Monday, November 16, 2015

Blog Tour & Review: Shattered by Cynthia Eden


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SHATTERED
LOST #3
Cynthia Eden
Releasing Oct 27th, 2015
Avon Books


In New York Times bestselling author Cynthia Eden's latest novel featuring the Last Option Search Team (LOST), one agent is forced to face her past as she uncovers secrets about the man who may be the key to her future.

Criminal psychologist Dr. Sarah Jacobs is all too familiar with the kind of bad boys who belong behind bars. But the dark, dangerous man she meets in the New Orleans underworld is a new kind of ruthless, and all too irresistible.

Jax Fontaine doesn't claim to be a good guy, but he's loyal to his own code and brutally honest about what he wants. He and Sarah may be worlds apart, but when they're skin to skin, nothing matters but the heat between them.

And when a deranged killer targets Sarah, Jax will do whatever it takes to keep her safe.

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Excerpt
“No judgment,” he murmured. “There’s no anger in your eyes, no rage or disgust at me for being a cold bastard. No pity for the kid I was who got beaten in a dirty alley and left to die.”
“Don’t be too sure you understand what I feel.”
“Why not? I actually think I understand you very, very well.”
Sarah backed up a step.
A faint smile curved his lips. “It was there from the first time I saw you. That instant connection. Doesn’t happen often. Actually, it’s never happened to me before. I looked up, saw you, and thought—”
Sarah pretty much ran for the door.
But he caught her. His hands wrapped around her and Jax pulled her back against his body. His hold wasn’t hard or rough. Oddly, it was infinitely tender.
“Do you know what I saw when I looked in your eyes?” he whispered into her ear.
Sarah shook her head.
“You were hurting. Trying to hide your pain, but I could still see it. I looked at you and thought—I never want her to hurt again.
Tears stung her eyes. “You don’t know me. Or what I’ve done.” Jax thought his past was bad? It was nothing compared to hers. She still had nightmares that had her waking in the night, choking for breath, and begging for help.
Help that hadn’t come. Not in time.
“Tell me why you came to see me tonight, Sarah.”
She sucked in a quick breath and decided to go with the truth. “Because I didn’t want to lie in bed and be afraid. Because I didn’t want to think about the past or the future.” Because she’d felt that insane connection between them, too.
The first time she’d seen him, she’d looked into his eyes and thought—
He can handle all my darkness. He won’t ever be afraid of what I tell him.
Because his gaze had told her that he’d already looked into hell … and hadn’t given a damn about the demons there.
He turned her in his arms. She made herself look up and into his eyes. He was so warm and strong against her. And he made her … want. Yearn for things that she’d denied herself for so very long.
Because she hadn’t wanted anyone to get close. She hadn’t trusted anyone with all her secrets.
She didn’t trust him, either. She’d be a fool to do that. But—she did want him. And every instinct Sarah possessed screamed at her that Jax Fontaine could give her the sensual oblivion she craved.
A few hours to forget. A few hours to just pretend that I’m not the freak in the room. The monster that everyone else fears.
“What do you want from me?” Jax asked her.
Just a night. She’d be leaving New Orleans soon, flying out on a plane and heading back to her little house in the suburbs of Atlanta. They wouldn’t see each other again. So no one else would know about what happened tonight. Just her.
Just him.



Shattered is a thrill a minute romantic suspense novel that pulls out all the stops to get your heart racing.  The very first chapter grabbed hold of me and I couldn't set the book down. 

Sarah was such a compelling character, she's been through a lot and she knows all about the bad people in life.  She's full of secrets, and fears, but she has an inane desire to find someone to share them all with, even if she doesn't realize it herself.  I really felt as if her past had designed her in many ways, it made her stronger, even when she didn't feel it. It also made her have doubts and trust issues that those not in her shoes probably wouldn't have had, but it was a very realistic outcome of what she'd overcome.  Her past wasn't just a little suspenseful, it was part nightmare come to life and left me reeling. 

Jax is just as intriguing, a man who makes you want to know more about him. It was amazing to learn all about this man.  He might not be what most would call the Good guy, and he's obviously not perfect, but he's definitely someone you want in your corner and taking your back. He also knows what he wants and has no qualms about going after it.    

This book starts off with a steady pace that leaves you wondering what's coming, because you know something bad is going to happen.  The action and suspense doesn't slow down as you are pulled along with a barrage of questions trying to figure it out on your own as the characters race to find the answers for themselves.  It had me hoping I was wrong, but knowing I wasn't, praying for the characters safety and more.  

Cynthia Eden has managed, once again, to bring the romantic aspects and the suspenseful complexities of the full story together and make them work seamlessly. In one breath, your feeling all the sensual energy and heat rolling off Jax and Sarah, and the next your wanting to yell at the killer stalking them.  I love that though there is a focus on the now and finding out who the killer is, there's also plenty of information coming about the past, and Jax and Sarah are being sucked deeper into their sexual attraction. 









 

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Award-winning author Cynthia Eden writes dark tales of paranormal romance and romantic suspense. She is a New York Times, USA Today, Digital Book World, and IndieReader best-seller. Cynthia is also a three-time finalist for the prestigious RITA® award. Since she began writing full-time in 2005, Cynthia has written over fifty novels and novellas.

Cynthia lives along the Alabama Gulf Coast. She loves romance novels, horror movies, and chocolate. Her favorite hobbies including hiking in the mountains (searching for waterfalls) and spelunking.




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