MAKE ME SIN (Bad Habit #2) by J.T.Geissinger-a review

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date January 12, 2016

Chloe Carmichael’s life feels pretty sweet—she’s both maid of honor and florist for her best friend’s A-list wedding, things are getting serious with her boyfriend, and her flower shop is about to get a spread in a national magazine. But it all quickly turns sour whenever the best man, Bad Habit drummer A.J. Edwards, shows his face…his handsome, unforgettable face. A.J. is everything Chloe doesn’t want: tattooed, selfish, and all-around bad news. So why can’t she stop thinking about him?

Goody two-shoes Chloe isn’t exactly A.J.’s type, either, but the chemistry between them is undeniable. A.J. will be the first to say he isn’t a saint, but there’s something he’s not saying—something that would devastate Chloe. The only way he can protect her is to push her away, but the drummer finds he needs her now more than ever. When a wedding-day confrontation reveals secrets they’re both hiding, will Chloe and A.J. ever find their rhythm again?

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REVIEW: MAKE ME SIN is the second installment in J.T. Geissinger’s contemporary, adult BAD HABIT rocker romance focusing on the members of the rock band BAD HABIT. This is drummer A. J. Edwards, and florist Chloe Carmichael’s story line. MAKE ME SIN can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty. A.J. and Chloe were first introduced in book one SWEET AS SIN.

Told from first person point of view (Chloe) with a few chapters from A.J, MAKE ME SIN follows the rocky relationship between Chloe and AJ. From their first meeting in book one SWEET AS SIN, A.J. has treated Chloe with so much disdain and anger that you would have thought Chloe had destroyed his favorite toy. Something about Chloe torments A.J, and he is desperate to both push away, and keep close the woman with whom he will fall in love. The animosity and hatred toward Chloe continues throughout a good portion of MAKE ME SIN and in this we begin to wonder about the who and why of A.J’s past. Chloe will eventually see through A.J’s hardened façade and his darkest emotions such that A.J. will begin to unravel before her very eyes.

The relationship between AJ and Chloe is one of immediate attraction but A.J’s hostility and venom towards Chloe is reprehensible and there is no explanation for his abhorrent behavior. Days and weeks go by and A.J.’s hostility knows no boundaries but our couple will have to call a truce to their one sided contempt as they prepare for Nico and Kat’s upcoming nuptials-a wedding that will cost them both when secrets are revealed and the past comes back for revenge. The $ex scenes are intimate, intense and steamy.

Nico and Kat, as well as Bad Habit guitarist Brody play secondary and supporting roles throughout the story. Brody has eyes for Chloe’s friend Grace-a couples counselor whose own past is mired in lost memories and painful loss. And Eric-what can I say about Chloe’s former boyfriend that would shed some positive light on his behavior-nothing. Chloe’s brother James is a welcome addition to the series-here’s hoping James has a story of his own to tell. The world building continues to focus on the members of the band –their pasts, their presents and their potential futures but also on the tactile atmosphere of the abandoned hotel where A.J. hides from the world and his sins.

MAKE ME SIN is an emotional and passionate story line with a complex, multi layered leading hero whose past is mired in so much tragedy and pain, that you never have to wonder why it is he is ready to lash out at the people he loves. In life, there are winners and losers, and A.J. believes he has been lost from the start-his early years are a testament to survival against the odds, but how one survives is a matter of interpretation and his vulnerability is an open wound that keeps festering as time goes by.

J. T. Geissinger’s BAD HABIT series is beautiful as it is heartbreaking; painful as it soothes; captivating while pushing the boundaries of our bleeding hearts. MAKE ME SIN is sensual, emotional, passionate and dramatic; the characters are engaging, intoxicating and intense; the romance is provocative, and full of anguish and pain. The happily ever after comes at a price, but a price that our couple are willing to pay.

Copy supplied by Netgalley.

Reviewed by Sandy