Phoenix has been stumbling through life since her brother Adric's tragic death but after eight years, she is finally piecing what remains together. She has a nice apartment, a steady job and not to mention a fresh new 'relationship' with her childhood friend, Kade Haze. He's the sexy boy next door she never even dreamed of falling for, but can’t seem to stop the pull she feels toward him.
Just when life began to make sense again and a feeling of normalcy was on the horizon, Phoenix's carefully constructed walls come crashing down.
When walking into the tattoo shop one day, the last thing she’s expecting to see is Kellan Haze, Adric’s best friend no one has seen or heard from since the day they found her brother’s body. He’s nothing as she remembers him as a child, with his wild messy hair, tattoos that cover most of his undeniably sexy body and eyes so intense it makes her legs quiver with one look. The one thing even she can’t deny is the instant rush she feels just by being in his presence.
But how can you choose between love and lust when one of these hold a dark secret, one that can crush your world to pieces and leave you gasping for air. Who can you trust when your mind is pulling you in two different directions and your heart has to choose for you?
The Haze brothers are sexy, daring and possibly . . . dangerous.
This Regret is a story of love, lust, betrayal and danger with an ending that no one saw coming.
The first thought that comes to mind about this book: HOLY
SHIT! That doesn’t mean I didn’t love it, because I did! If I had two Haze men
in my life, especially in the capacity Phoenix did, I am not sure what choices
I would make. Well, yeah, let me rephrase that. I am not sure exactly how I
would go about making those choices, but I know what my end choice would be and
it would end up exactly where she ended up. I am not sure the middle choices
would have been the same as her’s but that is the difference between people.
Losing a sibling; it has to be one of the hardest things to
go through, especially when that sibling is your world, almost like a parent,
and you love them with so much of yourself. Phoenix lost her older brother, Adric, when
she was just 15 years-old, and when that happened, his best friend and her
protector, Kellan Haze disappeared, without warning as well. No explanations of
why. Her world was crushed. Kade, Kellan’s
younger brother, was there to help her through all of that. He had been a
friend since childhood. He was steadfast and kept her going. Now, it is eight years
later and she is in a good place. She and Kade have started this flirting
thing. He has made it known he wants more. And then she walks into a tattoo
parlor…
Who do you think that sexy tattoo artist is? Yeah. *sigh*
Kellan. Now the REAL story begins.
Ladies, as sexy as Kade is, (and he is sexy) if you are into
tattoos, piercings and bad boys…you better be prepared, because this book will
not let you go. Although, it isn’t just about that; there is so much intrigue, turmoil,
and mystery just waiting to be answered it is hard to put this book down. There
are some real douches you want to throat punch… or get Phoenix’s gun! She can
shoot a gun!!! She isn’t a pushover; that is for sure. She is one tough girl…with
a mouth! It doesn’t always serve her well, but she is tough.
Yes, I loved this book. The only down-side to this book is
editing. It needed some more editing to make it the amazing book it could be,
because the story was great! Because of that, I had to take it down a little on
my stars. 4 Stars KC
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The blast of a .38-caliber revolver sends me crashing to my knees, landing in the road, with gravel digging deep into the flesh of my knees.
My hands grip the gritty ground, as if my life depends on it, making my fingers bleed. Who knows, at this point, maybe it does.
Even with my eyes closed, I can feel the world spinning around me, my body threatening to give up and lose what control I have left. Tears stream down my horror-stricken face and a silent scream is threatening to form in my throat. It hurts. It hurts like hell.
That’s when I hear it. A bloodcurdling scream that makes my blood run cold. Except, it’s not my screaming that is roaring through my ears as I expected.
It’s the screaming of a woman. A very angry, hysterical woman.
The only thing I can decipher is, “Call 911. Somebody fucking call 911. There’s blood everywhere.”
I can hear bodies shuffling nearby, some of them even tripping over me to get away, but I can only process one thought. He’s gone. Please don’t let him be gone.
With force, I am yanked to my feet, a large hand smacking me across the face, causing blood to taste on my tongue.
I try to focus, but my vision is too blurred to make any sense of who has control of my body and at this point, I’m not so sure it even matters.
“This is your fault,” the deep voice growls as I spit blood onto his filthy boots. Narrowing his eyes, he wraps my hair securely around his hand and yanks my head back, hard, while his other hand tightens around my throat, squeezing. “You’re going to pay for this if it’s the last thing I do, you stupid bitch.”
He lets go of my neck and shoves me down to the ground so my face is pressed into the gravel, his boot crushing into the back of my skull. Dirt and rocks dig into my left eye, making it even harder to see through the tears. I desperately look for the man that hasn’t only crushed then stolen my heart just to crush it again, but has also replaced a part of me that I thought was long ago lost.
Realizing that my search is pointless, I just lay there defeated, feeling half-alive, but mostly dead. “Go ahead,” I whisper. “See if you can hurt me anymore than you already have. I dare you.” My body’s trembling, but I look him dead in the eye anyways. I’m not scared of dying. Not after losing the biggest part of me, my heart. “Losing him will be my last regret.” I shift so that I’m looking at the deep scars that cover his face. They make me sick. He makes me sick. “That and not killing you when I had the chance.
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Victoria Ashley grew up in Rockford, IL and has had a passion for reading for as long as she can remember. After finding a reading app where it allowed readers to upload their own stories, she gave it a shot and writing became her passion.
She lives for a good romance book with tattooed bad boys that are just highly misunderstood and is not afraid to be caught crying during a good read. When she’s not reading or writing about bad boys, you can find her watching her favorites shows such as Sons Of Anarchy, Dexter and True Blood.
She is the author of Wake Up Call and This Regret and is currently working on more releases for 2014.
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