There's Wild, Then There's You 
The Wild Ones #3
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Expected June 3, 2014

He’s someone she can’t trust…

She’s someone he thinks he knows…

Violet Wilson is a wallflower. Shy, serious, and accident-prone, she’s got a bad habit of being in the wrong place at the wrong time. The night she’s forced to pose with her friend might just be the worst time of all—that’s when she meets Jet Blevins. She knows better than to get involved with someone like him, but he touches her in ways she never expected, neverwanted before.

On the outside, Jet is a typical rocker, an arrogant lead guitarist who unapologetically lives a wild lifestyle. But on the inside, he’s battling demons and using the stage to escape the troubles of his past and the addictions of his present. Until the night he sees Violet standing at the back of the room. She brings his life into focus. She knows his secrets. She’s the girl he can’t forget, and the one thing he craves more than his addiction.

But can they ever hope to have a future when their very foundation is nothing but lies?
"There's something wild about those eyes, something that says she's hiding a little devil inside that hot-yet-innocent librarian exterior, and it's just dying to make its way out."

Violet will do anything for her friends including getting into a situation that is out of her element. And she never expected to meet a man there or where that would lead. And soon everything just snow balled.

She's the good girl, the level headed one, structured, stable, shy, and  a bit insecure. She takes care of everyone else in her life, but not her own needs. She's a fixer, but she is afraid to risk getting hurt or getting too close to anyone.

Jet is a musician used to the fast lifestyle, excess, and getting what he wants. And now he wants Violet although he is not supposed to want to. He has pain in this past and he fills the void in unhealthy ways. He is kind of lost and at a cross roads. He is not proud of his past and things he has done, but is not sure where he is heading either.

They both have hidden secrets and are only partially honest. So they know they should not get involved. But when things progress and get more intense, the secrets are there lurking right under the surface threatening to ruin any chance of happiness they might find.

Because I still want her. I want her more than I want to tell her the truth.

In a world full of addiction, mistrust, and hidden agendas can these two opposites open up enough to have a chance at something real? And when the truth comes out can they show forgiveness or will it just cause more damage to them both?

Jet even sings it in a song..."Will she hate me when she knows? Will she take her love and go?"

I liked Jet even when I knew he was hiding something. He was honest with himself and knew he had been a selfish a**hole and felt guilty for it (even if we did not know why).  But he was also afraid of losing Violet from his life. He had a vulnerability about him and began to show change. Violet had walls up and had trust issues since everyone in her life always relied on her to fix their problems. But no one was really there for her. But she also needed to learn to stand up for herself. They had chemistry and a magnetic pull, but they definitely had issues to overcome if they were going to have any chance.

We saw a little of Jake and Laney from Some Like it Wild since Jet is Jake's friend. It was told in both points of view but we were not privy to all of the details of the secrets until they all came out so it kept me intrigued. This was a fast, fun, sweet, swoony story with some mysteries, twists, and drama to keep it interesting. It was a story about finding what you need when you least expect it and did not even know you were looking for it.

I was gifted a copy in exchange for an honest review.


There’s Wild, Then There’s You is a part of the Wild Ones series, but even though we have met Jet in previous books, this felt like a complete stand-alone.

Jet is the lead singer in a local band and is known for living up to the bad-boy rocker stereotype. But when he meets Violet, he starts to take a hard look at the way he’s been living and wants to make changes.

Violet is a social worker with a huge Good Samaritan complex. She is constantly rescuing her family and friends from their poor decisions, which is how she ends up in a sex addicts meeting one evening, alone after having been stood up by the friend who was supposed to meet her.

Early on, I couldn’t tell if I was supposed to like any of the people around Violet. They all seemed like leeches taking advantage of Violet’s kindness, and she was too kind. The things she put up with and cleaned up after qualify her for sainthood. Her best friend, her father, her cousin: none of them noticed the pressure they were putting on Violet with their actions.

This book was a completely different take on addiction. As the thing that brought Violet to the meeting, the initial connection between them, and the feelings that developed between them, addiction was something that was referred to often, just not in traditional ways.

I loved the sweetness that developed between the rocker and the social worker. Jet especially, almost turned into a better version of himself when Violet entered his life. It was as if he was trying to make up for some secret guilt in his past. Readers knew Violet was hiding a secret from Jet, as it played out in the first chapter, even if he didn’t know. I spent countless pages wondering when the floor was going to drop out from under them both because of their secrets (and what exactly Jet was hiding). And when he realized everything she did to help those around her, I loved how he tried to step in and help where he could.

While Jake and Laney from Some Like It Wild make a brief appearance, the characters from the rest of the series do not play a role in Jet and Violet’s story. Readers get more of an introduction to the members of the band, but this is closer to being a standalone than any of the previous books in the series.

I was gifted a copy in exchange for an honest review.