Someone to Love

Written by Addison Moore

Narrated by Will Damron and Amy Rubinate

A New York Times and USA Today Bestseller

“If you don’t give your heart away, you can’t get it broken.” When twenty-year-old Kendall Jordan transfers across the country to Garrison University, the last thing she’s looking for is a one-night stand. Unfortunately, that’s exactly what gorgeous Cruise Elton offers. Kendall has long since come to realize that love is an illusion, and Cruise couldn’t agree more—but something deep inside her wants him all for herself. So Kendall devises a plan to “play the player” and proposes that Cruise tutor her in becoming a female version of himself—Garrison University’s own playboy. But as real feelings emerge, the game gets complicated, and Kendall and Cruise will find themselves questioning everything they thought they knew about love.

This book is intended for mature audiences due to strong language and sexual content.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Brilliance Audio
• Release date: Oct 29, 2013
• ISBN: 9781480544956

Addison Moore

Addison Moore is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of contemporary and paranormal romance. Previously she worked as a therapist on a locked psychiatric unit for nearly a decade. She lives with her family on the West Coast. Learn more: addisonmoorewrites.blogspot.com.

Reviews for Someone to Love

[Allison Payne · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

Bor-ing. Could not get through the 2nd chapter. Usually Amy Rubinate as a narrator means good audiobook... not this time though.

[bette_hansen · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Fantastic. A great new adult read set on the campus of Garrison University. When Kendall Jordan arrives on campus the last thing she is looking for is a quick hookup. The first person she meets of course is the biggest man-whore on campus. This book is their story as we learn all about these two and what they each want deep down. Well written, great characters, and definitely worth the read. I recommend it.

[hbeck-2 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

What happens when two people who don’t believe in love, happen to fall madly into the most beautiful relationship they could ever imagine? A train wreck.

When twenty-year-old Kendall Jordan transfers clear across country to Garrison University, the last thing she’s looking for is a one-night stand. Unfortunately, that’s exactly what, gorgeous, Cruise Elton offers.

Kendall has long since come to realize that love is an illusion that never lasts, and Cruise couldn’t agree more—but something deep inside her wants him all for herself. So, Kendall devises a seat of the pants plan to “play the player” and proposes that Cruise tutor her in becoming a female version of himself, Garrison University’s own playboy.

Real feelings begin to emerge, and neither Kendall nor Cruise know how to classify them. Everything they once thought they knew is redefined as they discover, in one another, Someone to Love.


I love Addison’s writing, and this book was no different. Her heroin/ female leads are witty and have a sense of humor all there own. They are smart although not perfect, and Kendall Jordan is no different.

Kendall arrives at a frat party to meet her future husband for the first time, she expects to get the keys to her new dorm and ends up finding out she is homeless for time time being. In comes Cruise and electricity ignites. Cruise is the manwhore of Garrison and when he sees Kendall he wants her right away and even pulls out the all famous, “ Do you believe in Love at first sight” line. Kendall isn’t falling for it, well at least trying really hard not to. But, not having a place to stay and Cruise offering up his spare room till she gets into the dorm leaves them roommates.

Cruise is a God, and he knows it, everyone wants him and he has had many woman. But now all he wants to do is spend time with Kendall, but his past shows up again and throws a wrench in his plans.

This book has some of of those sex sense you want to recreate and that leave you breathless. I liked that we got to see the growth of a relationship but I also think that it happened way to fast, These two show signs of strong feelings with not much of a build up behind it. There relationship isn’t perfect but I was expecting more drama in the book and when it didn’t come I was a little upset. Don’t get me wrong, there is a few problems but they happen later in the book and there isn’t much fighting is this relation, it is a little hard to believe. But Over all I enjoyed this book.

I would recommend this book for a more mature audience because there is sex and strong language. If you haven’t started reading New Adult books yet, this could be a good first for you.

[margaraawr-1 · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

I finish. I finish! Round of applause please for my courage to force myself through this book.

Ugh. UGH. UGGGH.

Do not even bother to read this book. Seriously. I think something's wrong with me.. I didn't read the blurb and this is what I get! (I am that stressed at school lol) This book can cause your eyes to hurt from rolling them so much. This also could result in intense migraines.

Wrong things about this book:

1. The first meeting, emphasis on first, the girl went home with the guy she barely knew. Duuuude seriously?

2. The guy was such a playboy. The girl thought that it would be nice to be the campus' playgirl. And she wonder if he could teach her the basics. Oh crap. Just horrible.

3. The girl fell in love even though this guy screams trouble! I know some people like bad boy type of guys but noooo, I can't stand this.

4. Of course, the woman will change the man. She was the beeeeest thing that has ever happened to him. He luuuurve her already. She's DIFFERENT from other girls.. Gag me.

5. Of course, there is also the jealous ex-girlfriend. And some petty misunderstandings. Really, formulaic NA. I want to strangle this couple!

There were so many other things that was just so wrong. It was too many so I wouldn't write it all down. That ending though.. It was just so hilariously bad. At least, I earned a few laughs.

Just stay away from this thing, I mean book. Why the hell did I even read this one?

[iloveladyporn · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

I didn't get that pit in my stomach feeling until the end but I got it so in my book that mens this was a good book! I think Cruise knew it was Love before Kendall did which was surprising.
Now sure why Kendall wouldn't discuss her friend Lauren's favor since it involved Cruises friend but I guess then the book would have that element of miscommunication. What's up with Cruises Dad? I would love a shorter book to find out what happens with him & Karen (won't tell you who Karen it gotta read it my friend).
Sweet, Hot, Sexy story line.
Lots of Hot Steamy Sex.
Fabulous ending.

Quotes:

"All of nature was making love, encouraging humanity with its undeniable whispers."

"You had ten girls hanging all over you tonight. I think one of them digested your left ear."

"I've never been called beautiful by a person of the penis before and this pleases me with strange intensity."

"Rumor has it you hold black belt in arousing the female anatomy."
Read more on my blog iloveladyporn.com

[aribookzilla · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

This turned out to be completely different from what I thought it would be! Seriously, when I read the first couple of pages I said to my friend it's smut.

I mean, it felt like it from the prologue! Well, it's not. Yeah, there's a lot of sex of all kinds, but it's a really sweet story about two people falling in love.
Something amazing is happening — something meaningful and real.
First I want to say that this was beautiful writing - I was drinking up every sentence. Absolutely beautiful. I haven't read this author before, but the way she writes, it pulls you into the story and you lose yourself in it.
I loved the whole concept of this - playing the player. That's brilliant. It's written in dual POV, and the author manages to give two distinct voices to Kendall and Cruise.
And it has everything, steam, love, a little bit of drama, it's laced with wonderful humor, there's a villainous ex-girlfriend you love to hate.
Yeah, there are a lot of sex scenes but I was surprised they were more descriptive in that tasteful way rather than graphic. It is most definitely not smut, and I apologize to the author for making assumptions.

Kendall is so awesome. She is smart, down-to-earth, and has an insane sense of humor. I loved it how she didn't play all high and mighty around Cruise and didn't fight their attraction. She's feisty! And that's exactly what lands her in this little agreement she makes with Cruise. HA! I figured out her agenda right at the beginning.

Oh, Cruise. He has this perverse mind I loved to read! Seriously, some of the things he comes up with... But he's also incredibly sweet and romantic. He didn't over think, panic, or run from falling in love, he just went with it. He's like a nice guy in bad boy disguise. It caught me off guard when I learned the whole truth about Blair - his character made so much sense then!
This is what I imagined love would be like, the beauty of the landscape luring you in then the surprise of the flames as you burn under the guise of your own foolishness.
I'll come right out and say it - there's a bit of too intense, too fast in this! Did it bother me? Absolutely not! It was wonderful. It was also helped by the fact that they don't jump each other's bones the second they meet. Or long after that. It's a feelgood romance, I was grinning like a loon the whole time. I loved that it doesn't end on confessions of true love. You actually get to witness these two as a real, declared couple - something a lot of romance books deprive us of.

I'll say something else, it has another one of my biggest pet-peeves: the big misunderstanding. But it made sense! I just wish they talked more, I have to wonder, do people really go around making assumptions and rash decisions based on what they see without talking (to the person they love) first? Why is this news to me?

The fact that I loved, absolutely loved, this book despite these two things should tell you a lot. About this book. About the author. Read it!

[readsalot81 · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

Good lord. I deleted this from my kindle at just about 10% of the way in. Trite characterizations, dumb as hell descriptions.. "all vixen and hell on heels". Yeah. NO. I couldn't summon any interest in the lead characters as they appeared to have been lobotomized.

This is a far cry from what I'd want to read as "New Adult" - This book offers nothing compared to the likes of Easy, Something Like Normal or Sea of Tranquility.