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#DFRAT Excerpt and Giveaway: Beacon of Love by Allie Boniface

Posted July 21, 2013 by Tracy in Reviews | 3 Comments

Welcome to Lindsey Point, Connecticut: suspicious of outsiders, loyal to tradition, and absolutely devoted to its local legends.

Enter Sophie Smithwaite, feisty travel show host, in town to film an episode about Lindsey Point’s haunted lighthouse. But digging into the story of a tragic murder-suicide and love gone wrong reveals startling connections to Sophie’s own past. When a gorgeous local handyman fills in behind the camera, Sophie’s life gets complicated by more than just her family history.

Part-time paramedic, handyman, seasonal Santa-Lucas Oakes does it all–except get attached. He’s still reeling from the death of his best friend ten years ago and the more recent infidelity of his ex-fiancee. Yet despite Sophie’s big-city nosiness and her insistence on chasing long-dead ghosts, he’s drawn to her.

But mixing with an outsider means questioning people and traditions Lucas has always defended. When a series of attacks seem to be connected to Sophie’s investigation, both Sophie and Lucas must decide if they are willing to risk everything to uncover the town’s secrets…and their own.

2 EXCERPTS

“Wise ass.” Sophie backed into the street before he could grab her. “I’ll see you later!” she called. “I think Lon said something about meeting tomorrow morning and–hey!” She squawked off the last word as Lucas lifted her off the ground and onto his shoulder.

As if she was a bag of flour.

Or a damsel in distress.

Or his damn cavewoman.

About a hundred thoughts raced through her mind, and it took all she had to keep them from coming out in biting words.

“Why do you have to be so stubborn?” he asked as he carried her back to his truck, parked in front of the bar. He wasn’t panting, not out of breath in the least, as if she weighed close to nothing. “If anything happened to you, Lon would kill me.” With one hand he opened the passenger side door. Only then did he lower her to a seat inside the truck. His hands slid down her arms and settled her hips into place.

Oh yum. All her scathing thoughts of thirty seconds earlier vanished. She shifted on the leather. There was room for him on this side of the cab, she was almost positive. If not, she’d make room. In about two seconds.

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“Want something to drink? Water?”

Sophie shook her head.

“Not thirsty?”

“Lucas.”

He set the glasses down on the counter. “What?”

“Come over here and kiss me.”

His smile crooked. “Or what?”

She took two steps toward the kitchen, and he took one toward the living room, and they met in the middle. “Or I’m going to go crazy.”

He placed his hands on her cheeks and kissed her forehead.

Sophie closed her eyes, waiting for the slow, inevitable slip of his mouth down her neck. To her curve of her collarbone. Maybe lower.

“There you go,” he said. His hands went away.

Her eyes flew open. “That’s it?”

“You said you wanted a kiss.”

Her fists landed on her hips. “Ha ha. Funny guy. So funny, in fact, I think I’m gonna recommend that comedy special you were talking about to Lon. He’s looking for a new show, you know. Maybe you’re the next big thing.”

Lucas swung her off the ground. Her arms went around his neck and her mouth ended up a fraction of an inch below his. “Maybe I am.” He kissed her again, this time not on the forehead. And not sweetly. “What do you think?”

But she couldn’t answer, couldn’t think of anything at all except his tongue teasing hers, her legs wrapping themselves around his waist and holding on like she’d never held onto a man in her life. Fire sizzled up her spine, and the air in the room went hot. Her hands–God, her hands couldn’t get enough of him. They wanted to be everywhere, in his hair and on his face and unbuttoning that damn shirt and taking off her own dress that was so in the way right now.

Allie Boniface – Bio

Allie Boniface is a small-town girl at heart who’s traveled around the world and still finds that the magic and the mystery of small towns make them the best places to fall in love and find adventure. From the New England coast to Rocky Mountain hotels to tiny European bars, she’s found more character and plot inspirations than she could ever count. Currently, she’s lucky enough to live in New York’s beautiful Hudson Valley with her own “Hometown Hero,” a guy who can fix, build, drive, and grill anything and is the epitome of the strong and silent type.

When she isn’t writing love stories, Allie is a full-time high school English teacher who gets a kick out of helping her teenagers negotiate the ups and downs of writing along with the ups and downs of life (because, really, she’s still trying to do the same thing!). And while she’ll continue to travel far and wide, Allie knows there’s really nothing like coming back to the place where the people who have known you forever welcome you home with open arms.

Allie Boniface – Online Links

www.allieboniface.com
www.allieboniface.blogspot.com
Twitter: AllieBoniface1
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Allie-Boniface/213522468685926?ref=hl
Purchase Link: http://lyricalpress.com/beacon-of-love-by-allie-boniface/

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What I Read Last Week

Posted February 14, 2011 by Tracy in Features | 10 Comments

Greetings all!
Hope you had all had a wonderful week last week.  My was…interesting.  I’ll leave it at that as I’m sure you have no desire to hear my woes.
On a good note – my little one went to a father/daughter dance with my hubby.  They were so cute together!  I don’t have a picture of the two of them together but I will eventually as I guess a “couples” photo was taken while they were there.  I’ll post that when I get it.  I did take this one though – so cute!
So on to what I read this past week:
I started off with His Darkest Embrace by Juliana Stone.  This is the second book in the Jaguar Warriors series.  This is the story of Skye who is an eagle shifter and Jagger who is a jaguar shifter and their romance.  Of course their people have been enemies with each other for forever so it makes things a bit hostile between them.  I read this one for The Book Binge and you can read my review here if you’d like.  3 out of 5
Next up was The Guy Next Door by Lori Foster, Susan Donovan and Victoria Dahl. This was a book with 3 novella’s in it.  The first two stories were about the guys who literally lived next door from the women but the third was more about a woman who found the boy next door type attractive.  All good stories.  You can read my review here if interested. 4 out of 5
After that it was The Perfect Scandal by Delilah Marvelle.  This was a great story about a Polish woman who is in England to find a husband and the Marquis who she’s attracted to.  Great book. I’ll be posting my review this week. 
My Tracy’s TBR Challenge read for the week was One Night in Boston by Allie Boniface.  This was a story that brought 3 people together after – you guessed it – one night in Boston.  Maggie is about to lose her business and her home (all the same building) if she doesn’t pay back mortgage.  She decides to ask her step-brother, Dillon, for the money but she hasn’t seen him in 6 years.  She enlists the help of an old friend in Boston and heads to a ball that she hears Dillon is to attend.  But when she arrives she finds the love of her life that she let go 10 years before. But the flame is not dead for either Maggie or Jack.  I liked the basic story of the book.  It was hard to read at times because of all of the flashbacks that Maggie, Jack and Dillon were all having and sometimes I found it hard to try and piece the story together – it got a bit easier after a time.  I liked Jack and Dillon but Maggie was a bit annoying, I must say.  She wanted control of everything and I didn’t blame her on some subjects but on other issues I just wanted to smack her.  Like breaking up with Jack way back when because she couldn’t have children and that’s not what he needed in his life.  How about you tell him you can’t have children and then let him decide if it’s something he can handle?  I also felt that the ending was wrapped up a bit too easily without knowing how it all played out.  I was left with the assumption that love would conquer all and we all know that doesn’t always happen. 🙂 3.5 out of 5
After that it was The Admiral’s Penniless Bride by Carla Kelly.  This was a total impulse buy and I’m so glad I bought it.  Sophia is a paid companion who is a coin away from the workhouse.  She takes the mail coach to Plymouth from Bath but when she arrives the lady she is to be companion to has died.  With no money to get back to Bath and no work available she decides to spend her last coin on a cup of tea.  Admiral Bright is waiting at the Drake hotel for the woman he is about to marry for convenience reasons only.  He decides to take the bull by the horns and ask Sophia to marry him as he needs a wife and she obviously needs someone’s help in a desperate way.  But she has a secret from her past that may ruin everything.  This was just a sweet romance that was heartwarming.  Both the Admiral and Sophia had such big hearts and good souls and I loved reading about them not only helping each other but other people in need as well.  There was some angst – you know that secret of Sophie’s had to come out – but overall it was a charming love story. 4 out of 5
Last on the list for the week was Moon Burning by Lucy Monroe.  This is book 3 in the Children of the Moon series and told the story of Barr who is now Laird of the Donegal clan (previously of the Sinclair clan from the last book) who is a wolf shifter and Sabrine who is a raven shifter.  Another good addition to the series.  I read this for The Book Binge so I’ll let you know when my review posts. 4 out of 5
My Book Binge reviews that posted last week:
Happy Reading!


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