Book: Always You
Author: Missy Johnson
Genre: New Adult Contemporary
Tour Organized by: Indie Sage, LLC
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I was thrilled when I was offered a graduate teaching position at the prestigious Tennerson Girls Academy. At twenty-three, this would be my first ‘real’ teaching assignment. Working at the elite boarding school, home to the daughters of some of the wealthiest people in the world, was a great opportunity that I would’ve been stupid to pass up.
One week into my new job, and I suddenly had no idea why I chose high school…I was a seventeen year old boy once, I knew how teenage girls behaved.
You can’t even imagine the hell of trying to teach thirty, hormonal driven seventeen year olds who have been cooped up, away from any male contact.
I could handle the whispers every time I entered the room. I could even handle the obvious attempts at gaining my attention. What I couldn’t handle was her…
Rich bitches and way too many rules. Was it any wonder that I hated school?
Add to that the lack of male contact, and I was going insane. Like literally. I wasn’t used to this. A year ago I was normal. I had a boyfriend, friends and a loving family. There is nothing normal about me anymore, and nobody here lets me forget that.
My name is Wrenn, and I’m only here because my aunt took me in after what happened, but my aunt also happens to be the headmistress of this academy…Can you see my problem?
I’m hated for my lack of money, and I’m hated for who my Aunt is.
Then he arrived. Dalton Reed. My new history teacher.
Slowly, he helped me see that even in the worst situations, there is always hope.
Touted as a student/teacher romance, I was instantly on board with Always You by Missy Johnson as a lover of all taboo romances especially those of the student/teacher variety. What I was not prepared for was the suspense and anxiety in finding there is more to Dalton than just his occupation and the depth of emotion associated with Wrenn’s past. This fun taboo read became so much more, dealing with some pretty heavy issues and feelings and ending with a valuable and powerful message.
“If I was being honest with myself, my career was the least of my worries when it came to Wrenn.”
Dalton Reid, as a 23 year-old newly graduated hunky teacher, is fresh meat at an all-girls prep school. In the midst of the majority of the girls at the school throwing themselves upon him, he takes notice of 18 year old Wrenn. With Wrenn’s impending graduation and the end of Dalton’s teaching contract drawing near a tryst doesn’t seem like such a bad idea unfortunately this doesn’t factor in the potentially life altering secret that Dalton is harboring. As if Wrenn didn’t have enough on her plate living and dealing with heartache from a devastating past.
“Happiness was a trait that had eluded me for a long time. The best I could do was try and float with my head above water and hope I didn’t drown, and some days even that was hard.”
I liked the unrealized history that the two shared. I enjoyed the romance that slowly grew into something sweet and true fueled by an immediate attraction and connection. And I loved the layer upon layer of issues and obstacles that Dalton and Wrenn had to face both individually and as a couple bringing an emotional depth that reaches far beyond your average student/teacher affair.
“You can’t live life waiting for things to go wrong, because then you’re not really living. What matters most is living each day you do have like it might be your last.”
Always You is a great romance with an important message. It may not be entirely rainbows and butterflies but it is sweet, it is sexy, it is thought provoking and it is meaningful.
Rating 4.5 FMR Stars
Review by - Michelle T.
Missy lives in a small town in Central Victoria with her husband, and her confused pets (a dog who think she’s a cat, a cat who thinks he’s a dog…you get the picture).
When she’s not writing, she can usually be found looking for something to read.
Missy Johnson is offering 5 ecopies of Always You as well as a $25 Amazon GC. The giveaway is open internationally. Giveaway ends at 11:59 PM 02/01/2014.
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