From New York Times and USA Today bestselling author S.E. Hall comes the conclusion to this sexy, heartfelt duet. I tried everything to shatter the wall around her… including screwing up. No sooner than I started earning a few scattered glimpses of her softer side, I abused, and lost, her trust. Now, not only do I have to get it back… I have to get her back. And I’ll stop at nothing to do so, nothing short of forever. This is bigger than both of us; meant, destined, and I refuse to let her get in the way of that. Just as I refuse to stand back and watch her shoulder the weight of misplaced guilt and ghosts any longer. Exclusive is Book Two, the conclusion, in the Princess Presley Duet and should be read after Elusive.
S.E. Hall is the New York Times & USA Today bestselling author of the Evolve Series, the Full Circle Series/a spinoff of the Evolve Series, standalone contemporary romances Pretty Instinct, Pretty Remedy and Unstable, and her Smokin' Hot Shorts- Laid Over and Full Body Check, published in multiple countries and languages.
Hall has also co-written with authors Angela Graham, Erin Noelle, Hilary Storm and Ashley Suzanne.
S.E. Hall resides in Arkansas with her husband of 23 years, and together, they have four amazing daughters, ages 28, 23, 17 and 16, and three beautiful grandchildren.
**Professional Inquiries** S.E. Hall is represented by SBR Media; any questions/interest regarding Hall's work(s) can be directed to Stephanie Phillips via email at stephanie@sbrmedia.com
DNF at 12%. I just couldn't listen to them anymore. Sutton is pining, P is pouting, her family is throwing around all the southern trite terms...I just don't care about any of them.
SE Hall is one of my top 2 favorite authors, so I'm very sad to say that I didn't love this one. I think the 2 books of Princess Presley duet could have been 1 book. [this book ends around 65% mark] I just didn't care for Presley all that much, and Sutton was just a bit OTT for me even though overall I loved his character. I will definitely continue with the series because it's SE Hall, and the Evolve series is still one of my favorite go-to re-reads ever.
After finishing Elusive, I had to jump right into Exclusive to see where Sutton and Presley’s story would lead us, and how things would end up for them, and S.E. Hall did not disappoint.
We pick up right where Elusive finishes and we are taken on another wild ride, and I couldn’t help but fall in love with Sutton all over again. Everything he does to win over Presley’s love and trust had me swooning and falling harder and harder for him. The way he fights for her, and the way he slowly wins her over, it’s beautiful and makes you wish every guy was like him. Presley slowly starts to come out of her shell in this book and starts to trust more and give herself to Sutton, even though we truly don’t know why she’s stayed so far away from relationships, or what the big secret is until the end of this book, but I loved seeing her start to open up and give herself to him.
This book had me laughing, and on the edge of my seat hoping for the best for these two, and wondering when Presley would finally give herself fully to Sutton. This was the perfect ending to their story, and the story telling was beautiful. The only thing I wish, was that the ending was a bit longer. I feel as if once the big secret/reason that Presley was so adverse to everything was out, it was over and that was that. I would have loved to have seen more from that chapter to the epilogue of this book, but I hope we’ll see more of these characters in future installments of the Full Circle Series! If you haven’t read Elusive and Exclusive yet, then you need to go and one-click your copies today, trust me, you definitely won’t regret it!
Book 2 continues where 1 leaves off. No matter how hard Presley is trying to push Sutton away he keeps coming after her. I love him he is the best book boyfriend. And the Crew makes the book great.
I have been dying to get my hands on Presley's story since Embody and I was not disappointed. SE Hall sure knows how to write some angst mixed with some humor and keep you turning the pages. This one had me unable to put it down. Sutton is absolutely perfect! His patience and persistence while trying to help Presley realize that she can be loved was all the SWOON and I fell head over heals in love with him. He gave my boy Sawyer a run for his money on my list of fave BBFs! If you are a lover of sweet sexy stories full of humor, angst, and witty banter, then I highly recommend you pick this one up!
Just finished reading both books back to back and I'm SO disappointed and surprised by all of the rave reviews. I absolutely ADORED the original series, and so many other books by S.E. Hall (Pretty Instinct is one of my favorite books), but this "Next Generation" series is *really* failing to capture the magic for me. I really wish she'd just left the memory of the Evolved crew alone and started a brand new series with new characters, because these books are starting to impact my feelings on the originals.
I think because Sawyer is so beloved by fans, my expectations for Presely's story were perhaps set way too high. Her story really let me down for many reasons, but some of the main ones are:
- Presley's story can absolutely NOT be read as a standalone! I've seen so many reviews confused and disappointed by the big "reveal" because they don't truly understand the back story. What happened to Emmett is *completely* glossed over, assuming the reader has read Entice and knows the terrible thing that happened to her. I was shocked by how lightly it was referenced. It is SO key to helping readers understand Presley's panic attacks and feelings of guilt. But this was barely mentioned at all, making the reasons for her behavior seem SO pathetic and anticlimactic. I'd definitely recommend telling readers they have to read Entice.
- Presley came across as really spoilt and unlikable a lot of the time - with Sawyer and Emmett as parents, I'm disappointed in how she turned out.
- Sutton was a bit "meh" for me. Sometimes he was all macho, other times he was a total wimp and pushover like with the Hailey situation. I also know he felt he had to prove his 'alpha' status in Presley's life, but I don't think he gave Sawyer the respect he deserved, especially for all he's done for her.
- A bit too much squad, not enough Sawyer. I thought Sawyer and Presley would have this really cute bond that I was so looking forward to seeing, but apart from in the last two chapters they barely interact at all - only when Presley wants something shallow or manipulative from him and goes all "daaaaaaadddddy". This book seemed to undo the strength of the amazing bond that has been shown in all Sawyer's previous books. I find it unrealistic that Sawyer or anyone else in the crew/squad wouldn't notice what it took Sutton minutes to work out. Made him seem like a bad dad, and that they weren't close, which is so sad.
- Likewise, she had zero interaction with her mom in either book. Especially considering that what happened to Emmett is at the root of her anxiety and issues, it's so crazy to me. Even when Sawyer rightly says her mom should be there for the conversation, she's like "no, this is about me and you." And then we're told Sawyer didn't even tell Emmett about his conversation with Presley. It's SO ridiculous!! If anyone needed to speak, it was Presley and Emmett!
- I would have liked Presley and/or Emmett to also come clean with the squad about the truth of her issues. They're all supposed to be soooo close, yet no one knows the truth or really tries hard to get it out of her. Presley should have spoken to her aunts and cousins, and everyone could have put all the cards on the table. They're supposed to be this amazing, supportive family, but there's still so many secrets and lies between them. Again, very disappointing and erases everything we've been shown in previous books.
- The writing itself was far from her strongest. The biggest issue for me was the sheer amount of absolutely unneccessary italicized words in every paragraph. It completely ruins the rhythm of the reading experience and takes you out of the story. A good editor would have caught this quickly. As someone else mentioned, she also over used commas for stuttering.
- The ending was so unbelivably rushed, I had to keep checking to see if I'd missed anything or I had the correct copy. I thought she might have published a draft. There's this big "emotional" scene and then it just ends so abruptly and skips straight to the epilogue. We don't even get to see her talk to Sutton. It's almost laughably disappointing, but I guess consistent with how I felt the whole way through.
Overall, I'm done with this series. I actually disliked JT's book so much that I didn't want to continue, but I thought because it was Presley it would be much better, but it was actually way more disappointing for that reason.
Brynn's story promises to be another let down - clearly building up to an annoying love triangle that mirrors her mom's and contradicts the "nice girl" we've been told she is. Really not looking forward to her hurting the nice guy in favor of the "alpha."
Another reviewer nailed it - I will read future books by S.E. Hall, because I know when she's at the top of her game she's really talented, but she is no longer a "one-click" author for me, which makes me really sad.
I wish I could forget everything I've read in these "next generation" books because it's making me question the characters in the original.
I am an avid reader of all types of romance - fantasy, contemporary, historical, dark, comedy - the list goes on. I’ve read literally hundreds of ‘em.
I pushed myself to finish the first book, which was hard as it spent most of its time being an homage to her previous books, where the author tries to cram in as much info about ALL her past characters and their personalities as she can and not much of it relevant to the actual romance. You have to trawl through chapters and chapters of it before you even start to scratch the surface of the story. These extra characters constantly interrupt every thread of conversation with pointless jabber which I think was intended to give a close knit family feel but just doesn’t work very well. I quite often finished chapters thinking ‘Well that was a waste of my time’.
But I ploughed on cos I kind of liked the hero and wanted to see how his story played out, though the heroines long, unprovoked, sarcastic rants were a bit irritating.
I get to book two and I try, I really do, but I just found that the hero quickly became as boring to read as the heroine. If you like long back and forth monologues in every conversation - not just by the protagonists but literally every person around them - and constant lengthy, exhausting, procrastinating that makes your brain wander off somewhere else while reading, then this book is for you.
I have read other books by this author, including some of the series that is prequel to this, THAT I HAVE ENJOYED, but this story was at best frustrating, at worst boring and definitely should not have been in two books.
I gave three stars out of respect for some of the authors previous work.
Exclusive is the second book in the Princess Presley Duet but the fabulous SE Hall. I always know that when I pick up one of her books it will feel like coming home. The memories that come flooding back when I remember the first time I met Sawyer. How I swooned and laughed and wanted to claim him for my own. My feelings for Sawyer never waned. Now, we are getting his daughter, Presley's story. It's mind blowing to me since I feel like they are part of my family. And I'm here to tell you that Sutton is damn close second to Sawyer! Presley is a hot mess, but Sutton loves her anyway. He's lost her temporarily, since that's all he'll accept. He's going to do whatever it takes to show her he's the real deal and he's in it for forever. He might have to get through her cousins, friends and her dad, but he's going to get his woman back. Sutton has the patience of a saint, ya'll! Presley makes him work for it. She's tough, but she's vulnerable too. I loved watching her fall hard for him. Sutton stole my heart with his actions and his sweet words. With his domineering ways and his thoughtful gestures. I couldn’t get enough of this couple and I can't wait for more from the Crew.
"JT's home, with his, and I'm here to take care of mine. That's our dog. You're my woman, and anything either of you need is my job. My privilege. Honor."
Presley – so incredibly stubborn and really making Sutton work hard for her heart.
Sutton – he is literally the whole package. Dane and Sawyer have always been my favorite leading men, but this man is coming in close. He is a broody, alpha, sexy beast, as well as sweet, charming, and romantic.
At the end of book 1 Sutton does something that causes Presley to lose her trust in him. Sutton must find a way back in because he knows she’s the one for him. But Presley, being her stubborn self is not making it easy. With help from the Squad she sees how wrong she is shutting him out and that she needs to find a way to be open and let him in. She is dealing with a secret she’s kept to herself for years. Once she lets Sutton in, he does everything in his power to make her feel loved, wanted, and cherished. He also knows that Presley needs to deal with her secret to be able to move forward.
Sutton and Presley are so incredibly hot and sexy! I love their banter and how Sutton can break through her walls to show her how much he loves and adores her. And once Presley is all in, she shows in her own way how she is very much in love with Sutton. And knowing that he finally has all of her, their love together can only continue to grow. Looking forward to the next book!
S.E. Hall left me with an aching heart and dropped jaw at the end of Elusive and I have been dying for part two of Presley and Sutton's story. I am happy to say that Exclusive didn't disappoint.
I loved how Sutton stepped up. Big time. How his resilience and patience wore Presley down and got her to open up to him. Stop running. Let him in. Let go of the pain. That's not to say she made it easy. Oh no. She held her stubborn ground and made him work for it. Hard.
In typical S.E. Hall fashion, there was humor, steam and a bit of drama. And the squad! Those Kendrick kids really know when to stick their nose in it. But I think my favorite thing was seeing Sawyer in protective dad mode. And how he broke it down and put Presley in her place, absolutely perfect. Gah! I can't believe this duet is over. Presley and Sutton's journey was far from easy. But in the end, very much worth the fight.
SE Hall works her magic again with her new release Exclusive, book two in the Princess Presley duet. Readers have been salivating since her first introduction of Presley and Sutton in Elusive and I was no different. Sutton was the epitome of perfection as she chased after Presley, the daughter of Sawyer Beckett we originally met in her first series Evolve. While SE returns to her roots with characters we've grown to love and fun, witty banter that accompanies them, she also gives us something a little different with stubborn, hard headed Presley and the man who just couldn't let her go. SE teased us relentlessly with their love story and I enjoyed every single second of the chase. If you are looking for a touch of humor, lots of angst and a well written driven story line, then make sure you read this duet!
No cliffhanger Book 2of 2 Told from both POVs Ends at 68%. Rest of the book is previews of other authors books
I loved book 1 in the duet. The cliffhanger had me downloading book 2 as soon as I finished it. This book didn’t disappoint, but the ending did feel a bit rushed.
I don’t want to give anything away but for 2 books Sutton is trying to make Presley fall in love with him. Let her guard down. Finally move past whatever keeps her holding back.
When she finally does, there is no big reunion, no epic moment. It is basically just the end of their story, and that makes me sad. I hope there is another book out there that gives us a better glimpse into what their love became.
Don’t get me wrong, still a good book. Was just hoping for a stronger ending since the rest of their story was so epic.
No one, not even her in- your- face family members know why P is the way she is. No friends outside the family. No steady guy. Until Sutton. He gets her. He 'sees' her. Presley. Princess P. After reading her journal Sutton is literally thrown out of P's apartment. She doesn't answer his texts or calls and Sutton understands... to a point. But now it's time to go get his girl! I love the humor and love for family and friends in these books. I laugh out loud and sniffle just as loud when they are dealing with both the good and bad deals inn life. Loved re-reading Princess P duets first book before reading the second, to re-familiarize myself with this strange, loud, loving family and am so glad I did.
Exclusive is the incredible conclusion to Elusive: book one in the Princess Presley Duet.
What an incredible way to wrap up this duet! S.E. Hall has an incredible way to make her characters so life like. They could be your sons or daughters, sisters and brothers. You can always guarantee a gut busting laugh, drama, family and friendship with the squad.
Sutton has his hands full breaking through Presley’s walls that she has put up around her heart. He’s willing to to anything to get P to let him, even going to Sawyer, Presley’s dad for help. But will Presley finally let Sutton in? Guess you gotta read it to find out ;)
I felt rather let down once "the big secret that wasn't really a secret" was revealed. Why? Because the book all but ended after that. At 67%. With no warning! The Epilogue (all 3 pages of it that there was) and the "Previews" of other books were not listed in the Table of Contents, so the length of this book is misleading, especially when you think that you have 30% more to read. The second part of Sutton and Presley's story is easily a 4 star read, but the abruptness of the ending and the 30% of filler to mislead you into believing that the book is longer than it is brought it down to 3 stars.
Quick read, but so much packed into the storyline! I absolutely love these characters & this 2nd generation is just as great as the original! Presley is stubborn & so much like her dad. Their father/daughter relationship is beautiful. Sutton is the perfect match for Presley. The way he can read her, be her other half was so well written. Their chemistry was hot & oozed off the pages. I was a little disappointed to not she loco girl come back into the picture, but didn’t enjoy her craziness so all is well. A beautifully sexy read. I highly recommend this series. Told in dual POV. Can’t wait for the next installment of this series.
This series has been truly amazing! No one's perfect - even Princesses. While Presley thinks she has it all figured out, Sutton spends all his strength showing her she's wrong. The characters are fun and always make me want to re-read the entire series. Sutton is a strong man, standing for what he believes is right and forcing Presley to open her eyes to what she really wants. Presley is stubborn (not a surprise there), but when she finally lets herself be who she's meant to be, she thrives! Definitely well worth the wait, and not one to miss!
Not what I was expecting! 5 & 3 Stars! Mixed Review
Ok very mixed reviews here... so I love the characters! Hall has an amazing way of creating characters that are so imaginable ... sexy scenes SUPER HOT!!! If I based it on characters and Sexy time, hands down 5 Stars... the glitch in my review come in at the “reason” behind Presley’s “persona” ... the reveal was just dropped me , I was expecting it to be so much more .... anyways great read , love this series love this Author definitely recommend as a whole!
Loved reading about the HEA that Presley deserved. Sutton’s persistence and all consuming love never wavering was amazing to witness. My heart hurt for Presley, but the love and support from Sutton and “the Squad” warmed my soul.
Downside (which did not take away from the story AT ALL, just thought it should be mentioned), was that Presley and Sutton’s story ended at about 68%. There were two previews for 2 other authors books at the end. Again, the story was fabulous, I just thought I had a lot more of their journey to read.
Well at least I now know what was holding Princess P back, didn't see that one coming! I'm still just so hung up on Sutton, he's so darn irresistible and yummy. But honestly my absolute favorite part of this story is that Sawyer Beckett, whom I adore, is featured in this story, he's a key element to figuring out his daughters issues and he still rocks my world with his super quick wit and endearing charm. Thanks, you have no idea how much I needed a little Sawyer Beckett snark and charm.
The long awaited conclusion between Sutton and Presley.. The story definitely pulled at the feels in some aspects. It wasn't exactly what I thought "it" would be. While it wasn't what I expected, the storyline and the sass from Presley were relatable and entertaining. Sutton didn't quit and kept fighting, and Presley was still sassy and the boss throughout. Presley all while fighting it fell hard and fast for Sutton. Can't wait for more from the squad.
Hall slams it out of the park a freakin' gin. If you've read any of her other books then you know she never delivers anything short of amazingness with her spin on words and her grasp on human emotions. If this is the first time you've come across her books, please for the love of everything holy, read, devour, live, breathe, her words, and tell me what you think. I bet you fall in love with this family just as much as I have. I can't wait for the next one.
Sutton and Presley are my fave. Absolutely loved this book. SE Hall knocked it outta of the park with this one. It's hot, sweet, swoony and funny. I've always loved the crew so you get to see them plus the next generation is even better. I was hooked from the first page until the last. Absolutely didn't want this book to end. Can't wait to see what this amazing author comes up with next. Must read.
I really liked the series that goes with this book and was really excited about Presleys conclusion but really thats it. I have to say it is very disappointing I expected more, the story actually ends at 66% the rest are just first chapters to other authors. I will read another book by this author but i will no longer be anticipating anything from her. Sorry its just tne buildup was so big and for it end like that is just a big letdown.
I know this review is going to sound negative but I don't mean for it to. While I enjoyed these characters and their story, I had a hard time getting through it. I went to other books many times. I couldn't connect with it like I normally do with a book. I felt like Presley's big secret wasn't quite as big as I assumed it should have been for the way she held back from Sutton. I enjoyed it, I just didn't love it.
So I really missed something in the translation here. The big reveal wasn’t that big. This heroine is one pile of mixed up with the lamest reason why. So lame I’m still waiting for the real reason. Even if she believed all that she does what’s that got to do with anything? So confused. This book seemed like it would be a proper story but it was 180 pages of the poor hero trying to get the heroine on board. I’ve never read a book hero try sooo hard!🙃
Two hours and fifteen minutes later I can’t believe the twist in this book SE Hall did amazing at pairing an alpha male with an alpha female with it either having to change. The plot was by what I expected or saw coming and I can’t wait what else she has planned for the squad!
Exclusive was the perfect finish to Presley and Sutton’s story! It kept me laughing, swooning (because...well Sutton!) and on the edge of my seat looking for answers. I loved the banter between P and Sutton it was hilarious! Make sure to read Elusive book 1 for Presley and Sutton before reading this story!
I thought this book was so good! Sutton and Presley’s story was better than I thought it would be. Sutton is the perfect guy and how he opens his heart to help Presley find her happiness was so romantic and wonderful. Never could have predicted what Presley was struggling with but when she worked through it, it was a great scene. Huge fan of this one!