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LAID OUT
Worth the Fight #4
Sidney Halston
Releasing August 18th, 2015
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Perfect
for fans of Monica Murphy and Cecy Robson, Sidney Halston’s scorching new MMA
romance proves there are no holds barred when it comes to seduction.
Growing
up an Army brat, Violet Channing could never meet her dad’s high expectations.
But in the eyes of her best friend, she could do no wrong. He even insisted
that he should be her first kiss. Now Cain Sorensen is all grown up, hardened
by years in special ops and always looking for a good fight. Tall, with
striking blue eyes and impossibly blond hair, he’s a modern-day Viking warrior.
Of course, Violet’s all grown up, too, and she’s ready to surrender to his
every command.
Cain
knows he’s bad for Violet. His work is dangerous, and his hobbies are downright
deadly. As a private mercenary and a mixed martial arts fighter, he could never
let such an innocent soul into his world. And yet his most grueling combat
training is no match for Violet’s killer curves, hot touch, and suggestive
glances. Now all of Cain’s most explosive fantasies are coming true—but once
they cross the line between friends and lovers, there’s no turning back.
Review by Gia:
Laid Out is book 4 in the Worth the Fight series. It can be read as a standalone. It's Cain and Violet's story. It has characters from the previous book in it too. This was the first book in the Worth the Fight series that I read. After reading this one am interested in reading the previous book and any others that come out in this series.
Violet knew Cain for a long time. They both have moved away from where they grew up but end up int he same town. Cain and Violet have this weird love hate relationship. They are some of the most frustrating characters I have ever read. I loved them but sometimes I just wanted to yell at them. Cain has some issues that he needs to overcome. Violet is a very funny character and is a little awkward when it comes to dealing with guys.
Laid Out is a great book. I'm excited to jump in and read more books in this series.
4 Amazeballs Stars!!
EXCERPT
Violet
put her hands up in surrender. “Tom really did chew strange!” She
stopped and pinched the bridge of her nose. “Or was it Tim?
Whatever. The point is that the way a guy chews is a legitimate flaw.
I can’t marry a man who talks and chews at the same time, spitting
little chunks of steak in my face. Ew! What if one of those little
pieces lands in my eye? I could go blind.”
“The
thought you’ve put into that exaggeration is really impressive, if
not disturbing.” Her friend threw the scarf back at Violet. “Come
on. Finish getting dressed already.”
Minutes
later, Violet was sitting cross-legged in the middle of her bed
applying makeup when JL walked in again, fully dressed to bartend at
the Pier. “I was thinking . . .”
“Oh,
no. Are you okay?”
JL
playfully smacked Violet’s shoulder before sitting down on her bed
and fussing with Violet’s hair. “Maybe the issue is Cain. Have
you heard from him?” That was not something Violet wanted to talk
about, and her friend knew it, which was why she’d brought it up.
“What the hell is going on with you and Cain? And before you say
nothing, remember we’ve been friends for a long time. I know you.
We live together. That man has you in knots, and since he left four
months ago, you’ve been a Debbie Downer. It’s depressing. You’re
depressing.”
“One
hundred and ten days. Not that I’m counting. I have absolutely no
idea where he’s at. He just vanished. But even when he was here,
there was never anything going on with us. You saw how he treated me
when he bothered to speak to me. I don’t know what I did to make
him hate me. We were best friends, and then we weren’t. Plain and
simple. My issues have got nothin’ to do with him.”
“He
doesn’t say a word to anyone. I’ve been living in Tarpon Springs
for years now, and since he moved here I think I’ve heard him say
ten words. So the talking thing, it’s a nonissue. It’s got
nothin’ to do with you. The jerk thing—yeah, all you, babe. Not
sure what’s up with that. He’s not exactly Mr. Friendly, but he’s
not flat-out rude to anyone except you.”
“Except
me,” she agreed.
“Why’s
that?”
“No
clue.” Violet lay back, sucked in her gut, and closed the top
button of her jeans. “He’s so surly nowadays,” she said
breathlessly. “When we were growing up he was always the quiet and
introspective one, but he wasn’t the Cain I’ve met here in town.
This Cain’s a—”
“A
dick,” JL interrupted.
“Dick!
Dick!” Bird cawed.
JL
barked out a loud laugh. “I love that bird.”
Violet
rolled her eyes and ignored the parrot. “Yep. He’s not very
friendly. Cain, not Bird. Actually, both. Or neither.” Violet shook
her head. “Ugh! What I mean to say is both Cain and Bird are not
friendly.” Violet let out her breath and put her arms out to JL,
who grabbed them and pulled her up. “But I’m so freakin’
worried about him. Mad or not, I hope he’s okay.” Violet
stretched her legs and walked over to the mirror behind her door to
look at herself. Normal to large boobs, average waist, biggish butt,
and short legs. She was on the voluptuous side of the spectrum. But
she liked the way she looked, and so long as she was healthy, she
never dieted and never looked at the scale. It had taken her a lot of
years of self-loathing, but now, at twenty-eight, she loved her curvy
body and wore it proudly—her father’s opinion, God rest his soul,
be damned.
She
turned halfway, looked at her backside, and smiled to herself. She
had long ago come to terms with the fact that she would never be the
same size as JL—but neither were most women. The mean girls in high
school who had tormented her and mooed at her when she walked down
the hall were now cordially invited to kiss her big behind, because
she was happy with her tush just as it was and she seriously enjoyed
her cookie dough ice cream addiction.
“Looking
good, sister,” JL said. “I swear I’m going to burn your
scrubs.”
“You
think John will like it?”
JL
walked up to Violet and playfully eyed her cleavage. “Only if he’s
a guy.” Violet swatted her away and adjusted her top so that she
wasn’t spilling out of it. “Come on. You’re going to be late
for your date, and I’m going to be late for work.”
Violet
took a deep breath, grabbed her purse, and followed JL out of the
house. A glass of wine would loosen her up. That’s what she needed
in order to get rid of the butterflies in her stomach. She wasn’t
so good with dates, and blind dates were the worst.
Review by Gia:
Laid Out is book 4 in the Worth the Fight series. It can be read as a standalone. It's Cain and Violet's story. It has characters from the previous book in it too. This was the first book in the Worth the Fight series that I read. After reading this one am interested in reading the previous book and any others that come out in this series.
Violet knew Cain for a long time. They both have moved away from where they grew up but end up int he same town. Cain and Violet have this weird love hate relationship. They are some of the most frustrating characters I have ever read. I loved them but sometimes I just wanted to yell at them. Cain has some issues that he needs to overcome. Violet is a very funny character and is a little awkward when it comes to dealing with guys.
Laid Out is a great book. I'm excited to jump in and read more books in this series.
4 Amazeballs Stars!!
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Sidney Halston lives her life by one
simple rule: “Just do it.” And that’s exactly what she did. At the age of
thirty, having never written anything other than a legal brief, she picked up a
pen for the first time to pursue her dream of becoming an author. That first
stroke sealed the deal, and she fell in love with writing. Halston lives in
South Florida with her husband and children.
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