Title: Covet
Collection: Sinful Secrets #3
Collection: Sinful Secrets #3
Author: Ella James
Genre: Standalone Contemporary Romance
Release Date: February 25, 2019
Release Date: February 25, 2019
Blurb
Homer Carnegie. Admit it—you know my name. Your kid’s got my e-trading card. Your husband sits up straighter when I stroll onto the TV screen. He knows I’m going to crack the bat and save the day. Even your grandma’s jonesing for my autograph. But women my age? They’re the worst. Or would that be the best?
It’s not my fault they line up at the door. They catch my balls all right, two at a time sometimes, or even three. Believe me, everybody wins.
At least they did—until the video. I heard TMZ paid a million for a bird’s eye view of Homer on his A-game. The only folks who didn’t watch with eager eyes? Red Sox management. They want me benched, or worse, shipped off to rehab.
It’s a long story, what happens next. How I end up on a boat, bound for the world’s most remote island: Tristan da Cunha. Just a speck of dust in the Atlantic.
Except my heart is there.
I don’t know that when I step onto the boat.
I don’t know a lot of things.
What I’ll covet…
What I’ll lose…
It’s not my fault they line up at the door. They catch my balls all right, two at a time sometimes, or even three. Believe me, everybody wins.
At least they did—until the video. I heard TMZ paid a million for a bird’s eye view of Homer on his A-game. The only folks who didn’t watch with eager eyes? Red Sox management. They want me benched, or worse, shipped off to rehab.
It’s a long story, what happens next. How I end up on a boat, bound for the world’s most remote island: Tristan da Cunha. Just a speck of dust in the Atlantic.
Except my heart is there.
I don’t know that when I step onto the boat.
I don’t know a lot of things.
What I’ll covet…
What I’ll lose…
*Covet is the third standalone in the Sinful Secrets collection, where each book is inspired by a sin and centered around a secret.
Review:
Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
Covet is a very weird book and I am saying that in a good way. Mostly. I wasn't really getting the title until a huge bomb was dropped and some things started to make sense. The book is on the big side of books (much like the hero's john ;) ) and that made me a little reluctant to read it, but the pace was good and it didn't tire me as I was expecting. I would have liked to see a little bit more from the characters' pasts because it would have helped me to understand them better. Finley is not like your average person and I found that very weird. I don't know if I missed it or something, but the island in general game the impression that was a few decades behind on everything. Finley didn't know how to use a smartphone for example and had trouble sliding to unlock it. The views of some people were also a little dated. Finley and Homer's relationship began in a weird way and things kept getting weirder. I don't think that there is a predictable moment in the book which works in its favor. The sad thing is that I can't bring myself to give it more than 3 stars. Normally, I would have given it 4, but something is holding me back. Maybe it's Homer. I never trusted him and I didn't like his playboy lifestyle. I also didn't understand why they had to bring it up in the second part of the book. I don't need to know what he did with other women and what he might have done with another woman. I don't even think that it was clarified if he slept with Holly or not and that is bugging me and is possibly the reason for the 3 stars.
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Author Bio
Ella James is the USA Today bestselling author of sixteen teen and adult love stories. She's an angst-a-holic who loves exploring difficult situations and the emotions of the people caught up in them. Also, smut. But always, always romance.
Ella's obsessions include vanilla cream soda, hiking, other weird, crunchy things like rock collecting, and the antics of her three little monsters.
To find out more about her projects, follow her on Facebook at www.facebook.com/ellajamesbooks, tweet her at author_ellaj or follow her on Instagram (authorellajames).
Interested in the foreign rights for one of Ella’s books? Contact her agent, Rebecca Friedman, at rebecca@rfliterary.com.
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