Rebel Heart: Book Two

Penelope Ward · Vi Keeland

May 2018 · C. Scott Publishing - co-author

About this ebook

Rush and Gia’s story continues in the gripping conclusion to the New York Times bestseller, Rebel Heir…

How to screw up a great summer in the Hamptons:

Sleep with your boss. Check.

Blow all your money on a rental you can’t afford. Check.

How to walk away from a man you fall in love with at the end of a summer:

…I’ll let you know when I figure it out.

Rebel Heart is the second book in the Rush Series Duet. Book One, Rebel Heir, is available for sale now.

Ratings and reviews

4.25 stars--REBEL HEART is the second instalment in the contemporary adult THE RUSH SERIES erotic, romance duology co-authored by Vi Keeland and Penelope Ward. This is bar owner and businessman Heathcliff ‘Rush’ Rushmore, and romance author/bar hostess Gia Mirabelli’s continuing story. REBEL HEART should NOT be read as a stand alone as it picks up immediately after the events and cliff hanger of book one Rebel Heir Told from dual first person perspectives (Rush and Gia) REBEL HEART follows the continuing romance between bar owner and businessman Heathcliff ‘Rush’ Rushmore, and romance author/bar hostess Gia Mirabelli. At the end of book one REBEL HEIR Gia discovered her life was about to get a lot more complicated. Having met Rush’s family our heroine struggles with secrets from the past, and going forward alone without the man that she loves. While Rush struggles with the emotional fall-out, Gia must take control in order to protect more than just her heart. REBEL HEART is a story of one man’s struggle with the past, his family, and the knowledge that he will never be good enough for the father he barely knows. Hoping never to repeat the sins of the past, Rush must come to terms with the truth, a truth that is slowly destroying his relationship with the woman he loves. Once again, Penelope Ward and Vi Keeland pull the reader into an emotional, heart breaking and revealing story line about family, friendship, betrayal and love. The premise is dramatic and intense; the romance is erotic and provocative; the characters are coloful, energetic, charismatic and edgy. REBEL HEART is a roller coaster of emotion; of passionate hearts, and heartbreaking grief.

*Spoilers* First book was good, second book completely garbage. Gia ends up being pregnant with her boyfriend's brother's baby. Pretty good plot twist. However, what made this book so irritating was that everyone is seemingly pushing him to stick it out even though it's his brother's baby! Her father (the absolute nerve of him to tell a man to take care of his daughter and her baby), his mother and his friends! It would've been better to have characters with a difference in opinion. They just all seemed to feel sorry for Gia, instead of being realistic and understanding his pain. And on top of that they never told the brother's wife (who was so very nice to them) that Gia was having her husband's baby. Then they force the actual father to give up his parental rights. So now the child will never know the truth and may never know that her cousin is her sibling. Ugh this story couldve ended better. I honestly wouldn't be mad at an ending where they were no longer together. Certain situations you just can't make a bridge over.

If you've read Rebel Heir (and if you've picked this book up, you should have because this is not a standalone), you've been hanging out with me on that cliff Ms. Ward and Ms. Keeland left us on, and probably waiting with bated breath to see what happens next. Allow me to tell you what happens next: - Emotional rollercoaster ride - All the feels - Sheer perfection in the ending As is usually the case in books by these authors, things didn't pan out exactly the way I thought they would. I started out a little frustrated with every single person and the entire situation and then as the story went on, I became completely wrapped up with it and absolutely emotionally invested. I wasn't 100% sold on Rush and Gia after Rebel Heir, but Rebel Heart sealed the deal for me and in the end, I really did love their story so much. There is a fair amount of angst here, and at times I felt like the story drifted a bit, but the ending? SQUEE. So much SQUEE. And I could not be more satisfied. ~ Shelly, 4 Stars **** Since the crazy cliffy ending of Rebel Heir, I’ve been dying to get my hands on Rebel Heart to see where Gia and Rush’s story would end. Gia and Rush and their romance worried me a bit as they fought to find their way in Rebel Heir. They had so many obstacles in their way and I didn’t really know how they’d work things out. In Rebel Heart, we got a much deeper look inside Rush’s head and heart. Really got to know him and his fears. And I just fell more in love with him. And Gia too. I really wanted them to figure things out. Work out the disconnect between their brains and their hearts. Figure out how to be together. Figure out how to let love win. And they did. The ending of Rebel Heart was amazing. Totally swoon worthy. And absolutely perfect.

About the author

Penelope Ward is a New York Times, USA Today, and #1 Wall Street Journal bestselling author. She grew up in Boston with five older brothers and spent most of her twenties as a television news anchor. Penelope resides in Rhode Island with her husband, son and beautiful daughter with autism. With over a million books sold, she is the author of over fifteen novels, including RoomHate which hit #2 on the New York Times bestseller list and #1 on the Wall Street Journal bestseller list. Other New York Times bestsellers include Stepbrother Dearest, Neighbor Dearest, Drunk Dial, Cocky Bastard, Stuck-Up Suit, Playboy Pilot and Mister Moneybags (the latter four co-written with Vi Keeland).

Vi Keeland is a #1 New York Times,#1 Wall Street Journal, and USA Today Bestselling author. With millions of books sold, her titles have appeared in over ninety Bestseller lists and are currently translated in twenty languages. She resides in New York with her husband and their three children where she is living out her own happily ever after with the boy she met at age six.