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Beautifully Forgotten
(Beautifully Damaged #2)
by
L.A. Fiore
Beautifully Forgotten
(Beautifully Damaged #2)
by
L.A. Fiore
~ Synopsis ~
Successful
restaurateur Lucien Black’s blue-green eyes and unattainable attitude drive
women wild. But his abandonment issues and criminal past have left him
emotionally closed off. When a familiar face shows up for a job interview at
his nightclub, the ache he has tried to forget tears at his heart—it’s the girl
who once healed him…and then abandoned him.
Darcy
MacBride still remembers Lucien’s delicate touch when they were both wildly in
love teenagers. His gorgeous eyes had soothed her hurt after she’d been dumped
off at the orphanage where Lucien lived. Darcy felt his jagged edges fit
perfectly into her own, and she’d planned to spend the rest of her life with
him—until a mysterious man warned her away. Now, fourteen years later, she’s
ready to endure the torture of Lucien’s indifference and having him as her
boss…just to be near him. But when it seems that they might finally take up
where they left off, a devastating secret buried in their past threatens to
tear them apart again.
~ Excerpt ~
Lucien
watched as Darcy struggled to get the printer working. Even from his distance
he could hear the cursing, which made him smile. It had been a week since their
relationship had taken a very pleasant turn. She was still just as feisty as he
remembered and it wasn’t hard for him to recall why he had fallen for her in
the first place. Their sparring was verbal foreplay and he fucking craved it.
His eyes moved over her. Her body was nothing like the one he had known, with
curves that his hands itched to touch. Her hair was up, though he preferred it
down, and tendrils were falling out of the twist. He remembered vividly the
sight of it spread out over his pillow.
He had to admit that she was still just as interesting to him as she had been at fourteen. Despite everything, she was still his Darcy—sweet, witty, and guileless, except at the moment. She looked about ready to torch the printer, so he moved to help her. As he approached, she was actually staring into the paper tray, yelling at the creatures that lived inside it.
He chuckled, which must have taken her by surprise, because she leaped backward and landed on his foot.
“Fuck!” he cursed.
“Sorry.”
He looked down at her strappy sandals with heels high enough to stake a vampire and had a vision of those legs draped over his shoulders. Instantly, he was hard.
“I was going to offer to help you. The printer can be temperamental, but now I’m bleeding out from a stab wound.”
She didn’t miss a beat. “It probably didn’t even break the skin. What is it you guys say? Rub some dirt into it.”
He eyed her shoes. “Those things should be listed as lethal weapons.”
“Hardly. There are far cheaper ways to kill someone.” She bent to stare into the printer again and Lucien took the opportunity to check out the curve of her ass in the little black skirt she wore.
“Stop checking out my ass and help me.”
Not at all repentant for getting caught staring, he replied easily, “It’s a paper jam.”
He thought he was being helpful and when she straightened slowly, he entertained the notion that she was struggling with the need to throw herself into his arms in gratitude.
One look at her face, though, and he knew he wasn’t going to be copping a feel.
“Your powers of deduction are astounding. Seriously, you should give a seminar on mastering the obvious.”
He tried not to laugh, but he lost that battle. And she responded by flaying a layer of skin off him with her sharp tongue.
“I know it’s a paper jam, Sherlock, I just can’t find it.”
“It’s usually in the back,” Lucien said as he reached for the back of the printer, his arm brushing up against her on purpose. Darcy’s inhaled breath in response had his balls tightening. He dislodged the paper and pulled it free.
He turned to her with a smug smile, which she returned with uncanny accuracy before she said, “Thanks. I almost lost my cool.”
“Almost?”
A slight smile touched her lips. “I should go restart my print job.”
“Probably, unless you can get the little men in the printer to do it.”
Brownies.”
“What?”
She laughed. “Not the baked goods, the little mischievous mystical creatures.”
“They live in my printer?”
“Maybe.” She started away, but stopped and turned to him.“Thanks.”
“Have dinner with me tonight.”
She eyed him through her lashes before she said, “You’re on.”
And then she turned and disappeared into her office.
~ Links to Buy ~ He had to admit that she was still just as interesting to him as she had been at fourteen. Despite everything, she was still his Darcy—sweet, witty, and guileless, except at the moment. She looked about ready to torch the printer, so he moved to help her. As he approached, she was actually staring into the paper tray, yelling at the creatures that lived inside it.
He chuckled, which must have taken her by surprise, because she leaped backward and landed on his foot.
“Fuck!” he cursed.
“Sorry.”
He looked down at her strappy sandals with heels high enough to stake a vampire and had a vision of those legs draped over his shoulders. Instantly, he was hard.
“I was going to offer to help you. The printer can be temperamental, but now I’m bleeding out from a stab wound.”
She didn’t miss a beat. “It probably didn’t even break the skin. What is it you guys say? Rub some dirt into it.”
He eyed her shoes. “Those things should be listed as lethal weapons.”
“Hardly. There are far cheaper ways to kill someone.” She bent to stare into the printer again and Lucien took the opportunity to check out the curve of her ass in the little black skirt she wore.
“Stop checking out my ass and help me.”
Not at all repentant for getting caught staring, he replied easily, “It’s a paper jam.”
He thought he was being helpful and when she straightened slowly, he entertained the notion that she was struggling with the need to throw herself into his arms in gratitude.
One look at her face, though, and he knew he wasn’t going to be copping a feel.
“Your powers of deduction are astounding. Seriously, you should give a seminar on mastering the obvious.”
He tried not to laugh, but he lost that battle. And she responded by flaying a layer of skin off him with her sharp tongue.
“I know it’s a paper jam, Sherlock, I just can’t find it.”
“It’s usually in the back,” Lucien said as he reached for the back of the printer, his arm brushing up against her on purpose. Darcy’s inhaled breath in response had his balls tightening. He dislodged the paper and pulled it free.
He turned to her with a smug smile, which she returned with uncanny accuracy before she said, “Thanks. I almost lost my cool.”
“Almost?”
A slight smile touched her lips. “I should go restart my print job.”
“Probably, unless you can get the little men in the printer to do it.”
Brownies.”
“What?”
She laughed. “Not the baked goods, the little mischievous mystical creatures.”
“They live in my printer?”
“Maybe.” She started away, but stopped and turned to him.“Thanks.”
“Have dinner with me tonight.”
She eyed him through her lashes before she said, “You’re on.”
And then she turned and disappeared into her office.
~ Review ~
What can I say but LUCIAN BLACK........FINALLY!!!! I think I reached out to L.A. Fiore in early 2013 after finishing Beautifully Damaged and practically begged her to tell me when we could have Lucian's story. Let me just say that it was SOOOOOOO worth the wait!
It was nice to get the back story that made Lucian into the amazing, complex, sexy and demanding man that he is. His tortured soul just made him that much more appealing. The fact the he was friends with Trace and Ember was just icing on the cake. I enjoyed catching up with them and seeing how all of their lives were intertwined.
As expected the story was captivating leaving little bread crumbs along the way to lead you to the different truths.....but just when you thought you had an idea of where the story was going there was yet another twist.
An amazing read that will take you on an emotional journey of love, loss, forgiveness, family and redemption. The story all though told through multiple point of views is so well written that the story flows flawlessly from one chapter to the next propelling you deeper into the story with each page.
For me there was definitely a few moments in which L.A. Fiore made my heart stop but I had faith that everyone would get what they deserved in the end.
If you have not had the opportunity to read Beautifully Damaged I suggest you grab your copy today. The first book covers Trace and Ember's story but will introduce you to Lucian Black and send you running to one click Beautifully Forgotten. Let's just say the neither of these books will be forgotten for me. Looking forward to what L.A. Fiore has coming for us in the future.
It was nice to get the back story that made Lucian into the amazing, complex, sexy and demanding man that he is. His tortured soul just made him that much more appealing. The fact the he was friends with Trace and Ember was just icing on the cake. I enjoyed catching up with them and seeing how all of their lives were intertwined.
As expected the story was captivating leaving little bread crumbs along the way to lead you to the different truths.....but just when you thought you had an idea of where the story was going there was yet another twist.
An amazing read that will take you on an emotional journey of love, loss, forgiveness, family and redemption. The story all though told through multiple point of views is so well written that the story flows flawlessly from one chapter to the next propelling you deeper into the story with each page.
For me there was definitely a few moments in which L.A. Fiore made my heart stop but I had faith that everyone would get what they deserved in the end.
If you have not had the opportunity to read Beautifully Damaged I suggest you grab your copy today. The first book covers Trace and Ember's story but will introduce you to Lucian Black and send you running to one click Beautifully Forgotten. Let's just say the neither of these books will be forgotten for me. Looking forward to what L.A. Fiore has coming for us in the future.
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See where it all began........
Beautifully Damaged
(Beautifully Damaged #1)
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Re-Release Date: March 25, 2014
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~ Synopsis ~
** This edition of Beautifully Damaged has been extensively revised and includes new scenes. **
Ember Walsh is a trusting soul with the quiet beauty of her late mother, who perished in a mysterious car crash when Ember was three. A little tomboyish from being raised by her father, Ember packs a punch when a stranger gets pushy with her in a bar, catching the steely blue eyes of a tall, gorgeous tattooed man—Trace Montgomery. Still damaged from her last disastrous relationship and warned off the bad boy by friends, Ember fights the smoldering heat that Trace sparks in her when he begins shadowing her like a dark angel.
Burdened by a lifetime of horror and heartbreak, amateur fighter Trace doesn’t want to want Ember. His deep self-loathing keeps him from having any meaningful relationships, but Ember is an itch he can’t scratch. The two push and pull, slowly crumbling their walls, seemingly brought together by fate, because the turmoil that haunts their pasts is interlinked in undeniable ways. But can these two fighters finally lay down their arms?
In Beautifully Damaged, L.A. Fiore delves into deep scars and lets love and forgiveness uncover redemption.
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