Blog Tour Review
Love, Lies & the D.A.
by
Rebecca Rohman
~ Synopsis ~
Jada McLean is about to get
married in nine days, when she walks in on her fiancé in a little more than a compromising
position. Days later, she’s on a trip that she intends to be relaxing
and a prelude to her fresh
start, when she runs into the rude, obnoxious, but gorgeous Jonathan Kole.
Jonathan Kole is San
Francisco’s newest District Attorney. When he finds himself deeply attracted to a stunning beauty,
he has no idea that she’s about to get into BIG trouble with the law—and he’ll be the one
presiding over her trial. To make matters worse, his father is the lawyer representing her in the
high-profile case.
When a series of events force
them together over New Year’s weekend, Jonathan’s feelings and ethics will come into
question, while Jada comes to terms with the fact that she is falling
for the man that will be
responsible for attempting to put her behind bars… Little do they know, they're both about to
fall into a whirlwind so deep, it will send both their lives spiraling
out of control.
~ Excerpt ~
We finish lunch and watch a
movie and some football, complete with popcorn and soda. When the sun starts its descent, we head
to the hot tub. I am a little nervous. I hope I don’t gawk at him again. I slip into a little white
bikini, wrap myself in a robe, and head out.
When I get onto the terrace, I
try to ignore the fact that ass-hugging Ralph Lauren trunks cling to every inch of his well-endowed front…
and back. He steps into the tub, and after I tear my robe away, he stretches out his hand and
helps me in. I have no idea what I was thinking when I agreed to this. I can’t get hot and sexy images of us
having passionate sex in the tub out of my head.
Since Richard and I broke up,
my body has craved sexual pleasure in a way it hasn’t before, but this is flipping torture. Sure, I’ve
pleasured myself a few times, but there is no substitute for a man who you’re physically attracted to who you
know knows all the right things to do to you in bed. Sitting opposite to
him, I close my eyes, sit back,
and relax. I hope that I don’t give him a clue that while I lie here, I am practically salivating at the
mouth and lusting for his sexual pleasure.
I am just starting to calm down
and relax when he raises one of my feet and massages, working his thumbs from around my ankle to
the arch of my foot and then my toes. My God, I swear this could be considered foreplay, because
what he is doing to me right now causes all sorts of tension to develop between my thighs, along with
the tingling sensation that runs down my lower back.
My goodness. Is he purposely
trying to seduce me, or is he completely unaware of what his actions are doing to my body?
Oh, don’t be naïve, Jada. Of
course he knows what he’s doing. He’s made his feelings for you abundantly clear.
He moves to my other foot, and
as he works, a soft moan spurts out of my lips. I can’t remember the last time I’ve been this
sexually aroused. I try to remember the last time I was with Richard, and
nothing comes to mind. Jonathan snaps
me back to the present when his hands move from my feet and he works his way up my calf.
Oh God, that feels good.
I feel like I’m losing control.
I want him to make love to me. I open my eyes, and I’m startled when I find him staring straight at me. He
hooks his arms under my thighs and pulls me towards him. The look in his eyes are filled with pure
desire. I’m straddling him, and I can feel his erection in the center of my
crevasse; just a few thin
strips of fabric are between us. He folds me in his arms and draws me close to
him. My heart explodes between our bodies, and my hardened nipples are against
his chest. I lean my forehead against his, and finally our lips touch. He gently braces my head with his
palm, and I wrap my arms around his neck. He kisses me again, but this time I part my lips,
allowing his tongue to slip into my mouth. I open my mouth wider, letting him deepen our kiss, allowing our
tongues to tease and explore each other. My hands roam over his neck, shoulders, and chest.
His hands glide over my
shoulders and down to my back. He draws me closer towards him. Kissing my neck, his hands caress my back,
and his fingers inch closer to the ties of my swimsuit.
Suddenly, I remember that he
may very well be the man to ensure that I am sent off to prison. I pull away. My breathing is
heavy—so is his. My forehead is still against his. He kisses me on my cheek then my neck.
“Why’d you have to be the
bloody District Attorney?” I whisper.
“And why’d you have to be a
suspect?” he responds.
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~ Review ~
This is my second read from Rebecca and although Romantic Suspense
is not my usual genre I was happy to take this journey.
The story opens with Jada just a little over a week away
from getting married when she finds her
finance in a compromising position. In
need of some space, Jada takes off and meets Mr. Personality himself, Jonathan
Kole.
This book was full so many twists and turns that keeps the
reader engaged right from the start. I will admit that it took me a while to
warm up to Jada but once I did I was truly pulling for her and Jonathan. Their journey may not have been smooth but
some of the best things in life are fought for.
One look at the page count on this book and I was a little
worried….but the story is so engaging that the pages fly by. There were several times throughout the story
where I found myself caught up in the emotions.
There were tears, there was yelling and there was laughter. This story is told in first person with
alternative point of views which I tend to favor.
There is so much action packed into this story that it is
hard to review without giving anything away.
So I will say this….go grab Love Lies and the D.A. and find out for
yourself. I have a feeling that if you
are a fan of romantic suspense Rebecca Rohman will become a favorite of yours.
~ Rating ~
~ Guest Post from
the Author ~
Love, Lies & The D.A.
I worked on this book for the
last year and the whole time, I could hear my mentor’s voice in my head.
“Telling not showing,” she’d
say, or “I’m not convinced… not feeling it here.”
With this book I pushed myself,
and tried to blow everything I knew I was guilty of with my first book (at least during the writing
phase), out the park. My aim was to make the reader and my mentor, laugh and cry. I want readers to feel
happy and sad, and at times I want them to feel angry—I want them to experience what the characters
feel.
I’ve always had the most
difficult time being funny in my writing and it was something I really strived
to do in certain parts of this
book. I think I’ve succeeded—it’s up to bookworms out there to decide. I’m silly, I laugh at my own jokes
and depending on my husband to tell me if something was funny or not in a romance novel, was a complete
waste of time.
He always gave the same blah
response, “It’s cute.”
Not necessarily what you want
to hear when attempting to write a funny scene. The scenes where I wanted to
evoke tears were the most difficult however. I had to get myself in “the zone”. That meant privacy,
quiet, soft or no music, then I’d put myself in my characters shoes and I’d imagine how they’d feel.
In some instances, it was as
simple as going back to a sad time in my life, but in others, I used my own fears— how I thought I would
react in a given situation to write those scenes. I thought if I felt what the characters did; it would
translate to the readers too. When I found myself bawling while my fingertips
scrambled across the keyboard,
I truly believed I would succeed in roping the reader in.
My aim was to keep readers
engaged from page one all the way to the very end. Love, Lies & The D.A. will take people through a
myriad of emotions—from lighthearted moments, to intense situations, from close encounters to steamy
love scenes. Readers will laugh, and they will cry. I hope they thoroughly enjoy the
heartwarming and sometimes heart-wrenching journey that Jada and Jonathan go through as they turn through
the pages of my book.
~ About the Author ~
Rebecca
Rohman is a wife and designer currently living in the Northeastern United
States.
She was a Sales Manager for a tourist magazine, and for many
years prior, she was involved
in marketing for a jewelry company, and later for a fine
wine distributor.
About fifteen years ago, she started writing her first
romance novel, Uncorked, just to purely
entertain herself. It was not until early in 2012 when she
decided to complete it and share it
with the world. The story was published in February of 2013.
Love, Lies & The D.A. is her second novel.
