The Upside of Falling (The Blue Line Duet, #1) by Meghan Quinn Series: The Blue Line Duet
Published by Self-Published on June 19th 2018
Genres: Contemporary, Military, Romance
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Gripping, heart-stopping, and an incredibly epic journey with a twist you'll never see coming. Best selling author, Meghan Quinn, brings you a modern take on an old fashion romance that will leave you breathless and wanting more.
Tucked away at the base of the Rocky Mountains lived a little boy with one singular dream: leave this broken and battered home and become someone.
Be somebody’s hero.
That boy was me—Colby Brooks. Except I’m not that same little boy anymore. My dreams might still be the same, but my reality isn’t.
I’m smarter. Stronger. A man.
And I learned a long damn time ago, the only way to achieve my dreams was to avoid distractions—at any cost.
Focus. Resolve. Determination.
But all it took was one single night. One night and my entire life…changed.
One night had me colliding head first with the biggest distraction of my life; Rory Oaks.
Smart. Charming. Beautiful.
Rory changed everything.
Quickly, my one-track mind started to bend.
Each kiss faded decade-long dreams.
And with one single incident, I fly off course.
I’ve never been so happy to be taken hostage by a book! Lately I’ve been feeling kind of funky. Book funky, that is. I’ve been disinterested in reading, and it’s been troubling me because I freaking love to read! I needed something to snap me the hell out of it, and The Upside of Falling did just that. I could not put this book down. And the cherry on top of this addictive sundae is that it’s only the first book in a duet.
How do you know if this story is for you? Ask yourself if you like…
- Romances that are sweet and also naughty
- Wounded heroes
- Warm fuzzies
- Soap opera worthy family drama
- Cliffhangers
If those qualities don’t tick your boxes then move along. If they get your heart pumping, then welcome aboard the Book Crack Train.
I do enjoy a tough hero who is also very vulnerable, and Colby is the perfect balance of both. He is brooding and single-minded in his goal to graduate from the Air Force Academy and become a fighter pilot. His seeming indifference to Rory keeps his brutally painful past at bay and protects his dreams for the future. I love how determined and persistent Rory is in tearing down Colby’s walls. She has a huge heart and her relationship with her brother is so dear.
Colby is tender with just the right amount of alpha, which gives his romance with Rory some heat to go along with the sweet. The combination helps the angst go down quite nicely.
This one is a heartbreaker with a cliffhanger I saw coming but still very much enjoyed. On to the conclusion…
Recommended for fans of:
Men in uniform
Angst
Airplanes
Sweaters and leggings
About Meghan Quinn
Born in New York and raised in Southern California, Meghan has grown into a sassy, peanut butter eating, blonde haired swearing, animal hoarding lady. She is known to bust out and dance if “It’s Raining Men” starts beating through the air and heaven forbid you get a margarita in her, protect your legs because they may be humped.
Once she started commuting for an hour and twenty minutes every day to work for three years, she began to have conversations play in her head, real life, deep male voices and dainty lady coos kind of conversations. Perturbed and confused, she decided to either see a therapist about the hot and steamy voices running through her head or start writing them down. She decided to go with the cheaper option and started writing… enter her first novel, Caught Looking.
Now you can find the spicy, most definitely on the border of lunacy, kind of crazy lady residing in Colorado with the love of her life and her five, furry four legged children, hiking a trail or hiding behind shelves at grocery stores, wondering what kind of lube the nervous stranger will bring home to his wife. Oh and she loves a good boob squeeze!
Yay! I’m happy you enjoyed this one. I did, too! That cliffhanger made me so angry! The second book totally made up for that, though. I hope you enjoy it as much as you did the first one!
Thanks! The second one is making me anxious!! So much tension.
Yes, but in the end it will be worth it!