Title: Trust Me Always
Series: Boys of Avix
Author: Meagan Brandy
Release Date: June 17
Fake dating one football player while his teammate tries to win me back? Yeah, probably not the best idea, yet here we are.
Talk about complicated…
I loathe the day I ran smack dab into the hard chest of Alister Howl, Avix University’s second-string quarterback. The moment he smiled my way I should’ve run. And, well, I did … straight into his bed.
That was before I learned he was nothing but a liar. He ruined everything before it even began.
Unfortunately for me, he takes my dismissal as a challenge and comes back twice as hard.
I didn’t think it would work, but the man’s relentless, and now I’m wavering when I’m not so sure I should.
How can I be with him if I can’t trust him?
And that right there is exactly how I end up at a party, locking lips with the campus playboy and ultimate bachelor, Brady freaking Lancaster.
One second, I’m hiding from Alister in some sorority house and the next … I’m “Brady’s girl”.
I have no idea how it happened or where things go from here.
But one thing is for sure, fake dating one football player while his teammate tries to win me back is going to be one hell of a ride…
This is the third standalone set in the universe of Say You Swear from USA Today bestselling author Meagan Brandy. This is Cameron's book.
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So if you didn't know, I have been in a huge reading slump for MONTHS, & struggling even longer. I haven't found much to really pull me into a story. And on top of that I got sick AND my eyes have been bothering me for DAYS - whether that's my allergies or because of the smoke from the wildfires - either way it's been super annoying & hard to even read, or do much of anything for that matter.
But let me just say Trust Me Always was definitely one of my most anticipated reads for the YEAR & I wasn't going to let my horrible eyes, a cold, a kid on her last month of school & all the craziness that brings or a reading slump stop me from diving into this book!
And boy did it deliver.
Cameron's third year in college is off to a rocky start. Alister - the guy who broke her trust last year is trying to win her back. And part of Cameron wants to let him - but she needs time to untangle her feelings and figure out what she wants. Brady - one of her best friends since they were in diapers and notorious playboy - offers up a solution. They will fake date until she gets her head together. He's protective and sweet and always looks out for her - so the transition is easy.
But Alister doesn't quit.
Which football player will win Cameron over, and which one will be sidelined?
I loved everything about this book - the push and pull between the characters & wondering who will get the girl. I loved the sass and banter, the friendships and loved being back in the Avix world again. I loved the angst and drama this book brought and ate everything right up. It was such a fun read - and was the perfect first read for the summer. I love Meagan's books & couldn't wait to read Cameron's story since I first read about Cam in Say You Swear. She is fun and feisty, sassy and a bit bratty. She tells it like it is but loves her friends and family something fierce.
Brady & Alister play on the same team - but are sooo different from each other.
Alister didn't mean to hurt Cameron and break her trust, but he did because he was hurt himself. But he is persistent and charming and dedicated.
Brady has always been apart of Cameron's life. He's one of her best friends. He's protective and funny, a flirt, sweet and smart.
So when Cam needs his help, he is there for her. But why can't she get Alister out of her head when he hurt her?
Like I said this book brings on the Angst and Drama and banter and I loved every second of it. I had no idea what to expect going into this book but it had me giddy & kicking my feet one minute, and swooning the next. It was everything I didn't know I needed.
5⭐ out of 5⭐.
2🌶️ out of 5🌶️.
Tropes:
• NA romance (college)
• sports romance (football)
• love triangle
• fake dating
• friends to lovers
• who will she choose?
• he falls first
• emotion & angst
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author Meagan Brandy writes New Adult romance novels with a twist. She is a candy crazed, jukebox junkie who tends to speak in lyrics. Born and raised in California, she is a married mother of three crazy boys who keep her bouncing from one sports field to another, depending on the season, and she wouldn't have it any other way. Starbucks is her best friend and words are her sanity.
