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Title: Behind
the Pitch (Declan's POV)
Series: Seeking
Serenity series, Book #1.5
Author: Eden
Butler
Genre: NA
Contemporary Romance
Release Date: January
24, 2014
Tour Organized by: As the Pages Turn
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"Behind the Pitch" is a novella set in the
"Chasing Serenity" universe and is told in Declan Fraser's point of
view. The release date is set tentatively for December/January.
Synopsis:
Expat
Irish rugby player Declan Fraser only wanted to play the sport he loves. He
didn’t want to be stuck in this middle-of-nowhere town at this all too quaint
university. He didn’t want his team captain to be an entitled jackass who
switched Declan's position on the squad just to make himself look good. And he
sure as hell didn’t want to fall in love with graduate student Autumn McShane.
Autumn
is stubborn, but gorgeous; she bristles at any hint of dependency on anyone or
anything, but she’s also a survivor. She’s everything Declan didn’t know he
wanted. When Autumn finds herself in the middle of a challenging bet with her
ex-boyfriend - who just happens to be the arrogant team captain that Declan
hates - he feels honor bound to help her out. But he didn’t expect to fall for
her in the process.
“Behind
the Pitch” reveals the most twisted and erotic thoughts in Declan’s head as he
navigates through his on again/off again, frustrating and deeply erotic
relationship with Autumn McShane.
And
lordy, does he have a filthy mind.
EXCERPT
She will be the death of
me.
McShane with her long,
ginger hair that smelled like cotton candy one day and some weird flowery scent
I can’t place the next.
McShane who kissed me back
like she meant it, like she wanted more of me that day in the basement.
McShane who walked away
hacked off when Morrison and I started throwing fists at each other after the
match, when he got a bit too caveman for my liking. Pouncy bollocks. He
deserved it. Telling me that McShane was his, that I needed to stay away from
her.
And now, fecking now, she
was blowing me off at this loud, obnoxious club.
I didn’t know what she was
fussed about. Really, she should have thanked me. I was only looking after her.
But try convincing that stubborn woman of anything.
“I haven’t needed a man
since my dad skipped out on us,” she said. “And I got over the domineering
caveman shit after Tucker. Now it only pisses me off.”
As though I needed
telling. I saw who she is, how she is. I saw that she’s strong, that she’s
capable. But fuck me if I couldn’t seem to quell the need to look after her
anyway, to protect her. What was it about this girl? Why couldn’t I stay away?
And why the hell did she
have to look so damn gorgeous?
I watched her dancing with
her friends across the club. She kept downing drinks, Scotch of all things, as
though it was water. Her hips moving in that tight dress called to me, had my
eyes swaying from her face and lingering there far longer than seemed decent.
But to hell with her if
she thought I’d chase after her. I did have some pride, you see.
She moved to the beat,
swaying here and there, against her pissed friends, hammered to shite. They
danced together with liquid ease, their bodies touching, bouncing, grazing
against each other and it was all I could do to keep from running across the
club and pulling McShane to me; to have her nestled against my chest, her hot
breath moistening my neck.
Shite.
MY REVIEW
First things first, you need to read Chasing Serenity first in order to understand Behind the Pitch. This is a novella and is seen from Delcan's POV. Can I just say that Ms. Butler did an amazing job. Even though it is a novella the book did not leave me feeling like something was missing. It also doesn't feel like you are reading the same story but rather missing pieces. So it does feel different. Declan really needs to explain things to Serenity, but you will see!
You must read this book! It was a great read from a males POV.
Author Bio:
Eden
Butler is an editor and writer of New Adult Romance and SciFi and Fantasy
novels and the nine-times great-granddaughter of an honest-to-God English
pirate. This could explain her affinity for rule breaking and rum. Her debut
novel, a New Adult, Contemporary (no cliffie) Romance, “Chasing Serenity” will
launch October 2013.
When
she’s not writing or wondering about her possibly Jack Sparrowesque ancestor,
thinking up impossible plots, Eden edits, reads and spends way too much time
watching rugby, Doctor Who and New Orleans Saints football.
Author Contact Info:
TOUR WIDE GIVEAWAY:
Eden is offering up
(3) eBook set copies of Chasing Serenity & Behind the Pitch or (1) signed
copy of Chasing Serenity up for grabs.
Giveaway is international and ends at 11:59 PM CST 02/17/2014.
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