Title: Long Shot
Author: Kennedy Ryan
Genre: Basketball Romance
Release Date: March 22, 2018
A FORBIDDEN LOVE SET IN THE EXPLOSIVE WORLD OF THE NBA...
Think you know what it's like being a baller's girl?
You don't.
My fairy tale is upside down.
A happily never after.
I kissed the prince and he turned into a fraud.
I was a fool, and his love - fool's gold.
Now there's a new player in the game, August West.
One of the NBA's brightest stars.
Fine. Forbidden.
He wants me. I want him.
But my past, my fraudulent prince, just won't let me go.
He thaws me with his kiss, my prince, and I melt into him. Chest to chest, August's number crushed between us, I take him in my hands, aligning our bodies, and two become one in a carnal slide of flesh. I anchor myself by my elbows hooked around his neck., and we kiss until I'm dizzy and our breaths tangle in a cloud of bliss. Under the jersey, his palm spans my back, digging into the naked flesh as our hips lock and roll and grind. My body clenches around him, and we pray, we curse, we moan, we mate like our bodies were made for this moment.
Ours is a love that reimagines; that peels back the sky at high noon searching for the stars, collecting them like shells in a bucket. We bathe in stardust, drink from the Milky Way and dance on the moon. We pierce the firmament, peer into infinity and tread on time and space. There is no before. There is no after. Now gives birth to forever. This moment may die, but this love never will. Time is not a line. It's a circle, and we, August and Iris, we stand at the center.
Kennedy Ryan is a Southern girl gone Southern California. A Top 100 Amazon Bestseller, Kennedy writes romance about remarkable women who thrive even in tough times, the love they find, and the men who cherish them.
She is a wife to her lifetime lover and mother to an extraordinary son. She has always leveraged her journalism background to write for charity and non-profit organizations, but enjoys writing to raise Autism awareness most. A contributor for Modern Mom Magazine, Kennedy’s writings have appeared in Chicken Soup for the Soul, USA Today and many others. The founder and executive director of a foundation serving Georgia families living with Autism, she has appeared on Headline News, Montel Williams, NPR and other media outlets as a voice for families living with autism.
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Five Stars
The phoenix will rise from its ashes better and stronger
than ever. This is the perfect description of Iris.
This story may include an irresistible hero, but it is 100%
Iris’s story. She was such a strong, honorable heroine who put her happiness
and safety second in order to do what she thought was best. There are no words
to describe the journey of this book. You will have your heart shattered to
pieces and then slowly super glued together. The cracks and damage will still
show. Kennedy took me on a journey so raw and emotional that my chest literally
ached when I finished.
Iris showed us that not every decision is cut and dry.
Sometimes decisions are messy. I know we have all been subject to the “If I
were in that situation, I would have...” comments or even said them ourselves,
and this book proved that saying that or is so disrespectful because you don’t
always know the whole situation. The way
Kennedy wrote this book was so poetic that it allowed you to truly feel like
you were experiencing those traumatic events with Iris.
Oh August! His patience, understanding, and loving heart
made him the perfect hero for Iris. He gave her what she needed when she needed
it without pressuring her to make rash decisions or into something she wasn’t
ready for yet.
I had such a book hangover after this book! I’m going to
need to take a breather to fully recover from the emotional onslaught I
experienced.
-An ARC was generously provided in exchange for an honest
review. –
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