Mean Girls Luv Books: Blog Tour: Finding Serenity by Eden Butler

Mollie Malone's mom skipped out on her. Her biker dad, always loose and easy with the law, still was able to make her feel loved, and to keep her safe. But thirteen years ago, when his luck finally ran out and he landed in prison, Mollie found herself a new family - a group of friends in the sleepy little college town of Cavanagh, Tennessee, where now they all attend the local university. These girls know about the rotten roots of her family tree but accept her anyway, and the bond between them is so strong and supportive that Mollie is finally able to see past graduation to a future that is bright and secure.

But sometimes the past doesn't stay buried.

Suddenly, inexplicably, there's a shadow behind every step Mollie takes. Someone is lurking in that shadow, threatening not only Mollie, but also the new family she has claimed for herself.

And it isn’t just the past that has Mollie’s life in upheaval. Hunky former Marine Vaughn Winchester - who Mollie really would like to get to know much better - thinks Mollie is just a kid; he's made it clear she wouldn't ever be able to understand the demons haunting him. But if that's what he believes, then why does he keep sticking his nose in her business? And if he thinks she’s such a kid, why does he keep trying to kiss her?

Vaughn’s mind games are frustrating, especially since Mollie knows enough about secrets to be convinced that there's something he isn’t telling her, something he's so far been able to keep hidden. But when that secret is revealed, Mollie is forced into a situation that tests her loyalty and threatens even her closest friendships - just when the shadow of her past returns, and she's going to need them the most.

'Finding Serenity' is book two in the Seeking Serenity series.

I must say...thank you Eden Butler for Declan Fraser. No this isn't his story, but the bits that I got of him in this story is enough. Please give me a moment to sigh...to swoon. I have a spot is my heart for this rough, sensitive Irishman. *SIGH*

Okay, moving on. Eden Butler does it again. This story is full of fun and emotion. I was over the top excited to read this book and it does not disappoint. We are back in Cavanaugh, but this time the story centers around Mollie and Vaughn. If you read Chasing Serenity, then you are familiar with how these two met during the Dash. If you haven't read it, SHAME ON YOU! Go one click it NOW.

In this book, we find out more about Mollie's past. About how she was raised by her single father who just happened to be president of a motorcycle club until he was put in prison. Then, she had to go live with her awful mother and sister. I'll be honest here, I was rooting for them to get slapped or something. I despise those two women. She finds family in the form of the three girls, Sayo, Autumn, and Layla, and I adore their love and loyalty to each other. They show how you don't have to be “blood” to be sisters.

Her father’s past starts to catch up with her, and she need a protector, which happens to be in the form of a hot, complicated, broken Marine. Better known as Vaughn. Gah...I can't count the number of times I wanted to hit him. Then, I would turn right around and want Mollie to kiss him. I have a soft spot for the broken guys that are rough around the edges, and that is most definitely Vaughn. He is one of my new bbf, but no fecking way is he knocking Declan down. It's hard to beat that accent, even if it is only in my head. Lol

As expected, the author made my heart break. She made me cry tears of sadness, but also tears of bittersweet joy. She made my heart feel full of love and totally empty. She had my emotions everywhere in this beautiful, rough around the edges story. This is not a book you want to skip over. It's one you read, become attached to, and one that you are a little sad when you read the last page because you just aren't ready to say goodbye. There is something magical about a book when you connect to the characters. Everything that happens to them feel like it happens to you; this series is full of this magic and Eden Butler is the talented magician weaving it all together. I absolutely cannot wait to see where she brings us next.

Vaughn stops her, slides his hip over the door. “You know, you sure do have a temper.”

“You got no idea.”

“Maybe…” he starts, standing closer to her, “maybe you wanna let me find out.”

“What?”

He shrugs. “Maybe I’m curious.” Again his gaze moves toward Marco and the loud boom of the stereo that he cranks up. Vaughn couldn’t be jealous, not of Marco anyway, so Mollie figures it’s the burglary. This guy can’t help himself, seems like he has to be the hero. Always.

“I was, too.” She steps closer to him, but he doesn’t even lean away from her when she invades his personal space. “And then I went to see you, and you acted like I was a first grader with a crush on my teacher.”

“No I didn’t.”

“You called me a little girl.” He winces, then laughs. Mollie pushes him back so that she can open the car door. Instantly the quiet parking lot is filled with Marco’s bass. “Besides, I don’t need any heroes. I got this.”

“Do you, now? You sure?” Vaughn jerks his chin toward Marco, clearly unimpressed. “Seems like your backup is a bit underqualified. I’m sure a girl raised by a damn squid would have better taste in protectors.”

The car window rattles when Mollie slams the door shut. “Get this straight. I can take care of myself. And I don’t need some fucking jarhead disrespecting my father.” She doesn’t care that there is no humor on Vaughn’s face now. She doesn’t care how attracted she is to him or how hopeful she was that there was something between them. When she comes within inches of him, Vaughn straightens, his defenses set firm. “No one, and I mean no one, talks shit about my dad.”

Mollie doesn’t wait for his reaction. She doesn’t care that she’s likely blown any shot she ever had with Vaughn. She’s pretty sure now there was never any real shot at all. To her, anyone can say what they want about her. She doesn’t care, but mess with her friends or her family, and she skates a bit on the psycho side.

Eden Butler is an editor and writer of New Adult Romance and SciFi and Fantasy novels and the nine-times great-granddaughter of an honest-to-God English pirate. This could explain her affinity for rule breaking and rum. Her debut novel, a New Adult, Contemporary (no cliffie) Romance, “Chasing Serenity” launched in October 2013 and quickly became an Amazon bestseller.

When she’s not writing or wondering about her possibly Jack Sparrowesque ancestor, Eden edits, reads and spends way too much time watching rugby, Doctor Who and New Orleans Saints football.

She is currently living under teenage rule alongside her husband in southeast Louisiana.

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