While It Lasts (Sea Breeze)

by Abbi Glines

Maybe driving home after a few (or more) shots of tequila had been a bad idea, but hell, he did it all the time. The cops had to have been freaking bored to have pulled him over. He wasn't even swerving! That's Cage York's story and he's sticking to it. Unfortunately, his baseball coach isn't buying it. Cage has a free ride to the local junior college for baseball -- or he did, until he'd gotten a DUI. Now, Cage has to decide: does he drop out and give up his dream of getting noticed by a college in the SEC, and possibly making it into the Major Leagues -- or does he give in to his coach's demands and spend his summer baling hay? Eva Brooks planned out her life step by step when she was eight years old. Not once over the years had she lost sight of her goals. Josh Beasley, her next door neighbor, had been the center of those goals. He'd been her first boyfriend at seven, her first kiss at ten, her first date at fifteen, and her first tragedy at eighteen. The moment she'd received the phone call from Josh's mother saying he'd been killed along with four other soldiers just north of Baghdad, Eva's carefully planned life imploded in the worst way possible. Cage isn't real happy with his closet-sized bedroom in the back of a foul smelling barn, or his daily interactions with cows, but he knows that if he doesn't make his coach happy then he can kiss his scholarship goodbye. Only a sick and twisted man would decide his punishment was to be working on a farm all summer. No hot babes in bikinis waiting to meet a Southern boy to make her vacation complete. Just him and the damned cows. Oh -- and an uptight, snarky brunette with the biggest blue eyes he's every seen. But she doesn't count, because as hard as he's tried to charm her out of her panties - he's pretty sure she'd rather see him hung from the rafters than let him get a taste of her pretty little lips.

• ISBN10: 1442488662
• ISBN13: 9781442488663
• Publish Date: 6 August 2013 (first published 6 October 2012)
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: US
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Imprint: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
• Format: Paperback (US Trade)
• Pages: 304
• Language: English

Reviews

[Sam@WLABB]

This series gets better and better with every book. The prologue and epilogue were so moving. I didn't expect tears after just starting the book, but I guess, I just immediately connected with Eva's pain. I love what Glines did with Cage. We knew that boy had a heart, because of the way he loved Low, but much more of that beautiful heart is revealed in this book. We also get a better look into his psyche and get a sort of explanation for why he behaves the way he behaves. I absolutely adored being able to watch him and Eva heal and become stronger together.

[whisperingchapters]

Short review:
I really enjoyed this book! It's the first book I've read from this series. Someone very dear to me gifted me this book a few weeks ago and I finally read it. I loved Cage from the beginning. I'm sorry, I just love the bad boys with a nice heart. He's too sexy for his own good. I was literally fanning my face a few times because of how hot he is. I don't like the nipple piercings in men but somehow Cage really manages to make them sound and look sexy. Only on Cage!

I actually liked Eva even though she would rub me off the wrong way at times but still, I loved her character.

I'm actually looking forward to Kirt's story and Green's story (friends of Cage). I don't know if they have books but if they do, I need them asap.

[reveriesociety_]

Abbi Glines is a wonderful writer, and I've liked her books so far, but I just have one general concern:

I really don't think all what the male population thinks is sex. In every one of her male POVs, she uses the lusty thoughts to make us believe that who is talking is indeed a dude.

[leelu92]

Good book! Glad Cage finally settled his ass down. That's all I've got.