Title:
One to Protect (One to Hold #3)
Author:
Tia Louise
Release
Date: April 21, 2014
Genre:
Contemporary Romance
Readers are saying…
"If you're looking for a fun, intriguing,
and HOT story...this is it!! 5 STARS!" --Aleatha Romig, NYT and USA Today
bestselling author of the Consequences series
“Derek is hot! Patrick is equally hot! Put
these two hot men together and what do you get?!? Panty Dropping holy mother of
god hotness! The gang is back and I couldn't be happier!” —Karrie,
Panty-Dropping Book Blog
“Each scene flowed into the next effortlessly…
drama, suspense and then a scene that will have your pulse racing and your eyes
dilating.”—Daphnie, Bound by Books blog
“5 of 5 breathtaking stars.” –Lisa, Goodreads
reviewer
“The sex scenes are hot, and the story is
great! The love Derek has for Melissa just pulls you in and you know he would
do anything in his power to make sure she is safe, which makes him a new
addition to my book boyfriend list!” —Chrissy, Reading Past My Bedtime blog
Synopsis:
One scar.
One betrayal.
No escape.
When Sloan Reynolds beats criminal charges, Melissa Jones stops believing her wealthy, connected ex-husband will ever pay for what he did to her.
Derek Alexander can’t accept that—a tiny silver scar won't let him forget, and as a leader in the security business, he is determined to get the man who hurt his fiancĂ©e.
Then the body of a former call girl turns up dead. She’s the breakthrough Derek’s been waiting for, the link to Sloan’s sordid past he needs. But as usual, legal paths to justice have been covered up or erased.
Derek’s ready to do whatever it takes to protect his family when his partner Patrick Knight devises a plan that changes everything.
It’s a plan that involves coloring outside the lines and taking a walk on the dark side. It goes against everything on which Alexander-Knight, LLC, is based.
And it’s a plan Derek’s more than ready to follow.
Note: Standalone, M/F, HEA.
One betrayal.
No escape.
When Sloan Reynolds beats criminal charges, Melissa Jones stops believing her wealthy, connected ex-husband will ever pay for what he did to her.
Derek Alexander can’t accept that—a tiny silver scar won't let him forget, and as a leader in the security business, he is determined to get the man who hurt his fiancĂ©e.
Then the body of a former call girl turns up dead. She’s the breakthrough Derek’s been waiting for, the link to Sloan’s sordid past he needs. But as usual, legal paths to justice have been covered up or erased.
Derek’s ready to do whatever it takes to protect his family when his partner Patrick Knight devises a plan that changes everything.
It’s a plan that involves coloring outside the lines and taking a walk on the dark side. It goes against everything on which Alexander-Knight, LLC, is based.
And it’s a plan Derek’s more than ready to follow.
Note: Standalone, M/F, HEA.
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Excerpt:
Nikki continued talking, but I wasn’t listening. Cold
realization flashed in my brain like lightening striking a tree.
Jessica Black. It was the name on the email Melissa had put in
front of me that day she visited our offices. The day she dropped a nuke on all
my dreams of a life with her, when she revealed my former “mentor,” her
ex-husband Sloan Reynolds’s secret double-life. He had high-end escorts all
over the country, and Jessica Black was his first careless slip. Melissa had
found it.
Nikki was still reminiscing as I spun around in my chair,
shaking my computer awake. Fingers flying over the keys, I pulled up all the
information I could find on the dead girl.
She’d been living in Baltimore for a year. I wondered if she
followed him from wherever they’d hooked up the first time. Why would she do
that? Was it possible she was in love with him? Was it for the money? Had he
promised her anything?
It didn’t matter. She’d disappeared off the police blotter from
the time she arrived there until now, when she’d turned up dead.
Reasons scrolled across my brain of all the possible causes of
death, but looking at her beaten face, all I could see was the photo Melissa
had put in front of me all those months ago.
My instincts were on high alert. Sloan was getting antsy, and I
knew what he wanted. Jessica Black might look like the real thing, but she
wasn’t it.
Substitutes would never fill the possession he felt. I’d followed
enough of these twisted fucks to know. He was coming for Melissa, and it was
just a matter of when.
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My Review: 4 1/2 stars
This was a great culmination to Derek and Melissa's story. Although the synopsis does say stand-alone, I'd recommend reading One To Hold before this book, as it is the beginning of Derek and Melissa's story.
Derek and Melissa have gone through some very rough times in the past. They are looking to their future together and building a family together when the ghosts of the past rear up again. Melissa's ex-husband Sloan is on the loose once again, and though it can't be proven Derek and Patrick both believe that Sloan has murdered someone who looks almost identical to Melissa.
Most of the book is Derek and Patrick finding someone who is willing to set-up Sloan and take him down once and for all. Derek is tired of Sloan interfering in his soon to be family, and with Melissa being frightened. They manage to achieve this and I thought Derek did what he needed to do to ensure Melissa's safety once and for all. There is a lot that does happen, and it kept me on the edge of my seat for most of the book.
I am looking forward to the next book in the series, because, Tia is one hell of a writer. I have enjoyed every book of hers that I've read. The story line is always compelling, and moves along at a nice clip. The characters are well written, easy to identify with and pretty constant, so it's nice to visit them and get caught up on what's been happening with them. Loved this!
Meet
The Author:
Tia Louise is a former journalist, world-traveler, and collector
of beautiful men (who inspire all of her stories... *wink*)--turned wife,
mommy, and novelist.
She lives in the center of the U.S.A. with her lovely family and
one grumpy cat. There, she dreams up stories she hopes are engaging, hot, and
sexy, and that cause readers rethink common public locations...It's possible
she has a slight truffle addiction.
Books by Tia Louise:
ONE TO HOLD (Derek & Melissa), 2013
ONE TO KEEP (Patrick & Elaine), 2014
ONE TO KEEP (Patrick & Elaine), 2014
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Hey, you are too cool--thanks so much! <3 Tia
ReplyDeleteIt's definitely my pleasure Tia! I love reading your work, and I'm just being honest. Thanks for letting me be a part of all this. :)
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