Beautiful Disaster - Outside of a Dog

audio cd, 1 pages

Published Oct. 6, 2020 by Simon & Schuster Audio and Blackstone Publishing, Simon & Schuster Audio.

ISBN:: 9781508285014

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The new Abby Abernathy is a good girl. She doesn’t drink or swear, and she has the appropriate percentage of cardigans in her wardrobe. Abby believes she has enough distance between her and the darkness of her past, but when she arrives at college with her best friend America, her path to a new beginning is quickly challenged by Eastern University’s Walking One-Night Stand.

Travis Maddox, lean, cut, and covered in tattoos, is exactly what Abby needs—and wants—to avoid. He spends his nights winning money in a floating fight ring, and his days as the charming college co-ed. Intrigued by Abby’s resistance to his charms, Travis tricks her into his daily life with a simple bet. If he loses, he must remain abstinent for a month. If Abby loses, she must live in Travis’ apartment for the same amount of time. Either way, Travis has no idea that he has …

The new Abby Abernathy is a good girl. She doesn’t drink or swear, and she has the appropriate percentage of cardigans in her wardrobe. Abby believes she has enough distance between her and the darkness of her past, but when she arrives at college with her best friend America, her path to a new beginning is quickly challenged by Eastern University’s Walking One-Night Stand.

Travis Maddox, lean, cut, and covered in tattoos, is exactly what Abby needs—and wants—to avoid. He spends his nights winning money in a floating fight ring, and his days as the charming college co-ed. Intrigued by Abby’s resistance to his charms, Travis tricks her into his daily life with a simple bet. If he loses, he must remain abstinent for a month. If Abby loses, she must live in Travis’ apartment for the same amount of time. Either way, Travis has no idea that he has met his match.

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pnutbutterprincess reviewed Beautiful disaster by Jamie McGuire

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That feeling in your stomach you can't explain? That's a big fat red flag. A man who exhibits such obsessive, possessive, stalker-like behavior isn't "sweet" or anything else. When he's drunk because he's mad you're on a date with your boyfriend, first of all, don't undress him. Don't find it endearing when he tries to get you to have sex with him.

And buying a freshman college girl living in a dorm A PUPPY when she has expressed NO desire for one and then going on to tell her you'll keep it at your place so she'll have to come over to see it is NOTHING SHORT OF GROSS AND SELFISH MANIPULATION.

There's nothing like a terribly written romance story with a violent yet somehow described as sweet and thoughtful man to make me as angry as I get over huge societal problems. Congratulations, this book is horrible enough I …

That feeling in your stomach you can't explain? That's a big fat red flag. A man who exhibits such obsessive, possessive, stalker-like behavior isn't "sweet" or anything else. When he's drunk because he's mad you're on a date with your boyfriend, first of all, don't undress him. Don't find it endearing when he tries to get you to have sex with him.

And buying a freshman college girl living in a dorm A PUPPY when she has expressed NO desire for one and then going on to tell her you'll keep it at your place so she'll have to come over to see it is NOTHING SHORT OF GROSS AND SELFISH MANIPULATION.

There's nothing like a terribly written romance story with a violent yet somehow described as sweet and thoughtful man to make me as angry as I get over huge societal problems. Congratulations, this book is horrible enough I simply cannot finish it. I can't condone or endure this depiction of creepy possessive men as any kind of positive ideal of a romantic partner or this behavior as a desirable relationship.

Absolutely can not recommend. To anyone.