Wednesday, May 20, 2015

Blog Tour: Undeniable by Amy Marie




Book: Undeniable
Author: Amy Marie
Genre: Contemporary Romance


Synopsis:
Three months to fall in love.
Three sentences to destroy it all.
Seven years ago, free-spirited Hadley’s heart was shattered when her secret high school love, Ryder Blake, betrayed her with just a few short words. Now, in her twenties and committed to Braden, her boyfriend of two years, she is unknowingly still picking up the pieces, and beginning to realize her life is far from the one she always dreamed of having.
When sexy and all grown up Ryder walks back into her life, memories of their summer spent together causes her to want the old Hadley back. The Hadley that took risks and made her own rules, the Hadley that only Ryder Blake has ever dared to bring out.
Ryder has had his fair share of women since high school, but none have compared to the girl who stole his heart and disappeared with it. When his life starts to fall into place Hadley’s sudden reappearance and disgust towards him fuels his drive to win her back and never let her run again…even if she has a boyfriend, and even if he has to handcuff her to his bed.
He will pursue.
She’ll push him away.
Sparks will fly.
Tempers will flare.
An undeniable chemistry will light it all on fire.
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4.5 Star Review by Lisa Kane

This third book in Amy Marie's Unexpected series is my favorite. Hadley was a secondary character, as she was an employee of Noelle's. She and her boyfriend Bradon have been together for 2 years, but things have become stale; boring. That's when Ryder Blake reenters her life. He was the one who broke her heart, shattered her soul and left her decimated. They were secret lovers over the summer before their senior year of high school. Their fathers were sworn enemies and Ryder, the popular quarterback, wanted to keep things on the down low. But Hadley overhears a conversation that changes everything for her. She runs and never asks Ryder about what she heard. (Big mistake!) 

I'm afraid my heart isn't in it anymore, and if I'm honest with myself, I'm not sure it ever has been, but I stay. I stay because I trust him, and that is something I never thought I could do with a man. Not since high school. Not since my heart was shattered, my trust betrayed and my world caved in. When I was forever changed by the only other man I've been with.

As the book is told in both POVs, we get to read about Ryder's reaction to seeing Hadley. The guy is completely god smacked. He has never forgotten her; and he may have tried to move on with other relationships but he's failed. His life consists of mostly one night stands, leaving his heart protected. Hadley leaving him just about killed him. He searched everywhere for her, even going to see her parents. Of course they wouldn't give him any info and he spent months, really years, trying to recover. He went to college, became a cop and wondered if he would ever see her again. He had the resources to search for her, but he thought if they were fated to meet again, then things would fall into place. Seems like fate is his friend. 

Hadley is a complete wreck at seeing him. Ryder finds out she is with Bradon, but after talking it over with his new partner at work, he figures, she's not engaged or married yet; they still have a chance. Ryder comes barreling back into her life, determined to find out why she left. Their break up was a complete clusterf#*k, filled with misunderstandings. Hadley stopped being spontaneous, and dreaming of living a life of pursuing her artistic dreams. When her heart was broken, she opted to do things the safe way. She is a shell of her former self.

"I won't touch you, Hadley, but I'll keep pursuing you, boyfriend or not, until you tell me to stop." 
But these two don't even realize how much is working against them right now. There is deceit and betrayal surrounding them. When Hadley's boyfriend Braden does a 180 and tries to fix things back to the way they were with them, Hadley takes that as a sign that they are meant to be-he is the safe choice that won't break her heart. When she rejects Ryder he reacts to the rejection like a typical man. But this is going to come back to haunt him. (I could really have smacked him just about now) 

The chemistry between Ryder and Hadley is like a bubbling cauldron. Their witty banter and texts are so cute and appealing. Of course all of the characters from the previous two books are here and giving their opinions. There is a little mystery going on in this story and when all is revealed, it's a really sad situation. But you can't help but root for these two, Ryder has got to be one of the sweetest, although Alpha book boyfriends I've read. This guy will go to any lengths to get Hadley back! 

This is one story I highly recommend reading! 


"So I can own you." 
She's quiet and when I am stopped at another red light I look over. 
"Did I say something wrong?"
"You can't own someone, Ryder."
"I think that's untrue." I reach out pulling her chin so she is looking back at me. 
"You've owned me since our first kiss."



Undeniable - Excerpt
“Do you love him?”
She takes another shot of tequila but still answers. “I thought I did, but is love supposed to be this hard?” she asks before her attention is directed to the door where a few others have come in. She looks down at her phone and frowns. I want to reach over and kiss her sadness away.
“Well,” I start to tell her. “I’ve only ever been in love once so from my experience no… but it does make you vulnerable enough to have your heart ripped open.”
A snort escapes her. “I know how that feels, Ryder. You don’t have to tell me how that feels.”
“So, if Braden ripped your heart open then why are you with him.”
“No, not Braden. You.” Her words cut me to my core. “You ripped my heart out.”
My stomach twists in knots. I did everything but hurt her. Yes, we kept it a secret but I never did anything besides love her and make sure she knew that I did. Hadley was my world and when she left it felt like I was stranded in the middle of the ocean with no paddle in my one man boat.
“Well, you ripped mine out too,” I tell her before taking another shot. I know she is open, answering questions, but she can’t just put all the blame of what happened on me. I didn’t leave her without any idea of where I went. She left me and she left me broken. “But unlike you I haven’t been able to have a normal working relationship since.”
Her eyes lift to mine hurling daggers at me with each second that passes by. Throwing her hands up her voice gets loud enough to draw attention. “Normal? Is this normal to you? My “normal” relationship is hanging on by a thread right now. And you…” she points at me, “ever since you came back it’s like that thread is rapidly unraveling!”
I quickly jump out of my side of the booth and slide into her side. Her eyes grow wide and she cowers into the back of it. Every inch I move in she pushes away until her back hits the wall and her knee comes up to block me. That one sentence, that one beautiful sentence has given me what I didn’t even know I needed to hear.
Leaning in as close as I can get without tasting those beautiful lips of hers I whisper, “Maybe that should tell you something, Had. I make no apologies for unraveling you and now that I know I’m helping dwindle the flimsy string that is holding the joke you call a relationship together,” I breathe in closer. “I plan on watching it fall to the floor and then I’ll secure you with nice, strong rope. Tie us up so tight you can’t move…not that you would want to.”
Her body shakes but not from being scared. It’s quivering. I’m making her quiver and her labored breaths are causing a stir behind the zipper of my jeans. If she wasn’t taken I would claim her mouth once again.
She doesn’t say a word but just stares between my lips and my eyes, her tongue coming out to wet her mouth. She wants me to kiss her.
Fuck it.
I lean in, pushing her erected knee into her chest. Her breath hitches as I bring my hand up to her cheek, caressing it softly, her head falling hesitantly into my palm. Bringing my lips closer she rewets hers, and I take that as my cue to grab the other side of her face and pull her towards me. Our lips just millimeters from one another, our eyes locked on each other.
I pull on a tendril of hair. “I miss the red. It suited you.”
“Ryder,” she whispers, the alcohol from her breath intoxicating me.
“Hadley,” I breathe back into her.
Her eyes blink back a tear and it breaks my heart. “I loved you.”
Taking another move getting so close I can feel her lips graze mine as I say, “I loved you more.”
Meet the Author
Amy-Marie was born and raised in the suburbs of Chicago and now resides in Virginia
Beach with her fantastically crazy husband and two kids.
As an avid reader, she never dreamed of writing her own novel until the characters
started haunting her at night and in the shower.  Wanting to get it down on paper she set off
on the journey that is more than she could have ever dreamed.
When not writing she can be found carting her kids around, breaking up their fights,
cleaning up messes, teaching Zumba, or reading.
AUTHOR MEDIA LINKS:
Twitter@authoramymarie
AuthorAmyMarie@yahoo.com
The Unexpected Series box set:
Haven't read The Unexpected Series by Amy Marie?
Well now books 1-3 (Unexpected, Undone, and Undeniable)

1 comment:

  1. WOW! Loved the synopsis but then you have this amazing review. Adding to my reading list now. Thank you!!

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