By: Violet Duke
Releasing
March 8th, 2016
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Blurb
New
York Times bestselling author Violet Duke kicks
off her fun and sexy new Fourth Down series with a heartwarming
friends-to-lovers romance between a no-strings-attached sports analyst and the
hottest damn tomboy he’s ever met.
It’s no secret that sports analyst Jackson Gray doesn’t do relationships. What is a secret, however, is the reason why. Jackson’s life is . . . complicated. And it doesn’t help that his current hands-off “friendship” is with the cute-as-hell new sideline reporter he’s assigned to train. Turns out, not only is the woman damn sweet, she also knows as much about football as he does. Like it or not though, Jackson has to remind himself that sex is the only thing he has to offer . . . until now.
Leila Hart’s fast-growing friendship with Jackson is something she’d never risk, no matter how unbelievably seductive the reward. Becoming an NFL sportscaster has always been the goal, and thanks to Jackson’s fierce support and mentoring, it all finally seems within reach. Problem is, a girl can only take so much of that sexy-as-sin voice whispering dirty, filthy football stats in her ear before she loses all self-control. A workplace romance with Jackson is a disaster waiting to happen, especially for someone with big dreams . . . and secrets of her own.
Advance praise for Jackson’s Trust
"Violet Duke's writing jumps off the page and grabs you from the first sentence!" -- New York Times bestselling author BELLA ANDRE, #1 bestselling author of The Sullivans series
It’s no secret that sports analyst Jackson Gray doesn’t do relationships. What is a secret, however, is the reason why. Jackson’s life is . . . complicated. And it doesn’t help that his current hands-off “friendship” is with the cute-as-hell new sideline reporter he’s assigned to train. Turns out, not only is the woman damn sweet, she also knows as much about football as he does. Like it or not though, Jackson has to remind himself that sex is the only thing he has to offer . . . until now.
Leila Hart’s fast-growing friendship with Jackson is something she’d never risk, no matter how unbelievably seductive the reward. Becoming an NFL sportscaster has always been the goal, and thanks to Jackson’s fierce support and mentoring, it all finally seems within reach. Problem is, a girl can only take so much of that sexy-as-sin voice whispering dirty, filthy football stats in her ear before she loses all self-control. A workplace romance with Jackson is a disaster waiting to happen, especially for someone with big dreams . . . and secrets of her own.
Advance praise for Jackson’s Trust
"Violet Duke's writing jumps off the page and grabs you from the first sentence!" -- New York Times bestselling author BELLA ANDRE, #1 bestselling author of The Sullivans series
"Hot,
sweet, and filled with tender moments, Violet Duke writes heroes that make me
swoon!" – New York Times bestselling author KENDALL
RYAN
"A
delightfully fresh read...Violet Duke delivers it all!" -- New York Times bestselling author JEN
MCLAUGHLIN
“Emotional,
heart-wrenching, and oh-so-sweet...Violet Duke has me hooked.” -- New York Times bestselling author L.P.
DOVER
"Well-written
kindred souls...Jackson and Leila are a couple you don’t want to miss! --New
York Times bestselling author HEIDI MCLAUGHLIN
“I
love this hotter side of Violet Duke…still sweet & emotional, but with a
bit of extra sizzle.Jackson’s Trust is a must-read.” -- New
York Times bestselling author Sawyer Bennett
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“My
life is . . . complicated.” Jackson broke his gaze away from her. “A
relationship would be doomed to fail from the start.”
He
sounded genuinely disappointed. Almost wistful. The way her grandmother had
sounded years ago when her doctors told her she had to change her diet to cut
out sweets, her favorite thing ever.
His
eyes found hers again. “Funny thing is that I used to be one of those guys who
figured he’d have a kid or two by now. Cute hell raisers who’d help me spoil
their mom on Sunday mornings, that sort of thing.” Doting affection filtered
into his tone. “And vice versa. A partner in crime who’d help me plan surprises
for the kids that would be so stinkin’ adorable that I’d max out the memory on
my phone taking photo after photo.”
Good
grief, she was pretty sure one of her ovaries just fainted.
Leila
had the sneaking suspicion that she was going to fall for this man. Hard. “So
because of your secretly complicated life, you only date women who want . . .”
“Sex.”
His eyes stayed glued to hers as he dropped the one word like a bomb. “Just
sex. At their place, not mine.
Occasionally, with lunch or dinner as well, but never breakfast.”
Wow. That was the very definition of just sex, alright.
“That
honest enough for you?”
Yep.
That worked. Did it settle her curiosity at the moment? Unquestionably. Did it
get her to want to widen the number of spaces between them on the game board?
Not so
much.
She
watched him watch her reaction to his answer, and gave him the smile she knew
he wasn’t expecting. Along with the follow-up she knew he really wasn’t expecting. “So you flirting with me earlier was you
picking up on some sex-only, no-breakfast-in-bed vibe I have going on?” she
teased. “That’s a pretty powerfully accurate gift you got there, Skippy.”
Aaand
they were back to standing on the same square on the game board.
“Sunshine,
why do I get the feeling you don’t really have a boyfriend?”
* * * * *
Jackson
found his palms flat against the wall on either side of her shoulders before he
could stop himself. And yet he did nothing to remedy what was surely a bad
decision on his part, work-wise. Instead, he just watched her, and waited for
an answer.
Leila’s
gaze pulled away from his a moment later, and dropped down to his tie. While
her teeth sank into that lush lower lip he’d been fascinated with since
yesterday, she reached out her free hand to straighten and smooth out his tie.
Oddly,
the unbidden action was a penetrating fist to his chest. He hadn’t been lying
about having had more than a few passing thoughts of a wife and kids to spoil. And
this tie-straightening? It belonged right there in the vault with all the other
untouchable daydreams for his life.
When
her lips parted then, instead of an answer, he got another question. “Why do
you insist on calling me sunshine?”
“You
don’t like it?”
“I’d
rather you call me by my name.”
Exhaling
slowly, he admitted, “Me too. Which is why I’m sticking to sunshine.”
Eyes
still glued to his tie, she resumed her distracting lip biting, looking as
reflective as she did amused. “So does that mean I shouldn’t call you Jackson?”
Holy
shit, he liked the
sound of his name on her lips. Too damn much. “Call me Jackson.” It wasn’t a
reply to her inquiry. It wasn’t even a request. It had edged over to a demand…
Jackson's trust was a fun, quick read. Jackson is a man with secrets, but he's keeping them for good reasons. He's had enough lessons in the past on why he should be careful about who he lets in. But because of those lessons, he's also not easy to get close to, as in he doesn't trust easily.
Leila is keeping her own secrets, she's also got trust issues. Having had a cheating ex in her past, and a family who would probably eat her for breakfast if they could, she knows the kind of relationships she doesn't want. She also finds it very important to do her job well and earn everything she gets. She's got something to prove to others, and a little bit to herself.
When these two meet, they form an instant connection, but neither wants to screw anything up by having an illicit relationship. But they become fast friends which starts leading to more. But when secrets start coming out, they have to decide just how much they can and do trust each other and what they really want.
Jackson's Trust was a wonderful story, the characters were fun, their story unique. Watching as these two figure out how they really feel about each other and working things out through misunderstandings and getting over the past made for a great read. There were lots of funny moments, a few times I wanted to smack someone (but not Jackson or Leila), but mostly emotion and heat pouring off these two people who finally found their match.
Violet Duke has written a different twist on the 'sports' romance and she did it with this amazing story. I look forward to reading more of her books in teh future.
Leila is keeping her own secrets, she's also got trust issues. Having had a cheating ex in her past, and a family who would probably eat her for breakfast if they could, she knows the kind of relationships she doesn't want. She also finds it very important to do her job well and earn everything she gets. She's got something to prove to others, and a little bit to herself.
When these two meet, they form an instant connection, but neither wants to screw anything up by having an illicit relationship. But they become fast friends which starts leading to more. But when secrets start coming out, they have to decide just how much they can and do trust each other and what they really want.
Jackson's Trust was a wonderful story, the characters were fun, their story unique. Watching as these two figure out how they really feel about each other and working things out through misunderstandings and getting over the past made for a great read. There were lots of funny moments, a few times I wanted to smack someone (but not Jackson or Leila), but mostly emotion and heat pouring off these two people who finally found their match.
Violet Duke has written a different twist on the 'sports' romance and she did it with this amazing story. I look forward to reading more of her books in teh future.
Author Info
NEW YORK TIMES & USA TODAY bestselling author Violet Duke is a former professor of English Education ecstatic to now be on the other side of the page writing wickedly fun contemporary romances filled with strong, unique heroines and memorably romantic heroes. With just under a million books sold to date, since becoming an author in 2013, Violet has appeared on the USA Today bestseller list thirteen times and the NYT bestseller list three times, with the additional honor of charting in the Top 10 across the major eretailers both in the U.S. and internationally.
When she's not feeding her book-a-day reading addiction, Violet enjoys tackling reno projects with her power tools, trying pretty much anything without reading the directions first, and cooking impossible-to-be-duplicated 'special edition' dishes that laugh in the face of recipes. A born and raised island girl, she spends her days in Hawai'i chasing after her two cute kids (daughter Violet & son Duke) and similarly adorable husband (their ringleader).
Website: http://www.violetduke.com/
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