Emmy came to Central Valley in eastern Georgia to get away from Texas. Her home and family are a reminder of the evil that happened to her. Her stepbrother, Rob, tortured and was cruel to her from the day they met and he raped her when she got high school. And when she reported it, no one supported her or was on her side. If anything, it turned her from the popular cheerleader into the pariah of the school and her family. Her gold digger mother chose her comfort over her daughter's safety.
So she comes to Central Valley with hope for a better future and with the shadow of her past haunting her.
Things start out full of promise when she meets her new suite mate, Stella and runs (literally) into Gabe while she is exploring campus. She finds herself with three new buds; Stella, Gabe, and his boyfriend, Zach. And so far almost everyone has been so nice.
Except that shadow haunting her? It becomes personified by someone she did not expect to see. And he is determined to punish her for her lies and deception that ruined his best friend's life. Sterling is her worst nightmare invading her new future. And to make it even worse? He's her TA for a class she has to have for her degree. And he sets his sites on destroying her as soon as he sees her.
With Stella, Gabe, and Zach's encouragement, she keeps trying to move forward on her new path but Sterling is determined to disrupt that journey as much as he can.
As a child, she saw him as a white knight. But he has shown himself to be the devil.
But as Sterling tries to break her, he finds himself starting to see not only the cracks in his life long best friend, but also starts to see that perhaps he was wrong about Emmy. He certainly is finding it hard to deny his attraction to her. Or hers to him, although she isn't quite sure she can trust anything from him.
He may have planned to exact revenge for is bestie, but he finds himself realizing that he believed the wrong party. He finds himself trying to fix things, after he set the ball rolling to ruin her life, because he has the blinders ripped from his eyes and realizes his 'friend' is a lying sociopath.
This book as the thread of optimism that runs through everything LK writes. But it also has darkness before the light. Sterling redeems himself as he comes to the realization that he was wrong. As he starts to regret hurting Emmy and tries to course correct for the error of his ways.
This books has the feels, the heat, the humor, the hope, a little drama, the bad guys getting what is coming to them, and two people finding each other for a very happily ever after! Oh and three new friends who give us a little lightness in the dark. Can't wait for Stella's book!!
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An emotional roller coaster of a ride!
I’m not sure how I came across Sweet Little Nothing as this was my first book by LK Farlow—but man am I happy I did!!! LK has a way with writing that totally pulls you in as a reader and makes you fall hopelessly in love with her characters—and this book definitelyhooked me from the very beginning.Needless to say, Sterling and Emmy’s tragic battle of a love story ruthlessly broke my heart—and then painstakingly helped put it back together. As you’ll soon find out, Emmy is trying to escape/rebuild her life from a past filled with so much pain and heartbreak it’s left her all alone and questioning everyone around her. Slowly, with the help of her tenacious roommate Stella, Emmy is finally able to start finding herself and come out of her shadow…until suddenly she encounters someone from her past that brings it all back, her step-brother Rob’s best friend, and her one time crush, Sterling. Sterling, thinking he’s doing the right thing and being a true friend to Rob, sets out on a mission to ruthlessly make Emmy’s life hell and utterly destroy her…while really he’s an unknowing accomplice of even more trauma for Emmy.As their story unfolds, you can’t help but cry for Emmy as your heart breaks right along with hers as she suffers and endures untold pain and heartache, and cheer for her strength and resilience. While I was happy when Sterling FINALLY came to his senses and realized the truth, the conversion did occur rather abruptly, but overall it was an amazing read!
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Sweet Little Nothing - Sterling and Emmy's story
Reviewed in Australia on June 21, 2022
