Very excited to participate in the blog tour for Kelsie Leverich's A Beautiful Distraction. I've got an excerpt, links and a giveaway for you as well as my review.
A brand new novel in the New York Times bestselling Hard Feelings series—where nothing’s more dangerous than a bad boy with a broken heart…
First Sergeant RafeMurano did everything to the extreme. He trained harder, he fought harder, and, unfortunately, he loved harder. And falling for the wrong woman nearly destroyed him.
Home from a deployment, and without his missions to consume him, Murano is ravaged by memories of his heartbreak. So he drinks until he’s numb and drowns himself in meaningless one-night stands. But they only take the edge off…
Until he meets Fallon.
Haunted by her past, Fallon Kelly knows all too well about the desperate desire for an escape. So when she sees the tatted-up bad boy who’s one punch away from a ride in the back of a squad car, she offers a distraction—one that quickly becomes an addiction.
Little does she know, this bad boy can love so hard, it can break her…
An uncharted electric current was crackling between them.
She could feel her heart stutter unevenly against her chest while his eyes
caressed hers with an unspoken profession that she didn’t understand. But she
was powerless to look away from him. She was aware of the isolated moment they
were spelled under, and she was aware of the tangible tension penetrating from
everyone around them, but Rafe didn’t seem to care. He didn’t seem to mind the
attention he’d silently drawn to himself; as if Fallon was the only one of
importance at that moment.
She tried to breathe as gracefully as possible, but it was
useless. She was suffocating, confused by the desperation in Rafe’s eyes.
Confused because, even while she was incapable of looking away from him, she
didn’t want to.
His hand lifted slowly, as if she were a feral cat he was
trying to capture, as if his movements would startle her. Brushing his thumb
over her bottom lip, he smiled. That one, dexterous touch melted her. Her body
warmed from the inside out.
“I want you,” he whispered, his voice dripping with a
desirous hunger as his lips tenderly swept over her jaw. When he raised his
head back to look at her, his velvet eyes swam with a heady lust that forced
every nerve, every sense to sharpen and bind to him. “Okay?” She helplessly
nodded. Whatever hypnotic force had just overcome her, she welcomed it. Rafe
chuckled quietly, the vibrations seeping into her as he shook against her.
“Good.”
His words reassured her. The look in his eyes told her
everything she didn’t know she needed to hear.
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| Reviewed by Stephanie |
Rafe: Super yummy military guy with a protective streak and will fight to protect those he loves.
Fallon: Strong, tough dancer who owns a burlesque club and doesn't let anyone in behind the walls she built to protect herself after being let down by the ones who should have stood for her.
A Beautiful Distraction is a great read. It kept me hooked from the beginning. Instantly attracted to each other, Rafe and Fallon must deal with their demons and take a risk on love. Throw in a great family, some undesirable exes and you've got a story that will keep you occupied from beginning to end. This was the first book I've read by Kelsie and I am definitely going to be adding her backlist to my TBR pile.
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