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HOLD ME UNTIL FOREVER
Grayson Brothers #3
Christina Phillips
Releasing Jan 4th, 2016
Entangled Brazen
She's
the only one he wants...and the one he can never have…
Ella Clark has been in love with
Alex Grayson forever. She’s tired of being invisible—or worse, being treated
like his kid sister. If she can just get him to drop his iron-fisted control
for two seconds, she’ll prove she knows exactly how to blow his mind.
Alex has been fighting his
attraction to Ella since her should-have-been-innocent sweet sixteen kiss
burned down his world. He's damaged, and there's no way he'll ever drag her
into his screwed up life. Until she offers him something he's always
craved—steamy, no-strings sex inside his exclusive BDSM club. Where she'll be
safe from the darkness that haunts him.
Except there's nothing safe about
being with Ella, and the more she gives, the harder it is to let her go. If he
stays, he risks everything, but how can he walk away from the only woman he's
ever needed?
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(Ella’s just told Alex that she’s leaving Grayson’s, and Alex has gone round to her apartment to try and talk her out of it…)
Guilt twisted through her again. Before he’d taken her into Grayson’s she’d been floundering, her self-confidence still in bad shape after her mom’s asshole boyfriend had cornered her when she’d been fourteen. Her succession of part-time and casual jobs was nothing to brag about, and the only constant in her life had been her volunteer work at the Wildlife Retreat.
“I’m not leaving you in the shit. There’s plenty of time to find a replacement for me.”
He gave her a smoldering look. Oh, for fuck’s sake… “No one could take your place.”
If only he were talking about her as a woman and not his indispensable work colleague.
“Hate to say it, but you’ll probably be surprised.”
He didn’t immediately deny it, which stung more than it should.
“You plan on staying in touch?”
She couldn’t tell by his tone of voice whether he gave a damn one way or the other. So much for no one being able to take her place. Looked like he was already over it.
Don’t you dare say it. Heat flooded through her, but the words spilled out anyhow. “I might come visit you in your club one night.”
At least it wiped that infuriating, unreadable expression from his face. He stared at her as though she’d just grown a pair of horns.
“I don’t think so.”
It was the note of finality in his voice that really pissed her off—as if he thought she was joking and he didn’t find it funny.
“Why not? I think I’d really get off on a night at your club.” Take that. If only she didn’t look so rough. It was hard trying to act like a sophisticated woman of the world when she was barefoot and Alex could’ve stepped off the cover of GQ.
“Didn’t know you were into that scene.”
“There’s a lot you don’t know about me.” Including the fact I sleep in one of your old shirts. At least he hadn’t recognized it. Then again, it was about three years old. He’d left it here when the brothers had helped her move in, and somehow she kept forgetting to give it back to him.
Accidentally on purpose.
“I would’ve known about this.”
Was he laughing at her? He didn’t look as if he was, but it was hard to tell what he was thinking.
Whatever. She wasn’t backing down.
“I might not be hardcore, but that doesn’t mean I don’t like to experiment now and then.”
“Define what you mean by ‘experimenting.’”
He damn well was laughing at her. What’s the kinkiest thing I’ve read lately? “Ménages.” That’d shut him up. Or turn him on.
“You enjoy having sex with two men at the same time?”
She glared at him. “You find it so hard to believe that two men would want me?”
“That’s not what I find hard to believe.”
His quick-fire response took her breath away. Trust Alex to compliment and insult her in one easy comment.
She cleared her throat, which kind of ruined the worldly aura she was going for, but it was better than choking on her own words. “So, does your club cater for that kind of thing?”
What was she saying? She’d die if he called her bluff.
He didn’t answer right away. His eyes were all dark and smoky and it was suddenly hard to breathe properly. He seemed to be considering her question, which sent prickles of alarmed excitement over her bare skin.
“Excalibur caters for almost anything,” he said.
Hold Me Until Forever is a touching friends to lovers romance, and it is a very enjoyable read. Filled with both passion and emotion, I found this book incredibly difficult to put down. This is the third book in the Grayson Brothers series, but it works well as a standalone - I haven't read the previous books, but I followed the story with no problems. The BDSM elements of the relationship are done well and felt realistic - the scenes are also very hot!
Ella and Alex have been friends for years, but they both have been hiding stronger feelings for each other. Alex has had a tough life, and he feels he is too dark for Ella. She understands him and his needs better than he thinks, but after being in love with him for so long she's finally fed up with being treated as a sister so decides to move on with her life. She quits her job as Alex's security firm, which comes as quite a shock to him, and he faces losing her. When Ella tells him she could meet his sexual needs Alex can no longer deny his feelings for her - but their sexual interactions must only take place in his BDSM club, where he knows she will be safe. But when Ella starts to need more from their relationship can Alex cope?
I like my heroes to be dark and brooding alpha males so Alex was perfect for me. That's not to say I didn't want to knock some sense into him at times though! Ella was a total sweetheart, I really liked her. She's kind, hard working, and a real animal lover - definitely someone I could see myself being friends with. Both characters were well developed, the storyline really touched my heart and the love scenes were sizzling. Overall I really enjoyed this story so Hold Me Until Forever receives four and a half out of five stars
I received a copy of this book in exchange for a honest review.
Christina Phillips is an ex-pat Brit who now lives in sunny
Western Australia with her high school sweetheart and their family. She enjoys
writing paranormal, historical and contemporary romance where the stories
sizzle and the heroine brings her hero to his knees.
She’s addicted to good coffee, expensive chocolate and bad boy
heroes. Christina is also owned by three gorgeous cats who are convinced the
universe revolves around their needs. They are not wrong.
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