{"id":19432,"date":"2017-03-14T10:00:32","date_gmt":"2017-03-14T14:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/?p=19432"},"modified":"2024-04-11T04:01:06","modified_gmt":"2024-04-11T08:01:06","slug":"arc-review-rooke-by-callie-hart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/?p=19432","title":{"rendered":"ARC Review: Rooke by Callie Hart"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Blurb<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Watchmaker. Car thief. Heartbreaker extraordinaire.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Rooke Blackheath has spent enough time in juvie to know that he really<\/em> doesn\u2019t want to go to jail. The food sucks, the clothes itch, and there are absolutely no women in sight. Well\u2026none he wants to fuck, anyway.<\/p>\n

He should probably stop boosting cars, but the money is stellar and the high is out of this world. And why should<\/em> he turn his back on something that sets his soul on fire anyway?<\/p>\n

The answer to that question comes in an unexpected form\u2014a petite five-foot-three firecracker named Sorcha, who refuses to give him the time of day no matter how thick he lays on the charm.<\/p>\n

Rooke\u2019s not easily deterred, though. Just like the watches he builds from scratch, Rooke knows all too well how women tick. Women are a game to him. A game he always wins.<\/p>\n

Sorcha doesn\u2019t stand a chance.<\/p>\n

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Sorcha Connor\u2019s life has been permanently derailed since her son died five years ago. You wouldn\u2019t know it to look at her, of course. She has a great job, a beautiful house, and caring friends. Every week, she hosts a book club featuring the sexiest, most romantic stories on the planet, and every week she falls for a new fictional knight in shining armor.<\/p>\n

Fictional men are perfect. They don\u2019t hurt you. They don\u2019t break your heart. They don\u2019t cheat on you after your child dies, and they rarely ever leave the toilet seat up.<\/p>\n

When Rooke Blackheath shows up at Sorcha\u2019s workplace, it\u2019s clear he\u2019s nothing like the men who grace the pages of her favorite books. Dangerous, arrogant, sharp-tongued and sarcastic, Rooke\u2019s not the kind of guy she needs in her life. Not to mention the fact that he\u2019s eleven years her junior.<\/p>\n

As far as Sorcha is concerned, Rooke doesn\u2019t just live in a different world. He lives in a different galaxy altogether. She\u2019d like to keep it that way, but fate appears to have other plans.<\/p>\n

When Cinderella lost her shoe, Prince Charming showed up at her door.<\/p>\n

When Sorcha Connor loses her book, an entirely different kind of rogue comes a-knocking.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Review<\/b><\/h4>\n

\u201cThe love between us is fire and ice. It\u2019s loss, and it\u2019s redemption. It\u2019s pain, and it\u2019s comfort. It is everything.\u201d<\/i><\/b><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Raw, intense, sexy and romantic, this one was a rollercoaster!<\/strong><\/p>\n

4 stars!<\/strong><\/p>\n

I love Callie Hart\u2019s writing. I know when I pick up one of her books I am going to be sucked into a story that will completely captivate me from start to finish, and this book was no different. I was crying within the first few pages, and my heart ached for the struggle and torment of these characters, but their love story is gorgeous (and seriously steamy), and with part of the story set within a seedy criminal underground, the touch of darkness creates a wonderful sense of intensity to it all. I loved it!<\/p>\n

I was highlighting like crazy all the way through this book because there were so many moments that made me catch my breath. I had to stop and reread passages over and over again because they were just that good, so be warned that this review is going to be quote heavy.<\/p>\n

Sasha Cross is living a sort of half-life. She has a great job that she loves and that she\u2019s good at, and she has a close and supportive circle of friends, but personally she\u2019s a mess. She lost her son in a tragic accident five years previously, and her husband left her shortly after, unable to cope with the emotional fallout. She exists rather than lives, and she has no desire or motivation to pull herself out of it.<\/p>\n

Rooke Blackheath is a tatted-up bad boy. He spent time in juvie, and though he\u2019s out now and working a legitimate job, he can\u2019t give up the high of stealing cars \u2013 or the paycheck he earns for doing it. He lives his life with one foot on either side of the law, and he has no intention of stopping it. At only 22 years old he is young to some, but his experiences have left him wise beyond his years.<\/p>\n

People always say they want to know the truth. They make big speeches about how important it is to them and they harp on about the consequence of deceit, but when they\u2019re faced with the truth, they suddenly don\u2019t want it anymore. The truth requires you to be brave. The truth requires you to face awkward situations. The truth requires you to stand your ground, to bear it, not run away and hide from it.<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Sasha and Rooke meet unexpectedly, and their connection is immediate. She is taken aback by his raw sexuality, and he is instantly smitten. She balks at the 11 year age gap between them, he thinks nothing of it. He wants her and he\u2019s determined to have her, and oh wow, she has no idea what she\u2019s in for\u2026<\/p>\n

\u201cYou think the amount of days I\u2019ve been alive on this planet has any real bearing on how well I can fuck you? You think the date on my driver\u2019s license means I won\u2019t be able to make you come? That I won\u2019t be able to love you? That I won\u2019t be able to make you happy? \u2026 You\u2019re eleven years older than me. Accept it. Let it go. You\u2019re fighting an unstoppable force, Sasha.\u201d<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Yes, Rooke is one sexy bastard! Confident and controlling in the best kinds of ways, he holds nothing back. He doesn\u2019t hide his past or his feelings from Sasha, putting himself completely out there for her and demanding that she do the same. He doesn\u2019t allow her to run and lets her know exactly what he wants from her. It\u2019s alpha, it\u2019s bossy, it\u2019s controlling, and it\u2019s So. Freaking. Hot!!!!!<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m going to fuck you and it\u2019s going to change everything. Nothing will be the same again. The sun won\u2019t brighten your days from here on out. <\/i>I will. Gravity won\u2019t keep your feet on the ground. <\/i>I will. You won\u2019t want to eat or sleep without me. Every second spent away from me will be a second wasted.\u201d<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

As always, Callie Hart writes the HOTTEST love scenes! The sex is hot, intense and a little bit dirty. But more than just completely rocking her world, Rooke pushes Sasha to start living her life again, daring her to take a chance trust him, and promising his love, protectiveness and support to her. He\u2019s a dark and scary character, but his huge heart is beautiful, and the moments where he pours his emotions out to her are just gorgeous.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis thing between us\u2026you\u2019re afraid of it. The moment you stop fearing this and you accept it, you\u2019ll be able to see just how fucking beautiful it is. And the moment you accept it will also be the moment you don\u2019t have to carry this shit on your own anymore.\u201d
\n\u2026 \u201cIt\u2019s not that easy. It\u2019s not something I can just hand off to someone else so they can carry half the load for me, Rooke. This is ingrained deep inside me now. It would be like trying to give away half of my soul.\u201d
\n\u201cI\u2019ll take a part of your soul,\u201d he says quietly.\u201d Give me the wounded part. Give me the part that hurts you every time you breathe. Give me the part that feels so heavy you just don\u2019t think you can carry it anymore. I\u2019ll take care of it for you.\u201d<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

But Rooke lives in a dangerous world. And when Sasha experiences yet again just how terrifying and violent life can be, their worlds will collide, shifting the story in a direction I wasn\u2019t expecting and making this a heart-pounding, exciting, surprising read.<\/p>\n

I really enjoyed this book. Again, Callie Hart blends sex, romance, emotion, danger and violence and creates a wonderfully intense read that had me madly flipping pages. Sasha and Rooke are wonderfully developed characters, and their love story unfolds really nicely despite the differences between them and hurdles that are put in their way. It\u2019s dark, gritty and emotionally heavy but there are a lot of tender moments, and some lightness and humour that had me laughing out loud, and it all combines perfectly to give us a great read that I struggled to put down.<\/p>\n

It ends in a great place, and I\u2019m hoping that we get to see these characters again because I feel that there is more to their story, and there are wonderful side characters introduced that I need to know more about. My fingers are crossed!<\/p>\n

I loved it \u2013 4 stars.<\/p>\n

Advanced Review Copy generously provided by the author in exchange for an honest review.<\/i><\/p>\n

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Check out our Callie Hart Author Spotlight<\/a> for more great reads from this author!
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