Austin by Jeannine Colette & Lauren Runow…Release Day Blitz & Review

I have read quite a few books by Lauren Runow and jumped at the chance to read this one that she co-wrote with Jeannine Colette.

I love a good read with some adrenaline rush behind it so the blurb for his book hooked me immediately. Am I actually really happy that this did not read like a Fast and Furious style book. It stayed true to the aspects of street racing (which I may or may not have been a part of when I was younger) and I enjoyed that is was not too sensationalized.

Austin Sexton has also felt this need to escape and running his mother’s company with his brother doesn’t give him that thrill. But his choice of street racing, isn’t exactly on the up and up, so he can’t let others know what he is up to. Only a select few know what he does and he wants to keep it that way.

Jalynn has always been the protector of her brother – been there to clean up his messes and keep on the right path. The night she joins him at a street race, she becomes more than just part of the crowd. She meets the the man behind the scenes up close and personal, but has no idea who he really is til she sees him the next day – in a place she never expected.

I love the bantering, the flirting and the chemistry between Austin and Jalynn. She definitely gives him a run for his money and puts him in his place a few times. There were a few scenes where I would have knocked him flat on his ass, but she still held her own. And I love that slowly, Austin lets his walls down around Jalynn but never gets too sappy either. Neither one lose who they really are once they realize what they really want.

I am excited to see what Jeannine and Lauren bring us next with the Sexton brothers.