Thursday, October 23, 2014

Swoon Thursday ~ 10/23/14





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From the book you’re currently reading, or one you just finished, tell us what made you SWOON. What got your heart pounding, your skin tingling, and your stomach fluttering.

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Every touch has its price

Layla Shaw is trying to pick up the pieces of her shattered life—no easy task for a seventeen-year-old who’s pretty sure things can’t get worse. Her impossibly gorgeous best friend, Zayne, is forever off-limits thanks to the mysterious powers of her soul-stealing kiss. The Warden clan that has always protected her is suddenly keeping dangerous secrets. And she can barely think about Roth, the wickedly hot demon prince who understood her in ways no one else could.

But sometimes rock bottom is only the beginning. Because suddenly Layla’s powers begin to evolve, and she’s offered a tantalizing taste of what has always been forbidden. Then, when she least expects it, Roth returns, bringing news that could change her world forever. She’s finally getting what she always wanted, but with hell literally breaking loose and the body count adding up, the price may be higher than Layla is willing to pay…


https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17455815-stone-cold-touch

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00IPDVGKWhttp://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/stone-cold-touch-jennifer-l-armentrout/1118656141?ean=9780373211340


Swoon...


(This is a long one, but I couldn't help myself. Zayne + cuddles = swoonage I can't ignore.)

Zayne stared back at me, momentarily obscured by a length of blond hair. I held my breath as he eased down on his side and tugged the covers up to his waist. My gaze dipped. He was wearing a gray cotton shirt and it stretched taught over his shoulders as he reached over and under the comforter, finding me in the bundle of blankets. With his arm around my waist, he snagged me back against his chest. Every muscle in my body tensed as he settled in behind me, curving his body around mine with a natural ease that scattered my senses. There was virtually nothing between us but our thin sleep clothes, which were no shield from the hear he radiated. 
And that warmth...oh. It seeped into my muscles, easing out the knots and all the sore spots. Within seconds, the rigidness flowed out of my spine and my cheek returned to the pillow. The bed turned into a cloud and I felt like I was in one of those cheesy mattress commercials Stacey and Sam always made fun of, but Zayne had the power to change an ordinary mattress into something wonderful. I closed my eyes, letting my body sink down. In the moments that followed, I wasn't thinking about anything and that was great
He lifted his hand from my waist long enough to brush strands of my hair out of his face and then I felt his warm breath against the back of my neck. A series of shivers danced over my skin. A different kind of tightness formed in my lower stomach as I focused on breathing normally and not like I'd just attempted to run up and down bleachers.







ROWDY:

The New York Times and USA Today bestselling Marked Men series continues with this sizzling, sexy story of love, heartbreak, fate, and second chances.

After the only girl he ever loved told him that he would never be enough, Rowdy St. James knocked the Texas dust off his boots and set out to live up to his nickname. A good ol’ boy looking for good times and good friends, Rowdy refuses to take anything too seriously, especially when it comes to the opposite sex. Burned by love once, he isn’t going to let himself trust a woman again. But that’s before his new co-worker arrives, a ghost from the past who’s suddenly making him question every lesson he ever learned.

Salem Cruz grew up in house with too many rules and too little fun—a world of unhappiness she couldn’t wait to forget. But one nice thing from childhood has stayed with her; the memory of the sweet, blue-eyed boy next door who’d been head over heels in love with her little sister.
Now, fate and an old friend have brought her and Rowdy together, and Salem is determined to show him that once upon a time he picked the wrong sister. A mission that is working perfectly—until the one person that ties them together appears, threatening to tear them apart for good.




Swoon...


I threaded my fingers through her soft hair and held her head in my hands as she took a few steps forward and backed me up so that I was leaning my ass on the back of the couch.  Her midnight-colored eyes gleamed up at me as she reached around my waist and started to tug my pants off.  I kissed her because I had to.  I kissed her because I wanted to.  I kissed her because kissing her was starting to make me feel like I had found something I wasn't really aware I had been looking for.  Mostly I kissed her because every time she kissed me back I felt her settling a piece of herself even more deeply inside of me.  (Kindle location 2176)

I just love Rowdy.  And these two together is perfect.  My review for this one can be found here.




What do you think?  Have a swoon for us?  Leave us a comment.

3 comments:

  1. Oh my Rowdy sounds interesting, and romantic. Like the Stone Cold Touch swoon as well, mine is actually from the same book.

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  2. Oh Zayne *sigh* it is stuff like that that makes choosing between him and Roth torture... love the swoons!

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  3. Personally, I like the one from Rowdy ;D I need to read Stone Cold Touch! I'll probably wait until closer to the release date of book three though :o Have a fabulous week(end)! :)

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