Bad Girl Reputation

An Avalon Bay Novel

By: Elle Kennedy

Narrated by: Lee Samuels, Summer Morton

Length: 10 hrs and 46 mins

Publisher's summary

Bestselling author Elle Kennedy returns to Avalon Bay in this sexy second-chance story about two exes who can't stay away from each other.

When former bad girl Genevieve West returns home for her mother’s funeral, she’s prepared to keep her distance from her ex-boyfriend, Evan Hartley. Their history is rife with turbulence. And passion. A heck of a lot of passion...which she’s trying desperately to forget.

But it’s impossible not to run into Evan in the small coastal town where they once ran wild. And the moment she sees her gorgeous ex again, it’s clear to Gen that Evan is still as unruly, sexy, and irresistible as ever. This time around, however, she’s resolved to walk a new path. No more partying. No more foolish mistakes. Her plan is to temporarily remain in town to help her father run his business, but the second he finds somebody else, she’s out of there.

Evan has other ideas. He knows they can be good together, but he just has to convince Genevieve of that, even if it means turning over a new leaf himself. But can a bad reputation ever truly be shed? Do second chances really work? Genevieve and Evan are about to find out.

A Macmillan Audio production from St. Martin's Press.

©2022 Elle Kennedy (P)2022 Macmillan Audio

So good!!

This was such a light read! The romance was perfect, and the storyline was amazing, not too much and not too little. Do recommend! 💕

I want to live in Avalon Bay!

Elle Kennedy is one of those authors who could write anything and it would be an absolute masterpiece. This book is no different. I had so much fun being immersed back into Avalon Bay and getting to see the second chance romance between Gen and Evan form. These two have a wild, fiery chemistry from the very first chapter and I was obsessed. If you are looking for a small town, second chance, spicy book rec then I highly recommend this!!!

Read the first book before this one

Read the first book so you can understand the story line better. I made that mistake

Your next beach read

Cute. I wait for a larger climax in these books but they are far more chiller than that. Would read by the beach. I really love the dual narration. I have already pre-order the next!

Least likely to succeed

Evan and Genn would definitely have been voted least likely to succeed in high school. He remains an ass for most of this book which made it hard for me to enjoy. Genn left town to grow up without him and eventually drags him into maturity as well. Their chemistry is hot but man, that’s a lot to work through.

Skip this one!

This was too boring to finish! I skipped ahead a bit too and didn't seem to get any better. Returning this!

Total garbage

So disappointing but also not really because the first book wasn’t very good. Evan sucks. There is nothing about him that would make any girl think twice about him based on this story. Don’t waste your time.

Meh

After reading the other two in this series (I read out of order starting with 3 which I loved, then 2 which was really good) I felt like I had to see Gen and Evan’s story and how it played out. Which left me very disappointed and as though I wasted my last credit of the month for audible. These two were weak and I was waiting for them both to at least grow in their characters but never happened. It’s one worth skipping.

Yikes

I'm listening to the reviews that say to skip this one. Both characters are complete messes and all-around not great people. I can get past that if there is a compelling story, but there isn't. I tried for two hours, but I'm so bored.