Hello and Welcome to my stop on Kele Moon's Virtual Book Review Tour for Star Crossed (Battered Hearts, Book 2). Please make sure to leave a comment or question below for Kele as she will be awarding a $25 Amazon Gift Card to one random commenter during her tour. The more often you comment, the better your chance to win. You can follow her tour here and read my review here.
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Star Crossed (Battered Hearts Book 2)
by Kele Moon
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BLURB:
Heavyweight UFC fighter, Romeo Wellings
comes from the hard streets of New York where his family ties to the mafia
cause him nothing but pain. His life takes a surprising detour when he crosses
paths with the twin sister of his long time enemy. After a steamy one-night
stand, he faces the fight of his life, but it’s not in the cage. The secret
relationship that blooms between Romeo and his real life Juliet has him
battling his family and a dark past rather than let her go.
The only lawyer in her hometown of
Garnet, Jules Conner is also a volunteer Sheriff’s deputy and co-owner of a
successful MMA training center. Strong and dependable, Jules is always there
for those who need her. Until one forbidden night in Las Vegas with Romeo
leaves her feeling so alive she can’t stop reaching out to the sexy, bad boy of
MMA, even knowing the forbidden love affair could jeopardize everything.
As the tide rises against them and the people they love work
at keeping them apart, Romeo and Jules hold onto a dream for a better life
together and vow to go down fighting rather than accept a tragic ending.
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EXCERPT:
Jules reached into her purse to pull out a business card and an expensive
gold pen. She laughed to herself, shaking her head as she wrote on the back of
the card. “If you would’ve told me yesterday I’d be buying Romeo Wellings
dinner, I’d have called you crazy. Things change faster than I can keep up with
sometimes.”
Romeo had to agree. The very last thing he expected to be doing on his
remaining night in Las Vegas was having dinner with Wyatt Conner’s sister. He’d
spent a good deal of time hating the bastard. The irony wasn’t lost on him, and
his smile was wide as he took Jules’s card when she offered it. He stared at
her cell number on the back.
“I’m not your enemy.” Romeo lifted his gaze to hers and studied her
beautiful face under the bright Nevada sun. “Juliet.”
She gasped in surprise, her eyes growing wide. “I don’t—” She
floundered. Her cheeks flushed pink as she narrowed icy eyes at him. “How?”
“That’s what Jules is short for, isn’t it?” he asked simply, refusing to
look away. “Juliet.”
“I go by Jules,” she said rather than rise to the bait. For a brief
moment it looked like she might reach over and snatch the card back. Her guard
was obviously up, but instead of lashing out and rescinding the offer, she
looked to his left hand that was wrapped in a white gauze bandage and sighed in
defeat. “I’ll see ya at eight, Wellings.”
“I go by Romeo.”
“Fine.” Jules took a deep breath, her cheeks more flushed than ever.
“Then eight o’clock, Romeo.”
He did it then, took one long, hard look of Jules Conner standing there
in formfitting jeans that clung to her long legs like a second skin. It took
everything he had not to adjust himself, because eyeing her made his jeans
tighter than usual.
Romeo gave her a devious smile. With a voice low and husky with
anticipation, he said, “I’ll look forward to it.”
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AUTHOR Bio and Links:
A freckle-faced redhead born and raised
in Hawaii, Kele Moon has always been a bit of a sore thumb and has come to
enjoy the novelty of it. She thrives on pushing the envelope and finding ways
to make the impossible work in her story telling. With a mad passion for
romance, she adores the art of falling in love. The only rules she believes in
is that, in love, there are no rules and true love knows no bounds.
So obsessed is she with the beauty of
romance and the novelty of creating it, she’s lost in her own wonder world most
of the time. Thankfully she married her own dark, handsome, brooding hero who
has infinite patience for her airy ways and attempts to keep her grounded. When
she leaves her keys in the refrigerator or her cell phone in the oven, he’s
usually there to save her from herself. The two of them now reside
in Florida with their three beautiful children, who make their lives
both fun and challenging in equal parts—they wouldn’t have it any other way.
Email: kelemoon@me.com
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I need to grab the first in the series & catch up. The reviews are positive.
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Thank you for hosting Kele today.
ReplyDeleteI like the incongruity of UFC fighting and "Romeo and Juliet" together...it sounds great!
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I am really enjoying your tour. This book sounds awesome. I want to read the first book now, and if it is as good as this one sounds, you really have a great series going.
ReplyDeleteI love the cover-- it's very compelling, and it seems to fit the book very well! You don't always get that in a cover!
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I think juliet sounds cool. Can't wait to see what happens next.
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Sounds good. Need to get book one as well. Definitely added to the TBBlist.
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Thanks for the post Kele, What made you pick MMA? Carin
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I've heard a lot of good things about this series, and I am going to give in and add the first to the TBR pile :) Thanks for this spotlight!
ReplyDeleteI've been wanting to read this. Sounds very interesting :)
ReplyDeleteFrancesca
This was a great book. I am glad I got to read it.
ReplyDeleteThis one sounds great. Can't wait to see what happens with Juliet.
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