There are two things Max “Deke” Deacon can always count on:
his old high school teammates and Fitz Hawkins.
CALLED UP
A Calling It Novel
Jen Doyle
Releasing Aug 29th, 2016
Carina Press
There are two things Max “Deke” Deacon can always count on: his old high school teammates and Fitz Hawkins. But no matter how much Deke might secretly fantasize otherwise, a relationship with one of his best friends is off limits. Until one unexpectedly smoldering encounter has Deke and Fitz looking at each other in a whole new way.
Angelica “Fitz” Hawkins knows for a fact that it is not better to have loved and lost. After losing her parents, she’d rather lock up her heart and throw away the key than endure that kind of pain again. If that means giving up any hope of a lasting relationship, then so be it.
With Deke, Fitz finally feels like she's back in the land of the living. But she won’t risk another broken heart—even if it means saying good-bye to Deke for good. It’s up to Deke to convince her that the safest place she could ever be is right here with him.
BUY NOW
“Hey, Dorie,” she heard from above her. “Do you
know where Fitz wants these bottles of water?”
Speak of the devil. Fitz brought her head up a
little too suddenly, banging it on the underside of the table. “Ouch!” Her hand
going to the back of her head, she came up frowning, and...
Oh, God,
was he this gorgeous before? Had he always smelled amazing?
Doing everything she could to keep herself immune
from his physical charms, she spun on her heel. “Back here.”
Very specifically not looking in Deke’s direction
so that she didn’t give anything away, she forced herself to act exactly as she
always did around him. Except she suddenly couldn’t quite remember how that
was. Did she flirt with him? Did she flat-out ignore him? Did she generally
just go around in a state of low-level irritation? Because right now she had
absolutely no clue.
She had even less of a clue as she bent down to
open up the lid to the cooler and he crouched down next to her, his head so
close all he’d need to do was turn it slightly to the left and his mouth would
be on her breast.
And was that…?
Oh, hell, no, her nipples had not just hardened.
She slapped her arms over her chest.
Because they had. And Deke, with his superhero sex
god extra sensory perception, had definitely noticed. He at least had the
decency to look down at the ground as he grinned.
“It’s the cold,” Fitz snapped. “From the cooler.”
Pushing the bottles down into the ice, Deke just
answered, “You’d be amazed at all the bits and pieces I can warm up with my
tongue.”
I absolutely loved book 1 in this series, Called Out, but struggled through this book. I still enjoyed the characters and the plot of the book. However, I felt that the pace was too slow and the flow was choppy. These two things had me struggling through from the very beginning. I love the authors story and writing style. I think this book felt so choppy because you had so much happening from the very beginning with so many characters. I will definitely be looking for more books in this series because the characters are so, so intriguing!
3.5 stars
A big believer in happily ever afters, Jen Doyle decided it was high time she started creating some. Jen is a member of the Romance Writers of America, as well as a member of the New England, New Jersey Romance Writers and Music City Romance Writer chapters of RWA. She is represented by Sarah E. Younger of the Nancy Yost Literary Agency. She has an M.S. in Library and Information Science and, in addition to her work as a librarian, has worked as a conference and events planner as well as a Communications and Enrollment administrator in both preschool and higher education environments (although some might say that there is very little difference between the two; Jen has no comment regarding whether she is one of the “some”).
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