Title: Blessed Fate (Blessed Tragedy #1)
Author: H.B. Heinzer
Release Date: June 11, 2013
BLESSED FATE
Synopsis:
Colton
Bradford never believed in love at first sight. And then, Rain Maxwell walked
through his buddy's front door. He knew there was something special underneath
the shy, guarded exterior and was determined to find out what it was.
The
problem? Rain had devised her own set of life rules and “Never get involved
with a band mate” was right near the top of that list. She allowed Colton into
her heart as one of her closest friends, but pushed him away at the mention of
anything more.
When
tragedy strikes Rain's personal life, Colton is determined to be there for her
in whatever way she'll allow. Will she finally open up to him and consider
taking things to the next level? Will Colton's ways of trying to bury his
feelings for Rain in the past ruin the possibility of a future for them?
As if Blessed Tragedy
wasn’t awesome enough, Blessed Fate
and Colton exceeded my expectations. Everything was great and did not appear to
repeat everything from the first book. Seeing things from Colton’s eyes just
reiterated what a truly nice and genuine sweetheart he is. Granted, he may be a
bad-boy rocker but that does not diminish his love for Rain. Colton will do anything
for Rain and he really goes out of his way to prove that to her. Through all
her pain he never once takes advantage of her and though the sexual tension is
off the charts, Colton has some insane willpower to prolong the inevitable.
What I Didn’t Like
So I didn’t very much like the reemergence of that bitch
Tanya, AKA manger/slut. It was disheartening to watch Colton succumb to her in
the beginning as a way to avoid his affection for Rain. But once her mother
passes Rain and Colton’s relationship shifts and happy times are to come.
From book one I got more of an impression that the Rain and
Colton had discussed being more than friends but from Colton’s POV it doesn’t seem
like they’d really crossed the road before. But luckily for him, he’s brave and
ballsy and a little arguing won’t stop him.
What I Loved
Seeing Jon again, the big brother of the band who looks out
for everyone even when he’s drunk himself.
OMG finally seeing the initial Rain-Colton intro was just
what was missing from book #1. So exciting, especially seeing the fearless
Rain, before she found her surrogate family in the band. It was the best way to
start the book, especially as it truly shows how Colton’s felt from the get-go.
“Rain Maxwell could
be wearing a potato sack covered in cow manure and it wouldn’t change the way I
felt about her.” - Colton
Seeing Colton learn Rain’s idiosyncrasies and his way of ‘dealing’
with her. She continues to surprise him and he just falls more and more. Colton
really tries to know Rain and not just to get into her pants. He wants to know
her as a friend, band mate and he hopes someday lover…
How Colton sees Rain: Feisty, Stubborn, Brazen
Colton somehow knows just how to deal with Rain’s family. He
may not approve of how they all behaved but for Rain, he tries to mend some
broken fences and actually helps more than he knows with helping her deal and
her family accept her.
I remember in Blessed Tragedy how Rain had herself [pretty
convinced that hooking up with Colton would be wrong and tarnish their
friendship. Well seeing things from Colton’s POV just proved how little chance
she had. No one could deny him and his charm.
When Rain gets the phone call about her mom, it’s like
Colton steps right in and does any and everything he could to help. AWWWWW
Overall
There’s not much that I didn’t like in Blessed Fate and what
was there was so minor it barely mattered, Tanya for example. I definitely
recommend this. If you read and loved Blessed Tragedy you definitely want to
read this and see things through Colton’s eyes. Don’t be fooled either because this
is not a repeat of everything from book 1, the timelines are stretched and even
the few scenes that are repeated are viewed so differently coming from Colton
that it really is a whole new story. In case you haven’t realized yet, I LOVED
IT and you should read it NOW.. The End.
HB Heinzer Bio:
With the
exception of three years in Nebraska, H.B. Is a Wisconsin
girl through and through. She lives with her husband, two kids
and roommate (also known as the “bonus parent”) in the middle
of nowhere but close enough to civilization to maintain a shred
of sanity.
She credits her father
introducing her to an APAzine in the mid-90s for her love of writing.
Bent, her debut novel, was a NaNoWriMo challenge to write 50,000
words in one month. After years of attempting and failing, she finally got
through it and this is the result!
Excerpt 4
I
started pulling her through the bus without releasing her from my embrace.
Every few steps, we would stop and kiss again, sometimes sweet, gentle pecks,
other times heated, passionate kisses intense enough to make my already
throbbing cock harder.
I
felt her reach for my belt buckle as we crossed the threshold into the bedroom.
If she got her hands on me, I was certain I would explode. “We'll be home
soon,” I whispered, wrapping my hands around her wrists pulling her hands to my
neck. I needed those hands to be as far from my jeans as possible. “I'm not
going to have our first time together be on this bus. For one thing, it's not
really my style. And another thing, I'd rather not have six pervy men sitting
out there listening to us.”
She
looked at me, stunned. “You really are an asshole, you know that?” The tone in
her voice told me she wasn't pissed at me, but she was beyond frustrated at me
putting on the brakes. Hell, I was pissed at me for putting on the
brakes, but I had to do it.
“Wasn't
it just this morning when you thought this was all a very bad idea?”
“Yes,
but you were quite persuasive.” She laid down on the bed, one arm draped
seductively over her head, and I started to rethink every romantic gesture I
had planned. “Sue me. I had a very different image of where tonight was going.”
In
a move I knew I would regret, I flopped onto the bed next to her, laying on my
stomach so I could look into her eyes. When I moved so my thigh was resting
between her legs, I could feel the heat through her leather pants. “And you can
counter-sue me for wanting to make the first time special. Trust me; I plan on
making it worth the wait.”
Her
skin drew my lips like a magnet. Every kiss I trailed along her jaw, down her
neck and across her collarbone compelled me to have just one more taste of her
skin. I stopped myself when I reached her breasts, knowing that no matter how
much I was aching to draw them into my mouth, flicking my tongue over the
hardened tips, I couldn't.
“Comfortable?”
She laughed, her hand stroking my hair.
“Mmm,
very. Everyone likes sleeping on new pillows.” I wrapped my arms around her,
pulling her body closer to mine. Along with kissing her, feeling her flesh
pressed against me was a close second for my favorite sensations. With her
continuing to caress my hair, I felt myself drifting off to sleep before she
lifted my arm and pulled herself out from under me.
“If
we're not going to get hot and sweaty back here, I'm going to head back into
the venue to take a hot shower. I have to get some of this funk off me.” She
propped her head up on her hand, not seeming any more motivated to get off the
bed than I was.
“Save
water?”
“Yeah,
probably not. But we need to hurry if we're going to get back on the bus before
they assume we're holed up back here and head to Pensacola without us.”
“You're
no fun.”
Placing one hand behind her back, I lifted
myself so I was hovering over her body. “Just because we're not doing that doesn't
mean we can't do other things.”
“Nope.
You're the one who wanted to wait, so now you wait.” After pushing me away, she
walked across the bedroom, still topless. Torturing her was going to be the
death of me if she was this comfortable sporting a pair of tight leather pants,
heels that had to be over four inches high and nothing else. The way she looked
back at me, she knew exactly what she was doing to me.
“I'm
an idiot,” I grumbled, falling back on the bed as Rain walked away from me.
There was no other explanation for what I had just done.
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