Welcome to my stop on the blog tour for A Little Too Hot by Lisa Desrochers hosted by Rockstar Book Tours. A Little Too Hot was released yesterday so you no longer have to wait to read more new adult goodness from the amazing Lisa. If you want to check out the other stops on this tour you can find them here.
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Lisa Desrochers has this style of storytelling where she immediately sets you in boiling water, then turns back the heat and lets the pot simmer and simmer and you just have to wait to see when it's going to finally boil over onto the stove. Lisa never stops shocking me and taking me to places I never expected to go, and A Little Too Hot is a perfect example of a book being so much more than you could ever expect.
After taking us all over Rome, the New York, we're now treated to San Francisco. This was exciting to me because it's the only place out of those three that I've never been. Before, seeing these locations through Lisa's characters was nostalgic and wonderful. I was transported, and now I can say that's because she has an amazing sense of place and she does more than making her characters come to life - she makes entire cities pop off the page.
I'm not going to lie, I was worried about the exotic dancer aspect of the story. However, that was a big part of that initial punch and once the story eased into a rhythm, it actually worked very well. I was also a little worried about liking Sam, but I was worried about liking Alessandro without Lexie, too, so I should have known that wouldn't be a problem. Sam was great and actually quite remarkable in the face of everything she was up against.
Harrison was also one surprise after another. He definitely kept me on my toes, as not once did he ever do what I would have expected him to. This created a lot of really great tension between him and Sam.
I can't really say more because this book is a bit of an experience and I really don't want to accidentally give something away. I will just say that you need to read Lisa's books. A Little Too Far is still my favorite, but she just keeps showing me that she knows how to write books that are fresh, exciting, and a little shocking.
After taking us all over Rome, the New York, we're now treated to San Francisco. This was exciting to me because it's the only place out of those three that I've never been. Before, seeing these locations through Lisa's characters was nostalgic and wonderful. I was transported, and now I can say that's because she has an amazing sense of place and she does more than making her characters come to life - she makes entire cities pop off the page.
I'm not going to lie, I was worried about the exotic dancer aspect of the story. However, that was a big part of that initial punch and once the story eased into a rhythm, it actually worked very well. I was also a little worried about liking Sam, but I was worried about liking Alessandro without Lexie, too, so I should have known that wouldn't be a problem. Sam was great and actually quite remarkable in the face of everything she was up against.
Harrison was also one surprise after another. He definitely kept me on my toes, as not once did he ever do what I would have expected him to. This created a lot of really great tension between him and Sam.
I can't really say more because this book is a bit of an experience and I really don't want to accidentally give something away. I will just say that you need to read Lisa's books. A Little Too Far is still my favorite, but she just keeps showing me that she knows how to write books that are fresh, exciting, and a little shocking.
--------------About the Book--------------
Author: Lisa
DesrochersSeries: A Little Too Far #3
Publication Date: January 21, 2014
Publisher: William Morrow Impulse
If you play with fire…
Tossed out of college and cut off by her parents, Samantha West is in pretty dire straits. So when her rocker best friend hooks her up with a job dancing at a gentlemen’s club, who is she to turn it down? Plus, there are rules to dancing at Benny’s: No touching, keep your clothes on at all times, and never get closer than three feet. Unfortunately for Sam, her first private client makes her want to break every single one of them.
Harrison Yates is scorching hot, but he’s got a past that involves being left at the altar not too long ago. Sam is determined to make him forget about his ex, but when she makes her move, it flings her life into a spiral of chaos she never saw coming.
Because Harrison Yates isn’t who he seems to be. And his secret will probably get her killed.
Tossed out of college and cut off by her parents, Samantha West is in pretty dire straits. So when her rocker best friend hooks her up with a job dancing at a gentlemen’s club, who is she to turn it down? Plus, there are rules to dancing at Benny’s: No touching, keep your clothes on at all times, and never get closer than three feet. Unfortunately for Sam, her first private client makes her want to break every single one of them.
Harrison Yates is scorching hot, but he’s got a past that involves being left at the altar not too long ago. Sam is determined to make him forget about his ex, but when she makes her move, it flings her life into a spiral of chaos she never saw coming.
Because Harrison Yates isn’t who he seems to be. And his secret will probably get her killed.
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Title: A
LITTLE TOO FAR (A Little Too Far #1)
Pub. Date: September 17, 2013/October 1, 2013
Publisher: William Morrow
Pages: 336
Formats: Paperback, eBook
Lexie Banks has.
Yep. She just had
mind-blowing sex with her stepbrother. In her defense, she was on the rebound,
and it’s more of a my-dad-happened-to-marry-a-woman-with-a-super-hot-son
situation. But still, he’s been her best friend and confidant for the better
part of the last few years … and is so off limits. It’s a good thing she’s
leaving in two days for a year abroad in Rome.
But even
thousands of miles away, Lexie can’t seem to escape trouble. Raised Catholic,
she goes to confession in hopes of alleviating some of her guilt … and maybe
not burning in hell. Instead, she stumbles out of the confessional and right
into Alessandro Moretti, a young and very easy-on-the-eyes deacon … only eight
months away from becoming a priest. Lexie and Alessandro grow closer, and when
Alessandro’s signals start changing despite his vow of celibacy, she doesn’t
know what to think.
She’s torn between falling in love with the man she
shouldn’t want and the man she can’t have. And she isn’t sure how she can live
with herself either way.
To read an
excerpt on the author’s website, CLICK HERE.
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Title: A
LITTLE TOO MUCH (A Little Too Far #2)
Pub. Date: November 12, 2013/December 10, 2013
Publisher: William Morrow
Pages: 416
Formats: Paperback, eBook
In the follow-up
to Lisa Desrochers’ explosive New Adult novel A Little too Far, Alessandro
Moretti must face the life he escaped and the girl he loved and left behind.
Twenty-two year
old Hilary McIntyre would like nothing more than to forget her past. As a
teenager abandoned to the system, she faced some pretty dark times. But now
that’s all behind her. Hilary has her life on track, and there’s no way she’ll
head back down that road again.
Until Alessandro
Moretti—the one person who can make her remember—shows up on her doorstep.
He’s
even more devastatingly gorgeous than before, and he’s much too close for
comfort. Worse, he sees right through the walls she’s built over these last
eight years, right into her heart and the secrets she’s guarding.
As Hilary finds
herself falling back into love with the man who, as a boy both saved and
destroyed her, she must decide. Past or future? Truth or lies?
-------------About the Author-------------
Lisa Desrochers
is the USA Today bestselling author of A LITTLE TOO FAR , courtesy of HarperCollins, and
companions, A LITTLE TOO MUCH (Nov 12, 2013), and A LITTLE TOO HOT (Jan 21, 2014). Also in stores is her YA PERSONAL
DEMONS trilogy (Macmillan).
She lives in
central California with her husband and two very busy daughters. There is never
a time that she can be found without a book in her hand, and she adores stories
that take her to new places, and then take her by surprise.
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