Title: Rough
Series: Chicago Underground #1
Author: Skye Warren
Release Date: May 26, 2015
Blurb
I’m a cautionary tale. A statistic. A victim. A single teenage mother from the poor part of town. Most of the time I’m too busy working and struggling to care what people think. Survival doesn’t come easy.
I have a dark secret, a pressure valve, a rare moment just for myself. On these nights I visit a club. There I find men who give me what I need.
Men like Colin.
But he wants more than a few stolen hours. He demands more than my body. He wants my heart and soul—my happily ever after. I never thought I’d be Cinderella. I never thought a man that rough could be my prince.
I have a dark secret, a pressure valve, a rare moment just for myself. On these nights I visit a club. There I find men who give me what I need.
Men like Colin.
But he wants more than a few stolen hours. He demands more than my body. He wants my heart and soul—my happily ever after. I never thought I’d be Cinderella. I never thought a man that rough could be my prince.
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Review by Emma Mistress of All Dark & Twisted
Rough by Skye Warren is the first in her Chicago Underground series. It's a scary, suspenseful and sexy read that shows how deeply hidden secrets can either make or break you and that sometimes you can never outrun your past no matter how hard you try. It's a journey into the depths of survival and the price you sometimes have to pay.
Allie Winters is a survivor. At 19 she's a single mum and does whatever it takes to provide for her daughter. Her life changed in an instant one day when her trust in one person was betrayed in the worst possible way, she copes with this by having one evening each month to release the pressure of this existence: it's her dark, dangerous secret. One night she meets Collin: he's dangerous, formidable and closed off. He appears to be her knight in shining armour saving her from the men who take what they need and give her what she wants, but is there more to Collin than meets the eye as in this life nothing is given away for free or is it?
This is brilliant start to a new series that intertwines suspense with passion, highly likeable characters with subtle plot twists that has you guessing and trying to piece together bits of all the way to the end. It's not all wrapped up this time so I'm eager for answers in book 2 Hard that's out soon!!
4 intriguing and darkly twisted stars.
Allie Winters is a survivor. At 19 she's a single mum and does whatever it takes to provide for her daughter. Her life changed in an instant one day when her trust in one person was betrayed in the worst possible way, she copes with this by having one evening each month to release the pressure of this existence: it's her dark, dangerous secret. One night she meets Collin: he's dangerous, formidable and closed off. He appears to be her knight in shining armour saving her from the men who take what they need and give her what she wants, but is there more to Collin than meets the eye as in this life nothing is given away for free or is it?
This is brilliant start to a new series that intertwines suspense with passion, highly likeable characters with subtle plot twists that has you guessing and trying to piece together bits of all the way to the end. It's not all wrapped up this time so I'm eager for answers in book 2 Hard that's out soon!!
4 intriguing and darkly twisted stars.
Review by Ally Obsessive One Clicker
Rough by Skye Warren wow what can I say this book it was excellent. This is a new series that is written by Skye. I really loved the story and the characters Colin and Allie and her daughter Bailey. I was hooked on the first page and couldn't stop til the very end. Now I gotta wait for the second one to come out to see what happens with Allie and Colin.
Allie is a tough female character who puts her daughter first and her second she will do anything to protect them both. Allie has had a hard life while growing up she was raped by her boyfriend when she was in high school. She comes homes and finds out that she is pregnant. Allie frequents the clubs to pick up guys to feed her sexual hungers. One of her night out at the club she meets a sexy stranger named Colin who is strong and tough and will protect those who are with him.
Wow what can I say about Rough I loved every minute of it. This series will keep you hooked and wanting more from Skye Warren. Looking forward to the second book in the Chicago Underground series.
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BOOK ONE
Excerpt
He walked me backward, and we made out against the round fake-wood table, his hands running over my sides, my back. Avoiding the good parts like we were two horny teenagers in our parents’ basements, new to this. I shuddered at the thought. This was all wrong. His hands were too light. I was half under him already, my hips cradling his, so I surged up and nipped at his lip. Predictably his body jerked, and he thrust his hips down onto me.
Yes. That’s what I need. I softened my body, surrendering to him.
“Bed,” he murmured against my lips.
We stripped at the same time, both eager. I wanted to see his body, to witness what he offered me, but it was dark in the room. Then he kissed me back onto the bed, and there was no more time to wonder. The cheap bedspread was rough and cool against my skin. His hands stroked over my breasts and then played gently with my nipples.
My body responded, turning liquid, but something was wrong.
I’d had this problem before. Not everyone wanted to play rough, but I was surprised that I’d misread him. His muscles were hard, the pads of his fingers were calloused. I didn’t know how he could touch me so softly. Everything about him screamed that he could hurt me, so why didn’t he?
I wanted him to have his nasty way with me, but every sweet caress destroyed the illusion. My fantasy was to let him do whatever he wanted with me, but not this.
“Harder,” I said. “I need it harder.”
Instead his hands gentled. The one that had been holding my breast traced the curve around and under.
I groaned in frustration. “What’s wrong?”
He reached down, still breathing heavily, and pressed a finger lightly to my cunt, then stroked upward through the moisture. I gasped, rocking my hips to follow his finger.
“You like this,” he said.
Yes, I liked it. I was undeniably aroused but too aware. I needed the emptiness of being taken. “I like it better rough.”
Colin frowned. My eyes widened at the ferocity of his expression.
In one smooth motion he flipped me onto my stomach. I lost my breath from the surprise and impact. His left hand slid under my body between my legs and cupped me. His right hand fisted in my hair, pulling my head back. His erection throbbed beside my ass in promise. I wanted to beg him to fuck me, but all I could do was gasp. He didn’t need to be told, though, and ground against me, using my hair as a handle.
That small pain on my scalp was perfection, sharp and sweet. Numbness spread through me, as did relief.
The pain dimmed. My arousal did too, but that was okay. I was only vaguely aware of him continuing to work my body from behind.
I went somewhere else in my mind. I’d stay that way all night.
At least that’s what usually happened. Not this time. Instead I felt light strokes on my hair, my arms, my back. His cock pulsed hot against my thigh, but he didn’t try to put it inside me, not in any of the places it would almost fit. His hands on me didn’t even feel sexual. He petted me, and I arched into his caress.
“Why did you stop?” I meant it to come out demanding, but instead I sounded weak. I hated sounding weak, especially about sex. He may be the one with the cock and the fists, but I called the shots. I had to.
“Allie, shhh. It’s okay.” He was trying to soothe me, and it was working. He turned me back over and began to kiss me, still murmuring words against my lips. “I’ll give it to you. Don’t worry. Relax.” More words than he’d spoken all night.
I was lost, my emotions all jumbled up from my arousal and my high and subsequent low, at the mercy of this stranger.
What’s happening to me? I needed to get back to something I knew. I wanted him to fuck me, to be inside me, to center me. I whimpered, hoping he’d understand. “Shhh.” He arranged my arms and legs so that they were splayed open on the bed and then kissed his way down my stomach.
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Skye Warren is the New York Times and USA Today Bestselling author of dark romantic fiction.
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