Release Day Launch: Chasing River: K. A. Tucker
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Expected July 7, 2015
Armed with two years' worth of savings and the need to experience life outside the bubble of her Oregon small town, twenty-five-year old Amber Welles is prepared for anything. Except dying in Dublin. Had it not been for the bravery of a stranger, she might have. But he takes off before she has the chance to offer her gratitude.
Twenty-four-year-old River Delaney is rattled. No one was supposed to get hurt. But then that American tourist showed up. He couldn't let her die, but he also couldn’t risk being identified at the scene—so, he ran. Back to his everyday life of running his family’s pub. Only, everyday life is getting more and more complicated, thanks to his brother, Aengus, and his criminal associations. When the American girl tracks River down, he quickly realizes how much he likes her, how wrong she is for him. And how dangerous it is to have her around. Chasing her off would be the smart move.
Maybe it's because he saved her life, or maybe it's because he's completely different from everything she's left behind, but Amber finds herself chasing after River Delaney. Amber isn’t the kind of girl to chase after anyone.
And River isn't the kind of guy she'd want to catch.
Amber is a planner. She is all about black and white, right and wrong. Every detail on her trip was either planned or carefully left open in hopes of fulfilling her travel list. But she hadn’t planned on meeting River, and hadn’t planned for the detours she faced after this first meeting. But her trip is also about finding herself, determining if she is who she is because of the influence of her parents or if that is truly her.
River is all about his family. Running the family’s pub with his younger brother, while worrying over the associations of his older brother. His loyalty and dedication to his family was so strong that he was willing to risk almost anything to keep his family safe. Even when that meant covering for his brother.
This book had a slow build up. There is a lot of Irish history, from the potato blight to English rule, to the troubles with the IRA, and all that history and background sometimes gets in the way of the main story here. Yes it’s important to have, and it’s included as Amber learns it, but for readers, it could be a lot of material that isn’t central to Amber and River’s story.
But when things were happening with River’s family, with the police, and with the secrets River was keeping, I didn’t want to put this book down.
The chemistry between them was hard to feel for a while. Beyond basic attraction, I didn’t feel a passion or spark that would have tied them together as strongly as they seemed to be. Perhaps it was that things built so slowly, or that the first half of the book took place with them only bumping into each other randomly. But as they began to open up to each other, and flirt beyond their initial run-in, I loved the banter and ease they had with each other.
The combination of Amber’s black and white outlook and River’s grey area made for great tension and suspense between them. I enjoyed getting a little insight to Alex’s friend Ivy while she was in Ireland, and the setup for Surviving Ice.
Becoming Rain (#2)
K.A. Tucker
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Born in small-town Ontario, Kathleen published her first book at the age of six with the help of her elementary school librarian and a box of crayons. She is a voracious reader and the farthest thing from a genre-snob, loving everything from High Fantasy to Chick Lit. Kathleen currently resides in a quaint small town outside of Toronto with her husband, two beautiful girls, and an exhausting brood of four-legged creatures.
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I inhale sharply, the air hissing through my gritted teeth.
I watch him lay the long cylindrical tube down in the grass with careful
movements and dread washes over me.
Jesus, Aengus. You’ve
gone too far this time.
Hopping to his feet, he snatches up the satchel and charges
toward me, his cell phone in his palm, his head revolving as he scans the
emptiness around us. I square my shoulders and brace myself for a collision
with his temper, as swift and nasty as a black adder’s bite.
“Are you insane?” I bark when he’s within easy earshot.
The glint in his eyes—the color of an overripe avocado,
beginning to rot—would suggest exactly that.
“You said no one would get hurt.”
“Do you see anyone around to get hurt?” he snarls,
continuing past me, punching keys into his phone. “You’ve got exactly sixty
seconds to get the fuck out of here, River.” He takes off at a light jog, not
waiting to see if I’ll follow.
Because I always have.
Oh, fuck me. A
current of adrenaline shoots through my core. I glance down at my watch. One
minute. Less, now. Fifty-five seconds, give or take. The muscles in my thighs
twitch, ready to tear after Aengus because there’s nothing else for me to do.
But a lot can happen in just sixty seconds. My conscience keeps me grounded, my
wild eyes scouring the paths around me for signs of life. A jogger bobs along
in the distance, so far away that I can’t be sure whether it’s male or female.
Otherwise, I see no one.
I glance at my watch again, my heartbeat doing double time
with each second that passes. Only forty-five remain before I look damn guilty
to whoever finds me here. Unless I rat out Aengus— which will never happen—I’m
as good as locked up for this.
I need to run.
Except . . . that perimeter set isn’t wide enough. If
someone should come around the bend, cut across the field . . . But what can I
do, really?
Thirty seconds. Beads of sweat trickle down my back. I need
to get the hell out of here. Now.
I turn, intent on going back the way I came. But movement
catches my eye and my stomach drops as I watch the very thing I just feared
unravel before my eyes. A girl runs through the field, her attention
alternating between her wrist and the unfolded map within her grip, her brow
pulled tight with worry.
She’s clearly a tourist.
She’s clearly late for something.
And she’s heading directly into the blast radius of the pipe
bomb that’s about to explode.
I’m out of time. I don’t have a choice.
I run. As fast as my legs can carry me, I run.
Amber is a planner. She is all about black and white, right and wrong. Every detail on her trip was either planned or carefully left open in hopes of fulfilling her travel list. But she hadn’t planned on meeting River, and hadn’t planned for the detours she faced after this first meeting. But her trip is also about finding herself, determining if she is who she is because of the influence of her parents or if that is truly her.River is all about his family. Running the family’s pub with his younger brother, while worrying over the associations of his older brother. His loyalty and dedication to his family was so strong that he was willing to risk almost anything to keep his family safe. Even when that meant covering for his brother.
This book had a slow build up. There is a lot of Irish history, from the potato blight to English rule, to the troubles with the IRA, and all that history and background sometimes gets in the way of the main story here. Yes it’s important to have, and it’s included as Amber learns it, but for readers, it could be a lot of material that isn’t central to Amber and River’s story.
But when things were happening with River’s family, with the police, and with the secrets River was keeping, I didn’t want to put this book down.
The chemistry between them was hard to feel for a while. Beyond basic attraction, I didn’t feel a passion or spark that would have tied them together as strongly as they seemed to be. Perhaps it was that things built so slowly, or that the first half of the book took place with them only bumping into each other randomly. But as they began to open up to each other, and flirt beyond their initial run-in, I loved the banter and ease they had with each other.
The combination of Amber’s black and white outlook and River’s grey area made for great tension and suspense between them. I enjoyed getting a little insight to Alex’s friend Ivy while she was in Ireland, and the setup for Surviving Ice.
I was gifted a copy in exchange for an honest review.
The top-selling, beloved indie author of Ten Tiny Breaths returns with a new romance about a young woman who loses her memory—and the man who knows that the only way to protect her is to stay away.
Left for dead in the fields of rural Oregon, a young woman defies all odds and survives—but she awakens with no idea who she is, or what happened to her. Refusing to answer to “Jane Doe” for another day, the woman renames herself “Water” for the tiny, hidden marking on her body—the only clue to her past. Taken in by old Ginny Fitzgerald, a crotchety but kind lady living on a nearby horse farm, Water slowly begins building a new life. But as she attempts to piece together the fleeting slivers of her memory, more questions emerge: Who is the next-door neighbor, quietly toiling under the hood of his Barracuda? Why won’t Ginny let him step foot on her property? And why does Water feel she recognizes him?
Twenty-four-year-old Jesse Welles doesn’t know how long it will be before Water gets her memory back. For her sake, Jesse hopes the answer is never. He knows that she’ll stay so much safer—and happier—that way. And that’s why, as hard as it is, he needs to keep his distance. Because getting too close could flood her with realities better left buried.
The trouble is, water always seems to find its way to the surface.
Becoming Rain (#2)
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Luke Boone doesn't know exactly what his uncle Rust is involved in but he wants in on it-the cars, the money, the women. And it looks like he's finally getting his wish. When Rust hands him the managerial keys to the garage, they come with a second set—one that opens up the door to tons of cash and opportunity. Though it's not exactly legal, Luke's never been one to worry about that sort of thing. Especially when it puts him behind the wheel of a Porsche 911 and onto the radar of gorgeous socialite named Rain.
Clara Bertelli is at the top of her game—at only twenty-six years old, she's one of the most successful undercover officers in the Washington D.C. major crime unit, and she's just been handed a case that could catapult her career and expose one of the west coast's most notorious car theft rings. But, in order to do it, she'll need to go deep undercover as Rain Martines. Her target? The twenty-four-year old nephew of a key player who appears ready to follow in his uncle's footsteps.
As Clara drifts deeper into the luxurious lifestyle of Rain, and further into the arms of her very attractive and charming target, the lines between right and wrong start to blur, making her wonder if she'll be able to leave it all behind. Or if she'll even want to.
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Ivy Lee, a talented tattoo artist who spent the early part of her twenties on the move, is looking for a place to call home. She thinks she might have finally found it working in her uncle’s tattoo shop in San Francisco. But all that changes when a robbery turns deadly, compelling her to pack up her things yet again.
When they need the best, they call him. That’s why Sebastian Riker is back in California, cleaning up the mess made after a tattoo shop owner with a penchant for blackmail got himself shot. But it’s impossible to get the answers he needs from a dead body, leaving him to look elsewhere. Namely, to the twenty-something-year-old niece who believes this was a random attack. Who needs to keep believing that until Sebastian finds what he’s searching for.
Ivy has one foot out of San Francisco when a chance encounter with a stranger stalls her departure. She’s always been drawn to intense men, so it’s no wonder that she now finds a reason to stay after all, quickly intoxicated by his dark smile, his intimidating strength, and his quiet control.
That is, until Ivy discovers that their encounter was no accident—and that their attraction could be her undoing.
K.A. TuckerWebsite/Twitter/Facebook/Goodreads /YouTube/
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Born in small-town Ontario, Kathleen published her first book at the age of six with the help of her elementary school librarian and a box of crayons. She is a voracious reader and the farthest thing from a genre-snob, loving everything from High Fantasy to Chick Lit. Kathleen currently resides in a quaint small town outside of Toronto with her husband, two beautiful girls, and an exhausting brood of four-legged creatures.
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England! Thank you for the giveaway!!
ReplyDeleteDefinitely London! I lived there as a child and have always wanted to go back.
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