Synopsis
Whitley Hayes is an ordinary girl with a gypsy heart.
College is the only constant in her life. She’s made a lot of mistakes and she
intends on keeping them in the past.
Move on and forget.
That’s her motto.
Jennings Cohen is no ordinary man—not at all. He would have
never imagined his life would turn into such a spectacle. The tabloids exploit
him, fans stalk him and the paparazzi are relentless. It’s not always fun being
Jennings.
It doesn’t help that he has a secret. One that comes at a
price he’s not sure he can pay.
Relationships get complicated and hearts shatter.
It’s not easy living a lie, but it’s easier than telling the
truth.
Review
This was a great story that
definitely had my emotions all whacky. I laughed, felt sad, giddy, frustrated
and it definitely had my heart racing.
The characters are very well
written. Whitley is sassy and I love her attitude. Jennings *sigh* I wanted to
hate him but he’s just too sweet. He’s a very very stupid, stupid man who I
wanted to smack a time or two but he’s also totally swoon worthy.
Cassie Graham did a great job grabbing
my attention throughout. Even the secondary characters had me intrigued. I love
all the little twist and turns and Whitley’s mysterious secret that had me on
pins and needles because I so badly wanted to know what she was hiding. Ahhh
and what a secret.
This book definitely had me
biting my nails and sitting at the edge of my seat in anticipation. I would
definitely recommend this book and I can’t wait to read more from this author.
**ARC received in exchange for an honest review
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I journey past the carved-by-hand eight-person table, and
walk to the master bedroom. The white, canopy bed sits in the middle of the
room. The barely see-through sheets that hang on the sides move and dance in
the breeze. Whit walks quietly behind me, and I turn to look at her. Eyes wide,
she takes in everything the house has to offer. Setting her soda down, she
walks to the queen size bed and plops down.
“Would it be completely inappropriate if I jumped on the
bed?” she prompts, looking reluctant.
I give a good belly laugh, and spread out my hands. “I’d be
offended if you didn’t.”
She shoots up, takes her sandals off and, in one swift hop,
she lands on the bed. Bending at the knees she bounces. I sit down in a white
armchair across the room and watch her as she lets loose. This is another one
of those moments that is so rare, that I feel the intense want to capture this
moment forever. She jumps with glee, squeaking with happiness with each bounce.
Every time her feet come off of the bed, her arms go into the air. Her long
blonde hair bobs with each movement, and she pushes it out of her face, just
like the way she did it that day I ran into her at the beach.
“Jump with me, Jennings.”
Any macho doucheface would tell her to keep jumping and have
fun. That he would sit in the chair and watch. But, I want to keep her smile
fully intact for as long as possible. So, I take off my slip-on, stitched
loafers and approach the bed.
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If you notice the cover, it has a lot of clues to what
you’ll find in the story. Not only are there stars and rain, which are HUGE key
points, but also if you look closely, you’ll see a person behind the couple
taking a picture. A paparazzi.
The idea for Anyone But Him came to me in the shower as I
was listening to one of my favorite bands, MKTO. The main singer is an actor
and a singer and the idea just sort of blew up from there.
Jennings was originally named Bradley, but I saw one of my
‘likers’ last name was Jennings and had to have it. Bradley is still in the
book as Jennings’ best friend.
Holli is loosely based off of a friend I have. She’s a
spunky girl from Texas with a cute twang that I love. Holli helped me a lot
when writing my first book and I promised her I’d write a character into my
story using her name.
My husband and I have always had a fascination with
stargazing, so I felt it was appropriate to incorporate it into the book.
When my husband was away with the Military, we would have
moon dates. He would promise me he’d go outside and look at the moon and tell
me he loved me. I promised to do the same. We moon dated for six months before
he came home.
The ending was partly planned and partly unexpected. While I
always promise a happily ever after, I’ve left it open ended so I can give you
more of a story.
Chapter Ten was made specifically for one of my beta
readers, Ashlei. We talked and joked about Whitley and Jennings date and I
decided to give it life.
Author
Info
Cassie Graham is the author of Unable to Resist. She also
hates talking about herself. It makes her nervous and somewhat sweaty. So,
she’s going to make this short.
While writing is her true passion, her family is even more
important. Her ultimate happy place is sitting in her house with her husband
and daughter while writing stories about lovers who are meant to be together.
She’d live in that world forever if she could.
