Day three is here, and it’s time for me to review the wonderful Players, Bumps And Cocktail Sausages for you all! Technically third in the Silence series, this book covers the story of Jasper, Oakleys brother.
✰✯Players, Bumps And Cocktail Sausages✯✰
Ex-playboy, Jasper, has hung up his little black book and is strictly a one-woman man.
Jasper is shocked when his new wife, Abby, no longer wants the family they’ve planned. She begins to work late and withdraw from their marriage, leaving Jasper questioning his decision to give her a second chance.
Holly starts working for Jasper, and as the two grow closer, he takes action, sparking a chain of events that makes his once well planned out life spiral out of control.
To get what he wants, he first has to lose everything.
Excerpt
Finally, she sighed. “You’re right. I’ve always been Good Girl Holly, getting high grades and coming home on time. I’ve never done anything impulsive. I’ve slept with two people, both of whom I was in a relationship with. Albeit, it was a short one with Harry, but I’d thought we were going somewhere. I’m boring, aren’t I?”
Oh, dear God, what have I done?
“You’re not boring, Holly. There’s nothing wrong with not sleeping around!”
She waved her hand at me. “You think there is.”
“When did I say that? Why do women make something else out of what is said?”
“What do you think when you look at me?”
Now, that is a dangerous question.
“I see a woman who has no idea how sexy she really is. You hide behind dark clothes and long jumpers. You put on a lot of that eyeliner stuff to distract people from who you are.”
She gulped. “And what if I don’t know who I am?”
“I think you do, but you don’t have the confidence to be it.”
I’d had more than enough alcohol to tell me that hitting on a mate’s sister was a good idea. In the morning I’d know better. “You’re beautiful and smart and funny, and a handful of guys in here would love to chat you up right now—you know, if you didn’t look a bit scary while drinking alone, like you’re plotting revenge on your ex.”
“Huh?”
“Trust me, when you down shots like that and scowl at nothing, you look like a woman scorned.”
She pushed an empty shot glass away and blushed. “Oh.”
“Hey, don’t worry about it. I happen to think the scorned look is hot.”
“Of course you do,” she muttered dryly. “But thank you for what you said. It was sweet. Sort of.”
I meant it. There was something about Holly that drew me in. Her adult innocence was refreshing and a big turn-on.
She hopped down off her stool and stood between my legs.
“What are you doing?” I asked, stunned.
Her eyes widened, and she shook her head. “Nothing. I need the toilet.” Ducking around me, she hightailed it to the restroom.
What is that? Does she want me as much as I want her right now?
“Can I get you something?” the bartender asked.
“Two shots of tequila, a beer, and a”—I picked up Holly’s empty glass and smelled it—“vodka and lemonade, please.”
He nodded. “Coming up.”
Holly got back to the bar just as I paid. Her cheeks were the same pink as when she’d left.
“Do a shot with me, and then we’ll have a drink. Then, I’m taking you back to my flat.”
Her eyebrows shot up in surprise. “Excuse me?”
Review
As much as I loved Cole and Oakleys romance, I was excited to read all about Jasper. In the first two books he was portrayed as a bit of a Tom Cat, a player, and we all love a bad boy at heart, don’t we? So now Oakley was all settled down with Cole, it was time to pay a visit to ladies man Jasper, and see what he was getting up to.
I spent the first half of this book just wanting to give the poor boy a cuddle – Alongside his sister, Jasper has been through so much because of their Father and other things, too. When the book begins, his marriage isn’t taking the path he thought it would, and it seems he and Abby now want very different things.
Due to the nature of what happened to Oakley, the first two books covered a tough topic and made for pretty intense reading at times. Silly, naive little me thought this book would be more lighthearted – Having read plenty of Natasha Prestons other works, I should have known better! It wasn’t the same intensity, but still an emotional rollercoaster of a read. I shed a tear or two, but there were plenty laughs in between. It’s hard to put too much detail into this review without giving away too much of the plot, but let’s just say I am very happy Jasper got his story, and there were some truly heartwarming moments in it. Bad boy Jasper will always have my heart.
Players, Bumps & Cocktail Sausages is available in the following places:
Amazon universal – https://goo.gl/jeaWkH
iBooks – https://goo.gl/maz7at
Nook – https://goo.gl/xnWt84
Goodreads – https://goo.gl/Cb8WPg
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
UK native Natasha Preston grew up in small villages and towns. She discovered her love of writing when she stumbled across an amateur writing site and uploaded her first story and hasn’t looked back since.
Natasha is the Author of…
THE SILENCE SERIES
Silence
Broken Silence
Players, Bumps and Cocktail Sausages
Silent Night
THE CHANCE SERIES
Second Chance
Our Chance
STAND-ALONES
Save Me
With the Band
Reliving Fate
Lie To Me
After The End
YOUNG ADULT THRILLERS
The Cellar
Awake
The Cabin
You Will Be Mine
The Lost
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