Blog Tour, Review & Giveaway ~~ Devil’s Kiss by Ella Frank
Title: Devil’s Kiss (Sunset Cove Series #2)
Author: Ella Frank
Genre: M/M Contemporary Romance
Release Date: MAY 24, 2016
What do you do when the one you least expect to matter…
Ends up mattering the most?
Derek Pearson likes to think he’s an easygoing guy. Uncomplicated, upfront, and unapologetic with what he wants. His what you see is what you get attitude is on prominent display for anyone who cares to look, and his foul mouth is right there to back it up should you miss the point.
However, what you see isn’t always what you get, and only a select few have ever glimpsed the real man under the brash exterior.
Among them? Professor Jordan Devaney. Complicated, high-maintenance, and vibrant, he’s Derek’s opposite in every way. From the moment they saw each other, a love-hate relationship began.
But what happens when one person wants more?
DAWN’S 5 STAR REVIEW
A top pick for 2016
It’s official I am completely addicted and obsessed with all of Ella’s boys! We first met Derek and Jordan in Finley. Ella gave us just enough of a taste to keep us salivating and hungry for more…… I was counting the days till I could get my greedy hands on Devil’s kiss. It was even better then I expected. I pretty much inhaled it! Professor Jordan Devaney and Derek Pearson were so UNEXPECTED. Talk about polar opposites. Picture a pretty peacock and the incredible hulk… These boys kept me smiling, swooning and tearing up throughout the entire book. So many lines had me literally cracking up, while others reached deep into my heart. The dialogue was so spot on! I swear Ella must have been a gay man in a past life. Lol Devil’s kiss takes us from past to present with dueling POVs. We get to see how the guys met and where they are today. Their on again off again relationship spans 11 angst filled years…..
Derek Pearson nicknamed, Jordan Devaney “Posh” for a reason… He’s extremely vivacious, totally spoiled, overly opinionated and pretty darn sarcastic. He is a force to be reckoned with! I’m sure his brooding student Derek has a few choice words for his magnetic professor. This love/hate relationship started out platonic, neither one wanting to cross the student/teacher line… But they sure did torture and infuriate one another constantly. Their witty banter kept me smiling, while their sexual tension left me panting! Their chemistry is off the charts and they are absolutely smoldering. Two people from totally different worlds form an unlikely bond and friendship.. Lines get blurred as they fight their attraction…. Jordan is attracted to Derek’s bad boy persona, but once he sees just how vulnerable and fragile Derek really is, that’s when his heart gets involved… While Derek sees past Jordan’s fluff. Underneath it all, he sees the real man, all his kindness, compassion and generosity shining through. He has become someone Derek can always rely on… Their feelings for one another are so obvious, but they always seem to have bad timing. I loved they way Ella had them evolve and grow exponentially through out the book… Jordan and Derek are such an unlikely pair, but that’s what makes this book so entertaining and endearing. I fell madly in love with both of them. A huge highlight of the book is getting more Daniel & Brantley. These two have such a special place in my heart. Seeing them from a different perspective was enlightening and breathtaking…. Ms. Ella has become an absolute favorite author of mine. I will read anything this ridiculously talented lady puts out!!
An ARC was provided in exchange for an honest review.
DEVIL’S KISS
Ella Frank
Copyright © 2016 Ella Frank
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THE CALL
Present Day
DEREK PEARSON PUSHED open the door of Leighton, Finley & Associates, and stepped out on the paved sidewalk. It was the first day of August, and if the sweltering Floridian sun was any indication, today was going to be hotter than hell’s waiting room.
As he strolled toward the curb, he pulled a pack of Marlboros from the pocket of his shorts and flipped open the top. He needed a fucking cigarette after watching Daniel Finley and his damn professor get all sappy and shit. That was gonna get old real quick if he had to stomach their nauseating displays of I love yous longer than the fifteen minutes he’d been in there. But he’d known he had to make an appearance sooner or later; otherwise Danny boy would’ve shown up asking questions. Questions he wasn’t ready to answer.
There’d been a reason he hadn’t come around to see Finn when he first moved back from Chicago two months ago, but it wasn’t something he was in the mood to talk about yet, even if he was one of the two people on the planet who would get all the shit he’d been dealing with.
Yeah… He just wasn’t ready to go there.
With a smoke between his lips, he lit up, then shoved the pack back in his shorts. He was so damn antsy lately, and for that he could thank his brother, Alan.
He walked around to the side of his Jeep and pulled open the door. After climbing inside, he grabbed his cell phone and stared at the dark screen, contemplating his next move.
Am I really planning to do this?
Fuck, it seemed that he was, even when he knew better.
If he did this, it would be nothing more than a Band-Aid over the real problem. A shot to numb the more painful issues he was dealing with right now. He would be slipping back into a pattern he had pulled himself out of. An addiction he’d broken free from. But he was also aware that if he didn’t do it, the alternative would be to spiral out of control, and solitude was no longer helping his fucked-up nerves.
He brought the phone to his ear and waited. The phone rang and rang, and fucking rang, until he was close to hanging up—and then it connected.
“You free?” were the only two words out of his mouth. He waited, not caring to pursue small talk. That wasn’t what this was about. All he cared about in that moment was getting what he needed.
When an affirmative came through the phone, he hung up, tossed it on the dashboard, and brought the Jeep to life. As he sped across town, he white-knuckled the steering wheel and didn’t allow himself to think about the consequences of what he was about to do.
It took him less than ten minutes to pull into the underground parking garage of The Palisades and take the elevator up to where his drug of choice waited for him. He glanced up into the camera in the corner of his metallic confines and stared boldly into the face of the one who was waiting at the other end of this ride.
Yeah, he was about to fall off the fucking wagon big time. Was about to slide back into the one place he promised himself he wouldn’t go again. Yet as the elevator came to a halt and the doors opened, there was no denying this was exactly what he wanted.
“I have thirty minutes,” were the words that greeted him.
Derek walked off the elevator and over to the naked man waiting for him. He took the haughty chin between his thumb and forefinger and promised in a voice thick with arousal, “I only need ten. Take me to your room, Jordan. Time’s a wasting.”
Finley (Sunset Cove Series #1)
It’s time to come home, Finn.
It’s been seven years since Daniel Finley left his hometown in Florida for the hustle and bustle of Chicago’s city life.
Since then, he’s worked hard for his position at the prestigious law firm Leighton & Associates, even when it’s caused distance and isolation from his family and friends. But that’s all about to change.
On his thirtieth birthday, he receives the one thing he never dared hope for. Something that was promised to him years earlier—a note. One simple sentence from the man he’s never been able to forget.
Six words will forever change the course of their lives.
Brantley Hayes has it all. Or so he thinks. When he first made the decision to take a job down in Florida, his family thought he was crazy. But, after years of living in the quiet beach town, he finally feels a sense of community. He’s surrounded himself with friends who are like family, has a job he loves, and owns a spectacular beachfront property that is his sanctuary.
Yet he still feels unfulfilled, as if a piece of the puzzle is missing, and he knows exactly which piece it is. On an impulse, he follows through with a promise he made years earlier. A promise to call home the one he sent away.
Nothing is as simple as it seems.
After years of separation, the former lovers are reunited, but Brantley wasn’t expecting to encounter the high walls now guarding Daniel’s heart.
Daniel may not be the same person he was when he left, but he knows that the first step to healing is the note in his hand.
About Ella Frank
Ella Frank is the author of the #1 Bestselling Temptation series, including Try, Take, and Trust. Her Exquisite series has been praised as “scorching hot!” and “enticingly sexy!”
A life-long fan of the romance genre, Ella writes contemporary and erotic fiction and lives with her husband in Portland, OR. You can reach her on the web at www.ellafrank.com and on Facebook at www.facebook.com/ella.frank.author
Some of her favorite authors include Tiffany Reisz, Kresley Cole, Riley Hart, J.R. Ward, Erika Wilde, Gena Showalter, and Carly Philips.
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