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IOU by Kristy Marie
Contemporary Romance
Stand Alone
Cover Designed by Letitia Hasser of RBA Designs
Cover Designed by Letitia Hasser of RBA Designs
Take a card.
Owe him a favor.
I promise, you'll regret it.
Owe him a favor.
I promise, you'll regret it.
IOU, a sexy, new adult standalone from Kristy Marie is coming soon!
Blurb:
It’s official.
I, Ainsley James, am crazy.
Desperate and crazy.
It’s the only explanation as to why I’m nauseous, standing outside Maverick Lexington’s door.
I mean, it’s possible the stories about his deck of playing cards—with the words IOU scrawled across the back—are just rumors of the ruthless quid pro quo deals he barters.
But the flutters in my stomach know better.
Maverick is as cold as they come.
But, I need one of those cards.
I NEED to owe Maverick Lexington a favor…
Whatever the terms, I’m willing to pay.
Because, at this point, I have nothing left to lose.
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“T.M. Frazier sucks me in every time with her incredible storytelling.”- Meghan March, New York Times bestselling author
Pike, the first dark and fast-paced story in The Pawn Duet from USA Today bestselling author T.M. Frazier, is available now!
I was raised by the violent laws of the streets, spilling blood without the hindrance of useless emotions or connections.
Unfeeling. Unloved. Alone.
My life was perfect.
Until her.
While on a manhunt for a mysterious enemy, one hellbent on taking both my business and my life, I find Mickey. She's covered in mud, rambling nonsense, and clearly out of her mind.
She's also a distraction I don't need.
That is until I discover a connection between the girl and my enemy.
Mickey isn't a distraction anymore.
She's the perfect weapon.
One I'll use to exact my revenge.
The plan is an easy one, but there's something about Mickey that's making it more and more difficult.
A familiarity I can't place. A need I can't explain.
A want I have to deny.
After all, she's not mine to keep. She's a tool. My pawn.
My sacrifice.
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If there’s anyone that can start a new series off with a bang and literally have you wanting to pull your hair out because of crazy cliffhanger, it’s T.M Frazier. Her heroes are legendary badasses and her heroines hold their own in a dangerous world while still managing to take care of others around them. She gives us the grit when we need it, the passion and the wtf moments.
Everyone in Logan’s Beach knows exactly who’s the King of the Causeway and nothing is ever going to change that. He also knows that there’s also a brotherhood and he wants nothing more than to make a name for himself and show the guys that he can bring a lot to the table as well. Meeting a mysterious girl who has the potential to put him in more dangerous territory is not only going to cost him, but someone wants to take down his friends and he’s determine to find out who.
Known as a child genius, Mickey is a bit of a mystery. Her past is eluded and there are things that are better kept hidden for the safety of others. But when she meets Pike under some strained circumstances, she’s about to learn a lesson that she never knew she was taking a class for and if she doesn’t abide by certain rules, they could be deadly.
I really like how the characters met in the beginning and I felt the alarming danger of something big that was to come. I think that Pike was knew how to handle himself and I liked Mickey as well. I did have an issue with their connection if I’m being truly honest and I didn’t feel it as much as I had hoped. I wanted more from them together and as much as I liked them separately, I had a hard time with them together. Maybe it was just me and seeing that this is the first book so we’ll see how book two comes out with their connection.
Now If you’re not a fan of cliffhangers, then you need to leave this book alone until you have both books in your possession!!. That cliffhanger will do you in and if you’re like me and have no warranty on your electronic device, it is not a good idea. I’m very anxious to see how the rest of the story is going to go down and how many more secrets will be uncovered. Will Mickey and Pike be put in more danger?
Excerpt
I raise the gun in both hands, aiming it at his chest. "I have to go. You can't stop me," I say, with all the resolve I have left. “You’re going to trade me and ambush them, but don’t you think they have the same plans for you? I have to go, and that way, fewer people will die. YOU won’t die. So, just let me leave. I have a plan. It will work. I’ll take them down for both of us.”
“No.” Pike looks from me to the gun. "And as I’ve told you before, you're not going anywhere." His words are dark and menacing. An amused smile turns up the corners of his lips.
It's infuriating. He's infuriating.
I straighten my shoulders. "What's so funny?" I ask, swallowing down the rising fear in my throat. I remind myself of one important fact to keep from choking on that fear.
I'm the one holding the gun.
Instead of freezing or retreating as one would do in this situation, Pike takes a bold step forward, catching me off guard. I stagger backward, but I'm not fast enough. He reaches out, and at first, I think he's going for the weapon, but he doesn't. He confuses me as he wraps his hands around mine, tightening my grip around the gun. He lifts my hands and bends slightly at the waist, forcefully pressing the barrel against his forehead. "You wanna shoot me, Mic? Then, fucking shoot me," he dares, with wild blood shoot eyes.
My mouth drops open, but words don't come out. I expected Pike to defend himself. To come at me. To step aside and let me leave, even though it was the least possible of all the outcomes. I didn't plan for this.
I can do this. I have to do this.
"Not what you were expecting?" His tone is both mocking and rage-filled. "I know what that pretty brain of yours is thinking. You want me to attack you and make pulling the trigger easier on that conscious of yours." He bites out a laugh. "Not gonna happen. If you want to do this, I'm not going to stand in your way, but you're not fucking leaving either. So, come on. Shoot me. Go ahead. Do what you planned to do." His eyes narrow with determination. My hands shake in his. "Pull the fucking trigger!"
The air around us is thick and charged. My skin breaks out in a sheen of sweat. My adrenaline spikes and I feel all too alert. Too aware of what's taking place between us.
I grip the gun tighter and gaze into his dark eyes, his pupils are large and covering every hint of color within them. Behind the anger and determination, there's something else that I didn't expect. Something that I'm all too familiar with. Hurt. Pain that mirrors my own. Desperation that calls out to me like a piece of my soul trapped within Pike.
"Shoot me!" he cries, his face red with anger, teeth bared like a wild animal. "Fucking shoot me!"
With those words, my fiery resolve dissolves into ash.
I step back, needing to put some distance between us, but Pike doesn't have the same thought. He follows me backward, keeping his grip tight on my hands and the gun between them.
"I…I can't do this," I whisper, releasing my grip on the gun.
Pike releases his hold on me, catching the gun before it can fall to the floor.
Shit.
I look to the window, but it's too high, and Pike is directly in front of the only door. There's no escape. So much for being brave. Instead, I've signed my own death warrant. My heart races erratically with the realization that this is it. It's over.
I'm over.
"This was a really stupid fucking move for someone who claims to be so smart, " Pike sneers. He raises the gun.
I pinch my eyes shut, waiting for the feel the bullet of his wrath to pierce my skin. I hear a thud, and my eyes fly open and land on the carpet where Pike's tossed the gun to the floor.
My eyes meet his in silent question. Why?
He answers by charging, a one-man stampede I can't avoid as he barrels toward me. His chest crashes against mine, and my head connects with the wall with a thud that rattles my bones. I'm dizzy as fear lands in my gut like a ball of fire. My pulse races as his closeness consumes me. The smell of cologne and cigarettes lingers between us—a trace of whiskey on his breath.
"You're going to regret not pulling that trigger," he sneers. The darkness in Pike's eyes tells me that, gun or no gun, I'm not getting out of this unpunished.
Or possibly even alive.
I swallow hard.
He cages me in with his hands against the wall beside me, engulfing me in the heat and rage radiating from his hard body. I feel his heart beating fast beneath his chest now pressed against mine. "What to do with you now?" Pike muses, his breath ragged. His voice full of promise and warning. He brushes his lips over my temple. I tremble at the contact. "You're going to pay for that little stunt, Mic."
He's close. Too close. I'm entirely rigid, frozen in place. This wasn't supposed to happen. How did I let this happen? I'm the most terrified I've ever been, and yet there's something else I can't understand. Something else between us that's charging the air, causing me to shake, and it's not just from fear. Hatred mixed with need. The yearning I've denied for him is no longer lying dormant. It's as real as the ache growing in my stomach, the wetness between my thighs. If I thought the room felt charged before, it's damn near on fire now. The flames of desire and hate lick at the walls around us, setting everything ablaze, making the small room feel smaller, closing in around us.
My nipples harden as they brush against his chest. I suck in a gasp.
He doesn't miss my reaction. He looks to where my nipples are straining against my shirt with heated eyes.
The only sound in the room is our mutual heavy breathing as he slowly pulls his gaze from my chest. His eyes lock on mine. For a few seconds, we just stare at each other—foreheads lined with confusion and anger.
A silent dare.
My mind, on the other hand, is anything but silent.
“Should I kill you or fuck you?” he muses. And I’m honestly not sure what scares me more. His anger or his desire. He brushes the backs of his knuckles against my jaw. "Maybe, both."
"What do you—" I don't have time to finish my question because his lips are on mine. He hoists me in the air, and my legs wrap around his waist on instinct.
It's an angry joining of clacking teeth and biting lips. A war we are still fighting both with each other and ourselves. He growls at me when I pierce his lip, drawing blood. He licks the blood with his tongue then kisses me again, this time harder. A punishing kiss that has me growling at him in return. His coppery blood on my tongue tastes like victory. He licks his way between my lips, pushing his tongue into my mouth, licking and devouring with rough determined strokes. With a jerk of his hips, he presses the massive erection beneath his jeans between my legs, the pleasure that courses through me has me momentary seeing stars. I grind down on him in return.
He hisses in response, baring his teeth against my lips. "You're going to pay for that, Mic," he warns, taking my mouth in another kiss that has us grunting and growling at one another like starved animals fighting over the last scrap of food. But neither of us is about to give up. He pushes me back onto the bed, falling with me over my body, my legs splayed on both sides of his hips as he presses his cock again between my legs. I arch my back, needing to feel more. Needing for there to be nothing between us but desire. For each other, and to win. But, this is no longer a game we're playing. It's a battle. A war neither of us can win.
But, one in which we will both go down fighting.
T.M. (Tracey Marie) Frazier never dreamed that a single person would ever read a word she wrote when she published her first book. Now, she is a five-time USA Today bestselling author and her books have been translated into numerous languages and published all around the world.
T.M. enjoys writing what she calls ‘sexy wrong side of the tracks romance’ with morally corrupt anti-heroes and ballsy heroines.
Her books have been described as raw, dark and gritty. Basically, what that means, is while some authors are great at describing a flower as it blooms, T.M. is better at describing it in the final stages of decay.
She loves meeting her readers, but if you see her at an event please don’t pinch her because she's not ready to wake up from this amazing dream.
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Angst
✔ Slow Burn
✔ Forbidden Romance (Student/Guidance Counselor)
"Sexy, steamy, emotional, angsty, and so true to the times we live in. An absolutely amazing forbidden romance by Micalea Smeltzer." - B. Celeste, Author of The Truth About Heartbreak
Dandelion Meadows is cursed.
Horrible name.
Horrible luck.
At eighteen she should be headed off to college, all smiles and naivety.
Instead, a victim of a school shooting, she’s starting her senior year in a new city and living with her brother.
Nightmares of that terrible day haunt her, affecting her daily life and the relationships around her.
Forced to meet with the school counselor, Dani finds him chipping away at the walls she’s built around herself, and even her heart.
Lachlan Taylor doesn’t know what to make at first of the broken student he’s tasked with helping. She’s survived a trauma he’s not sure he can save her from, but he knows he has to try.
The more time they spend together, the more they learn about what it really means to live.
Some things are forbidden.
Some things are necessary for survival.
Their love is both.
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I don’t know what it is about forbidden romance, but it always calls to us like a moth to a flame. We crave the excitement of knowing that a forbidden relationship is in the works, the passion is looming like a roaring flame and sooner or later, we will get heartbroken. But what do we do? We savor the story instead because deep down, we know that it’s going to be worth it.
“You can only fight gravity for so long and the two of us have been falling together from the start"
Eighteen year old Dandelion meadows has been through hell for the past year. Now attending a new school and under the guidance of her older brother, she’s trying her best to move on and get back some kind of normalcy in her life. Speaking to a counselor everyday is a first step and she knows that as much as it’s painful, she has to try. What she was not expecting was to feel a kindred spirit for the man whom she’s going to be sharing an hour of her time with. They say you can’t help you fall in love with and that saying has never been more true for Lachlan and Dandelion.
I have thought a lot about what I wanted to see in this review and I’ve come to the conclusion that what whatever I write, will not do this story justice. No words can capture the love that was literally seeping through the pages of this book, I cant explain to you the way my skin felt heated one minute and was filled with goosebumps the next because of THAT love. It’s unexplainable and I cannot capture the beauty of something as amazing and pure and passionate as their love.
What first drew me to this book was of course reading the blurb and if you follows my reviews, then you know that I get straight up weak in the knees for forbidden romance and that is not going to change any time soon. I knew what I was diving into and I was more than prepared for that but was not expecting to fall head first for every single one of these characters. This story was written as a forbidden romance should be: slow burn, passionate, witnessing these characters slowly falling for each other, and battling their own struggles at the same time. They were not perfect by any means and I’m glad that this author never glossed over their flaws and she took her time showing us all of their sides which was perfect for me.
I will admit that the story is a bit long and certain parts did drag on a bit for my liking but overall, this became by far one of my favorite reads of the year and I’m now a life long fan of this author. If you love a slow burn romance that will guarantee to give you ALL of the feels, this is your book!
Release Date: March 24
Dear diary,
Once upon a time…
Once upon a time…
There was a girl with long golden hair who had the truest, bluest eyes that turned white when she cried.
She lived in a kingdom far, far away in a tower made of stone, but her mind was made of glass that she kept sharp as knives.
Where her memories hid behind her darkest doubts.
Her deepest thoughts.
Her diary became the only thing she could rely on.
No one saw through her looking glass.
No one cared.
No one tried.
Until the villain presented himself as the hero in her life.
He took and took and took some more.
With no regret.
With no shame.
With no apology.
The page never turned.
Their story didn’t end.
Tomorrow never came.
His life of debauchery was their journey to nowhere.
She’d give anything to go back in time.
To walk where she had walked.
To see what she had seen.
One step.
One breath.
One day at a time.
Though in the end, “I love you” were just words.
That destroyed us inside.
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If you’ve read the Pierced Hearts Duets then you know that Cash McGraw was on everyone’s sh*t list and were shocked at the turn of events. We were on pins and needles waiting to see just how this man was going to redeem himself in our eyes because the damage was already done and bridges were beyond burnt. This was a flawed character that had to deal with his own demons and when you add in a forbidden romance? Things were only going to get more complicated.
Rock star god, talented musician, loving son, former faithful friend, these are some of the things that some would describe Cash McGraw and they will be right. But he’s also deeply troubled, running away from his past, in denial, and self destructive to the point where he’s one reckless move away from a music tragedy if he’s not careful. But as far as music goes, that’s his heartbeat and he lives for the way it makes him feel and the chant of the crowd.
On top of the world in his own element, there is nothing that Cash McGraw could want right now or so he thinks. But when he sees a familiar pair of blue eyes that has haunted him and the guilt he’s felt about walking away from his loved ones, he knows that from that moment forward, life on the road will never be the same again because he’s now standing face to face with Journey Pierce.
I’ve read most of this author’s work and the one thing that I truly love about her is that when she gives you the angst, your heart will not be spared. She gives it to you and then some and you have no choice but to just sit back and let it happen. My only complaint about this book is that because I’ve read the previous books, this felt like a recap to me and I wanted more new content. I already knew what the fallout was and I wouldve liked if the author delved into the band life some more or give us Journey’s pov more. I didn’t feel the undeniable connection between the two of them towards the end and I was hoping for a little bit more on that front.
With that being said, I’m very curious and anxious to see what’s going to happen in part two and I really hope that we’ll have more of Journey’s pov as well. If you love a tortured rock star hero with a forbidden romance, then this one is most definitely for you.
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'Til the Last Lyric
Release Date: April 21
The completion of Cash & Journey's Story.
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If you’ve read the Pierced Hearts Duets then you know that Cash McGraw was on everyone’s sh*t list and were shocked at the turn of events. We were on pins and needles waiting to see just how this man was going to redeem himself in our eyes because the damage was already done and bridges were beyond burnt. This was a flawed character that had to deal with his own demons and when you add in a forbidden romance? Things were only going to get more complicated.
Rock star god, talented musician, loving son, former faithful friend, these are some of the things that some would describe Cash McGraw and they will be right. But he’s also deeply troubled, running away from his past, in denial, and self destructive to the point where he’s one reckless move away from a music tragedy if he’s not careful. But as far as music goes, that’s his heartbeat and he lives for the way it makes him feel and the chant of the crowd.
On top of the world in his own element, there is nothing that Cash McGraw could want right now or so he thinks. But when he sees a familiar pair of blue eyes that has haunted him and the guilt he’s felt about walking away from his loved ones, he knows that from that moment forward, life on the road will never be the same again because he’s now standing face to face with Journey Pierce.
I’ve read most of this author’s work and the one thing that I truly love about her is that when she gives you the angst, your heart will not be spared. She gives it to you and then some and you have no choice but to just sit back and let it happen. My only complaint about this book is that because I’ve read the previous books, this felt like a recap to me and I wanted more new content. I already knew what the fallout was and I wouldve liked if the author delved into the band life some more or give us Journey’s pov more. I didn’t feel the undeniable connection between the two of them towards the end and I was hoping for a little bit more on that front.
With that being said, I’m very curious and anxious to see what’s going to happen in part two and I really hope that we’ll have more of Journey’s pov as well. If you love a tortured rock star hero with a forbidden romance, then this one is most definitely for you.
Meet M. Robinson
Wall Street Journal & USA Bestselling Author
M. Robinson loves to read. She favors anything that has angst, romance,
triangles, cheating, love, and of course sex! She has been reading since the
Babysitters Club and R.L. Stein. She was born in New Jersey but was raised in Tampa Fl. She is currently pursuing her Ph.D in psychology, with two years left.
She is married to an amazing man who she loves to pieces. They have two German Shepherd mixes and a Tabby cat.
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New York Times bestselling author Meghan March goes back to New Orleans and the world of Lachlan Mount with a dangerous and bold new anti-hero.
The thing about ghosts is they’re supposed to stay dead.
That’s exactly what I am,
but I can’t stay away from Magnolia Marie Maison for one more day, let alone another year.
We’ve already got fifteen of those between us.
As it stands, she’ll want to kill me as soon as she lays eyes on me.
And knowing her, she’s completely up to the task.
But I’m a man on a mission, and I’ve got everything riding on this.
So, here I come, Magnolia. This ghost is ready for whatever you got.
After all, there’s only one way I want this to end—’til death do us part.
Creole Kingpin is the first book in the Magnolia Duet. Magnolia’s story concludes in Madam Temptress releasing April 14, 2020.
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Meghan March has once again dangled us with a series that will no doubt have us begging for more!! In a underground world of sex lies and secrets, things are bound to be dangerous and when you add in the fact that a lost love has returned but with more questions than you ever imagined of asking, this story definitely made an interesting read.
Magnolia has done a lot of things that she hasn’t been proud of. For the past fifteen years she has gone from being an escort to a well known Madame and now she’s decided that chapter in her life is over. Looking to start over with a fresh start and keeping her life simple, Magnolia is at peace with her decision and is looking forward to some quiet. But her world is about to get rocked when the long lost love of her life returns in a big way.
For the past fifteen years Moses has been making a name for himself. He gets stuff done and whenever he wants something, he always gets it. But for the past decade and a half, he’s been haunted by a woman that if asked, he would walk through fire and battle any dangerous threats. Now on a mission to win back her back Moses knows that in order to get the future he wants, he has to protect the woman he loves.
I knew coming into this story that this was going to be a duet and I was okay with that because I’m very familiar with Meghan March’s writing and I knew that I was going to like these characters and hate the cliffhanger. Now was I right? Of course I was!! How can you not want to smash something while reading the last sentence of the cliffhanger?? This author sure knows how to reel you in for sure and I have no idea what we’re supposed to do in the mean time!
If you’re looking for a new suspenseful sexy duet to start, you should give this one a try.
About the author:
Making the jump from corporate lawyer to romance author was a leap of faith that New York Times, #1 Wall Street Journal, and USA Today bestselling author Meghan March will never regret. With over thirty titles published, she has sold millions of books in nearly a dozen languages to fellow romance-lovers around the world. A nomad at heart, she can currently be found in the woods of the Pacific Northwest, living her happily ever after with her real-life alpha hero.
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