Grasping Air by Carrie Aarons Published by Self Published Publication Date: October 23rd 2016
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We were the seconds after a grip released the bar, body floating through the air with nervous wonder. Would we successfully grab it again, or would we hit the mat, shattered and defeated?
Peyton Adams learned a long time ago that selfish and detached is the only way to be in life. What most people call shameless or obnoxious behavior, she considers key to getting where she needs to go. Most disapproving of all? USA Gymnastics’ golden boy with an eight-pack, Jared Hargrove. After being cut from the women’s team right before Rio, Peyton is back on the post-Summer Games tour. Not only is she the only one without a gold medal, but her history with Jared won’t stay buried for long.
Control and good manners; the two things drilled into Jared Hargrove’s head from birth. As a four-time gold medalist, he’s always obeyed the rules and reaped the reward. Well, except for the whirlwind week four years ago in London when wild-child Peyton Adams finally got under his skin, and into his bed. She broke his heart, and he hasn’t removed the ice wall around it since. Now she’s back to redeem herself to the world of gymnastics, and it seems, to push his buttons more than ever.
After years of resentment and heartache, can they repair a relationship so badly broken that most people wouldn’t even try? Or will they continue to fall, grasping at any last emotion before they finally collapse?
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I wasn’t sure how the author was going to resolve the relationship between Peyton and Jared. They seemed way to hateful to be anything more. But clearly they walked that fine line between love and hate. The story worked for them.
Peyton and Jared had a week long “fling” at the end of the London Olympics before everything between them blew up. Four years later, they both claim to hate the other and do everything in their power to antagonize the other. But when they’re forced to spend three months touring across the US after the Rio games, they discover what they thought was hate was thinly veiled love for one another.
Carrie Aarons had her work cut out for her with the couple. They were so horrible to one another I wasn’t sure there was any way for them to have a believable relationship. But she made it work for them. Made the reader believe that underneath the ugly words were two people that had an issue with expressing themselves and learning how to compromise. It took a bit, but they figured out how to first get along and then work their way back to their relationship.
I liked how the author made Peyton a slightly broken girl hiding behind her sexuality and sass. And when her layers were peeled back we found a girl who was craving the love and protection of Jared. She may have run from him and made his life hell, but she wanted him and you wanted her to figure out how to have him.
Carrie Aaron is one of my new “go to” authors. She creates such interesting characters and makes it very hard to put the book down.
About Carrie Aarons:
Author of romance novels such as Red Card and the Captive Heart Duet, Carrie Aarons writes sexy, swoony and sarcastic characters who won’t get out of her head until she puts them down on a page.
Carrie has wanted to be an author since the first time she opened a book. She loves spinning tales that include dapper men, women with attitude, and the occasional hunky athlete.
When she isn’t in what her husband calls a “writing coma”, Carrie is freeing up her jam-packed DVR, starting her latest DIY project, or planning her next travel adventure. She lives in New Jersey with her husband, who is more than happy to watch sports while his wife plots love stories.
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Enjoyed reading the synopsis for this book! The cover is beautiful. Really like the black/white/gray cover with a little color in the ribbons.