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Everest Kindle Edition
Six foot three.
Dynamic green eyes.
Utterly irresistible.
Ethan Everest stole my breath the first time I saw him. He romanced me with skill, dazzled me with his charisma, and proceeded to steal my heart right after. I might have fallen for his easy-going smile the first time we met, but I fell for him the second time.
Honey-colored hair.
Cherry-kissed lips.
Captivatingly gorgeous.
Singer Davis was the first, and only, woman to ever intimidate me. She spoke to my heart with her wit, seduced me with her eyes, and became the only thing that made sense in a world that made none. I let her slip through my fingers once. I won't make that mistake twice.
Secrets broke us apart. Can a second chance bring us back together?
- LanguageEnglish
- Publication dateDecember 7, 2017
- File size1892 KB
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Every female here has eyed me up and down, even the ones with boyfriends. They don't even try to hide it. They want me to see. They want me to know I can have them if I want them.
Except her. Blue dress. Red lips. Hair the color of a golden sunset in winter.
Several girls made themselves more than available. I was offered a fast fuck in the bathroom within fifteen minutes of arriving. Fantasies may be taking over, but there's only one woman who catches my eyes--the demure beauty sitting on the couch.
I want to stare at her.
She'll see me though.
I want to sit next to her.
There are no more spots on the small futon.
I want to talk to her.
What do I say when she makes all the blood rush from my brain and shoot straight to my dick? Damn, I want her.
She's given me no reason to think of her naked beneath me. No indication that I should have dirty thoughts about those delectable lips. Absolutely no sign that I could have the pleasure of stroking her bare back while I take her from behind.
F*ck. Me.
While images of her cloud my thoughts, I'm not sure I have a shot in hell of even taking up a minute of her time, much less a night. Nope, not one clue if I have a chance with this beauty.
I'll take the risk, something I'm adept at doing. More often than not I win in the end. She won't be an easy target, but nothing worth having ever is. I'm determined to find out if her tongue is as seductive as her eyes.
Although she brings out my instinctive side, this is not about sex and passing time. It's about spending time with someone who challenges my mind while turning on my body.
Nudging the guy who lives here, I signal across the room and ask, "What's her name?"
"Who?" He follows my gaze. "The hottie on the couch?"
Heart-shaped face, flawless skin, ample tits, hourglass shape at her waist. She's not built like a girl who doesn't eat. She's shaped like a woman I want to meet. "Yeah."
"Dariya Rostavik. She's fucking hot." He pats my shoulder. "And single. If my girlfriend wasn't here, I'd be all over that."
"Cuz you're an asshole." Her name, Dariya, rolls around my mouth, spikey instead of rolling off the tongue naturally. The name doesn't fit her.
"Pretty much." He laughs. "You gonna hit it, Everest?"
"I don't know." I feign interest to him, lying to get his eyes off her. "Fuck, they scored again." My diversion works, and his attention is back on the big screen.
The truth is, I don't know if I'm going to hookup with her. I've caught her looking at me when she thinks I don't notice. But is she looking at me the way I'm looking at her?
Was I busted moving closer when she was talking to her friend? Did she see me eavesdropping to hear her voice? Did she notice when I joined a conversation behind her to be closer? Or that I stepped out of the way of the fridge when she wanted a bottle of water?
I never get shot down by women. I've lived on easy street when it comes to my looks and, from what I'm told, my personality, attracting the most attractive. Something tells me I might be rejected by her.
She's not like the other girls here. Nothing about her fits in this environment--a party with a bunch of guys getting drunk while watching sports and yelling at the TV and girls dragged here by their boyfriends or convinced by their friends to stop by.
She's an innocent among sycophants. Everyone wants something from me, except her. Sexy and smart--speaks right to my heart.
I catch her eyes on me again. This time I stare back until she looks away with a pretty pink coloring her cheeks.
This game with her is much more interesting than the one on TV. I follow her with my eyes as she gets up and joins a group by the window. She seems to know the other girl, but not so much the two guys.
Good, I inwardly growl.
Keith hits me in the chest. "Who do you have your eyes on?"
"The woman by the window."
My best friend shakes his head. "No. Check out eleven o'clock. She's a model from Romania. Hot as fuck."
"Not interested. I want more than a fuck."
"I'm sorry. Have we met?" His sarcasm is as annoying as he's been lately at the office.
"I'm for real."
"So am I."
I exhale and shoot him a glare. "I really am. I can fuck anyone. I want to spend time with someone who interests me."
"You're working too much. You're so caught up in your head lately you're missing what life is really about."
Crossing my arms over my chest, I indulge him. "And what is life really about?"
"Doing everything in your power to get it while the gettin's good."
"Are we talking about business or women?"
"Both."
The model is hot, but I feel like I've been there done that. I don't care what he wants. He can have shallow, meaningless relationships. They're more hassle than they're worth.
Glancing toward the woman outside, an ease comes over me, releasing some of the pent-up pressure that's been expanding lately. "You go for the model. I'll go for Dariya."
"Dariya?" I'm knocked on the arm, and he points toward the couch. "That's Dariya, man."
"The model?"
"Yeah," he says, laughing.
Thank f*ck I didn't go outside and call the beauty by the wrong name. "I'll be back." I grab two cans and head toward the window. I stop briefly by the group she was talking to prior, but they're buried deep into a conversation about American consumerism. I'm not interested in their philosophical views on finances. The only thing I'm interested in is the pretty woman sitting alone outside. The woman excuses herself and I ask, "Hey, you guys know her name?"
They look outside. "Singer."
"She's a singer?"
"No," he says, chuckling. "Her name is Singer. Singer Davis. She came here with her friend, Melanie, who just left."
I don't hear most of what he says because I'm stuck on the woman with the red lips. Singer. Singer Davis. "Thanks."
Singer's been sitting on that fire escape by herself long enough to not feel like I'm invading her space, like she's taken over my thoughts. I seize the moment and climb out.
This is where our story begins . . .
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Living in the capital of Texas with her family, Scott loves traveling and avocados, beaches, and cooking with her kids. She's obsessed with epic romances and loves a good plot twist. Her favorite color is blue, but she likens it more toward the sky than the emotion. Her home is filled with the welcoming symbol of the pineapple and finds surfing a challenge though she likes to think she's a pro.
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- ASIN : B077WXMT9P
- Publisher : S.L. Scott (December 7, 2017)
- Publication date : December 7, 2017
- Language : English
- File size : 1892 KB
- Text-to-Speech : Enabled
- Screen Reader : Supported
- Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
- X-Ray : Enabled
- Word Wise : Enabled
- Sticky notes : On Kindle Scribe
- Print length : 438 pages
- Best Sellers Rank: #135,287 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #6,044 in Contemporary Romance Fiction
- #8,207 in Romantic Suspense (Books)
- #10,481 in Romantic Suspense (Kindle Store)
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I wanted to read the book because it was S.L. Scott and I love her work since finding her...I was hooked on Everest from the blurb really. I mean, she wrote the first line of the blurb like she picked my heartthrob right from my mind: "Six foot three. Dynamic green eyes. Utterly irresistible." So it went without saying that I was intrigued. but something in the blurb just told not to miss out on this book right now! And I didn't. I loved a whole host of stuff about the book, and yes, Ethan is definitely one of them. But first I'd like to write about our heroine in this book. Singer Davis. I was CAPTIVATED by her. I can usually find something to appreciate in heroines, but this girl was like truly radiant and I can only see her in my mind, you know?!?! She was also "more beautiful on the inside" then the outside. S.L. Scott really wrote a beautiful woman that just got better and better as the story progressed because she continued to prove to me just how deeply she herself had imagined this heroine.
Ethan Everest, as previously mentioned was suitably hot. I liked the duel sides we saw for Ethan's character. At their first encounter, he is a man that's full of charisma and the life of party personality. At their second encounter, Ethen is vastly different. This is almost superficial for me to say, but Ethan's looks are still well above the rest of the men in the room, but instead of being full of life, he's a far more stoic man. I think it helped me to understand just how much the drama of the year between the first chance and second chance between Singer & Ethan actually affected who Ethan had become. It makes his vulnerability more apparent and I felt he was less flakey. I didn't at first, at first I was thinking he was a flake...a player. But S.L. Scott made me see as the story unfolded a very broken man...AND that my friend, was genius! I mean, Ethan Everest had everything he could ever want in terms of what money could buy him, but it has also cost him everything! In addition to loving Singer and Ethan, I feel like the secondary characters, Melanie, Aaron, Lars and Frank were all exceptionally well done. I thought I was going to want to bean Chip at one point, but S.L. Scott QUICKLY fixed my notion that he was a d-bag. Even if the rest of the book was a flop (which it wasn't) the strength of her characters made the book worth wild.
Now lets talk about the rest of the book. The Cover?!?! SMOKING HOT! and honestly, the epitome of how I pictured Ethan. I mean, he was after all, all-man and this cover model just screams it from the loosened tie and open shirt, to the chest hair, and five o'clock shadow!! The story itself overall was just unbelievably good! It wasn't overly angsty-although I was completely heartbroken at one point. I will admit it was a little slow at first...what with the explanations of Ethan and Singer's first and second chances...and the missed opportunities in-between. Yet, I actually really appreciated the way she wove this tale for us as well. I mean, obviously it didn't stay slow or there is no way I could have possibly stayed awake all night long. Just like in sci-fy, great world building has a reason...and so did the pace S.L. Scott initiated this book...because it very quickly changes and becomes everything you may (or may not) feel like it wasn't. I believed there was a reason it wasn't balls to the wall and I was right. I love the way S.L. Scott writes. I mean, obviously I've reviewed books for her before, so I knew that I could expect a higher than normal level of quality with regard to spelling, grammar, syntax, etc. As I read, I loved the baseball analogies that S.L. Scott incorporated to the story. I also love her skill with writing the sexy times. I definitely think she stepped the attraction and chemistry up between Ethan and Singer. Then, there was these instances when the words just jumped right out at me...
"That time I saw him with you at happy hour...Sparks didn't fly. They incinerated the sky."
"As we roll out of the parking garage, the overhead lights reflect in her eyes, and I see a glint of the girl who first stole my heart. If it takes sacrificing a four-hundred-thousand-dollar car, so be it. That spark of life is worth more."
"...The pleasure I thought I'd feel being in the power position isn't there. There is no satisfaction in losing your dreams and best friend through betrayal."
These are told in no particular order and are not used to spoil the book for you. They just really resonated with me from the moment I read them and throughout the day since I finished the book...I reviewed this on behalf of my blog, but mostly because I just was dying to get my hands on more of S.L. Scott's work. I hope you honestly skipped this review and just bought the book altogether! Otherwise, I sincerely hope you buy it right now!!!
"That man. He’s affecting my head and my heart. That only means one thing—Trouble."
I really don't know where to begin. Maybe with saying that Ethan Everest is the most perfect book-boyfriend I've met since I'm addicted to reading romance books. I fell for him like he fell for Singer: as soon as he first laid eyes on her. I've noticed throughout the whole book: This man seriously seems to have no flaws. Ethan is kind, attentive, charming, caring, smart and with a good sense of humor. In addition to that he's very protective of what he loves. He puts himself last when he should be putting himself first and buries his feelings only that others can come first. Ethan is confident and he owns every room or place he enters with so much ease it's almost unbelievable.
The fact, that he's ridiculously handsome and rich, that's only the cherry on top. And I would love him even if he wasn't. It was so easy to see him the way Singer sees him: Prince Charming par excellence!
If I could put together the man of my dreams, I would pick Ethan right out of this book.
"But there’s something about Singer. She’s in a league of her own, and she doesn’t even realize it."
Singer is also one perfect heroine herself. She's beautiful inside out and seeing her through Ethan's eyes is great experience. She is strong minded and independent. Singer cares deeply and loves freely. She's trusting, trustworthy and loyal to the bone. But she's also a dreamer with her head in the clouds and her feet firmly on the ground. She's hopelessly romantic and a strong believer. If Singer enters a room she shines like the sun and everyone is automatically drawn to her but she's totally oblivious to this fact.
I saw myself in her so easily.
“Like the hours, it’s not about the minutes that make them up, but the moments that make them memorable.” - This quote describes the message of this book perfectly. The Ethan's and Singer's story shows us how our decisions in life influence our present and future. How valuable time is. That it is important to follow your heart on a way that leads you to being happy with the people you love. Dream big and don't be afraid to go for your dream. And yes, trust doesn't comes easily and it shouldn't and you should always be aware that trust can be broken more easily than it's build. But to trust is essential and can be even more rewarding.
"But her outlook on life, the way she sees me, the peace she brings to my life, she’s my North Star. She’s the one I look to when I’m struggling to find my way home." - This goes both ways. Ethan and Singer are so perfect together. They both were looking for a home they never knew they wanted and became each others save heaven.
There is one part in this book, a twist that came totally unexpected and broke my heart. It took me as much by surprise as it hit the main characters. And yes, it had my eyes water. Because what happened is one of the things in live I'm most afraid of. The way Ethan and Singer deal with it is like "best practice". Giving the other the space they need and still being there trusting to find back to each other. Trusting that love can be enough.
What I love about this book is the fact that everything build slowly. Nothing felt rushed and it has some kind of natural, realistic aura.
“It’s never been about repaying the sun. It’s about making the sun shine in the dark. Let me be your moon and light your night."
Thank you Suzie for this amazing story. This is what every romantic girl and romance fan dreams of! You've outdone yourself with Everest and its way on my all-time-fav list was an easy one.
"His love for me runs deep. My love for him is bigger than the mountain sharing his name."
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It is the story of troubled billionaire Ethan Everest who meets gorgeous struggling with life in New York girl Singer Davis. They initially met at a party when he almost kissed her on a fire escape, an epic missed moment for both of them. They neet up again about a year later, and though he is trying to keep it casual and be just friends, Singer can tell that he is into her and his mixed signals totally confuse her. Ethan is hiding some dark secrets and does not want to get Singer sullied by his past as he sees her as being pure and innocent.
Eventually everything is revealed and their love story becomes a nightmare as it becomes obvious that someone is out to get them.
I loved the way that the story unfolded. I was happy for them, I was sad for them and I certainly did not expect that ending. Couldn't put it down, 3am sleep time again!
Don't miss this one it is an amazing read, you will not be disappointed. I did not receive an ARC but volunteered this review as I love everything that I have read from SL.
Ethan Everest, trust me this is a name you will never forget once you read this book !!
Ethan Everest and Singer Davis first met at a party, and they spent a short time together, both feeling the instant attraction and draw, just as they are about to share a kiss they are disturbed and Ethan is dragged away. Neither of them have ever forgot that moment.
A lot of things have happened in Ethan’s life when he runs into Singer again. No matter how much he wishes that this time he could do things right, he can’t bring himself to push the baggage he’s now having to deal with upon her, yet he’s determined to have her in his life, even if right now that can only be as friends. Can he risk losing her if he tells her everything? Singer is confused, her feelings for Ethan haven’t changed and she knows being put into the “friend” bracket will destroy her when she wants so much more, but having Ethan in her life in any capacity is something she would prefer to having no Ethan at all.
S.L. Scott has yet again given us characters that melt our insides to mush, softens your heart and breaks it. There are so many little curves in this book that emotionally your on edge with every page. You become so deeply involved and captivated, nothing else will exist. Ethan just blew me away, and i adored Singer, she’s a woman who loves with her whole heart and gives her everything. By the end of this book, i was emotionally drained and elated at the same time, smiling yet crying, happy yet sad, but also sure i had just read a love story that will stay with me forever !!!
Another winning home run for S.L.Scott.
Everest is the lastest offering from S.L.Scott and once again she has outdone herself. Ethan Everest and Singer Davis make a very interesting and beautiful story together. I love Singer’s character with her determination, strength, capacity to love, her open mind and her beautiful soul. I can honestly say that for once I was really in awe of the female character moreso than the male.
Ethan is a self made man with a good heart and not the usual arrogant alpha male billionaire we read about. He is every woman’s walking fantasy and will have you swooning offen.
Everest is a wonderful story with some unexpected twists in this soul searing read. S.L.Scott has a way of making you fall I love with her characters and wanting more. This is another one of her amazing books that you would be crazy not to read.
I have never, in my life, read a book that made me cry like this one did. The emotions were so raw and expressed so eloquently and heart-wrenchingly. Suzie's writing always gorgeous, but this one hit me in the feels so hard I had to stop reading several times, just long enough to blow my nose and wipe the tears from my eyes.