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Today I’m excited to participate in the Blog Tour of ‘The Redemption’ by Nikki Sloane. This is book four in the Filthy Rich Americans Saga and is now LIVE.
Nikki Sloane is one of those authors I’ve been willing to read a book from for a long time. It just didn’t happen! So this time, when I got approved to read an ARC of ‘The Redemption’, I got super excited and couldn’t wait to start reading.
In ‘The Redemption’ we meet Sophia. Sophia is twenty six years old and grew up desperate for attention of the people who should have given it to her unconditional. This made her learn how to observe and make people tell her stuff. Now, Sophia knows a lot of secrets. And this time she wants to use her knowledge to help Macalister Hale get back to the powerful man he was. Macalister is twice Sophia’s age, but there is a chemistry between the two of them, that is hard to deny. And even harder to resist.
For the most part I really enjoyed this read. I loved getting to know Sophia’s character. She was fun, tough, hardworking and I definitely liked the way she was able to stand up to people. Since I didn’t know Macalister from the previous books, I was totally neutral to his character in the beginning of this book. And I really liked him. Sure, he was rude at times and very arrogant. But he was also very charming.
The romance between Sophia and Macalister, was fun to read about. In spite of their age difference, which you didn’t really notice all that much while reading, they have this instant connection. I loved how Sophia made Macalister be a better person. And Sophia definitely found more strength through Macalister. I didn’t really like the piercing part though.. That was really just too much information.
Although this book can be read as a standalone, it is the fourth book in a series. Since this was my first Nikki Sloane read, I read it as a standalone and I didn’t really have any trouble reading this book. There were some moments between characters that I didn’t really get, because I didn’t know their history. But it didn’t bother me that much. I do think however that if you’d read this series in order, you would have enjoyed this one even more.
Overall, ‘The Redemption’ was a fun read.
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“How did you know about this place?” I asked.
“The director gave me a tour before I wrote the check.”
We were utterly alone in this room full of costumes. Slips of clothes that allowed people to become a completely different person, and as I stared at him, standing in the shadows between two tall racks, I wanted to be someone else.
I wanted to be the woman he’d fall in love with and break the curse.
In this seclusion, Macalister was safe to look at me however he wanted, and my heart pounded like fists against the side of a cage trying to break free. He was its captor, and he knew it.
He stated it like it was an unarguable law. “I own you.”
It was the truth, but it was hard to surrender. I’d given him everything else. Shouldn’t I hold on to this last thing and use it to bargain for his heart? I dug deep inside myself, gathering all the strength I had not to give in, and lifted my chin in defiance.
I couldn’t say the word, but I hoped my expression told him no.
Rather than look irritated or frustrated, a slow, pleased smile crawled along his lips. I’d challenged him as best I could, and he was excited I’d given him the opportunity to prove me wrong.
It was sexy and terrifying when he charged toward me, and I turned and fled, running as fast as I could in my heels and dress through the maze of towering racks of clothes. It would only be a matter of time before he caught me, and I ran with no intention of escaping, anyway. At the end of the row, I turned blindly to my right and dashed past shelves full of shoes and hats in plastic bins.
At the edge of the room, the wall was lined with cabinets, a seamstress station, and a bare dress form. There was a large mirror, and I caught a glimpse of myself running, my soft pink dress billowing around my legs, and Macalister behind me.
He probably could have caught me sooner, but either he was enjoying the chase too much or was waiting to pounce until he had me exactly where he wanted. He grasped me by the elbow and jerked me to a stop, spinning me around so I crashed into his chest, and I let out a grunt of surprise.
I’d worn my hair up at his request, and so the back of my neck was bare, and his palm slid up to hold me there, steadying me as he dropped his mouth to mine. His untamed kiss brought on delirium. It buzzed through my core, radiating outward.
But he abruptly tore his lips away, like a possessive child throwing a fit and taking their toys back. “Say it.”
Possession was nine tenths of the law, and I felt utterly possessed. “I’m yours.”
His eyes widened. It wasn’t clear exactly how he’d wanted me to say it, if I was supposed to repeat it word for word, but I’d gone with the full truth.
This Blog Tour was organized by Social Butterfly PR.
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Maureen is a mom, wife, nurse, and Ravenclaw living in the Netherlands. She spends her days juggling mom-life, reading, blogging, planning date nights with her husband and working as a nurse. Maureen also is a big Anglophile, loves cooking, Gilmore Girls, Bridgerton and Harry Potter.. Always! Facebook | Instagram
