BookLover Sue: Review & Giveaway - Full Contact (Worth the Fight #2) by Sidney Halston

Full Contact

Worth the Fight # 2

By: Sidney Halston

Releasing October 28^th, 2014

Loveswept

Blurb:

Sidney Halston returns to steamy Tarpon Springs, Florida, where a hell-raising bad boy prepares to get down and dirty for the woman he loves.

How could she have been so stupid? When Jessica Cross decides to give her violently jealous boyfriend—the otherwise influential and charming Dennis Stavros—a second chance, she very nearly becomes a statistic. After weeks of healing from a broken rib and collapsed lung, and with Dennis behind bars, Jessica finally feels ready to come out of hiding. But will she ever be able to take a chance on love again with someone new?

Mixed martial arts fighter Slade Martin knows he has a bad reputation. Hell, he's probably earned it. So it won’t be easy to convince beautiful, vulnerable Jessica that she can trust him—that from the moment she walked into his life, she’s been the only one he’s wanted. Powerful and confident, Slade knows he can honor his vow to protect Jessica body and soul. Winning her heart will be another matter . . . but a woman like Jessica is worth the fight.

Excerpt:

He leaned down and placed a kiss on the corner of her lips. When she didn’t stop him, he licked his lips and moved closer until his warm mouth met hers. It was a slow and tender kiss. He pulled back a little and looked at her, serious and hopeful. She closed her eyes and took a deep breath, feeling that the sweet kiss was the beginning of something. Something just as sweet as the kiss. He hesitated only a moment before once again leaning down; his hand cupped the back of her neck and lifted up a little. This time, Jessica’s lips parted slightly, and taking advantage of the unspoken welcome, he slowly slipped his tongue into her mouth, just a little, sweeping the top of her lip and then the bottom as he retreated. His tongue darted out and he tasted his own lips, before closing his eyes and letting out a little groan.

“Come on, let’s get you home.” His voice was shaky.

“Uh...what?”

“That was…” He closed his eyes and took in a big breath. “Jesus Christ, Jessica, your lips taste like strawberries.”

She ran her tongue around her lips, “My lip gloss.”

“I’ve wanted to kiss you for months. I kiss you and you taste like Goddamn strawberries! I fuckin’ love strawberries. I want to eat you, do you understand? Your mouth…I want it.”

“Uh…” Sounded like a great plan to her.

“Nope. Get that look off your face. I’ve been waiting months and now that I know this added thing, I don’t want just a little taste. I want so much more and tonight was our first date and I’m trying to be a gentleman. So, please, get your strawberry mouth and your gorgeous ass up so I can take you home before I eat you up.”

Jessica’s breath was ragged and she wanted to be eaten. Consumed. But Slade helped her up before standing himself. He gave her a quick kiss on the cheek, gifting her with a little frustrated groan, and led her to the door.

That night, Slade consumed her dreams. He was such a strong domineering man, and she wondered about the extent of his dominance. Would he be domineering in bed? Take charge? Have his way with her? Would she even like that kind of sex? She’d slept with a few men before, but it was never what she had always fantasized sex should be like: passionate, lustful, out-of-control. Sex hadn’t been terrible, but it was just a thing you did with the man you were with at the moment. She’d always felt like it should be…more.

And, goodness, did she want to be consumed by Slade! She wanted to feel each hard ripple of his body against hers, his long hair tickling her thighs as he dropped to his knees with a wanton need to taste her. As she thought about his fingers inside her, his mouth on her, her hands wandered down her body to feel how wet just the thought of him made her. She knew that these thoughts were just fantasies. Unrealistic. But she filled her mind with thoughts of Slade picking her up and fucking her into submission, as she touched herself. Afterward she went to sleep hoping Slade could live up to her fantasies.

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Goodreads Link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22469198-full-contact?from_search=true

Goodreads Series Link: https://www.goodreads.com/series/135224-worth-the-fight

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My Review:

This was another amazing book by Sidney Halston in the Worth The Fight series. This is the second book and I highly recommend that new readers read this series in order though each book features a different couple, these stories are intertwined. Jessica is a bartender who survived an attack by her abusive boyfriend, Dennis. Slade is a MMA fighter turned gym owner and trainer who helped Jessica as her body healed. There is strong chemistry between these two fantastic characters that had me eagerly turning the pages to read more of. This well written story has a wonderful blend of romance, humor, drama and suspense that will draw readers in. It also has a incredible cast of secondary characters that I now find myself eagerly awaiting their own stories and this is plenty of additional tales hinted in this book. I am keeping my eyes on this series! ~Booklover Sue

Author Info:

Sidney Halston lives her life by one simple rule: “Just do it.” And that’s exactly what she did. At the age of thirty, having never written anything other than a legal brief, she picked up a pen for the first time to pursue her dream of becoming an author. That first stroke sealed the deal, and she fell in love with writing. Halston lives in South Florida with her husband and children.

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