Friday, January 5, 2018

Blog Tour: No Fear by Nora Phoenix #Review #Giveaway #Excerpt



No Fear
No Shame Series Book 3
Nora Phoenix

Release date: December 27, 2017


Cover Design: Sloan Johnson/Sloan J Design

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Aaron is drowning. After coming out as gay, he lost his parents’ approval, his job, and his sense of identity. He feels like a freak who doesn’t fit in anywhere. His last hope was his brother Josh, but Josh can’t seem to forgive him for how Aaron treated him when they were teens. Not that Aaron can blame him, because he did treat Josh like crap.
All Aaron wants is for someone to accept him, guide him, because he doesn’t have a clue. When sexy jiujitsu teacher Blake takes him in and starts mentoring him, Aaron has hope for the first time, even though he can’t understand what Blake sees in him.
Blake doesn’t do relationships. At all. He’s more than willing to help Aaron find solid ground under his feet, but that’s it. Until insecure, vulnerable, and surprisingly sexy Aaron gets under his skin, triggering all kinds of protective instincts that make Blake long for more. He wants to take care of Aaron, give him what he needs, but how can he convince Aaron of that?
When Josh’s friend-with-benefits Indy’s past finally catches up with him, it endangers them all—and leads to heartbreaking decisions for everyone involved.

No Fear is a steamy M/M romance that ends with a HFN for Aaron and Blake, but has a continuing storyline as well. It’s the third book in the No Shame Series, and is not a stand alone novel, so make sure to read the first book (No Filter) and the second book (No Limits) first. It contains hot sex, a little kink, more hot sex, very mild puppy play, and a beautiful friendship-with-benefits that transcends labels. Also: trigger warning for mentions of sexual abuse.



Review

Nora does not fail to continuously have you on the edge as she delivers yet another powerful storyline that picks up just from where book two ends. 

Aaron who was seen as the uptight rich straight-laced son has finally come out as gay. Since coming out, he has lost his family, his so-called friends and even his own gay brother wants nothing to do with him. He is at a loss more than ever and is stuck living with people he barely knows and a man he swears to only seem to annoy with his mere presence.

Blake loves helping people out. But no one has ever gotten under his skin the way Aaron does. At first he thought he was uptight and entitled, however, a closer look he saw that he was lost, lonely, searching for love and direction. The more time he spends with Aaron the more he realizes that he wants to protect him, show him all his firsts, and actually for the first time wants more out of life than just a random one night hook up.

Connor, Josh, Indy, and Noah know that their time is coming after a horrible incident occurs at their house leaving one of their friends shot and fighting for his life, the lives of all four of these men are about to change.

Indy can't take anyone else getting hurt or being killed over him. The thought of leaving Noah makes his chest ache but he needs to turn himself over to the FBI and testify and end this. Walking away from Noah, Josh and even Connor was the hardest thing he ever had to do, but the only thing that keeps Indy sane is the hope of being in their arms again.

When Noah gets an early morning call from Indy from a blocked number he knows something isn't right. The call is too brief, not knowing what to do he calls the number of the agent that Connor had left. Soon he is on a plane to DC. After being questioned for hours and hardly gets any sleep he is put in a waiting area as soon as he is about to drift off something on the TV catches his attention, something that could change the lives for all of them.


I absolutely loved this book and all the characters that are woven in together. I cannot wait to find out what happens next.






EXCERPT
“You can start with plain vanilla sex, work your way up to the kinky stuff,” Blake said with a laugh.
“You make it sound boring,” Aaron complained.
Blake sobered. “No, and I’m sorry for teasing you a bit. You set the pace, Aaron. If you’re not ready for sex, you wait. If you are, you find someone who will respect you enough to take it slow, okay?”
Aaron reached out for his hand and held it tight. “Will you do it?” he asked.
Blake’s heart jumped in his chest. Was Aaron asking what he thought he was? “What do you mean?” He needed to be certain.
“I want you to be my first.”
He looked so cute and pretty and sexy, still in that gorgeous top and the tight jeans. But his words were cute and pretty, too, like a schoolgirl on prom night. Blake needed to manage expectations. “Aaron, I don’t do relationships. I like you, I really do, but don’t read more into this. I don’t date or hold hands or do romantic dinners.”
“That’s okay. I don’t need that. What I need is a safe place to gain some experience. You said it yourself, I need someone who respects me enough to take it slow. I want my first time to be good. I trust you. Please, Blake?”
Blake couldn’t help himself. He pulled Aaron close and brought their mouths together. At first, Aaron kept his mouth closed. Blake increased the pressure, licked his lips and pushed with his tongue until Aaron let him in. He angled his head a bit more, dove in deep. Aaron’s movements were slow, insecure, but he wound his arms around Blake’s neck and held on.
His mouth was sweet, hot. Blake tasted the peppermint Aaron so often suckled on, those white-and-red-striped ones. He teased Aaron’s tongue with his, until it responded, until they were doing a slick dance of push and pull. He was a fast learner, copying Blake’s moves at first, then coming up with a few of his own.
He was everything Blake usually avoided. Inexperienced, vulnerable, insecure. Yet kissing him did something to Blake’s body that he didn’t recognize. It triggered a hunger in him, a fierce need to possess, to own.
His hands lowered till they reached Aaron’s ass. He put one hand on each butt cheek, pulled Aaron close to him and ground his hips into him. The kid was hard again, and he himself had barely been soft since they had gotten into the dressing room. What was Aaron doing to him?
He broke off the kiss, swore softly at the sight of Aaron’s dazed look, his swollen lips. Fuck, Blake didn’t want to stop, not even close. He kissed him once more, the gentlest of kisses. “Not here. Not now.”
Aaron blinked. “But you’ll do it?”

“Tomorrow. I want you to have time to think about this, sleep on it. If tomorrow in the cold light of day you decide this is what you want, I’m your man.”


When she was a little tot, Nora’s mom got a library subscription for her. That, as they say, was that, and a lifelong love for books was born. Nora never stopped reading and doesn’t exaggerate when she says she devours books, rather than plain reads them. She started writing stories as soon as she could hold a pen, and wrote her first full book as a teen (on a typewriter!). It took her waaaay too long to follow her dream to become a romance author.
Nora writes M/M romance, because hello, sexy boys, and likes her men flawed, strong, and a tad broken. She appreciates a little kink, but insists on a happy ever after.
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Make sure to read the previous two books first, as
No Fear is not a stand alone
Book 1 (No Filter): myBook.to/NoFilter
Book 2 (No Limits): myBook.to/NoLimits
 Book 4 (No Shame): myBook.to/no-shame
Will be released on Jan. 26th


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