Title: Kayden: The Past
Series: Love at Last, Book #0.5
Author: Chelle Bliss
Genre: Erotic Contemporary Romance
Release
Date: December 31, 2013
** CAN BE READ AS A STAND
ALONE NOVEL**
Kayden Michaels has a past filled with sex,
addiction, and heartache. A past that he’s avoided sharing with the love of his
life, Sophia, and held close to his core not risking rejection. Needing to get
his addictions in check and gain control of his life for the sake of his
family, Kayden is forced to confront his past and make amends for the path he’s
walked.
Kayden must recount every carnal act and the
betrayal from those he’s loved to identify the triggers that spur his
addictions and overcome it all to be worthy of Sophia’s love – his sole reason
to exist.
This is NOT a novella.
4 Star Review by Jen Hagen
For those of us that have read Untangle Me, we know that
Kayden had a past tainted with drugs, alcohol, and women…lots and lots of
women. In this prequel we get to hear
first hand from Kayden about his self-destructing acts and how the accumulation
of them made him into the man and father that he is today. Kayden will always fight the battle of
addiction, but he will persevere throughout the callings in order to keep his
family intact. He doesn’t want to be
that person again.
The book is told through Kayden’s journal reliving his
past and his triggers to women/alcohol/drugs.
We go back all the way to high school when Kayden’s father left his
mother and Kayden was forced to contribute to the family’s economic battles
instead of focusing on wrestling, where he could have received a scholarship
for college. His senior year is when he
had his first experience with cocaine and it continued from that point on.
Although Kayden has had his fair share of one night
stands, one thing that he was insistent on is that when he was involved in a
relationship he gave it 100% and his eyes never roamed. He was devoted to his lover and would never
cheat. He always seemed to get the shaft
on his devotion. Not once, not twice,
but three times. It was always these
downfalls that led him into his pits of despair with the only consolation being
a bottle, a snort line, and finding release in a warm body.
I wanted to dull
the pain, escape reality, and just forget everything. The problem with my method is that it’s only
a temporary Band-Aid for the scar that stays with you a lifetime or eventually
bites you in the ass.
Kayden’s relationships moved him from state to state,
where he finally settled in New Orleans when we met him in Untangle Me. Every relationship demise left him reeling and in a bad place, but it
was the last relationship that really set him back financially and never being
able to catch a break that we saw in Untangle Me. My heart was always holding onto him because
he was so capable of love, but his choices in women never reciprocated the 110%
that he gave. I truly believe this all
stems from his childhood with his father walking away. He was searching for love and to be loved to
replace that void. Unfortunately he
couldn’t wait long enough to find the right women for him and he would jump
into toxic relationships. Kayden’s life
up until Sophia had been filled with hurt, regret, sadness and emptiness.
Luckily he finds Sophia through a social networking site. I had little giggles when Kayden would
recount checking his Facebook messages and looking for friends. We can all relate to the Facebook
addiction! Kayden’s story is a quick
read, and a must read for anybody who enjoyed Untangle Me. Kayden’s story is full of hot sex along with
frustrating moments on both his part and also on the women that left him
hurting. But all these life moments lead
him to the woman he loves wholeheartedly.
She’s my soulmate
who I had to walk through hell to find.
Sophia’s my kismet, the one worth everything I went through to be with
in the end.
Chelle
Bliss has dedicated her life to education. She has been a teacher for over ten
years and holds a Master of Education degree. Teaching has given her a creative
outlet, but she yearned for something more. Writing has given her that, no
longer about just creativity, it became a journey.
Chelle
is an avid reader; consuming contemporary romance, dark reads, young adult, and
all things erotica. Chelle wanted to create a book filled with characters that
readers could relate to with real world problems and matching wallets.
Chelle
loves to travel and her favorite cities are New Orleans and Paris. She
currently lives in Florida with her amazing boyfriend. He’s showed her the love
and passion that she has poured onto the page.
AUTHOR CONTACT INFO
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ChelleBliss1
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love the review the book looks good denise smith
ReplyDeleteVery intrigued by this series, thanks for the review to help me realize that I NEED to read this!
ReplyDeleteI loved the blurb! Cant wait to read!
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