Book Details:
Book Title: First Crush, Last Love by Elizabeth McKenna
Category: Adult Fiction, 314 pages
Genre: Romance - Contemporary
Publisher: Elizabeth McKenna
Release date: Aug 1, 2017
Tour dates: Oct 16 to Nov 3, 2017
Content Rating: PG-13 + M (There are a few short, mild sex scenes - nothing too graphic. There is swearing by certain characters. Mature themes include drinking/alcoholism, verbal abuse with some physical pushing, AIDS (a minor character is gay), stalking, brief descriptions of child abuse by a step parent, and suicide attempt (overdose).
Book Description:
Remember your first crush? How your heart raced and your cheeks flushed whenever you saw him? Jessie Baxter does, and it’s happening again. Ten years ago, despite her best efforts, Lee Archer wanted to be just friends. Now, he wants more, but Jessie's still recovering from a psycho ex-husband. Can she learn to trust again and make her first crush into her last love?Elizabeth McKenna’s latest novel will have you remembering the angst of high school, the grief of a failed relationship, and the happiness of true love.
My Thoughts…
A romance novel set in the 80’s & 90’s is right up my
alley. I grew up in this time and loved
flashing back to my high school years.
The clicks, the attitudes, and the crushes were all perfect for the
setting and the characters. While in
high school who hasn’t hoped that a couple would break up so that she could
jump into the open spot in the relationship?
That is exactly what Jessie spent her entire high school hoping would
happen with Lee.
It was refreshing to see a friendship between Lee and
Jessie. There was more than just
hormones and lust. Their friendship
was true to their age, with the witchy girlfriend being jealous and the other
friends looking at them like they were hiding something. At some points in the story I was hoping
Jessie could move on, forget Lee, and just get on with her life. Until she did… then I was screaming for her
to find Lee and get back to the good things in life.
I really enjoyed First Crush, Last Love. It was fun to reminisce about the high school
years.
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Meet the Author:
Elizabeth McKenna works as a full-time technical writer/editor for a large software company. Though her love of books reaches back to her childhood, she had never read romance novels until one Christmas when her sister gave her the latest bestseller by Nora Roberts. She was hooked from page one (actually, she admits it was the first love scene).
She had always wanted to write fiction, so she combined her love of history, romance and a happy ending to write Cera's Place and Venice in the Moonlight. Her short story, The Gypsy Casts a Spell, is available for free on her site http://elizabethmckenna.com/. She hopes you will enjoy her first contemporary romance novel, First Crush Last Love, as much as others have enjoyed her historical romances.
Elizabeth lives in Wisconsin with her understanding husband, two beautiful daughters, and a sassy Labrador. When she isn't writing, working, or being a mom, she's sleeping.
Connect with the author: Website ~ Twitter ~ Facebook ~ Instagram
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