SYNOPSIS:
Melanie Kincaid is a trust-fund baby with a
knack for sassy comebacks and unnecessarily complicating her privileged life.
So, of course she would have to fall in love with a man she can't have.
Jameson Hayes is a NYC firefighter for
Manhattan’s oldest ladder company with big shoes to fill and a city to protect.
He’s strong, sexy, and not looking for the complications Melanie brings. But he
can't stay away from her either. The attraction between them is immediate and
the pull between them is crazy powerful. But she's only home for the summer and
long-distance relationships never work.
Unfortunately, Melanie’s beauty and smart
mouth are a lethal combination and Jameson isn't the only Hayes who's interested.
As if his brother isn't enough to compete with, now the city's most famous
arsonist wants to claim her as his next prize. Jameson can't stand to watch
Melanie get hurt and she can't seem to keep herself out of trouble.
Fall for Me is the first Ladder Company
novel, a stand-alone companion series about New York's most elite firefighting
family with hot alpha heroes, snarky heroines, and an arsonist hell-bent on
destruction.
AMAZON:
REVIEW:
*****5 Stars*****
Fall For Me is the first book in the Ladder Company Series by JC Emery. It starts out with Jameson Hayes. All of his siblings are named after types of whiskey. Naming your children after booze seems a bit weird but once you meet the rest of the Hayes family you will forget that it is and fall in love.
Melanie Kincaid has had a privileged life. She is not like the usual snobby, rich girls she is caring, friendly, and doesn’t flaunt her money around. She isn’t afraid to speak
her mind either which to me was the greatest part of the book the banter between Jameson and Melanie.
her mind either which to me was the greatest part of the book the banter between Jameson and Melanie.
The book starts out at a society event and Melanie needs to use the bathroom and meets up with someone waiting on line they proceed to head to another bathroom and decide to use the men's room. While guarding the door for her new friend Royal and a gorgeous man tries to get in.
"You're the most beautiful door- blocking woman I've ever had the pleasure of being held up by".
" The most beautiful?
Yes, baby Jesus, please!
Door-blocking
"Oh, crap"
"I'm sorry."
"Beautiful, huh?'
"Gorgeous"
"Sexy, confident… and still blocking the door."
Jameson has a live in girlfriend of many years but also has feelings for Mel. Melanie falls in love at first sight. It's not an easy way to start a friendship but they make it work.
The banter in the book between Jameson and his family - Jack, Hennessey,Rae and Royal and parents will make you laugh and feel all gooey inside.
Cannot wait to read about the next family member. First book by JC Emery and I loved it.
EXCERPTS:
“You don’t like it,” he says quietly. I
don’t miss the disappointment in his voice. I could throw myself at him, wrap
my arms around his neck, and never let go. I could climb him like he’s a
goddamn tree and I’m a monkey in need of a banana. I could kiss him like my
life depends on it— my heart certainly does— and I could regret never telling
him any of this if I don’t say it right now. I could tell him every stupid
fucking feeling I’m having, and how much this beautiful gold necklace means to
me. I could do all of this, but at the end of it, he still wouldn’t be mine. He
would still be my friend— assuming I didn’t scare him off— and if he let me do
all of this he wouldn’t be the guy I think he is. He wouldn’t be the man I’ve
built up in my head as being strong and courageous and worth every painful
moment I spend away from him knowing he’s with her and every trying moment I
spend with him knowing he’s not mine.
I let the silence hang between us, as
uncomfortable as it is, and focus on breathing steadily so he doesn’t know
everything that this stupid beautiful necklace means to me.
“I didn’t—,” he begins. I cut him off
because after the long stretch of silence it’s all I can do not to lose my shit
over a stupid beautiful necklace from a fucking asshole who I think I’m falling
in love with.
“A wishbone?” I ask.
“It’s stupid,” he says and reaches for the
box. I pull it away from him, cradling it to my chest. “They’re supposed to be
symbolic or something. Like you wish on ‘em and… you wish for something you
want.” He’s uncomfortable trying to explain it. I know the symbolism behind a
wishbone, but I had to hear his explanation.
He wants me to have what I want.
I have everything I want except for one
thing: him.
About the author:
As a child, JC was fascinated by things
that went bump in the night. As they say, some things never change. Now, as an
adult, she divides her time between the sexy law men, mythical creatures, and
kick-ass heroines that live inside her head and pursuing her bachelor's degree
in English. JC is a San Francisco Bay Area native, but has also called both
Texas and Louisiana home. These days she rocks her flip flops year round in
Northern California and can't imagine a climate more beautiful.
JC writes adult, new adult, and young adult fiction. She dabbles in many different genres including science fiction, horror, chick lit, and murder mysteries, yet she is most enthralled by supernatural stories-- and everything has at least a splash of romance.
JC writes adult, new adult, and young adult fiction. She dabbles in many different genres including science fiction, horror, chick lit, and murder mysteries, yet she is most enthralled by supernatural stories-- and everything has at least a splash of romance.
JC Emery Fan Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/jcemeryreaders/
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