book, for what feels like, as long as I’ve known her. And for whatever reason, I kept putting it off. Then an author friend told me to hurry up and read it, and again I kept putting it off.
Scrolling through my Kindle 3 days ago, and Full Tilt finally told me to stop and read! And so I did… and so my heart broke…
This book actually didn’t grip me immediately – as I was expecting it to. It probably took me til about 30% to get me to that point of not wanting to put the book down. I persevered because – a) I had people telling me how amazing it was and – b) well…. it’s Emma! Scott! I have read Emma’s work before and enjoyed it, so knew the time was a coming.
I can now see that it didn’t grip me straight away, because my mind was trying to put up a protective force field around my heart, ready for the pounding it was about to receive!
At 45% I messaged my friends and said that I was too scared to keep reading…. I knew I was in trouble.
At 89% I messaged my friends and said how much I hated them and that I “really, really, really didn’t want to keep reading”.
My sister even said to me “no book is worth reading if it is having this type of effect” – my response “oh, this one is”!
I was nowhere near prepared for how this book was going to unfold. I actually had not ever even read the synopsis, so I literally went in with a blank space. I was reading 2 sentences, and having to stop and dry my eyes and still my sobs; so that I could continue on to the next couple of sentences, where the process repeated itself.
It is the first book where I have ever cried during one of the most sensually, loving and intimate scenes I have ever read.
I could actually feel pain in my chest as I read certain parts of this story, and that just made it all that much harder to keep going.
These characters are exceptionally written and this story is true love in its most basic form. Emma has pulled everyone in, and has set the story for an incredible sequel, without taking away from the story that is leading us there.
I want to go back and read Full Tilt for the first time again – I’m in a bit of a book hangover now, and other stories I read now; are going to struggle to stack up at the moment…..
Absolute divinity, is Full Tilt. My heart may never quite be the same again.
I absolutely adore this book. It is full of love , second chances , loss and angst. The characters are so relatable and I love every one of them. It gave me all the feels and is a must read.. You will be hooked on Emma Scott after reading this !!
It was beautiful. And very well written. Without recapping the story I just want to say I laughed some, but cried a lot. It was deeply moving and emotional. I loved it.
Live in the moments. Enjoy each one fully.
“I didn’t know it then- I couldn’t have- but in that moment, the rest of my life, or what was left of it, began.”
There’s so much I want to say about this book, and maybe one day I’ll be able to come back and write something beautiful and eloquent, something deserving of a once-in-a-lifetime book like this. But at the moment, even 2 days after reading it, it’s all I can do to hold myself together enough to just get these words down.
I’ve had book hangovers before-the headaches, the puffy eyes, and the red noses, but I’ve never felt as lost as I did when I finished reading Full Tilt. Emma Scott continues to astound me with her writing, with her stories, with her characters. This book is so far beyond anything I could have imagined- it’s magnificent, it’s heartbreaking, it’s life-affirming. It’s passionate and intense. It is breathtaking. I’m just so completely overwhelmed with love for this book, for these amazing characters. Jonah and Kacey own my heart, they own every piece of me.
“Yes,” I whispered. “He’s loved and he’ll be loved forever.”
5*??? This book deserves the entire universe.