BOOK REVIEW - THE PROFESSIONAL by KRESLEY COLE - THE GAME MAKER # 1 - SIMON & SCHUSTER - CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE

By: Kresley Cole

Published By: Simon & Schuster

Released: Available Now

Details: Paperback from publisher for honest review, 390 Pages

RATING: 4.25 SEVASTYAN STARS WITH A 5 STAR SEXUAL SIDE DISH

Blurb: Goodreads

He makes the rules...

Mafiya enforcer Aleksei “The Siberian” Sevastyan’s loyalty to his boss knows no bounds, until he meets the boss’s long-lost daughter, a curvy, feisty redhead who haunts his mind and heats his blood like no other. Ordered to protect her, Aleksei will do anything to possess her as well—on his own wicked terms.

Rules are made to be broken…

Grad student Natalie Porter had barely recovered from her first sight of the dark and breathtaking Sevastyan before the professional enforcer whisks her away to Russia, thrusting her into a world of extreme wealth and wanton pleasures. Every day under his protection leads her deeper under his masterful spell.

Are you ready to play?

Yet all is not as it seems. To remove Natalie from an enemy’s reach, Sevastyan spirits her into hiding. From an opulent palace in Russia to the decadent playgrounds of the mega-wealthy in Paris, the two lovers will discover that even their darkest—and most forbidden—fantasies can come true...

BOOK REVIEW by Michelle:

Oh I really enjoyed this book. Kresley Cole sure knows how to write a filthy sex scene.

Lawdy!

Visually LAWDY! LAWDY!  

Sevastyan the Siberian mafiya enforcer is one troubled lad, he’s darkly sexual and doesn’t like to give too much of his personal self to anybody.

Sevastyan is consumed by Natalie from Nebraska.

"Eto ne izbezhno dlya nas." You and I are inevitable.


Just my one personal opinion, but Natalie wouldn’t have been my first choice for Sevastyan, but she did eventually grow on me.

In all the interludes with Sevastyan, I hadn't been Natalie. I'd been Natalya. And that brainless hussy didn't seem to know better. 


I did enjoy this book but I also felt there were some things that got forgotten along the way like Natalie’s Nebraskan mum and really her whole Nebraskan life. Things sort of faded into the background conveniently. Sure the bff was kept in contact with, but still...

There is an enormous amount of panty dropping sex in this book.

LAWDY!

Not complaining, just saying.

I really didn’t know what to expect from this book as I hadn’t read the blurb or any reviews prior to reading and I do have The Master on my shelf to read, but I would have liked more action.

Don’t get me wrong there was some enemy action, but it traveled to a lot of sexual encounters, (I totally dug that content *waggles eyebrows*) but I would have still liked the whole danger side to have kept coming into play. It was talked about but that faded away.

But hey, not my story to tell. 

I know, like most well read readers, that Kresley Cole is an outstanding writer and her bad ass long Immortals After Dark, paranormal series and her YA, Arcana Chronicles rate incredibly well. I adore her Arcana Chronicles series. All her series' rate very highly, so she can definitely write a crowd pleaser.


These are just my personal thoughts as I am very well read blogger across a lot of genres, and it takes that bit more to earn a five star rating from me. So I am a tougher customer is what I'm saying.

Some parts in this book were a little predictable with certain sub characters and how things were played out. I think what I am trying to be honest and say is I felt that more effort went into the sexual side of this story than the plot. I would have liked that deeper more fleshed out.

The sexual side wasn't predictable as you didn't know what Sevastyan was gonna do to Natalie next. That was very well...erm, fleshed out. 

"Tonight you've enjoyed playing with fire. But will you accept the burn you've earned?"

I still rate it highly and would recommend to anybody to read especially if you like well written sex.

I would have liked Natalie to have been a little more wary, maybe thought before she leaped considering, but she did in the end. It was kind of an insta romp after not knowing for very long albeit an incredibly hot insta romp, followed by hotter romps that became full on I-am-on-fire romps.

OOO...EEEEEE!!

I got myself a nice Russian lesson in while reading this book and totally dig walking around the house saying nyet. NO! to my kids.

Michelle

BOOK REVIEW - DEAD OF WINTER by KRESLEY COLE - THE ARCANA CHRONICLES # 3 - YA APOCALYPTIC PARANORMAL - SIMON & SCHUSTER

By: Kresley Cole

Published By: Simon & Schuster

Released: Available Now

Details: Paperback from publisher for honest review, 303 Pages

RATING: 5 ARIC  & JACKSON STARS!

Can Evie convince her rival loves to work together? Their survival depends on it in this third book of #1 New York Times bestselling author Kresley Cole’s Arcana Chronicles, a nonstop action tale of rescue, redemption, and a revenge most wicked.

Heartbreaking decisions
Evie was almost seduced by the life of comfort that Death offered her—until Jack was threatened by two of the most horrific Arcana, the Lovers. She will do anything to save him, even escape Death’s uncanny prison, full of beautiful objects, material comforts…and stolen glances from a former love.

Uncertain victory
Despite leaving a part of her heart behind with Death, Evie sets out into a perilous post-apocalyptic wasteland to meet up with her allies and launch an attack on the Lovers. Such formidable enemies require a battle plan, and the only way to kill them may mean Evie, Jack, and Death allying. Evie doesn’t know what will prove more impossible: surviving slavers, plague, Bagmen and other Arcana—or convincing Jack and Death to work together.

Two heroes returned
There’s a thin line between love and hate, and Evie just doesn’t know where she stands with either Jack or Death. Will this unlikely trio be able to defeat The Lovers without killing one another first...?



BOOK REVIEW by Michelle:

For some bizzaro reason, I thought this was a trilogy. It wasn’t until I was getting to the last few pages of this book that I was thinking, dude, somethings going on here.

Bahaha.

I loved this instalment, it was a little gory. Oo yes the visuals I had, nasssty. Ms Kresley pulled out all the torture yummys.

Gahh!

It took off running from where Endless Knight finished, even though a year has passed since Evie has seen our Cajun boy.

I got reacquainted with the other cards pretty quickly. The Lovers are such a disgusting set of characters, love what they bring to this installment.

Now I can’t help thinking something with Jackson, he is being a little bit too Arcana...ish. Theories are bobbing about in my brain. I know other readers on Goodreads have this theory too.

Time will tell.

Aric is such a great character because we feel sorry for him. He has one filly in the whole messed up apocalyptic world that he can do the horizontal Lambada with and she is umming and ahhing about her love life.

Frustrating much for Death, he must be feeling a bit frisky by now.

Jackson aka Jack, my Cajun boy, who is turning into quite the man and all things masculine in this instalment, he wants Evie.

Heart feels sad, who will Evie choose?

Who do I want her to choose?

Well, Kresley has made me feel a bit of sympathy for Aric as his wifie, who really isn’t his wifie now because she is not THE Empress he married, she is a reincarnated version, so the fine print is a bit sticky there, she is pining also for Jackson.

I want Jackson, but dang it, my heart hurts for Aric.

Gabriel has the hots for Selena, Selena has the hots for Jackson and both Jackson and Aric want the girl.

“If all I wanted was a bedmate, then why do I feel such jealousy? Why was I racked with misery to be parted from you? For one like me, a week is a blink of an eye, yet it felt interminable.”

...”By all the gods, I desire you, but you must know that you have my love. It’s given, sieve. Wholly entrusted to you. Have a care with it.”

... "Tell me you’ll be mine. Tell me I’ll never have to know this desolution again.”



Lordy, Kresley, you are killing me.



Matthew, you pop up to give us words of riddles as per usual.



“All is not as it seems. What would you sacrifice? What would you endure?”

“To end the game?”

His voice grew thick as he said, “Things will happen beyond your wildest imaginings.”

“Good things?”

His eyes watered. “Good, bad, good, bad, good, good, bad, bad, good-bye. You are my friend.”



So there you go. All is not as it seems. We have been fair warned.

There are seeds that have been dropped so if you are paying attention you can start to make some pretty good theories about what might be going on further down the track.


The game is changing. The cards are becoming more sympathetic and dare I say becoming a group of friends.

Now that blasted ending.

Crikey!!! Mind you I don’t have any worries there. Just hurry up and bring on # 4!!!

This series would make a pretty cool set of movies. The costumes and characters like the Bagmen would be very cool to see up on the big screen.

I sit now and wait for 2016 to roll on by.

I'm getting older, people!!!

Michelle

ARC BOOK REVIEW - ENDLESS KNIGHT by KRESLEY COLE - THE ARCANA CHRONICLES # 2 - YA APOCALYPTIC - SIMON & SCHUSTER - 5 STARS!

By: Kresley Cole
Published By: Simon & Schuster
Released : 1st October 2013
Details: Paperback from Publisher, thanku! 320 Pages 

RATING: 5 DEATH & JACKSON STARS!!

Blurb: Goodreads

In the second book of the Arcana Chronicles Evie has now fully come into her powers as the tarot Empress. And Jackson was there to see it all. In the aftermath of killing Arthur, the tarot Alchemist, Evie realizes that a war is brewing between the other teens that, following the apocalypse, have been given powers and its kill or be killed.

Things get even more complicated when Evie meets Death, the mysterious, sexy Endless Knight. Somehow the Empress and Death share a romantic history - one that Evie can't remember, but Death can't forget. She is drawn to the Endless Knight, but is in love with Jack. Determined to discover why she's been granted these powers, Evie struggles to accept her place in a prophecy that will either save the world, or completely destroy it.

BOOK REVIEW by Michelle:

I have just read back to back two awesome books. Through The Zombie Glass by Gena Showalter and of course Endless Knight by Kresley Cole.

These two YA books have been on my most anticipated sequels list for 2013.

I’m talking bouncy, bouncy for these two books. So, when they arrived within a couple days of each other from the publishers, I dropped everything, literally, to cosy up and read them.

Both authors put me through book boyfriend drama! 

EEEEeeEEEeeee!

Endless Knight, the cover alone is sending out vibes. Yes , that is Death and Evie on the front, but fear not, turn the book over and , phew there is Jackson, my Cajun boy.

I got to say, this was a total ride, I was literally running from cannibals, bagmen, militia, other Arcana and..and..and...

Who could I trust?

Notice how I am using myself in that sentence. I was literally thrown into this book, sucked into a vortex to Kresley’s apocalyptic world. I was there with Evie.

Evie is badass in this book. She is on fire.

“He just needs some time to get used to the idea of you with powers.” Finn tilted his head, taking in my face -- which I knew was bright red from exertion and streaked with remains. “His girlfriend went from bunny to viper. From hot piece of ass to smokin’ monstress.”

I raised my brows. “Smokin’? I was repulsive.”

Finn helped me over a log. “When you turned all Eviezilla, I had a boner the size of ... well, something large and boner-shaped.”


I am in a conundrum because I like both these lads. Seriously, Kresley will do a number on you with Death. The lad is smexi, the lad is dangerous, the lad makes you rethink.

I LOVE Finn. He is such a fun sidekick. When the shiz is going down, he pulls out a great line.


“I’m not perfect, Lark, " he’d told her gravely. “Due to some self-esteem issues, I always put out on the first date. Working through that, though. Help me?”


I could hear Finn chuckling. “Checking perimeters? Is that what the Louisiana kids are calling it these days? Hey, Lark, can I check your perimeter?”


“What?” Finn whispered. “Just because we’re about to be swarmed by bloodthirsty zombies doesn’t mean we can’t have a laugh.”

Matthew made a eureka! hand gesture. “Zomedy!”

“Damn straight, Matto.” Finn always seemed a little surprised by how much he liked the boy.

When Finn stared at her smile, she grew flustered, closing her mouth to cover her fangs. Embarrassed in front of the cute boy.

She cast him a woebegone look, but he grinned. “Let your freak flag fly, hotness.”


Matthew is such an interestingly written character. I really like him. His outbursts and riddles intrigue me.

Who can be trusted?

I gotta say, it is tough to trust anyone in this book.

There are closets of secrets, that I gasped at.

Jackson, my Cajun boy, whahhh! Simply, whahhh! I do love you.

As I pulled my shirt down, Jackson grated to me, “You taste like my Evie, feel like her. But you’re not her.”He swiped the back of his hand over his lips.

Ah, and here was the rage.



Just before he kissed me , he said, “You might be different from what I thought, but I’m goan to protect you anyway. I’m goan to try to accept all this. But you got to accept me.”

“Accept you? What are you talking about?”

“I’m a nineteen-year-old bayou boy. I got a fondness for liquor. I’m goan to say stupid shit. Doan you go getting your feelings hurt at the drop of a hat.”


Just when I was about to flare, he’d said, “Evie, that ass of yours -- um, um, UM! C’est surhumain.” It’s superhuman.

This is a real page turner. I really grasped the whole tarot card, Arcana thing more in this installment. I understood the world these 22 kids/cards are a part of much better. 

We expected new characters to come into play, after all there are 22 cards playing in the game.

This is like an apocalyptic Hunger Games on smack.

OOOeeeeeeEEeee!

I love where Kresley is taking the reader. I have to admit after reading Poison Princess I was thinking to myself, this could be a majorly badass long series, as this is a whole can of worms Kresley is opening up here. Kresley really gave me more direction in this world she has built. 

I really feel a part of it now. The focus isn’t on the apocalypse but on how the game is being played out.

In more ways than one.

Kresley will blind side you. I went WT!!!!!

O.M.G!!!

Yes I am overusing exclamation marks.

Read this book you will understand why.

I love all the references to modern tv shows etc she put in.


I’d seen Survivor alliances tighter than mine.

The A.F. aka After the Flash is not very old in days. Through chapters we see the days advancing. It is still a relatively new apocalyptic world, but in saying that, the groups that have formed, in such a short time like the cannibals, it goes to show that for humans to survive they will do anything, and I mean anything, resorting to animal behavior.

Gahhh!

Death was the big surprise for me. Lordy, how is Jackson and Death and Evie going to pan out?

* face plant *

And that ending!

I think I shall be strapping myself in for # 3 cause it is going to be a bumpy ride.

I think my heart is going to be hurting for everyone.

An exciting, smexi, page turner with a really cool idea that blossoms over the series. Cards fighting for survival , for the ultimate prize, immortality. 

But, is immortality all it is cracked up to be?

Michelle

BOOK COVER - ENDLESS KNIGHT by KRESLEY COLE - THE ARCANA CHRONICLES # 2 - SIMON & SCHUSTER

In the second book of The Arcana Chronicles, Evie has now fully come into her powers as the tarot Empress. And Jackson was there to see it all. In the aftermath of killing Arthur, the tarot Alchemist, Evie realizes that a war is brewing between the other teens that, following the apocalypse, have been given powers and its kill or be killed.

Things get even more complicated when Evie meets Death, the mysterious, sexy Endless Knight. Somehow the Empress and Death share a romantic history - one that Evie can't remember, but Death can't forget. She is drawn to the Endless Knight, but is in love with Jack. Determined to discover why she's been granted these powers, Evie struggles to accept her place in a prophecy that will either save the world, or completely destroy it.

Oh my! Read that synopsis. That is not Jackson on the cover of Endless Knight. Whahhh!! Death seems to have had a bit of history with Evie. What does this mean for my Cajun lad? Gahhh!!! 

I totally dug Poison Princess, it was my first Kresley Cole read and it was BRILLIANT! 

My Review Here

I have been keeping an eye out for book # 2 because Poison Princess had such an impact on me. I have lent my GF my copy and I warned her the start is a bit creepy, but then ......

She is totally loving it too. Of course I knew she would. Like I recommend a bad book. 

If you have not read Poison Princess, well get on to it. It is YA genre and you still have time before Endless Knight releases October 1st 2013. The mind truly boggles where Kresley is going to take the reader in her Apocalyptic read.

I think my heart is breaking for Jackson already. 

Nothing is ever easy in an apocalyptic world. Especially not love.

Michelle

BOOK REVIEW: POISON PRINCESS by KRESLEY COLE

Title:  POISON PRINCESS 
(The Arcana Chronicles #1)
Author:  KRESLEY COLE

Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Pages/Format:  ARC paperback from publisher - 384pages



RATING: 5 POWERFULLY POISONOUS STARS! 

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Goodreads Description:

Sixteen year old Evangeline “Evie” Greene leads a charmed life, until she begins experiencing horrifying hallucinations. When an apocalyptic event decimates her Louisiana hometown, Evie realizes her hallucinations were actually visions of the future—and they’re still happening. Fighting for her life and desperate for answers, she must turn to her wrong-side-of-the-bayou classmate: Jack Deveaux.

But she can’t do either alone.

With his mile-long rap sheet, wicked grin, and bad attitude, Jack is like no boy Evie has ever known. Even though he once scorned her and everything she represented, he agrees to protect Evie on her quest. She knows she can’t totally depend on Jack. If he ever cast that wicked grin her way, could she possibly resist him?

Who can Evie trust?

As Jack and Evie race to find the source of her visions, they meet others who have gotten the same call. An ancient prophesy is being played out, and Evie is not the only one with special powers. A group of twenty-two teens has been chosen to reenact the ultimate battle between good and evil. But it’s not always clear who is on which side….

MARISSA'S REVIEW:

WOW! What an awesome way to delve into the talented world of Kresley Cole!  Poison Princess is fantastic read and I will certainly be grabbing all in The Arcana Chronicles upon their release.

A boy from the bayou and a girl from the privileged side of the bridge come together as survivors of the apocalypse.  They survive not just zombie style leftovers (reminiscent of The Walking Dead), but more horridly the cruel, vicious and evil side of the humans that remain - they too are trying to survive though many have become the worst version humankind can evolve into.

Evie and her Cajun cohort Jack are eons apart socially though they are brought together reluctantly to find Evie's grandma. She has the answers that Evie searches for - the answers that may help unlock Evie's drawings and the lethal power that Evie must learn to control.  

Along their travels we are introduced to new characters that will make you laugh, hate and feel emotionally tugged in all directions at some point. Yet  you will come out the other end glad to have jumped into the world of the Poison Princess!

Amongst an aftermath no man could ever want to be in, Poison Princess is also a tale of discovery - the discovery that not all innocence is lost.....and that even amongst a living nightmare - 16 year old girls fall in love with bad boys and get jealous!!

A short review - yes!   A powerful and disturbingly brilliant read - hell yeah!!  I can only do this book justice by insisting you read it.  It will not disappoint.

ENJOY!

MARISSA

BOOK REVIEW - ARC - POISON PRINCESS by KRESLEY COLE - THE ARCANA CHRONICLES # 1 - SIMON & SCHUSTER - 5 JACKSON CAJUN STARS!!

By: Kresley Cole

Published By : Simon & Schuster

Released : October 2nd 2012

Details: Paperback received for review from publisher, Thankyou!

RATING : 5 JACKSON CAJUN STARS!

Blurb : Goodreads

Sixteen year old Evangeline “Evie” Greene leads a charmed life, until she begins experiencing horrifying hallucinations. When an apocalyptic event decimates her Louisiana hometown, Evie realizes her hallucinations were actually visions of the future—and they’re still happening. Fighting for her life and desperate for answers, she must turn to her wrong-side-of-the-bayou classmate: Jack Deveaux.

But she can’t do either alone.

With his mile-long rap sheet, wicked grin, and bad attitude, Jack is like no boy Evie has ever known. Even though he once scorned her and everything she represented, he agrees to protect Evie on her quest. She knows she can’t totally depend on Jack. If he ever cast that wicked grin her way, could she possibly resist him?

Who can Evie trust?

As Jack and Evie race to find the source of her visions, they meet others who have gotten the same call. An ancient prophesy is being played out, and Evie is not the only one with special powers. A group of twenty-two teens has been chosen to reenact the ultimate battle between good and evil. But it’s not always clear who is on which side

BOOK REVIEW by Michelle :

My brain is near exploding with how crazy good this story was. This is my first Kresley Cole read and I am absolutely blown away with the plot and amount of work put into this book and its characters.

I cannot even begin to express how much what the cover of this book looks like, gorgeous girl, handsome guy, and what actually goes on inside this book with these two characters will surprise you. 

What it will do to your mind. 

KaaaAAbbBBoooOOom!!! 

This story has chapters with time lapses which I totally loved. The start of the story....... well hellloOOooo Mr Creepy. The start of this book had me checking the cover and wondering if the cover had been put on another story. Like, seriously, that was an uber intriguing, mega creepy start to this YA book. Very unexpected.

I have notes up to my eyeballs on this book. This is a good thing as it means Kresley’s tale has well and truly represented the hard earned dollars a reader will spend on it. I am of course speaking with the assumption of my belief in the majority.

This is a very detailed and well mapped out tale. The characters, as you slowly meet the key players, are very intriguing. The whole book is intriguing from the creepy start right until the last page.

Jackson Deveaux , the motorcycle riding, Basin Tongue Cajun French speaking bayou resident, hip flask whiskey drinking student, is as smexi as the tongue he speaks. Kresley gave this boy some lines in this book..... be still my heart. The cover art of Jackson is pretty spot on.

When Jackson lets you in, he will bowl you over. When Jackson doesn’t let you in, and he does dumb, stupid things with our lead female protagonist Evie, you will want to give him a shake. He is a Bayou boy through and through, but when he starts to think about his heart instead of his...err... appendage down stairs, then our hearts flutter. When we learn more about Jackson, we ‘see’ more of Jackson. He is a fearless protector but he can also be a bit of an ass when he mucks up.

But , what a gorgeous, smexi ass. Bad boy earns brownie points with me.

The Arcana Chronicles has enormous ( badass long) series staying power. When we think of apocalyptic stories, we often come in to the story years after the apocalypse has happened. Not the countdown and then the early stages. So much to learn, and we are only in a small pocket of the planet. We will be schooled in only some of the players.

Evangeline aka Evie is only just turning 16 years old . We see a lot of growth with her character by the end of this book. There are layers to Evie, some that she keeps a secret as she simply does not understand them herself. She has tried to silence her secrets. Her mother tried, the doctors tried.

Evie sketches her nightmares in such detail that they become her downfall. I mean who draws this stuff? Well....Evie.

I had to keep reminding myself that Evie has only just turned 16, she makes mistakes, she acts out, she has jealousies, she is trying to understand a lot that scares her. A lot that she will carry on her young shoulders.

I have not met Grandma, but I so want to. She holds a lot of answers that Matthew, bless him, love the guy, but sometimes cryptic boy needs a shake down. I just wanted him to spill it, but then that would have made for a shorter book J

Kresley keeps feeding the reader characters and plot, and the intrigue just kept the pages turning for me. Sometimes I felt like I was floundering like Evie in her nightmares and not ‘understanding.‘

Keep reading. Kresley will keep feeding you . The plot and amount of creativity that has gone into this book can’t all be info dumped onto the reader in one hit. We need to find out as the characters find out.

Everything weaves together, well as much as Kresley will allow us in this first instalment. As I said, how many books start just before an apocalypse, and we learn, as the characters who survive learn, the type of world the planet has become. The short amount of time it takes for man to turn the need to survive into something more deadly, even inhumane. The strong soon learn to be top dog, the weak.........just don’t be one of the weak. 

The animal , man can become.

I have quotes leaping off my notebook. Kresley’s dialogue with some of her characters lightened the seriousness of the situation. Finn is absolutely hilarious.

The sub character’s will pull at our emotions in all sorts of ways, this is an apocalypse people!

This is a dark tale with little laughing space, but when Jackson smiles, you will smile. When Finn opens his mouth, you will laugh out loud. When Jackson talks that Cajun French, you will swoon....well I did.

I don’t want to give away what the thing is that Kresley has used as the basis for her plot as it is an amazing plot and use of this thing and how she wrote her characters into using this thing is quite masterfully set up.

Air high five to Kresley.

I was soooo excited to receive this book from Simon & Schuster for review. It was one I had been dying to read and it did not disappoint.

An exceptionally well written plot that will have you turning pages and sticking up a ‘do not disturb’ sign. You won’t want to be interrupted.

Especially when Jackson has his smexi Cajun mojo in full swing........


FAVE QUOTES:


“Surely she’s going to get sent home with a skirt that short.”

Not to mention her midriff-baring shirt, which read : I Got Bourbon-Faced On Shit Street!



“But if they’re together, then why does he keep staring at you? Like he hasn’t deposited enough mental images into his spank bank by now?”



He looked at me like I might be lying. “You smell almost like .... honeysuckle.”

“I’m not wearing anything.”

“My fondest wish.”



He was staring at my lips, and before I could think better of it, I’d wetted them.

“That’s it, bebe,” he said in a coaxing rasp. “Ma bonne fille.” My good girl.

He wrapped one of his arms behind my back, cupping my chin with his free hand. “Evangeline, I’m goan to kiss you until your toes curl, until we’re breathing for each other.”



“Evie. Arms. Now.”

I rolled my eyes. After a hesitation , I finally reached around him-

Just as he rose up to disengage the kickstand.

My clasped hands brushed over him .... there.

He sucked in a breath, his muscles gone rigid with tension; my face flamed as I yanked my hands back.

“If you touch me like that again, Evangeline,” he began in a husky tone, dropping to his seat once more, “ in the space of a heartbeat, I will have you off this bike and onto the closest horizontal surface. And I woan be picky, no.”


Just as he’d promised, we were breathing for each other - and still I couldn’t get enough.



“If you want me to kiss you again, you call me Jack.”



“Ah, bebe, I feel like I ain’t seen you in weeks.”

Michelle

This vid of Kresley's does contain the thing I didn't mention , but the part of blurb I did not put on my review posting ( deliberately) said the plot thing I didn't want to reveal .

It is a wonderful vid, but be warned.