WILDE
TIMES is the fourth and final novel in the spicy contemporary romance
series about four sexy brothers, their small-town bar and their local
country band. WILDE TIMES can be read as a STAND ALONE NOVEL or as part
of the SERIES.
In
high school, Jake Wilde was the star football player, who led his team
to win the state championship. Now ten years later he’s the manger of
his family’s bar, Haymakers, but the residents of rural Old Town still
talk about his glory days in high school.
Harley
Davis was always the girl-next-door…literally. Her family was neighbors
with the Wilde family and the Wilde boys treated her like the little
sister they never had. But Harley spent her adolescence dreaming that
she’d one day be Jake Wilde’s girl.
She
never anticipated that she’d be one of the many girls Jake sleeps with.
It breaks Harley’s heart a little bit more every time Jake hooks up
with someone other than her, which happens on a regular basis.
How much longer will Harley believe that having even a small piece of Jake is better than having no Jake at all?
Excerpt:
“That’s some ring,” I state loudly enough to get the woman’s attention.
She flashes the huge solitaire diamond in my face. “Thanks.”
Why is everyone around me suddenly getting married? It’s really starting to piss me off.
The woman looks a few years older than me, maybe in her mid-twenties. She’s sitting at the bar with two other young women who look like they could be her sisters. She looks vaguely familiar. We probably attended Old Town High together. I didn’t exactly pay attention to the girls who were older than me. Not that I paid much attention to the girls who were in my own grade either. We were more of a mutual hate society.
Right now it’s slow at Haymakers, the bar that the Wilde brothers own. It’s been in their family for generations, and to this day it’s the only bar in Old Town.
I’m now the only person who works here who isn’t a blood relation, or soon to be related by marriage.
“Celebrating?” I ask.
She shoves the ring in my face. “I just got engaged.” She is all smiles.
“Congratulations. What can I get you?”
“Is Jake around?” She scans the nearly empty bar. It’s not even four in the afternoon yet. The place won’t pick-up for at least another hour.
“He’s in the back room.” I have no idea what she wants with Jake. She doesn’t look like the type who he usually hooks up with. She’s much too prim and proper. She looks more like someone Cooper would go for.
But he’s engaged too. The best ones are always taken
The woman’s eyes narrow and she says, “I really wanted to share my good news with him.”
It looks to me like she wants to shove the ring in his face and I have an idea why. Jake has a reputation for humping and dumping and she was probably one of his casualties. What she doesn’t realize is that even if being with him meant the world to her, chances are it most likely meant nothing to him. He probably won’t even remember sticking his dick in her. And I can guarantee he won’t remember her name.
“He’ll probably be out a little later,” I say. “If you want to stick around.”
The woman gives me a huge grin. “Oh, I’m going to stick around. Thanks.”
“Can I get you something to drink while you’re waiting?”
“We’ll have three beers,” the woman says. “Whatever you have on draft.”
“Budweiser okay?”
The three women all nod. They don’t look like heavy drinkers. I’m willing to bet they’re two-drink-max kind of girls. There are three types of females who normally come into Haymakers. The regulars: most of them are older folks, my parents’ age or older, who’ve been coming to the bar for years. They usually have a few beers while they eat lunch or dinner. Then there are the packs: groups of girls who come in the celebrate weddings or sometimes even divorces. They’re usually two-drink-maxers, especially if they’re with a group of girls from work. Then there are the girls who come in to get drunk and laid. They’re usually in pairs, or sometimes trios. They usually drink until they get loaded enough for any guy in the bar to look good enough to screw.
After they finish their beers the women are a lot chattier than when they entered the place.
“Another round?” I ask.
The woman frowns. “I was hoping Jake would be around by now.”
Me too, I think, because I can’t wait to see what this woman has to say to him. I’m pretty sure that whatever it is, it’ll be a show.
The woman leans down close to me and whispers, “He took my virginity.”
I can’t help but smile. “Join the club.”
She points a swaying finger at me. “You too?”
I nod.
She gives me a puzzled look. “Were you twelve?”
“Nineteen,” I admit, but I’m not sure why. I’ve never actually told anyone I was a virgin until I was an adult and that I lost my virginity to a man-whore who didn’t even know it was my first time. But I feel insulted by her insinuations that I look like a slut.
“You were nineteen?” She sounds like she doesn’t believe me.
I place my hands on my hips and stare at her. “Why is that so hard to believe?”
She opens her mouth, but no words come out. Then she stammers a few times with some, “Well, ums.”
“You’re kind of dressed a little provocatively,” her friend says.
I lean in so the three women will hear me. “Did you see a brand new Mustang convertible in the parking lot when you came in?”
“The cherry red one?” the friend asks.
I nod.
“We saw it,” the woman says.
“I work in a bar. I was able to buy that car because I dress like this. Big tits and a tight ass earn large tips.”
The women are all staring at me with eyes as wide as pie plates.
“Did someone say big tits and a tight ass?” a man’s voice booms.
All of us turn at the same time to see Jake Wilde approach. He’s almost thirty, but he’s still got the good looks and charm of the guy who everyone adored in high school. He was the star football player and the most popular guy on campus. All the guys wanted to be him and all the girls wanted to date him, including me. People at Old Town High still talk about Jake Wilde even more than ten years after he graduated. Of course I was just a kid when Jake was in high school. He treated me more like the pesky little girl next door until I finally graduated and started working at Haymakers.
After their parents died and left them the family bar, the Wilde boys voted to have Jake manage the place. He’s good at getting people into Haymakers and making sure they have a good time. Unfortunately he’s not quite as good at the day-to-day operations, like bookkeeping and accounting. Fortunately, Cooper is a Wall Street financial wiz and has gotten Jake out of jams on more than a few occasions.
I’d help him, if he asked, but he never has. I was a straight A student in high school and even got full scholarships to several Ivy League universities. Math was my best subject. And I’m a wiz with computers. I could easily handle the books. But the only thing Jake sees me as is a waitress and his personal plaything that he can use when he wants to scratch a certain itch. I know I shouldn’t let him use me, but he’s the only man I’ve ever loved. I’ve been in love with him since I was a kid, and I can’t imagine ever being with anyone else. So having a piece of Jake, when he feels like screwing me, is better than having no Jake at all.
Previous books in the series:
The Wilde One (Old Town Country Romance Book 2)
A Wilde Night (Old Town Country Romance Book 3)
Wilde Times (Old Town Country Romance Book 4)
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About this Author:
Romance novelist Savannah Young grew up in rural northwest New Jersey in a place very similar to the fictional Old Town, which is featured in her books. When she's not at her computer creating spicy stories, Savannah is traveling to exotic locales or spending time with her husband and their bloodhounds. Savannah also writes under the pen names Dakota Madison, Sierra Avalon and Ren Monterrey.
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My Thoughts:
What a perfect ending to this Wilde series!
I have read and reviewed each book. The previous one was my least favorite because I didn't really connect with the heroine. This one was much like the first two books.
There was drama, angst, dumb man moments, sweet humble man moments, plenty of sexy talk and actions, kissing, and a few surprises. You may want to have some tissues handy for a few of the scenes. :-)
It was a great way to wind up a series as special as this one was.
In Wild Times, we see plenty of the previous main characters but we also focus on the final Wilde brother, Jake. He is the eldest brother and a perpetual playboy. I love to hate him and hate to love him for most of the series because he hurts poor Harley.
Harley has always loved Jake but he keeps her as a side piece of tail while he still does every other woman that comes on to him.
Harley comes off as a bitch at times but she has been hurt over and over and I don't blame her.
In this book things finally comes to a head and Jake is forced to put up or shut up.
I was extremely pleased with the ending. I will look forward to seeing what she writes for us next!
I received an ecopy in exchange for my honest opinion. I thought this was fantastic!
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^^ i'm glad this book brought you closure in a good way^^ an,d it can be read as a stand alobne which is even better^^
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for taking the time to read and review my book. I appreciate it!
ReplyDeleteSavannah Young
This series has been wonderful to read. The book cover threw me off until I check the titles. Glad I did.
ReplyDeleteGood series. Thanks for the excerpt
ReplyDeleteI definitely plan on reading this series next year. I'm not going to read as many books for review and just read more of the ones I want to read so this is on my list. :)
ReplyDeleteI'm really glad that it ended so well and you loved most of the series. :)