Blog Tour and Giveaway: Perfect Regret by A. Meredith Walters

SYNOPSIS:

Riley Walker makes all the right decisions and knows exactly where her life is headed.

Riley Walker does not make mistakes.

Riley Walker certainly doesn’t make spontaneous decisions.

But then Riley Walker gets dumped.

Spectacularly, gut-wrenching, stomp all over her heart dumped. And she is feeling more than a little angry. And a whole lot bitter. And suddenly the girl who has always done everything right feels like doing something completely wrong.

Garrett Bellows, lead guitarist for the local band, Generation Rejects, is going through life without a plan. Trying not to think past the next gig or the next party, he has worked hard to not become too attached to anyone or anything. So he is shocked to find himself drawn to the snarky girl with a chip on her shoulder. She pisses him off and puts him down. He knows she’s nothing more than a self-entitled college brat who thinks she’s better than the townie boy without a future.

Alcohol and a hefty dose of lust leads to a night both Riley and Garrett immediately regret. Her embarrassment, his pride and the weight of rumors and misconceptions convince Riley and Garrett that their one-time indiscretion will never be repeated. Particularly when their harshest critics are each other.

But how do you reconcile a head that wants to let go with a heart that keeps holding on?

And what happens when your biggest regret begins to seem almost perfect?

Excerpt:

Slowly, Garrett kicked off the shoes he had just put on and lay down beside me.  I scootched over to make room on the double bed.  Garrett stretched his arm above his head, his other arm laying awkwardly beside him as though he didn’t know what to do with it.

  I rolled onto my side and pressed my back into him and then he got the hint.  He slid over and wrapped his arm around my waist.  This spooning thing really was an uncomfortable business.  You never knew what to do with your arms or legs. It took forever to find that spot where you felt like you weren’t a human pretzel.

  But when you found that spot, it was pure bliss.  And when I found that spot with Garrett I never wanted to move again.  Our bodies synched up and we sort of melted into each other.  Garrett tucked my head under his chin and I felt warm and secure wrapped up in him like this.

  “Will you be here when I wake up?” I asked almost fearfully.  I couldn’t figure out why it was so important for him to be here with me.  But right now it was the most necessary thing in my world.

  “I’ll be here as long as you want me, Riley,” he whispered, his breath stirring my hair.  And that’s all I needed to fall into a restful sleep.

Tabby’s Review:

I have waited for what seems like forever for Perfect Regret to come out, and I am so happy that it is finally here! I read Perfect Regret in one sitting, giving up sleep and food to do so. I just couldn’t put my Kindle down and walk away.  Yes, it was just that good.

The Perfect Regret centers around Riley Walker and Garrett Bellows, who quite frankly are a mess together but together they somehow come together.  Riley, Riley, Riley oh how I wanted to smack you at times, but I still loved you snarky, bitter, make no apologies attitude.  Riley literally had her heart ripped out of her chest and stomped on when she was unexpectedly dumped by her boyfriend Damien. Riley and Garrett know each other, and needless to say they aren’t very friendly towards each other. Garrett is the townie, with no direction, no plan, and parties all the time. Whereas, Riley has a plan for everything, she knows how she wants her life to go and she won’t stand for anything less, everything needs to be perfect. That is until one night after drinking with Maysie and her boyfriend Jordan’s band Generation Rejects, Riley ends up in the bed of a man she loves to hate- Garrett Bellows.

Needless to say, her anger and bitterness gets turned up a few notches after this, yet Garrett continues to try to win Riley over again and again. When Riley experiences a horrible loss Garrett is right there trying to help her through it. Riley is like a spinning top, one minute she is accepting and the next her smart ass side is back full force.

 I’m not going to go into anymore details because that will ruin the story, and I believe you need to go into this book not expecting anything, to feel the emotions that it will bring on. I loved this story, it is a roller coaster of emotions, it has so many ups and downs and twists and turns it made my head spin. It even brought on tears a few times.  A. Meredith Walters wrote an amazing, well-rounded, angst filled emotional book. It was definitely a page turner.

If your into seemingly bad boy rockers, who end up having a sweet, romantic sensitive side, then you will love this book! I highly recommend it.

Author Bio:
The New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of Contemporary and Paranormal romance including The Find You in the Dark series, Bad Rep and its upcoming sequel.

A. Meredith spent ten years as a counselor for at risk teens and children. First working at a Domestic Violence/Sexual Assault program and then later a program for children with severe emotional and mental health issues. Her former clients and their stories continue to influence every aspect of her writing.

When not writing (or being tortured with all manner of beauty products at the hand of her very imaginative and extremely girly 6 year old daughter), she is eating chocolate, watching reality television that could rot your brain and reading a smutty novel or two.

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