Book #1 is one of my all time favorite books, EVER!! In fact, it has the majority of my fellow readers in a frenzy and so many of us have read it over and over again. The perfect bad-boy (read: deliciously imperfect) college guy, who’s also an underground MMA/fighter/boxer. *sigh* Every girls wants him, and he devours each gorgeous one and tosses them aside while he moves on to the next. Until he meets Abby. Pretty, and no-nonsense. And not interested in anyone else’s nonsense either. Especially his. 😉
What makes this one so special? He… they… are just. So. Real. Every emotion, connection, hesitation, reaction and heartache is in perfect detail. Conversations, situations, even the tiniest nudges… it’s all there. You’ll live it with them, and you’ll likely want to start the book all over again when you reach the end. It’s just that good.
Jen: ♥ TRAVIS ♥ I’m with ya, Maryse!!!! He’s the bee’s knees… 2nd time was better for me — maybe I’ll get to 3rd time soon…. Anxiously awaiting Walking Disaster…. Can you imagine how much MORE that will be??
7 hours ago via mobile · LikeMichele: Count me in!! You know how I love Travis too!
Catherine: Love this book, nearly finished & WOW its Brill!! Been reading some of your recommendations, Love them all !! Keep them coming Maryse!
Dawnita: Finished … aaaagggggghhhhhh … What a beautiful story.
About book #1:
The new Abby Abernathy is a good girl. She doesn’t drink or swear, and she has the appropriate number of cardigans in her wardrobe. Abby believes she has enough distance from the darkness of her past, but when she arrives at college with her best friend, her path to a new beginning is quickly challenged by Eastern University’s Walking One-Night Stand.
Travis Maddox, lean, cut, and covered in tattoos, is exactly what Abby wants—and needs—to avoid. He spends his nights winning money in a floating fight ring, and his days as the ultimate college campus charmer. Intrigued by Abby’s resistance to his appeal, Travis tricks her into his daily life with a simple bet. If he loses, he must remain abstinent for a month. If Abby loses, she must live in Travis’s apartment for the same amount of time. Either way, Travis has no idea that he has met his match.
Reading Order:
- Beautiful Disaster <— Travis’s book
- A Valentine’s Day free short story on author’s page.
- Walking Disaster – Travis’s POV
- A Beautiful Wedding: A Novella <— “Everything about Abby and Travis’s elopement was top-secret . . . until now. Fans of Beautiful Disaster and Walking Disaster will get all of their questions answered in this whirlwind tale of the wedding day (and night!)—and as with all good stories, this one will definitely have been worth the wait.“
Beautiful Oblivion: A Novel <— Trent Maddox’s book!!!!- Beautiful Redemption: A Novel (Maddox Brothers Book 2) <— Thomas’s book
- Beautiful Sacrifice: A Novel (Maddox Brothers Book 3) <— Taylor’s book
- Something Beautiful: A Novella <— Shep & America’s book
- Beautiful Burn: A Novel (The Maddox Brothers Book 4)
- Endlessly Beautiful <— FREE SHORT story on Wattpad (Travis & Abby focused)
- A Beautiful Funeral: A Novel – August 15th 2016 (TRAVIS!!!)
I just pre-order Walking Disaster… OMG my heart is pumping hard just thinking we are going to get inside Travis head!!! It will be awesome!!!!
pre ordered wd! and i absolutely love your blog trying to get mine up and running reading is an addiction i prob read 20+ books a month when i have any time between working or on break its easy to lose yourself inside the world of a book and when it ends you dread to wait!
I’m all in…pre-order ia complete. Aww .. Can’t wait for Travis’ POV!
Maryse, thanks for posting J, McGuire’s post about pre-ordering WD! I loveeeed BD, and can’t wait until April 2013!! I pre-ordered, too…*squeeeee
I can’t wait!! I can’t get enough and wow the whole family!!! YES!
I LOVE this book. I have read it 3 times and cannot wait until Walking Disaster comes out!! It would be really awesome if she did write more books either continuing Abby & Travis’ story or his brothers. I just hope she doesn’t make Abby pregnant.
Thanks for all of the updates and especially the interview with Jamie . 🙂
I love this book!
Abby and Travis are one of the couples that are pulled together, and even have some great moments together. Both characters are messed up. I like them both, and you can’t help but love Travis. I was routing for them. I can’t wait to read “Walking Disaster” from Travis’ point of view.
Oh me too Linda!!! I just read a “hero” POV from another series I love and it was soooo intense. Made me love it even more, so I can imagine how crazy I’ll get once it’s Travis’s turn.
so I just finished reading Beautify Disaster for the first time and I just started re-reading! That has never happened to me before. I did compare it to my best friend and her ex…they were just like this, when its good its sickly sweet and when its bad its crazy bad. I was always the sane one, in a sane relationship but reading this made me realize why she always goes for these kinds of relationships….still not for me but I loved the fictional one 🙂 not sure i’ll go for Travis’s POV…will definitely be going for Christians if it is ever written 🙂 anyway, Maryse, I recently discovered your blog and thanks to you i buy new kindle books everyday….sigh!
Just finished BD N I LUVED IT!! CAN’T WAIT TO SEE EAT HAPPENS BETWEEN TRAVIS N ABBY… o and America
Gosshhh..I LOVE YOUU..TRAVIS!!..reading ‘Beautiful Disaster’ while imagining myself as his ‘Pidge’..;)..
I loved beautiful disaster! Im usually only interested in paranormal romance but since reading it i have changed my ways. Cant wait for the next one to come out…. Hurry up already!
I love love love love can I say LOVE one more time this book. As soon as I was done I went straight back to page 1 and re-read it. I can’t wait for WD. It can’t come out soon enough.
Maryse thanks for a great blog!! I love coming out here to see whats new in the reading world : )
OMG…Just finish reading it. I love it. Getting ready to re read it. Can’t wait until Walking Disaster. I wqnt to pre-order not sure if I want the actual book or nook book? mmm
I’m getting it in Kindle & print book. OH YES!!!
Oh yes Travis….but for me also Brian from Rock Me. So love him!
Kindle for me please-and thanks for the giveaways this sure has been fun reading everyone’s comments.
This book is so amazing omg I didn’t want it to end, I just want to read it over and over again it shows the difficulties with love and the many emotions and struggles. Ahhh just a perfect book I recommend everyone to read this!!
I can’t wait till the next 2 books. I have read both books in a week. I love the storie both Abby and Travi, what they go throw! Wow how I would love to have that kind of love.
When are the next books coming out? I can’t wait
Can someone please tell me what order im going in? iv just finished beautiful disaster?
Follow the order above. 🙂
Was Valentine’s Day removed from the Jamie McGuire website? I never read it and I can’t find it. :/