
When he did it with Juliet I was pissed but understood his thinking because of what we had learned about him. Trusting people was hard for him and because of that Jax tended to push people away when they got too close. Getting to know him and reading about how his childhood – which was more than horrifying – and how it shaped who he is as a new adult was both heart-breaking and enlightening. Jax was such an enigma in the previous stories. When KC whose real name is Juliet and Jax start to get closer each of them needs to work through their own issues in order to be the perfect person for the other. Jax tries very hard to get KC to see him for an adult and a man worthy of her – but he’s still incredibly scared to get into any kind of relationship. She keeps fighting her attraction to Jax – especially since she just got out of a 5 year relationship, but she really just wants to jump him. She realizes he’s grown up but she didn’t realize how grown up until she sees him. She’s staying at her friend Tate’s house which happens to be right next door to Jax’s house. She got into some trouble while in college in Arizona and she’ll spend the summer tutoring kids to complete her community service. Two years after leaving home for college KC is back in town. She was friends with him to a point but other than that? Nothing. She, of course, wanted nothing to do with him.

He doesn’t do relationships but he wants her with everything he has. Tracy’s review of Falling Away (Fall Away #3) by Penelope Douglasįrom the moment that Jax saw KC Carter at school when he was 17 he knew that she was the one for him. to get out from her mother’s shadow is hard, but revealing the darkest parts of his soul is nearly impossible.… As they grow closer, he discovers that convincing K.C. back into his life-except what he thought was a great twist of luck turns out to be too close for comfort.

She was the one girl who wouldn’t give him the time of day and the only one to ever say no. was supposed to stay away from in high school. Jaxon Trent is the worst kind of temptation and exactly what K.C. Now she’s stuck in her small hometown for the summer to complete her court-ordered community service, and to make matters worse, trouble is living right next door. Carter has always followed the rules-until this year, when a mistake leaves her the talk of her college campus and her carefully arranged life comes crashing to a halt. Jaxon is the guy she’s supposed to avoid.

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