Sinful
Southern Hero
by S.J. Drum
Expected publication:
November 27th 2013 by Ellora's Cave
Book 2 in the Sinful South
Series
Lucy escapes an abusive marriage and moves to Clifton, Tennessee for a fresh start, somewhere safe to rebuild her life. She isn’t prepared for Dalton, a tattooed construction company owner with a penchant for dominating in the bedroom, or the feelings he awakens.
When Lucy’s ex-husband proves he’s unwilling to allow his reign of terror to end along with the marriage, will she be able to set aside her fears and place her trust in Dalton?
The one thing she wasn’t looking for in the small town of Clifton is the one thing Lucy needs…a SINFUL SOUTHERN HERO.
Lucy escapes an abusive marriage and moves to Clifton, Tennessee for a fresh start, somewhere safe to rebuild her life. She isn’t prepared for Dalton, a tattooed construction company owner with a penchant for dominating in the bedroom, or the feelings he awakens.
When Lucy’s ex-husband proves he’s unwilling to allow his reign of terror to end along with the marriage, will she be able to set aside her fears and place her trust in Dalton?
The one thing she wasn’t looking for in the small town of Clifton is the one thing Lucy needs…a SINFUL SOUTHERN HERO.
Ellora's Cave: http://www.ellorascave.com/sinful-southern-hero.html
S.J. Drum writes LGBT New Adult Dark Urban Fantasy under the pen name J.T. Fairfield. The first book in the Bayou Zoo series was released on 10/22/12, CAGED IN MYTH.
When she's not changing diapers or writing, she enjoys scuba diving and has been known to make an elephant do a headstand.
You can find S.J. Drum on Twitter @AuthorSJDrum, at www.SJ-Drum.com, and Facebook atfacebook.com/AuthorS.J.Drum
Favorite Quotes:
“Hey, Dalton. You at a point when you can take a break?”
“Hey, Dalton. You at a point when you can take a break?”
Without turning to face Jed,
Dalton tugged off the leather work gloves that’d molded to his hands. “Not if
you want me to make some visible progress before Artsy Miss Big City gets
here.”
“Don’t worry, he’s all bark and
no bite.”
“What are you—” Dalton spun
around at Jed’s strange words to find him standing just inside the destroyed
office space with a petite redhead at his side. The first thing Dalton noticed
was her hair. It was hard not to notice something like that. The little fox had
a head full of curls in a striking shade of strawberry blonde that couldn’t
have come
from
a bottle. He had an obscene urge to stride over and spear his fingers through
that soft, curly mane.
“Dalton Loretto, Lucy
Ellingsworth. She’s our new tenant.”
Lucy’s eyes were wide and
owlish as her gaze traveled over the ruined carpet, destroyed wall and dust
coating every surface of the room. Then her gaze zeroed in on Dalton and he
watched her blink once, twice. She inhaled, her chest expanding to push small,
pert breasts against her pale-blue tank top. It was so hot inside the room
she’d already started to sweat, making the thin material of her top cling to
her like a second skin.
Not the time for a boner,
Dalton.
He cleared his throat and
strode forward, wiping a hand on his jeans before extending it toward the
woman. She stared at his outstretched hand before seeming to decide something
and reaching forward to clasp it in a surprisingly strong grip.
“Nice to
meet you, Dalton. Artsy Miss Big City seems too formal, you can just call me Lucy.”
He climbed out of his truck,
deciding to try the apartment on the first floor. If it wasn’t hers, the person
could tell him which one belonged to Lucy. As he neared the door, fist raised
to knock, a sound had him glancing up. The door to the second story apartment,
the one glowing with what must be every light in the place turned on, was
thrown open. He stepped back out from under the narrow overhang to see who had
opened the door.
Dalton had barely cleared the
overhang when a hard, black projectile came flying at his head.
“Bastard!” A feminine voice
screeched.
He
registered the voice as belonging to Lucy a second before he was hit smack dab
in the middle of his forehead with a thin cell phone. He stumbled back a step,
cursing and wishing he’d tried harder to avoid the damn thing instead of trying
to see who had thrown it.
“You’re beautiful, Lucy.
Whether you cover your scars or not, you’ll always be beautiful.”
She snapped her focus from his
lips to his eyes and found them filled with emotion and determination. No one
had ever looked at Lucy like that. No one had ever called her pretty, let alone
beautiful. Lucy was chubby and her hair, though she’d always liked the
strawberry-blonde color, was unruly and disheveled most of the time. “I’m not
beautiful,” she whispered, suddenly uncomfortable. “You don’t have to say
that.”
Dalton’s jaw
clenched and he stood, releasing her hand in favor of fisting his hands and
pressing them knuckles-down on the table at her hip. He leaned over her,
bringing his nose close to hers. “Don’t accuse me of lying. Woman, I don’t
spill bullshit just for the sake of it. You may not know it, maybe no one ever
told you, but you are beautiful. Shit, I haven’t been able to take my eyes off
you since the day you walked into this shop.”
I was given this story in
exchange for an honest review.
In this story you meet a
woman names Lucy who has been through so much and has been mistreated by her
mom, dad and now physically abused by her husband. Lucy has made the decision that she is no
longer going to stay in this kind of relationship and divorces her husband and
does not let her mom or dad know where she has gone. But will this be
enough. Lucy believes that she will be
living her new life alone but what she doesn’t count on is meeting Dalton.
Dalton is a construction company owner who will do anything for his friends and now that he has met Lucy he will do whatever it takes to get to know her better. But a major problem is that his is a Dom and loves to spank his lover. Can Lucy handle his lifestyle?
Dalton is a construction company owner who will do anything for his friends and now that he has met Lucy he will do whatever it takes to get to know her better. But a major problem is that his is a Dom and loves to spank his lover. Can Lucy handle his lifestyle?
What will happen when Lucy’s
ex-husband or Rachel, Dalton’s ex-sex buddy decide they do not want to let them
go? Will they survive long enough to find
true love or will their ex’s destroy everything they both are starting to
build?
This was a great story. The
story has sadness, anger, hurt, pain, humor, laughter, and love. The author’s writing keeps you interested and
wanting to know what will happen next.
FIVE TORTURED ANGELS
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