Title: Fighting Temptation
Series: Men of Honor, #1
Author: K.C. Lynn
Genre: NA Contemporary Romance
Release Date: January 18, 2014
Tour Organized by: As the Pages Turn
*Synopsis*
Jaxson is arrogant, angry and aggressive. Yet he’s also beautiful, strong and honorable. I unconditionally and irrevocably love every damaged part of him. And for the boy, who didn’t believe in love, he would always and forever have mine. -Julia Sinclair
Julia was different from anyone I’d ever met. I never thought someone so good and genuine existed until her. The more I saw of her the more I became addicted to her. Every time I was around her she would destroy some of the darkness that lurked inside of me. She made the bad shit in my life seem not so terrible. Then, before I knew it, I had fallen for a girl from another world. -Jaxson Reid
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Julia Sinclair is your typical innocent good girl with a heart of gold. At sixteen she moved to Sunset Bay, South Carolina, to live with her Grams after losing her mother to cancer. This is where she met some of the best friends she will ever have and one in particular who will forever hold her heart.
Jaxson Reid is your typical tattooed bad boy. His past and soul is as dark as the tattoos he bares. He flies through life and girls with no attachments and no emotions... until he met her.
One fateful night brought Julia and Jaxson together. They formed a friendship and a bond so strong it was unbreakable. Jaxson fought the temptation of anything more with Julia because he knew he would never be good enough for her. When he found his control slipping he left the one girl, who meant everything to him, to join the Navy.
But one passion-filled night has Jaxson letting go of fighting temptation which will forever alter their relationship.
A few years later Jaxson comes home to make things right with the one girl who’s ever meant anything to him. Except someone isn’t happy that Jaxson has returned. Someone who thinks Julia is theirs and they will stop at nothing to make sure it stays that way... forever.
Now Jaxson will not only fight to protect Julia but will also battle the new and existing demons that haunt his soul.
This is a New Adult Romance and is told from both character’s pov. Due to strong sexual content, coarse language and mature subject matter this book is not suitable for anyone under the age of 18.
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EXCERPT:
JULIA
I hear the shower turn on in the hall
bathroom telling me Jaxson is awake. I decide to get up and have one myself, I
try to be quick so I can make him breakfast when he’s done. I’m thankful my
ribs are doing better and I don’t need to wrap them anymore. I change into a
pair of faded jean shorts and a soft pink tank. It’s supposed to be a scorcher
the next few days. After I’m done my hair I hear Jaxson moving around in his
room next door.
I walk out and see his door slightly a
jar. I peek my head in, “Hey what do you want...” my words die in my throat and
I suck in a sharp painful breath at the sight before me. Jaxson is faced away
from me, shirtless, a huge tattoo covers half of his defined back. It’s the
most beautiful angel I have ever seen. Her detailing so distinctive you would
swear she was real. There’s a darkness that swirls around her but it does
nothing to take away from her beauty. The whole tattoo is dark, mostly black
and shaded, except for the angel’s eyes. Her eyes are a bright aquamarine...the
same color as mine. Although the tattoo is massive and beautiful it does
nothing to cover the horrendous scars that mark his skin. It looks like someone
whipped him or cut him... I don’t know which and I’m not sure I want to. My
eyes roam up his back and collides with his hard gaze. My cheeks are wet from
tears and my heart pounds painfully with hurt. I can tell he’s trying to gauge
my reaction. I try to talk, to say something, but I can’t seem to say anything,
my words frozen in my throat.
I clear my throat, “I’m sorry, I... I
didn’t realize you were changing.” I close the door and quickly make my way
downstairs into the kitchen.
Leaning over the sink I put a shaking
hand to my stomach feeling like I’m going to be sick, “Oh god, oh god,” I choke
out quietly, trying to hold in my sobs.
How could someone do that to him? To
anyone? What does the tattoo mean?
I snap out of my thoughts when I hear
Jaxson come into the kitchen behind me. I quickly wipe away my tears and try to
hide the fact they were just there and start busying myself around the kitchen.
I clear my throat, “What do you want for
breakfast? I can make eggs, pancakes...”
“Julia,” Jaxson tries interrupting me
but I keep moving and talk over him.
“I don’t have any bacon but I can make
french toast or if you like we can go into town and eat at the diner.”
“Julia stop!” he reaches out and pulls
me against him.
I don’t hide my tears anymore. I reach
up on my tip-toes and wrap my arms tightly around his neck, “Oh my god, what
did they do to you?”
He lifts me up and I wrap my legs around
his waist. He walks over and sets me on the counter but stays between my legs
as I hold him tight.
“Don’t cry for me Jules,” he whispers
gruffly rubbing my back.
“I hate that someone hurt you,” I
squeeze him tighter, wanting to take away his pain.
“We made it out, it’s over.” When he
says ‘we’ it makes me remember he wasn’t the only one hurt. I lean back and
look at him, “Were Sawyer and Cade the other ones with you?”
He nods his head. I close my eyes and
cry harder, “Are they okay?”
Jaxson leans his forehead against mine.
“Ya baby they’re okay. We all are. We’re a little fucked up maybe, but what
else is new?” He grins and I know he’s trying to make me laugh but there’s
nothing funny about it.
“Don’t make jokes.”
His expression turns serious, “Do you
understand now Julia? Do you get why I sent you away. I see you hurt like this
and it fucking kills me. Trust me when I say what you would have seen in that
hospital was 100 times worse than what you just saw.”
I think about this for a moment, then
nod, “Yes I understand, but it doesn’t change the fact that I wanted to be
there for you. Yes it would have hurt me to see you like that but I wanted to
help you, I wanted to make it better for you.”
“After seeing the tattoo don’t you
understand that you did? The angel is you Julia, you were always there with me
in the darkness. Every time those fuckers came in to torture us I went into my
mind and I thought about you.” My breath seizes in my lungs at his words. “I
would think about your smile and your beautiful eyes. Then I would think about
the night I was buried into your warm body and I would completely lose myself
in you. It made everything I went through bearable, it made me fight to get the
fuck out of there.”
His beautiful words are my undoing. I
grab his shirt and crush my mouth to his. It takes him no time to come out of
his stunned state and kiss me back. The kiss is raw and powerful as we assault
each other with our mouths. I gasp for air when he moves his mouth from mine
and trails his lips along my neck. Pushing me to my back on the counter he
leans over me while still standing between my legs. He pulls the top of my tank
top and bra down together freeing my breasts. He groans and latches on to my
nipple with his hot mouth. Arching, I moan and thread my fingers in his still
damp hair. My body burns hot with need; I rock my hips and whimper when I come
into contact with his hard stomach. I keep rocking frantically into him,
needing any pressure to help relieve the throbbing that is happening between my
legs. Jaxson reaches between our bodies and snaps open my button and quickly
shoves his hand in my panties.
“Ah fuck!” he curses harshly, rubbing my
wetness up and down me, making me whimper.
Once he lubes his fingers with my
arousal he roughly slams two fingers inside me. “Ahh yes!” I grab onto his
biceps, my fingers getting lost in the grooves of his muscles. My moans and
whimpers are so loud from the sensations taking over my body that I don’t hear
the knock on the door, not until Jaxson tenses.
I still and listen again, praying it’s
not... yup it’s my door.
“Are you fucking serious?” Jaxson asks
exasperated.
All I can do is whimper and it’s not a
pleasure-filled whimper either, it’s torturefilled. Tears leak from my eyes
because I’m throbbing painfully with so much need.
I gasp in shock when Jaxson starts
thrusting his fingers inside of me again. I look into his ice blue gaze that
burns hot with lust. “I won’t leave you baby but you only have a few seconds
here, so try not to be too loud.” He has a wicked grin on his face, and it’s so
sexy that I grab his head and crush his lips to mine again. I rock my hips into
the rhythm of his fingers and my breathing speeds up with anticipation of my
climax. Jaxson lifts his mouth, “That’s it baby, let go.” He presses down on my
clit while he thrusts his fingers roughly inside me. That was it. I come
apart... a total shaking mess. Jaxson crashes his mouth to mine again, inhaling
my moans.
After I’m limp and sated I notice the
knocking has stopped. All of a sudden I feel a vibrating between my legs,
“Eek!” I yelp, startled.
Jaxson chuckles, “It’s just my phone.”
He pulls his hand out from my shorts and
I gasp when he takes the 2 fingers that were inside of me and sticks them in
his mouth, sucking my wetness off of them.
He groans, his face savage, “Go to the
bathroom and get decent; it’s Cooper.” With that he turns and walks away to
answer the door.
My Review: 4 1/2 stars
I've gotta say, this book messed with me. I initially had a hard time understanding why a guy like Jaxson would give a flying f*ck as to what people thought of him. It only made me like him more for questioning that he was good enough for Julia. That's what a good man does, Jaxson just didn't know it. A good man wants nothing but the best for his woman and the people he cares about. If you hear that you're worthless enough, you come to believe it. I know Jaxson's time in the military messed him up because of the things that he went through over there. But to me that just made him more worthy of the love that Julia had for him all along. But I guess sometimes what makes us snap out of the crap we tell ourselves is when we almost lose the person we care about the most because of it. That may not make much sense if you haven't read this story, but it's good. It's about overcoming so many things, making yourself a better person, and opening up to the ones who love you, and consequently can hurt you the most. Thing is, they can also help heal you, if you let them. I'm looking forward to reading more of the books in this series. I really like that K.C. is writing about the men who serve our country and giving us a glimpse of what they go through. They will always have my support - no matter what.
*About K.C.*
K.C. Lynn lives in a small town in Western Canada. She’s married and is a stay at home mom of four: two girls and a set of twin boys. She coaches the local high school cheerleading team and also has her own rhinestone clothing business. Her love of romance books brought her to writing her first debut novel and she looks forward to writing many more. When she’s not writing, or spending time with her family, she’s reading and loves going to the movies.
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