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No one’s come
close to uncovering California Blue's darkest secrets. But she’s about to meet
the man who’s up for the challenge…
New college grad
California has always been known as "Happy Helpful Cali." Her sunny
disposition and enthusiastic tarot readings cover up her darker side—until
gorgeous player London Shaw moves into her Boston apartment building and seems
to see right through her.
With his
perma-frown and expensive suits, London’s the most irritating, arrogant man
California’s ever met. And despite their instant undeniable chemistry, she's
the exact opposite of London's type. He doesn't want to pick her up, and she
has no interest in helping him out. But as the tarot cards would have it,
California and London are destined for a torrid encounter. When a crisis forces
California to let London inside her world, the seismic fire between them
ignites into one passionate "no strings attached" night together.
But can
California's dark past let her have a future with London? And can the
persistent Bostonian do what no man ever has—get California Blue to lay down
her defenses and bare her soul?
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When I first started this book and saw that most of the characters were named after places, it was kinda annoying but as I continued to read I can to realize that the names fit the characters perfectly. The relationship between California and London was written so perfectly that I felt like I was a fly on the wall watching every step unfolding.
The underlying subject matter in this book tugged hard at me and hit home because I suffer from bipolar disorder and anxiety. There has been times I felt exactly like California and London.
I absolutely loved this book. At first I thought that this book wouldn't be able to get any more than 4 stars but now that I have finished this book I have to give it 5 stars. I can't wait until the next book and I really hope that it is Paris' or Diego's story. I really want to know more about those characters.
Intro for Excerpt
California Blue meets handsome player
London Shaw when he’s lost trying to find his new Boston apartment building.
Turns out they live in the same place…and to California’s great frustration,
London is the first man who tempts her to break her no-dating, no-men rule—the
same rule that’s kept her safe after a prophetic Tarot card reading led to a
family tragedy. When California and London unknowingly wind up at the same bar
later that night, she is determined to keep him at arm’s length. In the
following scene, she has fled the bar in hopes of avoiding him and the
attraction she feels for him. London, however, isn’t so easily put off…
Excerpt for Finding Joy Street
I practically run out of the bar, but
London and his long legs have no problem keeping up. He’s got to be over six
feet tall, because the top of my head only reaches his shoulder. I ignore him
completely, making zero effort to be friendly. And for some reason I find the
experience oddly relaxing. I’m enjoying not having to be helpful, or polite, or
really, anything at all with London. I’ve never loathed someone openly before,
and having no pretense between us is a huge relief.
London’s broad shoulders are relaxed as he
walks next to me. He glances over at me like we’re enjoying an evening stroll
together. The only hint of tension is his clenching jaw.
He waits until we reach the corner of
Charles and Cambridge to speak.
“So you had to run off to the other end of
the bar, huh?”
I ignore him.
“Bet it drives you crazy,” he murmurs. “To
have to avoid me like that.”
I grit my teeth and turn to him. “Why
would it?”
“Because you want me and your brain won’t
let you have me.”
He reaches out to touch my cheek then, and
I purse my lips when a shot of lust bursts through me.
I recoil from his touch and fight to
recover. “My self-respect and respect for women everywhere would never let me
have you.”
His dark eyes zero in on me.
“Somehow I don’t think that’s your real
reason. You’re far more complicated than that. But I’m good at uncovering
riddles. I’ll uncover you, too.”
I step as far away from him as humanly
possible without landing my ass in the street. Signaling a taxi, I wait until
it pulls up to the curb before I give London the blankest stare I can when I
say, “I dare you to try, Mr. Shaw.”
He opens the door of the taxi and I jump
in. But before I can shut the door in his face, he leans in. “Challenge
accepted, Ms. Blue.”
He closes the door behind me without
another word.
The first romance book Melissa Belle read
(and fell in love with) was Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. Melissa wrote
her first novel riding through Europe on the train, and she travels with her
husband (and first reader of all her stories) as much as possible.
Melissa dances in a belly dance troupe.
She is a professional tarot and oracle card reader. She also loves songwriting,
hooping, and her two rescue kitties. And cupcakes.
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