The Encounter by Jacey Holbrand ~ Blog Tour & Giveaway

 

The Encounter by Jacey Holbrand

Blurb:

The Agency ~ 1

Evan ‘Zen’ Zenas is the top agent at The Agency and is known for his brusque demeanor. He’s also known to be tough on trainees. Those who find themselves under his tutelage usually don’t last long. When he’s assigned a new assistant, Seth Trivos, Zen’s faced with questions about his past he’s not too keen on answering.

Seth Trivos knew Evan once upon a time, loved him even, but when Evan disappeared, he unknowingly broke Seth’s heart. Now, he’s in Evan’s world as the newest recruit at The Agency, and he’s looking for answers.

Will Zen chase away another new assistant because he doesn’t want to open up about a past encounter or will being forced on a case together make him face the demons he’s been trying to hide from?

Be Warned: m/m sex

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“Thanks, Seth, for being here and listening.”

“You don’t have to thank me. What are friends for?” Deciding to be bold, Seth kissed Zen’s forehead, followed by his cheek, and left his face close to Zen’s.

Zen’s hot breath warmed his face, but Seth didn’t mind. His eyes fluttered closed as the words “kiss me” repeated in his head. Just as he wished, Zen’s lips found his, but it wasn’t the easy-going, lingering first kiss he expected.

Zen threw his arms around him in a tight hold and claimed his mouth with wild abandon. Seth’s head reeled. He couldn’t believe he and Zen were kissing. Granted, it wasn’t anything like the soft moments and slow love making he’d imagined over the years, but he’d take what he could get at the moment.

Zen moved his hands up and down Seth’s back. The heated touch under his jacket and over his shirt seared his skin in a delightful way. Zen’s lips pressed upon his almost too violently. He swept his tongue out, forcing Seth to open his mouth.

Seth adored the taste of him, salty and spicy, and his scent of leather and earth as well.

God, for so long he’d waited to have Zen in his arms, his body close. Zen’s lips trailed down his neck. Seth reached up and cupped the back of Zen’s head. Zen pulled at his shirt, tugging it from the confines of his pants without breaking the kiss. In the process of kissing him, somehow Zen was able to unbutton and unzip both their pants and free their cocks out of the openings.

Desire rushed through Seth, clawing at his insides. Zen clutched at him like a drowning man scrambling for purchase on any floating thing to save him from the watery depths. Hands traveled over his shoulders, up his shirt, feeling all the nuances of his chest and back down to his rock-hard cock. The man held their dicks against each other, and Seth sucked in a long stream of air. The feel of their two satiny lengths rubbing together was a heady sensation.

Zen turned their bodies and laid them down. He stretched over Seth. Seth loved feeling the weight and heat of Zen’s strong body atop his. Still, Zen continued to kiss him, and he continued to surrender to the demand of Zen’s mouth.

Author Bio

Jacey Holbrand believes love comes in all forms and should be celebrated. She’s committed to her muse and writing so she can share those kinds of stories with readers. Hot days. Sexy nights. Come play in her world. Jacey loves to hear from readers! Click the link to eMail her: JaceyHolbrand@gmail.com

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Closer Blog Tour Review & Giveaway

The terrorists want her alive. The CIA wants her dead, and Michael just wants to love her. ​Emma, an ingenious female engineer, finds a protector in an unlikely source. Michael is a warrior, a Green Beret, fresh out of the military. He suffers from PTSD and recurrent nightmares of his five tours in Afghanistan. Something in him fundamentally changes when he meets Emma. Emma has top-secret clearance for her work on a governmental prototype to help fight the war on terror. She has spent her entire life pursuing her career and developing her brain child labeled Project Hummingbird. She lives in her intellectually driven mind...that is, until Michael awakens something buried deep inside her: something she didn't even know existed. Michael needs to prove to Emma that he is not who she thinks he is. He must work to win her trust and her heart. Will he be able to persuade her to trust him? Will he be able to save her from the dangers that await her? Will he win her heart?

   

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Emma has developed a new weapon against the war on terror. Unfortunately someone doesn't want that weapon used, at least not by the US. Michael is a former Green Beret who now does secret jobs along with other of his army buddies. His friend Rob set him up with a new job for $200k, make sure that Emma doesn't get a new weapon to GIA a terrorist organization.

The problem that both Emma and Michael have is they are both being lied to. Emma is not selling the weapon, but she is about to be kidnapped and not by Michael. A CIA agent has gotten it into his head that if he kills Emma then the Hummingbird will not come to pass. But the GIA does want Hummingbird and they are taking insurance out to get it, Rob's fiance. 

When Michael goes to get Emma he has every intention of making sure she is unable to sell any information, but something just doesn't feel right. How can the one woman who makes him feel whole also be one to betray her country? Emma finds that Michael plays havoc on her senses, but she has a hard time believing that someone is after her. Until she is taken away from him. 

Now can Michael get her back and save Rob's fiance? And will the heat conjured between Michael and Emma have time to erupt into a relationship they can both trust in? It is an action packed ride but totally worth the read!  

 

  Sarah lives in Richmond, Virginia with her husband, two children, and four spoiled animals. She earned her Bachelor's Degree in Communications with a concentration in Professional Writing and her Master's Degree in Education. When she is not writing or spending time with her family, she loves reading sizzling romantic suspense novels that make her blush. She loves a glass of pinot grigio, back-yard barbecues with friends and family, and helping her kids with their homework (in that order). Sarah's favorite genres are contemporary romantic suspense and erotic suspense; the types of novels she crafts. While the concepts are familiar and comfortable, she brings her own unique story and personality to everything she writes. She loves the feeling of crafting a spicy, action-packed novel. Writing is her passion. She wants to leave her readers breathless after experiencing the intense ride that is her novel.

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Review: Wrapped in Shadows by Lisa Eugene

One night of shadows. One night of bliss. One night of evil.

Katherine Regina Vandercamp has everything. Wealth. Beauty. Social standing. She’s the heiress to the Vandercamp fortune and engaged to the man of her dreams. One night it all shatters…

Finding her fiancé with another woman, she is distraught and makes a reckless decision to go with a friend to a sex club. Needing total anonymity, she has sex with a stranger in a room of total darkness, a sensuous cocoon of silky shadows. She has no idea who this man is or what he looks like. But it is in the shadows she finds solace. In the shadows she finds bliss.

She can’t forget this stranger’s touch, his taste, his scent. He infiltrates her dreams and holds her thoughts and body captive. But had she made a false assumption about her fiancé? Had he really been unfaithful? She regrets her hasty actions and is tormented by guilt. She is determined to marry the man she loves and forget her stranger.

Sinister events unfolded at the sex club. There was a gruesome murder and her stranger has been charged with the crime. Katie knows he’s innocent because she was with him at the time of the murder. She is shocked to find that he’s not a stranger after all. Will she reveal her horrible secret? Will she besmirch the Vandercamp name? Will she risk losing the man who has her heart to save the man who’s touched her soul?

Will coming forward put her in danger? Her life is in turmoil. All because of that one night.

A night that changed everything…

 

         

 

Katy is not your average spoiled rich kid. She abhors her parents and the way they think more about their social status then what is good for her. Katy runs the family's charity foundation, and she's good at it. She's hired women who were down on their luck and she enjoys going into work each day. Her only real stress, the wedding to her fiance Josh. Her mother is driving her crazy with the plans. When she decides to go over to Josh's apartment and finds him in a compromising situation with his ex she decides to cut her losses and end the relationship. 

Her best friend has an answer for her, a night of sex with a stranger. Katy's never been to a sex club before and some of the rooms she sees make her uneasy but the proprietress has the perfect room for her, and the perfect man. The room is dark and neither can see each other but the sex is the hottest she's ever had.  Weeks later she's still thinking about it, but Josh has convinced her that what she walked in on was harmless and with her mother pressuring her to go ahead with the wedding Katy reluctantly goes with Josh to a party for work. But one of the men Josh works with is the man from the room, his smell is ingrained in her memory. 

Luke Davenport lost his wife four years ago. She was murdered and he was left with Livie, his daughter. Livie is his world, that is until his friends buy him a night at a sex club. Kate rocked his world that night and he can't stop thinking about her. She is best friends with one of his employees, and she's engaged to another but neither of those things is going to stop him from trying to get to know her better.

Luke and Katy are drawn to each other, but the murder of the proprietress the night they were at the sex club throws another roadblock between them. Luke is accused of the murder and it looks like Josh is the one setting him up. Katy has to decide which man she can believe in. 

I enjoyed reading this book. Luke is a hot, Hot, HOT man and he's a wonderful father that just makes him more appealing. I love the relationship between Luke and Livie! Katy needs a head slap a few times but she is a sweet girl who does not deserve the asshole Josh! Luckily Luke comes into her life just in time! 

This is a solid 4 star read! 

Lisa Eugene began writing as a way to mentally escape from the hectic medical world where she has been a practicing nurse for over twenty years. After publishing her first novel, STRICTLY BUSINESS, she quickly learned that readers couldn't get enough of the world she created and now she lives out her wildest fantasies by writing steamy romantic suspense for her fan-favorite Washington Memorial Hospital series.

When she's not plotting her next dangerous, fast-paced, sexy adventure, you can find her juggling a full time job, playing soccer mom, or curled up reading a good romance.

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