Enemies by Tijan

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I can't believe that I haven't talked about this book this year but it doesn't look like I have. If I have before than I'm sorry, I didn't see the post. This was the first book I read this year and it took me 8 Days to read it. The beginning of the year is always nuts for me between coming back from Maryland and cleaning up from Christmas, I don't have a lot of free time. Anyway, back to Enemies. Dusty has issues. She is out heroine in this book and she's had it rough for a bit but she's dragging herself back up. Her mother passed from cancer, her father's boss basically black-balled them out of town. Now though, her father is remarried and everyone is a big happy family, her brother included. Dusty is going back to college to study marine biology. The bad part...the school is the same one Stone Reeves is at. Star football player and her old next door neighbor. His father was the one that fired her father so they didn't have to pay insurance anymore. There's a lot of hate pent up for him that Dusty never let go of and seeing him somewhere every single day is grating but she'll survive. She has a goal. That is until the unthinkable happens. Her father and step-mother die in a car accident. The news reunites Dusty with Stone once again and this time they're going to have it out. Everything at once would give anyone issues. Dusty just doesn't know what to do anymore. She uses Stone as a crutch until something real starts to form. That something real though, isn't enough. Especially if it's one sided. Better to end it before you get your heart broke. Is it really better to be proactive in this situation? It didn't feel like it. The book has some funny moments but it's full of drama. I love reading about Dusty because she's so strong without really realizing it. She knows she's damaged and she tries to work through it. Stone is arrogant for good reason but he also didn't know what his father had done to her family. When he found out he had to make it right. He never expected to fall for her but in hindsight, it was always Dusty even when they were kids. Tijan is an amazing author the way she uses humor and writes drama. She's never written a weak female character and there's always an alpha male but not always the overbearing kind. Definitely give it a read when you the chance. *picture from google