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Friday, January 20, 2017

Release Blitz: Atonement by Sloane Kennedy #Excerpt

ATONEMENT, The Protectors Book #6
by Sloane Kennedy
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Synopsis


“Once a fuck up, always a fuck up.”

Words twenty-six-year-old Dante Thorne has had to live with for more years than he can count and a title he finally earned at the tender age of sixteen when one careless decision led to tragedy. And since he can’t deny the truth of the words, why not live by them instead? Fucking up, fucking, it doesn’t matter; as long as it feels good and makes him forget the day he failed the one person he’d always sworn to protect. A good philosophy to live by until Dante meets the one man who might actually having him wishing he was something more…

At forty-one and with a distinguished career as a Texas Ranger under his belt, Magnus DuCane should have been in the prime of his life. Instead, he’s mourning the loss of the daughter he couldn’t save and contemplating a future that looks nothing like the one he had planned. The only bright spot in his life is the young grandson whose suddenly been returned to him after going missing two years earlier and the new family of men that he’s been welcomed in to with open arms. But with his iron will, unfailing self-control and unflappable discipline, Magnus knows he can start a new chapter and get his life back on track…if he can just get past the disturbing, unexpected feelings one young man stirs in him.

Because everything about Dante Thorne is wrong for Magnus. His arrogance, his cocky attitude, every single unfiltered word that falls unchecked out of his mouth and, of course, the fact that he’s a man.

But when his well-meaning friends send Dante with him as a bodyguard when he returns to Texas to testify in a high-profile case, Magnus begins to see beyond the brash words and endless sexual innuendo. And when he starts to discover that what he sees isn’t all that bad, suddenly the fact that that Dante is a man instead of a woman no longer seems like such a big sticking point…

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Prologue

Dante
The guy wasn’t bad at giving head. And what he lacked in finesse, he more than made up for in eagerness. But the fact that I had to remind myself to start fucking his mouth was evidence enough that my head wasn’t in the game. I’d like to say that was because of the slight buzz I had going from the two glasses of champagne I’d downed in record time after the first one that I’d slowly sipped during the handful of toasts that had been given to the grooms, but lying to myself was just a waste of time.
No, there was only one reason I was so fucking distracted that even a halfway decent blowjob was doing nothing for me.
And that reason was wrapped up in a gorgeous 6’2 package of hard muscle, a lazy, killer smile and the most intense blue eyes I’d ever seen.
That reason also hated my fucking guts and had no problem reminding me of that every time he flashed those icy blues my way.
Did he have a reason to?
Okay, so maybe I’d enjoyed needling him just a little too much about how uptight he was, his advanced age - though at forty something, he wasn’t at all advanced – and the fact that he was a grandfather. Hell, the man didn’t look anything like any grandfather I’d ever seen.
I’d wanted him from the very first time I’d met him and since I was the kind of guy who was used to getting what he wanted, I hadn’t hesitated in letting him know that five minutes with me would change his entire outlook on life.
A little conceited? Yeah, I suppose. My mother had always told me I needed to think more before I spoke, but I found that most of the men and women I wanted found it more of a turn on when I told them what they wanted. And I never failed to follow through on the promise of pleasure. Whether it was a man or a woman or hell, more than one of either or both, I made sure all my partners got off and then some.
Leave them wanting more.
It was a good rule of thumb because it meant I never had to chase someone. They came to me and then they kept coming back until I decided I was done, which was nearly always the case after the first time.
Like the pretty little number voraciously sucking my dick.
I’d honed in on him from the moment I’d spied him working with the rest of the wait staff to get the hors d'oeuvres set up. He’d tried to ignore my not so subtle glances, but when he’d upended a tray of some strange-looking shrimp dish after I’d discreetly adjusted myself so that only he would see, I’d known it wouldn’t take much. After that, I’d just had to tease him mercilessly with hungry glances and the occasional playful touch as he’d repeatedly approached me with trays of appetizers I’d had no interest in eating. When I’d finally stroked my hand over his groin after he’d appeared at my side with a tray full of champagne flutes, he’d barely managed to hang on to it. All I’d had to do was tell him, “Upstairs bathroom” and he’d nodded so excitedly that he’d looked like a man who’d just won the fucking lottery.
So, the blowjob really should have been better. Or I should have at least been able to look down at the head of brown hair and not see dark hair heavily threaded with silver. I shouldn’t have been hoping I’d see gorgeous blue eyes looking up at me as my cock was being sucked to the back of a corded throat.
Fucking Magnus DuCane.
I’d met the man the day I’d been assigned to stand guard outside his grandson’s hospital room. Little Matty Travers had been undergoing chemotherapy treatment at the children’s hospital in Seattle and I’d been charged with protecting him after his father, Tate and my former colleague, Hawke, had run afoul of some drug dealers. Fortunately, there’d been no threat to the boy and while I would miss interacting with the kid, I was glad he was out of the hospital for good.
What I wouldn’t miss were the looks of disdain Magnus would shoot me every time he saw me. How the fuck was I supposed to know the man wasn’t gay or even bi?
Okay, so maybe I should have gotten the hint early on when I’d sent him a few flirtatious looks and he’d responded with obvious discomfort, but I’d sworn I’d seen something else in those stunning eyes of his, too. And since I’d been more than willing to let the guy use me to test what it would be like to fly his rainbow flag, I’d made sure to let him know that with the occasional touch or suggestion when he’d been leaving his grandson’s room. His response?
Nothing.
Not one goddamn word.
He hadn’t ever told me to fuck off. Hadn’t ever told me he wasn’t interested. No, he’d just stared at me with that look.
That you’re a waste of skin look that my stepfather never failed to lay on me every time he saw me – that he’d cast on me from the moment he’d married my mother nearly twenty years earlier.
In truth, that was the reason I’d kept trying to get his attention. Not just because I’d been eager to find out what it would feel like to bury my cock into what I suspected was his very tight, very virgin ass. No, I’d been desperate to show him I didn’t give a shit what he thought of me.
I was so lost in thought that I didn’t register that me and my sloppy-mouthed new friend weren’t alone anymore. It wasn’t until I glanced up in the bathroom mirror that I saw him watching us.
Fuck, I couldn’t seem to escape the man. Or that fucking look which even now bloomed to life in his gaze as his eyes went from me down to the man on his knees in front of me.
I would have expected Magnus to send me the standard ‘You’re worthless’ look and remove himself from the bathroom, but he just stood there, his eyes on…fuck, where the hell were his eyes?
Not on my face and definitely not on the oblivious man who was still going to town on my cock…no, his eyes were on my bare ass which Caterer Guy was hanging onto as he sucked me down to the root.
No fucking way. It couldn’t be.
Caterer Guy finally seemed to sense we weren’t alone anymore because he popped off my dick and let out a gasp. Before he could scramble to his feet, I grabbed him by the shoulder and held him in place as I turned my head so I could watch Magnus. His eyes finally lifted to mine and then I saw the frown spread across his pretty mouth.
“Did you forget to lock the door, my sweet?” I asked the man at my feet, though I kept my eyes on Magnus. The fact that he still hadn’t fled had my senses going into overdrive and I couldn’t resist the urge to play with him a bit, especially since I’d managed to catch that brief look of something besides derision in his gaze.
“We’ll be done in a bit,” I said to Magnus as I shifted enough so he could see my very thick, very ready cock as it bobbed in front of Caterer Guy’s face. I snagged my fingers in the guy’s hair and forced his attention to me. I looked at him long enough to say, “Finish me off. Our friend here was just leaving.” I shifted my eyes back to Magnus and said, “Unless he wants to join us.”
I expected the suggestion would be enough to send the man scurrying, but to my surprise, he slammed the door behind him and then strode towards us, his jaw so hard that it looked like he’d break his own teeth. I lost interest in Caterer Guy and didn’t care that he hadn’t taken my dick back into his mouth. When Magnus reached us, he kept moving until he had me crowded back against the counter, forcing me to release my hold on the man at my feet.
“Out,” Magnus snarled at Caterer Guy and I felt a shiver of excitement run down my spine and straight to my balls at the harsh order. I wasn’t surprised when the man let out a little gasp and then stumbled to his feet. He’d been too busy sucking my cock to undress himself in any way so he was out the door like a shot, slamming it closed behind him.
Magnus didn’t touch me as he got into my space, though I was definitely wishing he would. My cock actually brushed his trousers when I forced myself not to retreat any farther.
“You want to play your little fucking games, you do it somewhere else because I will not have my grandson walking in on this shit,” Magnus said coldly, his words like little shards of ice. I knew he was right and it was my fault for not making sure the door had been locked, but of course, I didn’t say that. I never said shit like that because I didn’t apologize to guys like Magnus who looked down on me like I was nothing more than garbage.
“Fuck you,” I said, letting my mouth curve into a smile I wasn’t feeling as I added, “Or you too afraid to find out you might actually like it?”
Magnus shook his head at me as if he wasn’t surprised by my response. Like he’d expected it. “Grow up, Dante. Just grow the fuck up.”
And with that, he turned away from me and I was disappointed when he didn’t look back.

Other Books In The Series









Absolution (The Protectors #1)

Salvation (The Protectors #2)

Retribution (The Protectors #3)

Forsaken (The Protectors #4)


Vengeance (The Protectors #5)

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Author Bio

Although Sloane Kennedy always dreamed of being a writer as a teenager, she didn't take the plunge until March of 2015 when she released her first novel as an independent author. Since then, she has released more than a dozen books including the Amazon best-selling "Barretti Security" series, "Finding" series and "Protectors" series. While she initially began writing M/F romance, she found her true passion writing gay romance and all four of her most recent releases reached the #1 spot on Amazon's Gay Romance bestseller list and Freeing Zane, her final book in the Barretti Security series, made it to Amazon's overall bestseller list. Sloane was born in Germany and grew up in Virginia and Wisconsin. Although she currently lives in Wisconsin, the place where she has always felt most at home is Seattle and many of her books take place in the Emerald city. Although she is unmarried, a menagerie of 2 dogs and 3 cats keeps her busy enough and 3 young nieces take care of the rest of her free time. Sloane loves being able to share her passion for romance with readers and she is truly humbled by all the support she's received from fans and fellow authors alike.

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Tuesday, October 11, 2016

Random Reviews: Vengeance by Sloane Kennedy #Review #Giveaway



Author: Sloane Kennedy
Book: Vengeance
Series: The Protectors #5
Self Published
Publication Date: October 4, 2016
Length: 353 pages



Reviewed by Morningstar


Synopsis

Memphis
At thirty-four years old, ex-DEA agent Memphis Wheland has lived, loved and lost…everything. The ultimate betrayal by the man he gave everything to has left Memphis with no family, no career and a bone deep bitterness that refuses to release him from its icy grip. His work with an underground vigilante organization is the only light in his otherwise bleak existence. That and the occasional no-strings hookup with men whose only focus in that moment, and for as long as Memphis wants them, is him and only him. No clingy exes, no unrequited love, no relationship drama. Period.

Because Memphis has one rule that he won’t break for anyone or anything. He doesn’t share.

Ever.

Now if only someone had told that to the young man who would come into his life in the most unexpected way…

Brennan
With his entire life ahead of him, graduate student Brennan Devereaux wasn’t expecting it to change in the blink of an eye. But when a case of mistaken identity nearly costs Brennan his life, it isn’t just his future that’s about to change, but his past too. Because for years he’s been in love with a young man who only sees him as a friend and nothing more. And while he was content to love Tristan Barretti from afar, he hadn’t expected to be drawn to the mysterious stranger who saved his life and changed it with a simple promise.

I’m not letting you go.

They were words spoken in the heat of the moment as the darkness of death had threatened to claim him, but even as Brennan’s love for Tristan refuses to wane, his need for the intriguing Memphis Wheland continues to grow.

But any relationship with Memphis means he has to let go of the one thing in his life he’s always valued above everything else…

Tristan
At nineteen, Tristan Barretti should have had the world at his feet. His musical gifts have garnered him prestige as well as admission to the famed Julliard School in New York and he has a family that most people would kill for. But the protective bubble his fathers have kept him in has burst and he’s discovered that life outside his unconditionally loving family isn’t as accepting of a kid born with HIV. A poor decision to find answers to questions better left unasked, along with the complications of living with his disease, have Tristan returning to Seattle and the solace of his family.

And to the young man he’s wanted from the time he was barely old enough to even understand what that meant.

But with an uncertain future that leaves him nothing to offer the gorgeous and successful Brennan Devereaux, Tristan knows the best he can hope for is to keep building on the friendship they’ve shared for years and not get his hopes up that Brennan will be the one man who sees him and not his disease.

Except all bets are off when danger follows him home…

Choices
Even though a physical relationship with Brennan was supposed to be just that, Memphis finds himself unable to refuse his young lover’s request to help put a stop to the threat against Tristan. Even knowing full well that Brennan’s heart lies with the man he claims is nothing more than a friend, Memphis accepts the challenge of ensuring Tristan’s safety.

But when the quiet music student stops being a “job” and starts being something much more, Memphis is torn between his growing feelings for both young men and the fear that he’ll be facing an even greater betrayal that he’ll never be able to come back from.

Except none of that matters when the threat that Memphis never saw coming puts Brennan and Tristan in the crosshairs.

And the cost of the vengeance he once craved suddenly comes at too high a price…






Review


Starting a Sloane Kennedy book is like knowing the ride you are about to get one will be rough and scary but it’ll always end on the sweetest note that will make you smile and want to get back on for another go. Her men are always flawed but good at heart, even if they don’t think so, and family is always at the center.

Vengeance was no different. What these three men go through together and separate is terrifying and hard plus the aftermath of trying to keep it all together while life has just thrown the biggest, nastiest wrench into it is more than they could face. Sloane has this way of creating men that no matter their size, career, or status in life are possessive, strong, and even if they don’t know it, have a love of family in whatever manner it is made up.

Brennan reminds me of the person that is not what you think on the surface. He seems shy and insecure but in Memphis’s arms he comes alive and his true strength and wants surface. Brennan’s well of strength runs so deep and fierce you don’t see it coming until it’s already upon you. He knows that Tristan holds his heart but he has no chance with him so he takes a chance on the man that saved his life, the man he couldn’t forget.

Memphis is the brooding, flawed man with a mysterious but painful past who works for and is now the head of the underground vigilante group. He is happy to take over the day to day operations for Ronan because his job gives him purpose after losing everything years before. You can see this man holding back from the people in his life and sometimes even sense the pain he is in actually rolling off of him. Memphis is controlled in all things except for when Brennan comes along. He tries, he really does, but Brennan slips under his skin before he even knows it. Trust is the one thing Memphis doesn’t have in people.

Tristan has a secret. He did something stupid and now he holds the knowledge deep inside, not telling another living soul and runs back home leaving New York and Juilliard behind. No great loss since nothing was making him happy there anyway. He also missed his best friend Brennan terribly. In a lot of ways Tristan is a lot more naive and innocent than I thought he would be. But it truly suits him and how he fits in with these two men. But do not let his innocence fool you because he is smart and strong and is willing to fight for what he wants when he realizes it’s there for the taking.

The age gap in this story was one of my favorite parts. Each one of these men were so different from the other with the experiences they went through, the family lives they had, and the people they were that those things helped create. I loved that Tristan the youngest, although not the one who had the easiest life, was all innocence but had this way about him that just made these men feel wanted and safe with him. Brennan was a contradiction to me. He was strong and insecure, sure and wavering, determined and yielding. This wasn’t bad at all it actually made him a complex character that you were never quite sure how he would handle any given situation which allowed for a lack of predictability in some parts of the books. Whereas Memphis was the stable one to my shock. Even with a difficult past and him always wanting to run as far and fast as he could from Brennan and Tristan you knew who he was and what to expect from him.

I loved this story of these three flawed and fantastic men. There were some things that I felt could’ve used better development but it was a personal preference for the story more than something innately wrong with the story. I am so glad that Sloane puts these stories out so fast because they are so well written with some of the hottest sex scenes I’ve had the pleasure of reading. Can’t wait for Magnus and Dante!
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Sunday, August 21, 2016

Book of the Week: Forsaken by Sloane Kennedy #Review





Author: Sloane Kennedy
Book: Forsaken
Series: The Protectors #4
Self-published
Publication date: August 16, 2016
Length: 267 pages







Synopsis

Abandoned. Abused. Betrayed.
Ex-cop Maverick “Mav” James needs only three things. His Harley, an open road and his work in an underground organization that delivers justice when the law can’t.

Family? They left him long before he left them.

Friends? A liability.

A place to call home? Doesn’t exist.

Mav’s motto is simple: Get done and get out. Work, sex, doesn’t matter. No emotional connections. Simple.

Until he meets him.

Alone. Hiding. Broken.
At fifteen years old, Eli Galvez had nothing. No family, no friends and only his body as a means to make enough money to survive. But a chance meeting changed all that and eight years later, he’s well on his way to having the life he could once only dream of. He’s been accepted into medical school and he’s finally returned home to Seattle to be closer to the men and women who don’t share his blood, but are the only family he’s ever really known.

Only things aren’t what they seem and the secrets Eli has been hiding are about to come to the surface with dangerous consequences.

One final chance at a real future.
Guys like Eli just aren’t Mav’s type, period. Yet he can’t deny his intense attraction to the younger man who only looks at him with fear in his eyes. Until the day there’s something else in those eyes too. Something that draws Mav in and refuses to let go. Something that makes him want to forget his rules. But Mav’s learned the hard way what happens when you get too close to something. And while he vows to protect Eli after a violent attack leaves the younger man shaken, protection is all he’ll offer.

Because anything else would just cost too much.





Review

Sloane is one of those authors that you can tell by reading her books that she loves the broken, flawed, and damaged guys! And for that her guys and their love have become crack to me because I am drawn so much to that kind of character and stories; the kind that you have a deep connection and love for the men wanting to see them through this journey.
Mav has been let down in his life way too many times to not learn the lesson of not getting attached. So he doesn’t stick around and when he needs to escape that’s what his Harley and job are for. Just jump on and head off to the next job. But Eli changed all that for him. Oh he still doesn’t want to get attached but he can’t help it he’ll just keep in mind that this young man will leave him like everyone else, just give him time.
“What ashes were you rising from?”...
“The kind that burn you over and over again.”
Eli is the 15 year old boy we met in Logan’s Need that was rescued by Dom. It’s now years later and he now has a family. His mom is in-love and married to a man with two sons of his own. He is going to college for pre-med and he is finally back in town to be by Dom and the whole Barretti family. It should be the perfect life right? But something is going on that makes that perfect seem so false. What is Eli hiding from or who? Eli is whole because something broke him long before he found Mav but Mav sets off a fire in him, makes him want what he never thought he would after what he has been through, makes him realize he is strong and can stand up for himself.
“Tell me you want this,”... “I don’t have the words to explain how much I want this,”
There is so much plot wise in this story that drives these two very stubborn men but I don’t want to give too much away since that is the best part. There were some surprises that I liked in this story although they were tough to take. I love how strong Eli became as the story progressed and how he wouldn’t let Mav back away from him without a fight no matter how much Mav tried to hurt him. I know some of the things that Mav did to push Eli away will bother some people but just keep in mind Mav is not an easy guy, he is one tough nut to break and the breaking has to happen slowly or Eli could lose him forever. Eli has to become the guy Mav can count on, prove to Mav that he will never leave him. It is a struggle we see plain as day. Mav the tough guy always protecting others needs someone that he can lean on and that can show him he is wanted.
“It was all about me. For the first time I my whole goddamn life, I was being put first.”
The sexy in this book is off the charts!! As per usual in Sloane’s books but damn these two are hot together. But there was also this deep connection that came out a lot in their sex scenes which, for me, was the best part. Yes there were some that were just HOT but the ones with that emotion playing a huge role were the ones I loved the most.
“You make me a little less broken.”
Oh and one last thing...Baby! I was so happy to see Baby again after Logan’s Need! And that is one awesome Rottweiler who is both cuddly and super protector for Eli! So if you haven’t read this book DO IT! Although this is a standalone I would recommend you read Logan’s Need first to get a better understanding of Eli’s background and story.






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