Today on my blog I have the Distortion Blog Tour. On my stop there is a spotlight, excerpt, guest post, review, and giveaway. So let's get started and meet the author Deena:
It was the mystique of Arizona New Jersey
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James White has it all, looks, brains, and a
charming personality. But in his romance cover model’s world, those blessings have
become a curse. A colleague has blurred the line between life in front of the
camera and reality; distorting the truth, and turning a friendship into a
dangerous obsession.
Hope Evans had a dream job, working with sexy,
hot photographs; turning authors’ dreams into award-winning covers. When
unexpectedly laid off, she must find her namesake in life … some kind of hope for her future. Can a birthday wish
give her what she truly desires? They say be careful what you wish for.
A hero on thousands of romance covers; can he be
one for real, when lives are on the line?
Excerpt:
Midnight in LA was like
rush hour in LA. It took them twice as long to get back to his place as it
should have due to a couple of accidents off to the side of the road. Brake
lights and headlights lit up the freeway like a lava flow. Hope had fallen
asleep soon after Jamie put her in the car. He replayed everything that had
happened since his photo shoot went bust with Brittany and his ire reignited.
He didn’t know what he’d do if she tried to contact him again. She’s good, the psychotic bitch, always
making it seem as though I’m the bad guy on the phone and she’s only trying to
make things right again. At last, he pulled up the driveway and into the
garage. He turned off the car and closed the garage door. Time to forget about her and concentrate on the extraordinary woman
next to you, bud.
“Hope, babe, we’re
here.” He leaned over and kissed her lightly on her cheek. She stirred, turned
toward him, and smiled drowsily.
“Oh, good, ’cause I’m in
desperate need of a comfy bed and you, mister. What are the chances of me
getting those at this time of night?”
He put his forehead
against hers and whispered, “I think your chances are pretty damned good. In
fact, I’d say it is a sure bet. Place your chips, baby.”
Her throaty laugh sent
waves of heat through his body straight to all points south. The nighttime air
had caused her voice to deepen and rasp, and sound sexy as hell. “I’ll place my
chips, honey. Just show me where.”
“Right here, sweetheart,
right here.” He pointed to the bulge in his pants. They burst into laughter
that sent tears streaming down their cheeks.
“Oh, my God! That’s the
cheesiest line ever.” She shook her head.
“I know! I can’t believe
I just said that!” He turned serious and looked at her sparkling eyes for a
moment, needing to touch her. He reached out a tentative hand to gently tuck
away a stray lock of hair behind her ear. “Let’s get out of here and into that
comfy bed you requested.”
“Yes, let’s.” Her eyes
spoke the rest of her desires.
***
He brought her straight
to his bedroom on the second floor, a master suite, complete with loveseat and
sofa by a fireplace at the far end. She marveled at the moonlight casting a
soft glow through the amber stained glass windows, illuminating a king-sized
bed loaded with pillows of all shapes and sizes. He pushed them aside and
lowered her gently to the plush bed coverings, joining her just as she’d been
anticipating since before dinner. They stayed locked in a desperate embrace for
a while, before he released her. He rose above her like a canopy, his powerful
arms and legs forming posts on either side of her. She couldn’t resist,
wouldn’t resist the urge to release his hair from its bindings, and raked her
fingers through to release their waves. His eyes, golden with desire, seemed to
search for refuge in hers.
“I could lose myself in
your eyes.”
She parted her lips but found no words to
adequately respond. She batted her lashes and turned away, embarrassed and
thrilled at the same time. He moved his head and captured her gaze once again.
“No, don’t look away. Look at me. Let me find lost in you.” He’d spoken so
softly, so openly and raw. She smiled gently at his play on words, loving the
intimacy, the perfection, of the moment.
She raised herself up to but a hair’s breadth
away from his face. “Kiss me, Jamie, and we’ll find lost together.”
Guest Post:
Dear Sabrina,
First, I’d like to thank you for promoting my humble story.
Hope and I have definitely been through a lot together, so it’s great to see
our lives honored in such a way. So I heard that you’re interested in knowing
about when Hope and I first met and how I felt when I first saw her.
That’s probably the easiest question to answer. I fell hard
and fast in love with the woman! Being in the modeling business, it’s only
natural that I noticed her looks first. Hope is ALL woman! She has curves in
all the right places and meat on her bones, which I love, considering the fact
that most of the models that work with me are skin and bones. I’m a sucker for
long, golden curls, and she wears them so well. I have to hold myself back from
burying my face in her hair whenever we’re lying on the couch. Her lips, even
while she was unconscious, begged to be kissed. But I remained a good boy scout
and didn’t do anything inappropriate when she landed at my doorstep.
Hope’s personality was the second thing that drew me to her
immediately. She’s so funny and down to earth. I can be myself with her and
know she sees me just for me… a guy named Jamie. She doesn’t get all caught up
in the cover model persona since she’s in the same business as me, sort of.
I’ve come to learn that she’s also strong when I’m not and I’m strong for her
when she can’t be.
So, now you know how I feel about my girl. I’ve never felt
this way about another woman, and I never will. Hope is my everything… my
blood, my breath, my heart, my soul.
Much love,
Review:
I always wanted more when this was called Picture Perfect
and with Distortion I wasn’t disappointed. Deena defiantly knows how to weave a
story and capture the readers with her characters.
This book has everything that Picture Perfect did but with
so much more. It’s longer and filled with more suspense and just plain
sexiness. Not to mention the roller coaster of emotions that Deena is so good
at bringing out of the readers and of course finishing another one of her books
all in one sitting. By the time I finished reading this book I was in tears
from everything that James and Hope went through but if you want to know if
they get their happy ending you got to read the book to find out.
If you have ever read one of Deena’s books than you know she
has theme of good vs. evil and she will have you turning the pages trying to
find out if good conquers evil or if this time evil wins. Distortion will have
your head spinning and gasping for air. 5/5 Bloody Fangs
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Thank you for stopping by my blog today for the Distortion Blog Tour. I would also like to say Thank You to Deena for letting me review your book and for letting me participate in this tour. Make sure you check out Deena's Blog for the other fun stops on this tour. Also don't forget to enter the giveaway below.
~Sabrina
Thank you so much for hosting DISTORTION and me to day, Sabrina! We're so happy to be here. :)
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