Jessie’s Girl (Love on the Radio 1) by Naima Simone-a review

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date May 24, 2022

You’ve been his for years, and I respected it. Maintained my distance.

Kept my silence. My secret.

Until that night you came to me, disillusioned, angry and hurt. God helps us both, but I crossed my carefully drawn line before you left, disappeared.

Now, you’re back, and my need for you is a beast that hasn’t been fed and has grown hungrier in the years since I’ve seen you. I remind myself we can’t be more than friends, that you’re off-limits to me. But it doesn’t stop me from secretly craving what can never be mine.

You.

My fantasy. My sin.

My joy. My regret.

My best friend’s woman.

Jessie’s girl.

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REVIEW: JESSIE’S GIRL is the first instalment in Naima Simone’s contemporary, adult LOVE ON THE RADIO erotic, romance series, This is grade school vice-principal India Roberts, and twenty-nine-year old mechanic Asa Hunt’s story line.

Told from dual first person perspectives (Asa and India) JESSIE’S GIRL focuses on the relationship between grade school vice-principal India Roberts, and twenty-nine-year old mechanic Asa Hunt’s story line.. Two years earlier professional football player Jessie Reynold betrayed his fiance India Roberts by having one of numerous affairs but his most recent affair came to light when the other woman contacted our story line heroine. Suspecting his best friend Asa Hunt knew about Jessie’s history, India confronted her former fiance’s best friend, and when faced with another possible rejection, India disappeared without a trace. Fast forward to present day wherein India return to her home town, the new vice-principal of the local school, whereupon she will come face to face with Asa Hunt, the second man to break her heart. Asa Hunt is the now the guardian of his niece Rose in the wake of her mother’s death, a guardianship that is struggling with Rose’s outbursts at school. What ensues is the building relationship between Asa and India, and the potential fall-out when Jessie comes home to discover his best friend with the woman he claims to still love.

The relationship between India and Asa is a best friend’s former fiance to lovers. Asa Hunt has lusted after India Roberts for as long as he can remember but India was ‘Jessie’s Girl’ although Jessie never remained faithful to the woman he love.Hoping to rekindle the fire with India Roberts, Asa struggles, caught between friendship and love, a friendship that may be destroyed by his need for our story line heroine. The $ex scenes are intimate and seductive without the use of over the top, sexually graphic language and text.

We are introduced to Jessie Reynolds, administrative assistant Lena, as well as Asa’s niece Rose.

JESSIE’S GIRL is a quick read; a story of friendship and relationships, betrayal and heart breaking, love and acceptance. The fast paced premise is emotional and engaging; the romance is captivating; the characters are energetic and charismatic.

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Reviewed by Sandy