Description: 18+
TAUT IS A STANDALONE NOVEL - you do NOT have to read any of the Rook and Ronin books first.
Ford Aston is known for many things. Being an emotionless, messed up bastard, a freakishly smart social outcast, and a cold, domineering master who keeps "pets" instead of girlfriends.
And after Rook broke his heart, he plans to keep it that way.
Ashleigh is known for nothing, and that's exactly what she's got going for her. She's broke, stranded in the mountains with a three month old baby, and Ford Aston is screwing with her head.
Big. Time.
And she plans to mess with his right back.
It's a coy game at first, filled with flirting, and innuendo--but Ford soon realizes something is not quite right with Ashleigh. In fact, something is seriously, seriously wrong and the closer they get to their final destination, the closer Ford gets to the truth.
One night of devastation, self-loathing, and emptiness turns into the best thing that ever happened to Ford Aston. But one day of in-your-face reality threatens Ashleigh's whole existence.
Since A LOT of people have been asking here is the scoop on how this book fits in with my Rook & Ronin series:
Ford first appears in Rook and Ronin #2, Manic. He has a bigger role in Panic, R&R #3, and then he has a novella, called SLACK. This TAUT book is only FORD. It's not really part of the R&R series, as that plot has all been sidelined for this one romance book.
EXCERPT
Luck. We are not on speaking
terms, luck and I. Because my name is not Ronin Flynn. Luck loves him. Shit, if
Ronin was in this predicament, he’d have broken down across from the Four
Seasons, they’d tell him they only had the penthouse available, and he could
have it for half price since it was sitting empty anyway. They’d send up complimentary
fruit baskets and give him free spa passes to ease his worried brow.
I laugh. The sad thing is that
it’s closer to the truth than I’d like to admit. Ronin is like… walking magic
when it comes to life. Everything he wants, he gets. People love him immediately.
They don’t scowl at him because he conjures up memories of almost blowing
people up on the golf course or electrocuting boys in the skate park bathroom,
or for being the town freak who read every book in the library, even the
dictionary and the encyclopedias.
I have had my share of women,
albeit on my own very strict no-touching terms. But Ronin has women throwing
themselves at him everywhere he goes.
It’s… it’s infuriating. He’s
literally a professional liar, for fuck’s sake, and all they see is sweet
perfection. But when they look at me they see freak.
I’m a goddamned movie producer. I
know famous people. I have a mountain home in Vail, a luxury condo in Denver,
and a five-million-dollar monstrosity on Mulholland Drive in Bel Air. I take care
of myself, I’m well educated, I’m not bad-looking. I’m sorta hot, actually. I
know this,
I have no trouble finding sex
when I want it.
And yet I get sluts. I swear.
Sluts who don’t even blink when I tell them they can’t touch me.
And Ronin? He gets Rook.
She does not give one fancy fuck
what Ronin’s part in our business is. Her exact words. Not one fancy fuck. She
loves him, no matter what. Unconditionally. She rode a thousand miles on a
motorcycle back to the place where the most horrific things happened to her,
stole secret files, and almost got her legs burned off in a house fire to save
his professionally lying ass.
And I get no-name pets who want
me to bend them over a couch [...]
It’s just… what the fuck? Why?
It’s like I have a sign on my fucking head that says I like the weird ones.
Goodreads ** Amazon ** Barnes&Noble
About the author:
J. A. Huss likes to write new adult books that make you think and keep you guessing. Her favorite genre to read is space opera, but since practically no one reads those books, she writes new adult science fiction, paranormal romance, contemporary romance, urban fantasy, and books about Junco (who refuses to be saddled with a label).
She has an undergraduate degree in horses, (yes, really–Thank you, Colorado State University) and a master’s degree in forensic toxicology from the University of Florida. She used to have a job driving around Colorado doing pretty much nothing but shooting the breeze with farmers, but now she just writes, runs the New Adult Addiction and Clean Teen Reads Book Blogs, and runs an online science classroom for homeschoolers.
2 comments:
to west java with my friends..
thx u ^^
Traveling to the Pocono Mts. in PA with my best friend. It was back in my early twenties. We just decided one day to just take off and see where we would end up. Thanks for the chance to enter this giveaway.
Post a Comment