by Skye Warren
Series: Survival of the Richest Duet #1
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Release Date: June 14th, 2018
Blurb:
An heiress without a cause.
Two billionaires determined to claim her.
And a war fought on the most dangerous battlefield--the heart.
My story starts with a plunge into the cold water of Manhattan's harbor.
A strong hand hauls me back onto the deck of the luxury yacht. Christopher was supposed to be my enemy. Instead he protects me with fierce determination.
That should have been my happily ever after, but then Sutton appeared--ruthless and seductive. He doesn't care that my heart belongs to someone else, because he's determined to win. No matter the cost.
It's an impossible choice, but I can't have them both.
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Excerpt:
My body
heats at the words, at the remembered pleasure of Sutton’s mouth on my
sex. Christopher looks down at me, as if he can feel the heat emanating
from between my legs. His expression turns stark, as if he’s in pain.
That’s only fair, because I’m in pain too.
“You
deserve better than that,” Christopher says, but there’s no way to
pretend he’s talking about Sutton. He’s talking about himself and we
both know it.
“He gives me what I want, which is something you might try next time you like a girl.”
“It wasn’t that,” he says, harsh again.
“No?”
I step forward and place a hand on his chest, feeling the way his heart
beats strong and fast. He may want to be unaffected by me, but he
isn’t. I tilt my face up toward him.“You didn’t imagine me naked in the
cabin later?”
He sucks in a breath.“You were too young then.”
My
words come out as a whisper.“What about now? Will you do what Sutton
said—imagine me in this dress when you go home after this?”
“It’s
not fucking decent,” he says, even though the silk covers every part of
me. It’s a perfectly respectable dress, when it’s not hitched up around
my waist.
“You can thank Sutton for this,” I say,
because it’s true. He’s the only reason I lean forward and place my lips
against Christopher’s, touching them in some terrible attempt to show
him what he gave up, to prove to myself that I don’t care about either
of them.
Christopher sucks in a breath. For a second I
think he’s going to pull away. He stiffens and grasps my hair with his
fist. Easy enough for him to stop the kiss. Instead he dips my head back
and deepens it, exploring my mouth with his teeth, his tongue. Opening
me wider until I whimper. Pulling me close until I can feel how hard he
is beneath his slacks.
His other hand fists in the
gauze of my dress, and I realize he’s holding me with both hands
clenched—one in my hair and one in my clothes. I don’t know whether he’s
doing it so he doesn’t have to touch me or because it’s a way to
control me without bruising me. He uses both hands to tug me closer; I’m
pressed so tightly I can’t imagine getting away.
Where
Sutton had been raw sensuality and playfulness, Christopher is pure
determination. He kisses me like he’s a conquering army, like I’m made
of gold he has to grasp—or lose forever.
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About the author:
Skye Warren is the New York Times bestselling author of dangerous romance such as the Endgame trilogy. Her books have been featured in Jezebel, Buzzfeed, USA Today Happily Ever After, Glamour, and Elle Magazine. She makes her home in Texas with her loving family, sweet dogs, and evil cat.
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My review:
As I mentioned in my review of the prequel/prologue,
this was my first book by this author. Hell if I know why it took me so
long!! Her writing is phenomenal and pulled me right in – which is
pretty rare these days for me because it usually takes at least a couple
of pages.
‘Even so different, there’s some part of them that works together.’
What
surprised me most was the way the author approached the love triangle
because the prologue didn’t at all prepare me for another guy in the
story. To be honest, I’m not much a fan of love triangles because I
don’t like one of the characters to be heartbroken in the end. In this
case I was not sure for whom I was rooting for because at first it was
Christopher all the way. But when Sutton came along… hallelujah! That
man was sex on a stick! =P
‘He has a way of commanding the world without having to say a word.’
I’d
say this book was exceptional in the matter that I found myself loving
things I usually don’t. I loved the female character almost more than
the men, which says a lot but does not mean that I didn’t love them as
well. People underestimated Harper and I could relate to that. Aren’t
woman usually underestimated in general?! Anyway, she was such a clever
woman who knew how to wrap men around her finger even unintentionally.
The witty conversations and steamy moments had my feelings in a spin and
the underlying sexual tension was almost frustratingly painful.
‘What would it take for this man to see me as a woman? As someone that can make her own decisions instead of as a maiden who needs saving.’
Christopher
was a mystery to me because I never quite knew his intentions and what
he was thinking. He always kept a distance and maybe that’s what
intrigued me the most. Sutton was a straightforward guy who obviously
liked to play but knew what he wanted and went for it. Those two men
couldn’t be any more different in how they grew up, how they viewed and
approached things, and yet desired the same woman.
‘When you’re forever held taut from both ends, the most scary thing is to be let go.’
Harper
had her work cut out for herself with those two very stubborn men for
different but at the same time quite similar reasons. Her only concern
at first though was her mother’s health which was the reason that she’s
in this situation between these men, because of money and Christopher.
Although she was probably one of the richest women in the world, having
no direct access to her money was not the only complication in her life
anymore when her heart battled with its love for two men.
‘History wasn’t kind to woman who held beauty and power. I’m not sure the present is much kinder.’
There’s
such a great flow in the story and a lot of tension between the
characters that it I almost forgot to breathe during this read. As weird
as it may sound, I didn’t even want to blink in fear of losing the
focus and missing anything of this very captivating story.
I’m
not sure if I missed the signs or if it wasn’t mentioned anywhere but I
went into the story unknowing that it was a duet. Luckily though we
don’t have to way too long for the follow up.
-- I voluntarily reviewed an ARC of this book given by Social Butterfly PR. --
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
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