Mad for Romance Publishing | January 17, 2016 | Step-Brother Romance
Recoil, book 1
★★★★
SOURCE: HOT TREE PROMOTIONS
Reluctant step-siblings Julia and Colin meet for the first time at an engagement party for their parents, and dislike each other on sight despite their undeniable physical chemistry. They soon find they have a common interest, though – stopping the inappropriate and hasty marriage of her mother to his father.When they discover that the recent death of her father might have had something to do with his father’s business, the common interest turns them into allies. But what will they do about their own sizzling chemistry?Recoil, Book One is the first novella in a serialized trilogy. Books Two and Three will be released quickly, but I couldn’t wait any longer to bring you the first part of the story.
{ about jessa jacobs } .
Like you, I’m a reader. When I read a good story with characters I can connect with, my everyday existence fades into the background as I enter a world that may contain exotic locations, adventure and excitement. And, if I can be totally honest with you, in my favorite stories I can fall in love for a while with an impossibly gorgeous guy who is the best lover imaginable.So, maybe it won’t come as a surprise that in my books you’ll find hot alpha male book-boyfriends, sassy heroines who are much more clever and beautiful than I am, and stories I hope will make you laugh and cry while reading them, as I did while writing them. Oh, and some scenes you may want to role-play with your lover.
When I’m not writing (which is almost never) I enjoy reading, hiking in the foothills near Denver, live blues music, karaoke and now and then indulging in her karaoke habit.
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{ excerpt } .
She probably got him to propose by twining him around her elegant, slender finger and then refusing his advances without a ring on it. Nothing I said had swayed him. He was hell-bent on marrying her, and not only that, but marrying her in indecent haste. In a few moments, I'd be expected to join him, his fiancée, and her daughter at the head table as Dad made his announcement of their engagement.As the moment approached, I spent more time trying to read the daughter's body language from across the room. She seemed to have a chip on her shoulder about something. Her pose was all fire compared to her mother's ice, though. When Dad said something to her, she retorted with enough heat to make him flinch back. What was her problem? She'd probably end up with a windfall of a couple of billion dollars when her mom wore my poor dad down, and he died begging for a quickie.
The daughter wasn't my type, but I could imagine she'd be a spitfire in bed. I'd soon have her tamed, though, by wrapping my fingers in that long hair and riding her like...
Well, that line of thought had to stop. In moments, I'd be forced to walk across the room with everyone's eyes on me. Doing that while sporting a massive erection was not my idea of fun.
{ review } .
Six months after her father passed, Julia is shocked to learn her mother is remarrying -- and when she meets her soon-to-be-stepbrother, her attitude stays out. Colin isn't a big fan of the marriage either, but the more Julia pushes, the more he wants to break his promise to his dad, the promise that Julia was off-limits.
What I enjoyed about this first part to the stepbrother serial was that it wasn't all "she was my sister" and such. For the most part, it read as two reluctant people who were being thrown together, who realized they had decent chemistry when they stopped fighting the inevitable. What bothered me, though, was the way both talked to their parents. Both had an air about them that gave off cockiness and ungratefulness -- both very much played like rich, spoiled children. However, both had their reasoning for pulling the brakes on their parents.
I loved that these two eventually work together, and toward the end, Colin's protective nature comes out -- and those were the moments I truly enjoyed the hero of this story. Because of that change, especially the last words uttered, I am excited to read the next book -- when does it release?!
What I enjoyed about this first part to the stepbrother serial was that it wasn't all "she was my sister" and such. For the most part, it read as two reluctant people who were being thrown together, who realized they had decent chemistry when they stopped fighting the inevitable. What bothered me, though, was the way both talked to their parents. Both had an air about them that gave off cockiness and ungratefulness -- both very much played like rich, spoiled children. However, both had their reasoning for pulling the brakes on their parents.
I loved that these two eventually work together, and toward the end, Colin's protective nature comes out -- and those were the moments I truly enjoyed the hero of this story. Because of that change, especially the last words uttered, I am excited to read the next book -- when does it release?!
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