Spotlight & Giveaway: Bad Girl Reputation by Elle Kennedy

Posted October 19th, 2022 by in Blog, Spotlight / 32 comments

Today, HJ is pleased to share with you Elle Kennedy’s new release: Bad Girl Reputation

 

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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.

 
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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.

 

Enjoy an exclusive excerpt from Bad Girl Reputation 

“Everything okay in there?” A voice. Then a knock. My entire extended family is on the other side of the door.
I freeze.
“Fine,” Evan calls back, his fingertips a scant inch from where I was just aching for him.
Now, I’m sliding off the vanity, pushing his hand off me, withdrawing mine from his boxers. Before my flats even connect with the tiled floor, I already hate myself. Barely in the same room with him for ten minutes, and I lose all self-control.
I almost had sex with Evan Hartley at my mother’s funeral reception, for fuck’s sake. If we hadn’t been interrupted, I have no doubt I would’ve let him take me right then and there. That’s a new low, even for me.
Damn it.
I’d spent the last year training myself to at least approximate a normal functioning adult. To not surrender to every destructive instinct the second it pops into my head, to exercise some damn restraint. And then Evan Hartley licks his lips and I’m open for business.
Really, Gen?
As I’m fixing my hair in the mirror, I see him watching me with a question on his tongue.
Finally he voices it. “You okay?”
“I can’t believe we almost did that,” I mumble, shame lining my throat. Then, I find my composure and steel up my defenses. I lift my head. “Just so we’re clear, this isn’t going to be a thing.”
“The hell does that mean?” His affronted gaze meets mine in the reflection.
“It means I have to be in town for a bit for my dad, but while I’m here, we’re not going to be seeing each other.”
“Seriously?” When he reads my resolved expression, his sours. “What the hell, Gen? You stick your tongue down my throat and then tell me to get lost? That’s pretty shitty.”
Turning to face him, I shrug with feigned indifference. He wants me to fight him because he knows there’s a lot of emotion here, and the more he drags it out of me, the better his chances. But I’m not going there again, not this time. This was a lapse in judgement. Temporary insanity. I’m better now. Head on straight. Got it all out of my system.
“You know we can’t stay away from each other,” he tells me, growing more frustrated at my decision. “We spent our whole relationship trying. Doesn’t work.”
He’s not wrong. Until the day I finally left town, we were on and off since freshman year of high school. A constant push-and-pull of loving and fighting. Sometimes I’m the moth, other times the flame.
What I eventually figured out, though, is that the only way to win is not to play.
Unlocking the door, I pause to offer a brief look over my shoulder. “There’s a first time for everything.”

Excerpt. ©Elle Kennedy. Posted by arrangement with the publisher. All rights reserved.
 
 

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Meet the Author:

A New York Times, USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author, ELLE KENNEDY grew up in the suburbs of Toronto, Ontario, and is the author of more than forty romantic suspense and contemporary romance novels, including the international bestselling Off-Campus and Briar U series.

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32 Responses to “Spotlight & Giveaway: Bad Girl Reputation by Elle Kennedy”

  2. Evelyn

    It sounds really good! Can’t wait to read this book! Thanks for the chance!!

  13. Texas Book Lover

    I love everything Elle Kennedy writes including the first book in this series. Looking forward to seeing someone tame Evan…even just a little because I’m not sure you can really tame him completely!

  17. Laurie Gommermann

    Chemistry is hard to fight! Evan and Gen’s sparks seem quite explosive!
    I’d like to read more about these intense exchanges. Can’t wait for their fireworks and climatic HEA!

  25. Anita H.

    I enjoyed this sneak peek, really want to find out more about how Gen plans to stay away from Evan given all their past history

  27. Irma Jurejevčič

    I’m no newbie to Elle’s books. I adore her stories, her characters and the plots. I love this, too. I can’t wait to read it :*