About the Book
Title: Dirty Letters
Authors: Vi Keeland
and Penelope Ward
Release Date: November
5, 2019
Publisher: Montlake
Summary
She had yet to meet
him but had never forgotten the British boy who’d warmed her heart.
As childhood pen pals, Griffin Quinn and Luca Vinetti couldn’t have been more different. Over the years, through hundreds of letters, they became best friends, sharing their deepest, darkest secrets.
Until one day it ended.
Griffin never understood why Luca disappeared. She was special. She knew the real him like no one else. He writes her a drunken letter, an angry one, never expecting her to write back.
Before they know it, they’re right where they left off. This time with heat.
But as playing catch-up goes from fun to flirty to downright dirty, Luca wants more. She wants Griffin in the flesh. That’s where it gets risky. Because when they meet, the mystery will be over. And once they really get to know each other, there’ll be no going back.
My Thoughts
I have listened to audiobooks
from Vi Keeland and Penelope Ward but I have not actually read one of their
collaborations. I was excited to read
their words and not just listen to them while I was doing other things. I found myself focusing more on what was
being read, anticipating what would happen next, and hoping that it would all
work out for Griffin and Luca.
Pen pals are something
that every child should have. I love
that they started writing while they were young and were able to connect even
though they were on different continents with different cultures. They were able to tell each other things
they may not be able to tell other friends just because it was all written and
not face to face. I looked forward to
reading their next letter and seeing how far they were willing to go.
Their relationship as
adults was trying. It was not easy and
I liked how Griffin didn’t let Luca give up but knew that if he pushed her too
hard he would lose her forever. In a
unique way these two, with their entirely different backgrounds, different
lifestyles made sense together. They
completed each other, kept each other in the here and now, and pushed each
other to be better people.
I really enjoyed this
book. I look forward to more from Vi and
Penelope.
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EXCERPT: Dirty Letters by Vi
Keeland and Penelope Ward
The small dining room
table had a pile of mail. I’d had Dad’s mail forwarded to my house, so mostly
it was just catalogs and junk. Once a month, Mrs. Cascio sent me
everything that arrived, even though I’d told her it wasn’t necessary. I
mindlessly fingered through the pile, not expecting to see anything worth
keeping. But I stopped at an envelope addressed to me—well, not me, but Luca
Ryan. That was a name I hadn’t heard in a long time. In second grade, my
teacher, Mrs. Ryan, started a pen pal writing program with a small town in
England. We weren’t allowed to use our real last names for safety reasons, so
the entire class used her last name—hence I was Luca Ryan. I checked out the
return address for the sender’s name.
G. Quinn
Wow, really? It couldn’t be.
I squinted at the
postmark. It was from a PO box in California, not England, but I didn’t know
any other Quinn other than Griffin. And the handwriting did look pretty
familiar. But it had been close to eight years since we’d exchanged letters.
Why would he write now? Curious, I ripped it open and scanned right to the
bottom of the letter for the name. Sure enough, it was from Griffin. I started
at the beginning.
Dear Luca,
Do you like scotch? I remember you said
you didn’t like the taste of beer. But we never did get around to comparing our
taste in hard liquor. Why is that, you might ask? Let me remind you—because you
stopped answering my letters eight damn years ago. I wanted to let you know,
I’m still pissed off about that. My mum used to say I hold grudges. But I
prefer to think of it as I remember the facts. And the fact of the matter is,
you suck. There, I’ve said it. I’ve been holding that shit in for a long time.
Don’t get me wrong—I’m not obsessive or anything. I don’t sit in my house
thinking about you all day long. In fact, there have been months that go by
when thoughts of you don’t even enter my brain. But then some random thing will
pop into my head out of the blue. Like I’ll see some kid in a pram eating black
licorice, and I’ll think of you. Side note—I’ve tried it again as an adult, and
I still think it tastes like the bottom of my shoe, so perhaps it’s that you
just have no taste. You probably don’t even like scotch. Anyway, I’m sure this
letter won’t find its way to you. Or if by some miracle it does, you won’t
answer. But if you’re reading this, you should know two things.
1. The Macallan 1926 is worth the extra
cash. Goes down smooth.
2. You SUCK.
Later, traitor, Griffin
What in the hell?
Author Biographies
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 on more than one
hundred bestseller lists and are currently translated into twenty-six
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.
Penelope Ward is
a New York Times, USA Today, and #1 Wall Street
Journal bestselling author of more than twenty novels. A former
television news anchor, Penelope has sold more than two million books and has
appeared on the New York Times bestseller list twenty-one times.
She resides in Rhode Island with her husband, son, and beautiful daughter with
autism.
Together, Vi and
Penelope are the authors of Dirty Letters, Hate Notes,
and the Rush Series. For more information about them, visit www.vikeeland.com and www.penelopewardauthor.com.
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