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SLADE
(Wild #3)
by
Adriane Leigh
Release Date: September 26, 2014
Genre: Erotic Contemporary Romance Cover Designer: Cover It! Designs Cover Model: Marcel Snyman |
~ Synopsis ~
Behind every beautiful thing, there is some kind of pain...
Always overlooked. Always just there. That's what Dillon was to me.
Until one night.
In one night she flipped my world on its axis and there's no going back. But she has secrets, and secrets fester like an open wound. They color the past and forecast the future, but I'm determined to open her up; free her from her memories so she can live in the light and have the life she deserves.
It's just too bad that she wants nothing to do with me. But I'm nothing if not persistent and I'm not a man that gives up without a fight. I've had a taste and there's no walking away.
I just have to convince her that I'm not what she fears, I'm what she wants.
Slade, like Wild and Ridge, is a standalone.
Reading Wild and Ridge first will provide some back story, but is not required to read Slade.
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~ Excerpt ~
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“Fuck off,” I gritted as I sunk the last ball in the pocket. “I
won, pay up, you cheap cocksucker.” I held a hand out. Wild quirked his lips in
a shit-eating grin and slapped a twenty in my palm.
“You lost, why the fuck you look so happy?”
“Something about you being all bitchy over a girl tickles my funny
bone.” He stood and gathered the balls on the pool table for another game. “So,
what’d she do?” he asked as he lined up the first shot.
“It’s not what she did, I don’t think…” I gnawed the problem over
in my head. “I took her to LUST.” I said the last word under my breath.
“Well, shit.” His ball went off kilter with his shot. He stood and
rested both wrists on his pool cue. “Didn’t take it well then, I assume?”
“Guess not. I'm at a loss. I went to her place in the hopes of
making some grand gesture and she shut down.”
“Yeah, Dillon isn’t one for grand gestures.”
“Little late for that head's up.” I bent and aimed for a solid.
“You want her back?” he asked with interest.
“Problem is, I never had her. She said we were just fucking
around.”
“Well, I coulda told you that too.” He grinned and took another
sip from his bottle.
“You're a wealth of information in hindsight, aren’t you?”
He shrugged with a chuckle. “Play hard to get.”
“I don’t do games, brother. You know that.”
“Also probably why you’re thirty-two and still single.” His blue
eyes glinted with amusement.
“You’re such a fucker.”
“Seriously. Dillon is more man than woman. Play to her baser
instincts. Let her see you with someone else, the territorial bitch will come
out to play. She’ll be all up on your dick.”
“Really? That feels…”
“Dishonest? It is, but means to an end, ya know?”
“I was going to say like a bitch move, but dishonest too.”
“Bitch move or not, man, I bet you it works.” He shrugged and
lined up his shot after I missed my second ball.
“So what? Ask someone out on a date and bring her here? I hate
this already.” I ran a hand through my hair when I missed another ball.
“Jesus. She has you acting like a chick. You usually smoke me.” He
frowned at the pool table. “Gonna have to call Ridge if I want to play a decent
game.” He rubbed at the scruff along his jaw.
“Fuck off.” I took another shot, added extra power and sunk it with
a thunk.
“Ha, see, I just played you. You think I’d ever call my brother
for a game of pool?”
“Okay…” I pointed at him as realization dawned. “You’re an epic
asshole, and I get your point. And I thought you and Ridge were better?” I'd
heard rumblings of Ridge sleeping with Mia, Wild's one-time fiancé, but as far
as I knew Wild and Ridge had worked it out, as best as something like that
could be worked out, I guessed.
“We are, we are. But still, ten foot pole, ya know?” He shrugged
and I saw their history swirl in his ice blue eyes. He and his brother had been
through a lot, some good, mostly bad. All not my business.
“So, play games, huh?”
“Yep.”
“Like a bitch?”
“Exactly.” Wild stood from his barstool. “And you sunk my ball,
fucker, pay up.” He held his hand out.
“What? I was distracted.”
“By a chick. No excuse. I want my twenty back.”
“Jesus, no wonder your bother said you were a douche.”
His laugh boomed through the small pool room as I shoved the
twenty back in his palm. He took a long swig of his beer and winked.
“I don’t know why the fuck I even talk to you.”
“Because I’m a wealth of information.”
“In hindsight.”
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~ Review ~
This is the 3rd installment in the Wild Series and although Slade is not a Wild he is WILD!! OMG!! I think I love SLADE more than WILD! Devoured this book in one sitting...couldn't put it down.
As with all of Adriane's writing she sucks you in right from the beginning and keeps you riveted to the screen of your kindle keeping you on edge for what will come next.
We meet Dillon and Slade in previous books. Dillon is commonly referred to as the town slut but no one knows the true Dillon because she uses her past as a shield to keep everyone out. Well, until Slade that is.
He is just as persistent and determined to win Dillon over as she is to keep him at bay. But he proves to be more to Dillon to just a friend with benefits. When she is caught between trying to protect herself and letting herself feel, turmoil ensues. Will she be able to open up to Slade and let the only man who has touched her heart in?
As the story unfolds we find that Slade has some secrets of his own. His need for control may be more that a woman like Dillon can take. After bearing his secrets and thoughts to Dillon, he gives her time and space to take it all in. But patience is not his strong suit, will he push too hard too fast?
Loved this book! The characters are real. You can feel the anxiety and frustration. The sex scenes (and there are plenty) are steamy and erotic. (If you've met Wild then you won't be surprised.) Dillon's fears are not uncommon nor is her way of dealing with her past. Now, any friend of Lane Wild's is a friend of mine. I absolutely adored Slade and his dirty mouth and take charge attitude. I like that he was determined to fight for Dillon regardless of how hard she tried to push him away.
Although you could read this book as a standalone you would be missing out on the experience of getting to know Wild, Kat and Ridge. Grab your copy of SLADE today and see what everyone is talking about.
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(Wild, #2)
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~ About the Author ~
Adriane Leigh was born and raised in a snowbank in Michigan's Upper Peninsula and now lives amongst the sand dunes of the Lake Michigan lakeshore.
She graduated with a Literature degree but never particularly enjoyed reading Shakespeare or Chaucer.
Adriane is married to a tall, dark and handsome guy, plays mama to two sweet baby girls, and is a voracious reader and knitter.
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