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In New York Times
Bestselling author Nalini Singh’s newest contemporary romance, passion ignites
between a gorgeous, sinfully sexy man who built himself up from nothing and a
shy woman who has a terrible secret in her past…
Wealthy businessman
Gabriel Bishop rules the boardroom with the same determination and ruthlessness
that made him a rock star on the rugby field. He knows what he wants, and he’ll
go after it no-holds-barred.
And what he wants
is Charlotte Baird.
Charlotte knows
she’s a mouse. Emotionally scarred and painfully shy, she just wants to do her
job and remain as invisible as possible. But the new CEO—a brilliant,
broad-shouldered T-Rex of a man who growls and storms through the office,
leaving carnage in his wake—clearly has other plans. Plans that may be equal
parts business and bedroom.
If Charlotte
intends to survive this battle of wits and hearts, the mouse will have to learn
to wrangle the T-Rex. Game on.
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I thoroughly enjoyed this book from cover to cover. The characters are infinitely likable and there is a playful tone, even with all the serious themes. This a hugely entertaining read. Here are some of my reasons you should read this book:
1. Charlotte the Survivor: At first blush, Charlotte seems painfully shy and a pushover. We soon learn that Charlotte is a victim of a violent crime that would cripple anyone. Each step she takes toward her recovery is a victory.
2. Gabriel is a T-Rex that likes catnip: Gabriel is growly CEO, big and intimidating like the king of dinosaurs with the body and focus of a professional athlete. He gets things done. One of his finer traits? Smart women are his catnip.
3. The T-Rex is audacious and dastardly: "I'm going to demand you give me your panties to prove they're not damp." Ummm, enough said.
4. Gabriel is a charming rake: "A kiss today, nakedness tomorrow." He's playful and very convincing.
5. Charlotte is the voice of wisdom: "Be kind, the better man." When Gabriel is at his lowest, Charlotte provides the light to give him perspective. She insists on being a part of the relationship and being heard.
6. Not what it seems: In the beginning, this is a seemingly unequal relationship. Gabriel is the Über alpha, the T-Rex, and Charlotte seems like the mouse. However, she is the mouse that roared.
IN A NUTSHELL:
Just what I wanted from Nalini Singh. By far, the best of the series, the author delivers a delightful contemporary romance that is a balance of both heavy and light. A highly recommended read.
EXCERPT
Charlotte arrived
at work at seven thirty the next morning to find Gabriel Bishop’s office door
open, but no carnivorous predator inside. A fresh suit was hanging on the back
of his door, however, which meant he’d been in already.
Deciding to catch
up on e-mails that had come in overnight from international suppliers as well
as stores involved in a stock take, she was typing a reply when a sweaty
Gabriel arrived fifteen minutes later. He was dressed in black running shorts
and a faded University of Auckland T-shirt that was currently sticking to his
body.
She’d known he was
in shape, but now she realized none of it was an illusion created by his
well-cut suits. Okay, she’d already known that, but seeing his muscled body in
the flesh was a whole different ball game. He was built like a tank, hard and
powerful.
Each of his thighs
was thicker than both of hers put together, his biceps toned, his shoulders
appearing even wider than usual. Everything about him was big. Civilized
clothing didn’t make him look better, she realized—it toned down his intense
masculinity. Out of his suits, with the ink on the upper part of his left arm
exposed, as well as that on his opposing thigh and…
Her skin hot and
lower body clenching, she just nodded in response to his “Good morning.”
Disappearing into
his office, he returned with his suit pants and a fresh shirt slung over his
arm, along with a sports bag. “Push the meeting with Sales to nine, will you,
Ms. Baird? I need to talk to HR about something before then.”
“Yes, sir,”
Charlotte said almost soundlessly, but he was already gone, heading toward the
employee shower one floor down.
The thigh tattoo
went all the way around, the design intricate.
Heart rate a rapid
stutter, Charlotte got up after he disappeared and decided to go grab him a
coffee. He’d bought her one yesterday after all. She was just being nice. “Oh,
shut up, Charlotte,” she muttered once she was in the elevator, and slumped her
face into an upraised hand.
The truth was she
was running away. Only for a few minutes, but that’s what this was: strategic
retreat. Gabriel Bishop was overwhelming. Once, before she’d ever met him and
under the influence of cocktails, she’d told Molly she wanted to rip off his
shirt and sink her teeth into his pecs.
That desire hadn’t
waned even now that she knew he was a T-Rex. Of course, the desire was all
strictly in her imagination. The idea of actually handling him in real life? So
impossible as to be laughable. Charlie-mouse was not about to play with a
predator who could eat her alive and not even notice the bones. The good news
was that she could admire him in relative safety—there was no chance in hell
he’d ever notice her as a woman.
Getting the coffee
from a nearby café, she took it back upstairs. He was in his office when she
entered, the striped dark gray of his tie hanging around his neck and his damp
hair roughly combed. The scent of clean, fresh soap over warm skin permeated
the office. Shooting her a smile that turned him from gorgeous to flat-out
devastating, he flipped up the collar of his white shirt to get the tie in
place. “Thank you, Ms. Baird.”
Nodding, Charlotte
escaped, though she really wanted to stay. She’d never realized how erotic it
was to watch a man dress until this precise moment. And she shouldn’t be having
these thoughts about her boss—especially since she couldn’t keep from quivering
like a rabbit in his presence. Sometimes she just annoyed herself.
“Get to work,” she
muttered and knuckled down.
Gabriel was fine
for the first hour, but then he began barking orders even a six-armed woman
with a split personality would have had trouble handling.
Finally, pushed to
the edge, Charlotte snapped. “I’m going as fast as I can!” she yelled when he
asked her for something a minute after he’d asked her to complete another task.
He scowled and held
out a file. “This is a priority.”
Grabbing it from
his hand, she said, “Fine,” and slapped it down on her desk.
It was over an hour
later that he disappeared for ten minutes. When he returned, it was to put a
small bakery box on her desk. “I think you need something to sweeten your mood
today, Ms. Baird.”
What she needed was
for the T-Rex who was her boss to stop snarling and growling, she thought as he
returned to his office. Not opening the box until her curiosity had almost
killed her, she found it held a slice of decadent chocolate cake with a
white-chocolate ganache topped with curls of both white and milk chocolate. “I
cannot be bribed with cake,” she muttered, eating a bite nonetheless.
Full two-chapter
excerpt available on Nalini’s Website
Rock
Addiction (Book One) Rock Kiss Series
Rock Courtship (bk 1.5) A
Rock Kiss Novel:
NEW YORK TIMES AND
USA Today bestselling author of the Psy-Changeling and Guild Hunter series
Nalini Singh usually writes about hot shapeshifters and dangerous angels. This
time around, she decided to write about hot and wickedly tempting rock stars
(and one gorgeous ex-rugby player). If you’re seeing a theme here, you’re not
wrong.
Nalini lives and
works in beautiful New Zealand, and is passionate about writing. If you’d like
to explore her other books, you can find lots of excerpts on her website. Slave
to Sensation is the first book in the Psy-Changeling series, while Angels’
Blood is the first book in the Guild Hunter series. Also, don't forget to swing
by the site to check out the special behind-the-scenes page for the Rock Kiss
series, complete with photos of many of the locations used in the books.
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