TUG OF WAR (Bloodlines #1)
Impulsive, YES. Irresponsible, SURE. Necessary, PROBABLY. Going to end
badly, most likely. Does any of that matter to me, no. I decided that I can't please
everyone so this week my only goal is to please me. I’m a selfish cow but I can’t seem
to help it. I’m Clara Lord. I own Bloodline’s Tattoo Parlor, have a filthy mouth, no
filter and a really strong objection to bossy idiots, pet names and wealthy men.
You will
hate me, love me or love to hate me but either way it doesn’t matter. Everything
I touch turns to crap and it’s all my fault. See, I lived through hell. Then I escaped
hell and carefully spent the next eight years crafting a perfect little life until Domini
Napoli screwed it all up. Now nothings right. Everything’s wrong and all my secrets
are coming out.
Tug Of War
has been voted:
Top 3 of 2013 list
from Book Junkie Girls
Top 10 of 2013
from For The Love Of Books
Top 13 of 2013
List from I'll Be Reading
RL Griffin
listed Objective as the book she most looks forward to in 2014 releasing.
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Ramblings...
We were given the chance to review this book, didn't know what was thrown at us but once we dive into the book, omg...it was great, just couldn't stop swimming deeper for more. We couldn't reach the shore until the end of the book.
The beginning definitely captures you in and keeps your curious mind going..keeps teasing you as you just want to find out if they get together or not. Feels like the Clara and Dominic are playing mind games with us as well as between them.
Clara is hiding and running away from a big secret that she refuse to share with anyone she doesn't trust in order to protect her little girl and herself. She finally settle down in Virginia, with her dream job, having her own tattoo parlor, life is good as it is for Clara until one weekend with her girls out in Miami. She bumps into Mr hot and rich Dominic Napoli, actually he was the on stalking her, he just finds Clara interesting and intriguing and he's just want her. Until fortunately he's Clara no go type, she's been there once and refuse to go back again and gives Dominic the cold shoulder as she is only there for the weekend. What she doesn't know is Dominic isn't one that gives up easily.
Obviously there is a big unexpected turn towards the end of the story that, will have you screaming what! it was shocking twist! I found the beginning was intense and intriguing but it went really quick towards the end and Dominic's change of behavior was a little unexpected as he helped her out but he listen to Charlie which i thought...what, where did that come from. However, over i did enjoy this story and was grateful i came across it.
Clara live her life protecting and hiding and putting lies after lies to secure everything but we all know the truth as to come out someday and when it does it bite us in the butt.
This story will keep you hooked until the very end, until you find out all the hidden secrets and if Dominic manage change Clare that his kind is not all the same. Has Clara finally found the one she can trust and not live a life full of lies and fear...You will all have to read and find out yourself. It will not disappoint!
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OBJECTIVE
(Bloodlines #2)
(Releasing April 2014)
My story started out cliche, good girl falls for bad boy, but one wrong
move changed all that. Turns out the good girl doesn’t save the bad boy. My story
goes from cliche to risque to mind blowing. My story is different from all the others
because the events of my story led me to one thing...my objective.
Remembering him comes in
dreams and flashbacks that I can't control. I tell myself it’s time to let go...but moving
on from him is impossible when I still see our lives in my head.
When you kill your soul mate you
don’t ever really recover.
A year of trying to forget
or rather move past it has taught me that you can't. Its an impossibility to move on
from that kind of horrific form of betrayal. If you you’re too selfish or scared for
suicide, like me, you learn to wake up every morning and follow routine. One foot in
front of the other, day after day.
Hollow. Lifeless. Haunted. Loving
him was like the sun on a summer day. Living without him is like slowly burning to
death. Torture.
A Bloodlines Novel.
*Note Tug of War is the 1st in the
Bloodlines books, each book can be read as a stand alone book.*
(Sawyer's
Story, Releasing Late 2014)
My name is Sawyer Crown, I own Bloodlines Tattoo Parlor, despise drama, and have a penchant for broken women. It's a habit I intend to kick.
The arrangement had been simple. Clara and I sleep together if and when we wanted too. We were always best friends first. We raised Allie together with love. Four years into it did people assume we were married- yes.
Did people assume I was Allie's father- sure. Did I love every second of that- most definitely.
Then my world exploded. Clara left me. Moved on. I'm supposed to too. I just haven’t figured the moving on part out quite yet. The heart wants what it wants right? Or maybe the mind want what it wants for the heart. All of those scenarios are bullshit though. Clara went
for the gold. She carved out the happiness she needed, wanted.
Now it’s my turn.
~ Goodreads ~
Prologue
I feel like I’m crawling in my skin. I’ve
had this feeling for the last sixteen months just about. Time has done little thus far
to mend me. People keep promising time heals all wounds. Bullshit. I call bullshit.
Love is a four-letter-word.
Love is blindness. I didn’t want to see.
I don’t want to see. I chose to ignore all the signs. I was in denial. I pretended that
Clara and I were more than we were. I knew it was wrong. I buried that feeling deep
though. Flat out refused to let it bubble to the surface where I’d have to deal with it.
I’d tear out my insides if I could go back and change it.
I didn’t give her room to breathe. I never gave her the chance to come to me, to want me. I gave her what I wanted to give and convinced myself that it was exactly what we both wanted and needed.
Our arrangement had been simple. We
slept together if and when we wanted too. We were always best friends first and we
were to raise Allie together with love. Four years into it did people assume we were
married- yes. Did people assume I was Allies father- sure. Did I love every second of
that- most definitely.
The problem is, real women don’t need you, they want you. Clara always needed me. I knew that. I liked it, hell I loved it. I thought it would be enough to keep her attached to me. It wasn’t. She put my heart in a blender and watched it spin around until it was a pureed mess. I’d love to blame her entirely, but when shit hit the fan and she told me she never asked for my love outside of our arrangement, she was right. She never did.
She was upfront, honest, clear with me from the start. I tried to change that subtly over time. To embed myself into her life so wholly that eventually she would want to submit to me entirely. My game got sloppy, I grew complacent. I used my dating life to try and piss her off and make her jealous. Sometimes depending on the woman, it worked. Mostly she held up her end of our deal and knew that we’d agreed to be able to date, therefore never bringing it up.
My weakness was that I let myself care too much. It was all a well played game between the two of us. A balancing act with no safety net. Games that never amounted to more than they were meant to, eventually played themselves out.
Stupid.
Clara is many things, but she’s not an asshole, contrary to what most think. She’s a straight shooter. Calls it like she sees it, a take action kinda gal. She loves fiercely and wholly.
Even when she’s not in love with you. If she loves you, you get all of her for better or worse.
All things I love about her.
Clara makes mistakes and people view her actions as self-centered, but they don’t understand how she works. She’s not a selfish woman. She’s bold. Takes no prisoners. Driven.
he gives back in so many ways. People look at her and judge, they don’t see or maybe they choose to overlook all the things she does from the heart. Her friends, family and their and her personal well-being come first. Her two jobs follow next. She’s committed, blunt to a fault and owns her faults.
It’s refreshing really. Her past was so much worse than even I knew, and I knew most of it, but when the parts I didn’t know came out- so much came to light, for me at least. But by then, it was too late for us. There was a gap so wide between us there was no bridging it.
She loves Allie fiercely. She’s wonderful
mom. I admire that about her. Sure she’s made mistakes- we both have, but she’s
never claimed she hasn't. When the school told her the chorus program was
being cut, she volunteered to continue teaching the kids for free. Bloodlines thrives
as a business because she puts her heart and soul into it. Even from a distance she's
loyal to Marg and Amanda, staying in touch, talking often, putting in the effort to
make sure they all stay connected. She’s thoughtful and kind and funny.
Dominic swooped in and threw us all
off balance. I can’t say that had the situation been reversed I would have handled it
any differently than she did. It was confusing. Where did we draw the line? How do
you give up someone that's been an intimate part of your life without giving them
up completely? How do you tell what’s right and wrong? How do we maintain our
family still for Allie? When you never talk about the hard stuff together, how can
you expect the other to just know what’s in your head? Bottom line, you can’t. It
was a cluster fuck to say the least. We’ve found some semblance of peace. We’re just
rearranged now. I’m supposed to accept that and move on. Supposed being the key
word.
I just haven’t figured the moving on part out quite yet. The heart wants what it wants right? Or maybe the mind want what it wants for the heart. All of those scenarios are bullshit though. Clara went for the gold. She carved out the happiness she needed, wanted.
Now it’s my turn.
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TARGET 84
(Bloodlines #4)
(Bentley's
Story, Releasing Early 2015)
My first kill was at sixteen. One might think that’s young but I'd been trained for two years before I was allowed to execute a human target on my own. I won’t ever forget him. Jackson Manning was testifying in a human trafficking case and someone didn’t want him to be heard. I'd been sloppy and careless, but excited and if I'm honest, a little turned on too. I’d found myself rather curious staring at his unmoving body. I’d been scolded for my carelessness but it didn’t matter. I’d had a taste of the real thing and I thirsted for more. My desire, my obsession took on a new form that day.
It wasn’t a goal I was working towards anymore, it was tangible now.
It is my life.
I am an assassin. I don't know my targets or why they're targeted. I am commissioned to kill without question and I am paid grandly for the service I provide. I get a text with a name and an address. I watch them. I wait. I become who I need to be. I seduce them if necessary to get close enough to execute.
I love my job, or loved my job. Everything changed when I was assigned:
TF Agent Bentley James, last known location Christiansburg, VA.
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MEET THE AUTHOR
I
have a weird addiction to goat cheese and chocolate martinis, not together though.
I adore my dog. He is the most awesome snuggledoo in the history of dogs.
Seriously.
I
hate dirty dishes.
I
like sarcasm and funny people.
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