Title - Three Rivers
Author - Chloe Barlow
Author - Chloe Barlow
Genre - Contemporary Romance/Romantic Suspense
Release Date - March 25th 2014
Blog Tour Dates – March 24th-April 4th
Blog Tour Dates – March 24th-April 4th
Synopsis
"A heartbreaking tale of letting go and learning to love again. A
jaw-dropping debut novel you have to read.” - Helena Newbury, New York
Times and USA Today Bestselling Author.
How do you
start over when you gave everything to one life, one plan, and lost it all?
Althea
refuses to allow herself to love again. Imprisoned in grief at twenty-four after her husband’s sudden death,
she’s convinced her heart died along with him. She spends her days honoring his
memory by clinging to the legal career he helped her to build and to the
remaining pieces linking them together.
Griffen’s
been running from his past.
Despite success as an author and investigative journalist, he’s been traveling
through life on autopilot. For a decade, he’s chosen perilous adventures and
meaningless sex over the danger of any attachments. When he finally returns
home to Pittsburgh, he’s slammed by the awakened memories and regret he’s spent
years trying to escape.
A chance
encounter brings them together. Their instant desire for each other – and the
bond they discover between them – shocks them both. Despite her best efforts, Althea can’t resist
Griffen’s charm or his intriguing proposition – if she agrees to a no-strings
affair with him for the two weeks he’s in town, he swears he’ll walk away when
their time is up. Assured she can test the waters of a new life while keeping
her vow never to betray her husband’s memory by opening her heart to another,
Althea throws herself into the escape Griffen provides her.
Their perfect
plans go awry when the intensity of their connection overwhelms them. Will they risk it all on the chance of something great
together…or will the power of their secrets and guilt tear them apart?
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Excerpts
Althea leaned back and forced a smile and laugh as she looked
around. Her brazen pretense was tossing kerosene on Griffen's fiery emotions.
With each nervous dart of her eyes, Griffen's heart pounded with
more anger. He leaned closer and whispered hotly in her ear, "Is that
better? Am I making you uncomfortable? God forbid someone thinks you aren't a
perfect widow pining away alone after all these years. That you're still living
an adult life," he growled. "Maybe I should ignore your rules and
touch you anyway. I know you like it when I do."
"Stop it, please." She breathed slowly, calming
herself. "We can touch. Just not here."
"Fine. I get it." Griffen couldn't stop how angry he
felt.
The irony wasn't lost on him. Most women he'd been with begged
him to be serious with them and tell the world they were together. That had
never appealed to him, until now. Yet here was this beautiful, desirable woman
that he wanted to express affection to and she couldn't bear to let anyone know
they were together. He hadn't even realized how furious it made him until he
found his heart was racing and he was feeling hot with anger.
Althea must've sensed it because she leaned over and whispered,
"No. You don't get it, and you shouldn't have to. This is my thing. My
issue." She looked around to see if anyone was staring at them and looked
into his eyes. "I do want to touch you. I want you to touch me." She
swallowed and lowered her voice even more. "Very much."
"Fine," he gritted out. When he looked down at her,
with her eyes turned up so full of concern while her lips parted and she panted
just a little from the desire that coursed through them every time they were
near each other, his heart pounded for a different reason. "I need to
touch you, too...everywhere."
"Yes, please," she whispered.
Three Rivers SOUNDTRACK
v River — Joni Mitchell
v La Vie En
Rose — Madeleine Peyroux
v All I Want — Kodaline
v Little Talks — Of Monsters and Men
v Ol' Man River — Ray Charles
v Change The
Sheets — Kathleen Edwards
v SexyBack — Justin Timberlake
v Last Friday
Night (T.G.I.F.) — Katy Perry
v Blurred Lines — Robin Thicke
v Let Go — Frou Frou
v Sex On Fire — Kings Of Leon
v Fallen (Live) — Sarah McLachlan
v Sail Away — David Gray
v People Gonna
Talk — James Hunter
v Love Is
Blindness — Jack White
v Into Dust — Mazzy Star
v Live Like a
Warrior — Matisyahu
v Over the Love — Florence + The Machine
v Things Will
Change — Treetop Flyers
v Many Rivers
to Cross — Jimmy Cliff
v Try — P!nk
v Agape — Bear's Den
v Stronger — Kanye West
v Althea — Grateful Dead
v No One's
Gonna Love You — Band of Horses
v Safe and
Sound — Capital Cities
v Reservoir — Hem
My Review: 5 stars
This was such a good read, I really didn't want it to stop. When it was over, I wanted more. I felt so bad for Althea, carrying guilt for her husband's death. More so, because her mother in law actually told her that it was. I didn't like her very much throughout the entire book. Carol made Althea feel bad for wanting to move forward with her life, insisting that she was still Jack's wife, not his widow. I absolutely loved what happened all the way through with Althea and Griffen. Originally, Griffen thought one night would be enough.Served him right that she was gone when he woke up. Fate wanted these two together though, because they saw each other again that same day. Turns out Griffen was Jack's childhood best friend. Then Griffen thought he would just pass two weeks with Althea, no commitment, just fun, then it just wasn't enough at all. Griffen hated the hiding, and reached a point where he didn't want to do it anymore. I loved how Griffen evolved from a serial one night stand guy to wanting everything with Althea. I also loved how he was with Johnny, how he reached out to Althea's friends, Jenna more than Aubrey, to help him figure out how to get things moving with Althea. More than that, I was so happy that through his work, he was able to find out the real story of what happened to Jack and who was behind it. There were some scary moments in this, some real heart breaking ones - in good and bad ways too. There was so much more to this book than what I've written here. It was so good, I really wanted to give it more stars than five. The writing drew me in and kept me attached to the story all the way through. I loved the characters, for the most part, and I really can't wait for the second book to come out! I would love more from these characters. Excellent job Chloe, I really enjoyed everything, from the first page to the last.
Author Bio
Chloe
is a contemporary romance novelist and practicing attorney living in
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania with her husband and their sweet puppy. She is a
native Washingtonian that graduated Duke
University with a degree in English and Chinese language. She met her
husband at Duke and he brought her to
Pittsburgh over a decade ago, which she has loved ever since and made her
adopted hometown. She also attended the University
of Pittsburgh Law School where she continued to be a book-loving nerd.
Chloe
has always loved writing and although she does do it professionally as a
lawyer, she cherishes the opportunity to craft her fictional novels and share
them with the world.
When
Chloe isn’t writing, she spends her time exploring Pittsburgh with her husband
and friends. She also enjoys yoga, jogging, and all Pittsburgh sports, as well
as her Duke Blue Devils. She is an
avid reader and wrote her debut novel Three
Rivers in her spare time. She continues her tireless legal style of
research in her fiction work as well. For example, in an effort to bring
authenticity to Three River’s treatment of grief and loss, she consulted with a
psychologist and grief counselor during its preparation.
Connect with Chloe
Newsletter and Blog: http://chloetbarlow.com/newsletter/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/chloetbarlow
Amazon Author
Page: http://www.amazon.com/Chloe-T.-Barlow/e/B00IXAHC64
