She does everything right. So what could go wrong?
Mackenzie "Mac" Cabot is a people pleaser. Her demanding parents. Her prep school friends. Her long-time boyfriend. It's exhausting, really, always following the rules. Unlike most twenty-year-olds, all she really wants to do is focus on growing her internet business, but first she must get a college degree at her parents’ insistence. That means moving to the beachside town of Avalon Bay, a community made up of locals and the wealthy students of Garnet College.
Mac’s had plenty of practice suppressing her wilder impulses, but when she meets local bad boy Cooper Hartley, that ability is suddenly tested. Cooper is rough around the edges. Raw. Candid. A threat to her ordered existence. Their friendship soon becomes the realest thing in her life.
Despite his disdain for the trust-fund kids he sees coming and going from his town, Cooper soon realizes Mac isn't just another rich clone and falls for her. Hard. But as Mac finally starts feeling accepted by Cooper and his friends, the secret he's been keeping from her threatens the only place she’s ever felt at home.
From Goodreads:
My Review:
These books were so great! I've read her Off-Campus and Briar U series, but I'm pretty sure that those are self-pubbed, and these are traditionally published. Which in my mind, meant that the romance spice would be less. And they were a bit, but they were still pretty steamy!
I love seeing people tell of their parents, so that they can live their own lives. It's especially satisfying when the parents are rich and/or social pedigrees are important to them. That Mac has her own money from a company that she built, that her parents have written off as a joke, was so epic to read!
Bestselling author Elle Kennedy returns to Avalon Bay in this sexy second chance story about two exes who can't stay away from each other, Bad Girl Reputation.
When former bad girl Genevieve West returns home for her mother's funeral, she's prepared to keep her distance from her ex-boyfriend, Evan Hartley. Their history is rife with turbulence. And passion. A heck of a lot of passion...which she's trying desperately to forget.
But it's impossible not to run into Evan in the small coastal town where they once ran wild. And the moment she sees her gorgeous ex again, it's clear to Gen that Evan is still as unruly, sexy, and irresistible as ever. This time around, however, she's resolved to walk a new path. No more partying. No more foolish mistakes. Her plan is to temporarily remain in town to help her father run his business, but the second he finds somebody else, she's out of there.
Evan has other ideas. He knows they can be good together, but he just has to convince Genevieve of that, even if it means turning over a new leaf himself. But can a bad reputation ever truly be shed? Do second chances really work? Genevieve and Evan are about to find out.
My Review:
These books were so great! I've read her Off-Campus and Briar U series, but I'm pretty sure that those are self-pubbed, and these are traditionally published. Which in my mind, meant that the romance spice would be less. And they were a bit, but they were still pretty steamy!
I love seeing people tell of their parents, so that they can live their own lives. It's especially satisfying when the parents are rich and/or social pedigrees are important to them. That Mac has her own money from a company that she built, that her parents have written off as a joke, was so epic to read!
Good Girl Complex, what Cooper was doing, trying to seduce Mac so she'd break up with the asshole that caused him to lose his job? Yeah, not cool, and it's understandable that Mac reacted the way that she did when she found out. But they did fall in love, and they did work well together, and I had a great time reading their story!
Bad Girl Reputation, we learned a bit about Genevieve in the first book, that she was the rebel, the rule breaker, and she had this relationship with Evan, and then she left. And he was acting out in the previous book because of it. I really enjoyed seeing where they were at, now that she's changed, it was such a great read!
Loved reading these books, and I can't wait to read more!
Author: Elle Kennedy
Series: Avalon Bay #1, 2
Read: February 21st, 22nd, 2023
Source: Library, Ebook.bike
Reason Why: Love her writing and they sounded really great, and they're Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2023 Books!
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Published: February 1st 2022, October 4th 2022
Author: Elle Kennedy
Series: Avalon Bay #1, 2
Read: February 21st, 22nd, 2023
Source: Library, Ebook.bike
Reason Why: Love her writing and they sounded really great, and they're Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2023 Books!
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Published: February 1st 2022, October 4th 2022
Good Girl Complex:
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| 5/5 Hearts |
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| 5/5 Books |
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| 5/5 Stars |
Bad Girl Reputation:
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| 5/5 Hearts |
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| 5/5 Books |
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| 5/5 Stars |
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