#BookTour ➙ Interference (St. Michaels Duet #1) by Harlow Cole

Title: Interference (St. Michaels Duet #1)

Author: Harlow Cole

Genre: Contemporary Sports Romance

Release Date: July 18, 2019

Brayden

I’m a goddamn prodigy. It’s true. Ask anyone.

I threw my first curveball the day I was born.

The whole town is waiting on me.

To live up to my father’s famous name. To reach for the stars.

All I want to reach for is her.

But Ashley is the sweet addiction I can’t afford. She’s my best friend’s sister. Hell, she’s practically my little sister. For years, I’ve protected her from guys that want one thing. What happens now that I’ve turned into one of them? Who’s gonna shield her from the way I was made, from my little white lies and from what I’m about to become?

My game plan sounds simple: Pitch my way into the Major League draft and stay out of Ashley Foster’s pants. That first part may be statistically difficult.

The second feels damn near impossible.

Ashley

From the moment we met, I knew he was trouble.

The kind my mother sent me to find.

The type that ruins you for any other brand.

When we were young kids, I didn’t know what to call the frogs and butterflies that danced in my belly whenever Brayden came near. Now I know they have a name.

Those three little words that could heal or destroy him.

Before Brayden, my life was normal. And then it wasn’t. It couldn’t be. Ever again. How was I to know stealing his seat would change all our lives?

Anger and forgiveness share two halves of the same coin.

Our story might make you choose sides.

😥 An emotional journey

Definite tissue and Hot Cocoa read!

"STAY."

"Forgive."

"Life in the middle place was supposed to hurt. We’re meant to suffer through them—those years that straddle the uncomplicated life of a child and the complex web of adulthood. They’re pre-programmed to blow chunks. Full helpings of angst and raging hormones, leave very few unscathed." ~ Ash

This sums up the first half of the St. Michaels Duet. Interference takes place right at the cusp of our casts adulthood. Those years when all our dreams still seemed possible. The ones where we usually made the greatest memories as well as some of our greatest mistakes.

I needed some time to recover and gather my thoughts after reading this. The story brought out an assortment of emotions for me leaving me a bit broken and definitely with a book hangover.

We start in the now and are cast back to the beginning. Interference takes us back through the events that occurred that made the 'now' possible. The story itself was very easy to follow. The cast, for the most part, was easy to connect with and each member was well written. There were times I felt we spent more time in a scene than was necessary but in the end, I am glad for the quieter moments. They tied everything together even if I did not see it at the time.

"Folks deserved to ride into hell on their own power."

Brayden, at times, made the idea of forgiveness extremely hard.

He was at the crossroads ~ the raging hormones, the pressure of living up to others expectations ~ That place where you want to be an adult but aren't quite sure how.

I did have trouble with his character at times, he could be so extreme. After seeing his world I understood many of his reactions. Didn't approve of them but I got it.

He was loved, truly loved, yet he still wanted that one thing he just could never seem to acquire ~ parental approval. Negative or positive it did not seem to matter. Anything that for a moment made him feel wanted, that he wasn't a castoff.

IMO his instant "brotherly" connection to Soot was a bit of transference.

They did make the best of besties.

"A tiny little monster with a real hard head."

Ashley was a sweetie. I enjoyed her tomboy persona. She wasn't afraid to be who she was. Her presence a soothing balm for Braydens inner monster.

Joey ~ Ashley's bestie. The town gossip queen and trouble walking. I loved her.

Nathan, Ashley's brother. was a quiet presence. He was in most of the story buy IMO his actions didn't really stand out until maybe the last few chapters. There was a reason for that.

There are quite a few other cast members whose presence make a very strong impact on the storyline. Some I wanted to toss into the lake so they had some time to cool their heels others I wanted to wrap in bubble wrap and protect from what I knew was coming.

Overall a very intense read that kept me entertained and emotionally engaged

If you take a chance on one New Adult novel this year

Let it be this one

Harlow Cole is a former journalism student, turned techie, turned mother, who finally decided at age forty-plus what she wants to be if she ever she grows up. Her writing journey first began in sixth grade, when she and her best friend penned boy band fanfiction in an old spiral notebook. Harlow is a connoisseur of peanut M&Ms, brand-new school supplies and angst-filled love stories that always end happy. At fifteen, she met her first love. They’ve now been married for twenty years. They reside in suburban Washington, DC, where Harlow moonlights as a taxi driver for their farting beagle and teenage twins. Interference and Stealing Home are her debut novels.