FORBIDDEN FRENCH by R.S. Grey is available now!
Forbidden French
by R.S. Grey
A Contemporary Romance – Released November 10th
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Blurb
Once upon a time, Emmett Mercier was the golden boy of St. John’s Boarding School. The crown prince of his father’s vast business empire, unapologetically attractive…oh, and fluent in French.
At school, I kept a picture of him hidden beneath my pillow, a tiny token of my adolescent infatuation, but I might as well have been worshiping a distant demigod. He was hardly aware of my existence. I was far too young, and he was far too consequential—until one day we found ourselves alone together in the dark library and struck up a friendship…of sorts.
But in the years since leaving St. John’s, I’ve no longer bothered yearning for Emmett. What a useless dream. I would have gone crazy trying to keep up with his jet-setting life. Which Parisian hotel is he calling home now? Is there some new lithe model draping herself across his lap today?
My negligence comes back to bite me. I’m ill-prepared the day he strides into my art gallery. There’s only a mere trace of the boy I once knew. Self-assured, handsome, intoxicating—Emmett is more man than I can handle.
There’s no room for him in my gilded cage. My life is planned to a T. From where I go to how I dress, it all depends on the calculated whims of my grandmother. Soon, I’ll even dutifully walk down the aisle toward a man of her choosing.
Emmett can’t stand my obedience. Now that we’ve rekindled our friendship, he’s intent on unearthing my heart’s true motives.
And therein lies the problem: I was doing just fine without him, but now that he’s rattling the bars of my cage, I’m forced to acknowledge the truth.
Once upon a time, Emmett Mercier was all I wanted. The midnight wanderings, the whispered nothings, the unbearable longing—they etched indelible marks on my soul. Even now, after all these years, my heart is only fluent in one language.
Forbidden French.
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Review
3.5 stars!
Lainey and Emmett first meet at St John’s boarding school where Emmett is the popular guy and Lainey is the weird one. They are five years between them so eighteen year old Emmett doesn’t look at thirteen year old Lainey in a sexual way but there is something that intrigues him about the quiet girl who keeps to her self. She has a crush on Emmett but it’s only as strong as a thirteen year old can understand. And other than a moment at the end of Emmett’s senior year where they seem to understand each other a little bit clearer, they spend no time together. Years later, Emmett runs into Lainey again only now she’s not the young girl from school.
Lainey has lived with her grandmother since her parents passed and there’s a code of conduct for the ultra rich – the world Lainey and Emmett live in. She is betrothed to someone her grandmother chose and so pursuing Emmett, who was her dream guy, is not what she should do. However, Lainey intrigues Emmett more than ever and he is interested in getting to know her.These two live in a world that dictates so much and they find it hard to follow the rules when their intense attraction makes it hard to keep them in check. It’s forbidden because she is technically off the market but they just can’t seem to stay away.
With every interaction the anticipation builds until you know they would just combust if they give into the connection. And they do for a moment. But that moment changes everything and there is a shift that could ruin what they’ve been.
These two go through a lot to be together and most of it is not easy and heart breaking. Things aren’t always as they seem and Lainey and Emmett have to figure out their feelings and whether they want to be together. I didn’t know what was going to happen so I was hooked to my kindle.
There are some parts of the story that are a bit frustrating and most occur in the second half of the book. I wanted Lainey to step up for herself and I wanted Emmett to stop being controlled by what he thinks he wants or doesn’t want. I wanted these two to stop playing games and just be together.
Overall, I loved how things played out, I only wished it didn’t take so long for them to realize what we already knew, that they belong together.
*ARC generously provided by the author*
About R.S. Grey:
R.S. Grey is the USA Today bestselling author of over twenty novels. She lives in Texas with her husband and daughter, and can be found reading, binge-watching reality TV, or practicing yoga! Visit her at rsgrey.com
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