Monday, January 13, 2014

Thou Shalt Not BlogTour



















Luke Harper was finally starting to settle into his life - a life that had previously been full of more heartbreak and pain than most people ever experienced. He had a job he loved, and was blissfully content in his on-again, off-again relationship with the striking, and highly sexual, Holly. But, life throws Luke another curveball with the arrival of the alluring April, a woman stuck in a tumultuous, violent marriage to a famous athlete. Luke soon finds himself torn between what is safe, familiar, and right, and what is dangerous, unknown, and forbidden.


EXCERPT
I stood up too and walked over to her side.  She was looking down into the water.
"You know, if I knew you better I would probably push you in," she said very nonchalantly, as if letting me know the water temperature.
"If I knew you better, I would probably beat you to it," I replied.
She turned to me, her eyes full of mischievous energy.
"Oh really?"
Her hands quickly went up and grabbed my shoulders, and mine instinctively grabbed her waist. I could feel her grip tighten when I touched her, and her eyes widened.
"If I go in, you are going in with me," I said, shuffling my feet closer to the edge.
Her hands moved along my shoulders and her feet edged closer to mine.
"I'm a grown woman," she said. "Threats involving water don't scare me."
Her bottom lip curled up under her teeth as she smiled, repeating what I had said earlier. Or mocking me, perhaps.
I tightened my grip on her hips and flinched, pretending I was about to throw her in.  She gasped slightly, hands grabbing my shoulders tightly again. Her hips arched forward and she leaned up on her toes as if in reflex.

"I thought you weren't scared," I said, pulling her closer to me. "People usually don't gasp when they are ready for what's about to happen."
She was less than a foot from me, her face getting much closer to mine.
"It depends on what's happening," she said, looking up into my eyes.
I wasn't thinking about throwing her into the water anymore. Everything within me wanted to pull her tightly in and kiss her right there, in front of the pool in the house her husband bought with all the millions of dollars he had made throughout his career. Kiss her on the spot where he probably threw numerous parties. Kiss her on the lips I wished were mine, and not his.
The look in her eyes told me she wanted the same. At least I thought they did. I hadn't been in a position where I felt like this for someone in a long time. Thankfully, my hands were around her waist or I surely would have been able to feel them get clammy, nervous, like a high school kid on his first date with the prom queen he never thought he could get.

She is calculating, remember? I thought to myself. If she hadn't wanted it to get to this point she never would have asked you over to her house. She wants this as much as you do.
I wasn't sure which shoulder angel was feeding me that line but whoever it was, I knew they were right.
My hands pulled her closer until her feet were between mine; our legs and waists touching.
"You have really strong shoulders," she said. Her voice was soft and she tilted her head up toward mine when she spoke.
Do it, I told myself. Kiss her.
          
My heart was racing, and I could hear the beating in my ears. My hands moved up her body and found her neck. My fingers laced in her hair behind her head and I pulled her up.

REVIEW4 HOT FOR TEACHER STARS!! I thought the all male POV was refreshing and intriguing. I like Luke from the beginning. He is hot, smart, a little nerdy, and just a tough of alpha male. He wasn't the typical Alpha male lead which was a nice change. I didn't really have a strong feeling towards Holly at first but I started to really like her the more she was involved and showed how much she was there for Luke. April seemed nice and I liked her too, although cheating is never an ok in my book so she was never my favorite. I've read some reviews that felt the relationship between Luke and Holly was suddenly something it wasn't but I didn't get that feeling. Luke repetitively comments that he feels their relationship is shifting and he thinks Holly wants more. Those reviews also said that someone suddenly seems like a completely different person and that they didn't like it. I thought that that was the point. It shows that charm and looks can only carry a person so far. It also goes to show that people aren't always what they seem. All in all this was a very enjoyable read that I would recommend. ~ Leslie
 
 
 

DREAM CAST

Holly



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Our Luke







JJ Rossum traveled the world as a child, and called many places "home". Currently, home is Portland, Oregon, where he is at work on other novels that were hatched while people watching during many airport layovers.

 
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