Title: Give Me Grace
Series: Give Me #3
Series: Give Me #3
Release Date: July 10, 2014
SYNOPSIS
Casey Daniels has a past forged in Hell.
Despite the friends, the endless supply of women, and the muscle car he spent years restoring, it still eats away at him.
Grace Paterson is in Sydney as a temporary bassist for Jamieson, the band Casey handles security for. She’s also infuriating, off-limits, and completely irresistible.
A deal is struck, and despite their intense and powerful connection, both think it will be easy to walk away. But life can be more ruthless than either of them ever imagined. Not only does Grace have a secret she’s desperate to keep, Casey has questions from his past that he’s
willing to do anything to get answers for.
It’s not until someone wants one of them dead that Casey realises his love for Grace is the one thing he could never walk away from.
In a story of revenge, betrayal, secrets, and love, Casey will need to reconcile his past with his present, before the future he never knew he wanted is snatched away.
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REVIEW
Foxy Rating = Five Star PLUS!!!
*ARC provided by the author in exchange for an honest review
for the book blog tour
This is the third book in the Give Me series and this was
the one I was most looking forward to. I totally fell hook, line and sinker for
Casey in the first book and was yearning for him to get his own story. But then
I was worried it wouldn’t live up to my high expectations for this blue eyed
gorgeous alpha hunk-a-licious man. I
should have realised by now that in the capable hands of Kate McCarthy I will
get what I want and whoo to the hoo, I got it big time in Give Me Grace.
It. Was. Effing. Amazing.
Casey is part owner of security consulting firm with the Jamieson/Valentine
brothers. They provide security (along with other badass alpha stuff) for
Jamieson, the hot new band on the circuit. Casey has not had an easy life but
that all changed when he met his best friend Travis Valentine at University. He
has tried to put the past behind him with his work hard, play hard and eff hard
moto. He stays away from emotional entanglements and the only people he has
allowed to get close are the Jamieson/Valentine family. But then along comes
Grace who is hired as a temporary guitarist and is the hottest woman he has
ever seen, who has set something aflame inside of him he cannot fight.
Grace has been a successful model from a young age which she
started off to help out her family after a tragic death turned the tables on
her happy childhood. From that day she has been parted from her older brother
who is in the band Jamieson and has called on her to help the band out at short
notice. From the outside Grace has had
it all and led a superfluous life. Little do they know the truth. One thing
that has never changed is the love between Grace and her brother. In return he
is over protective of her and warns Casey away from Grace. But no matter what
is said or done, it appears nothing can get in the way of Casey and Grace hooking
up.
They both agree to no-strings deal whereby for the time she
remains in the band (for eight weeks), they will give into their sexual urges
and have a rampant affair but keep it secret. But that is so much easier said
than done when the depth of feeling they both discover start to complicate the simplicity
of hook up sex they were originally looking for.
This series is getting better and better with every one I
read and the first one was a five star rating from me! So this one is off the
charts amazing. The fabulous chemistry and sexual tension just oozes off page
after page after page. Casey is so sexy but at the same time endearing, he was
an immediate hit the first time I read him. The scenes with him and Evie in the
first book had me clutching my heart but to now see him with Grace was so
joyful to be a part of. Grace was also an instant hit, she is so kick-ass and
not what you would expect a pampered model to be. She is so down to earth and
somebody you would love as your bestie. Totally loved this pairing.
Oh and as for the hotness level – wowie it was scorching!
Kate McCarthy certainly knows how to write a steamy sex scene. But what I also
loved was the humour these two brought to the table with their quick fire
banter between them. It had me giggling in one breath then panting in the next
when the laughter turned into raw sexual tension. Rawr!
I seriously, SERIOUSLY, recommend you dive into this
fantastic series. It is UNMISSIBLE! A definite five star plus (plus, plus,
PLUS!) rating from me. Come join in the Badass Brigade – I dare you!
EXCERPT
I slipped out the front door, letting it softly click shut behind me. Casey was sitting in his car, staring straight ahead as I walked down the drive. Opening the car door, I slid inside and shut it. He didn’t acknowledge my presence, or even look at me at all. He simply shifted gears, and with a quick glance in his rearview mirror, pulled out onto the road.
I clicked my seat belt into place. “Casey?”
With a hard swallow, he shook his head, keeping his eyes on the road as we drove. Despite his controlled composure, his face was pale and tension surrounded him like an aura.
“Casey, you’re scaring me.”
“I’m sorry.” Our eyes met for a brief moment, the connection intense. Raw pain flickered in his eyes before it was quickly banked. “That’s the last thing I want to do.”
His palm slid over my bare thigh, riding upwards as he continued to drive. The touch sent arousal spiking through me, but not enough to override the concern.
“Where are we going?”
He shook his head as if he had no clue. After a moment, he replied, “I want to drive, but I don’t want to be alone. I want to be with you.”
My eyes fixed on his profile as he drove. The knuckles of his right hand were white on the steering wheel and his jaw tight. Something wasn’t right. In fact, something was very wrong. I slid my hand over his, my pulse racing when he flipped his palm over and grabbed hold.
“Casey?”
He glanced over at me.
“I want to be with you too.”
His answer was a squeeze of my hand before letting go.
We sat in silence as he drove. I stared at the dashboard, having no idea what to do or say or how to fix what was wrong.
“Are you okay?” I asked.
“Sure.” A smile came to his lips. It was forced because it never reached his eyes. “Just a bad day at work, you know?”
“No, I don’t know. Maybe you should tell me.”
The roads were eerily quiet when he pulled to a stop at a red light. “I don’t want to talk right now.” His hand fell on my thigh again, the calloused palm scraping my skin as it slipped upwards. Reaching between my thighs, he dragged my panties to the side and slipped his fingers inside, gently massaging my clit and dragging a moan from my throat. He leaned over, putting his mouth on my ear, his breathing coming harder and heavier.
“I want to fuck you, Grace. Not just tonight, but every night,” he professed, his fingers working me expertly. The red light turned green, but with no cars around, Casey ignored it. “Hard enough for it to hurt, so that when you leave, me fucking you is the only thing you can think about.”
I closed my eyes, my head falling back against the headrest. I wanted him to fuck me that hard. I wanted to feel him inside me even when he wasn’t there, but not like this. Not when he was using sex to mask a hurt so painful and deep I could feel the ache of it surrounding me until I felt suffocated.
“No,” I gasped.
He froze at the single word, his hand stilling instantly.
“There’s something wrong, Casey. I can feel it.”
His hand slipped out of my panties and I mourned the loss. “I don’t want to talk about it,” he snapped.
Tension bled into the car as he put it in gear and accelerated swiftly. My eyes burned. When we were good, it was wild and intense and consuming, but we always spiralled into such a hot mess. I wasn’t sure if Casey and I would ever find a happy medium.
Drawing a deep breath, I forced calm. “Maybe you should take me home.”
“No.”
My brows flew up. “No?”
“No.” He shook his head, his tone cold and harsh. “This was your deal, and now you want to turn it into some kind of relationship? That’s not what this is. This is about you and me and sex. So maybe you should spread your legs so we can both get what we want.”
AUTHOR BIO
Kate McCarthy grew up in a small town outside of Port Macquarie, Australia. Raised in a house just a short walk to the beach, Kate enjoyed the peaceful, relaxed atmosphere and friendships that come from being raised in a friendly, small town area.
She now resides in Brisbane, Australia, a city in the state of Queensland where she works as an accountant, along with a sideline wedding cake business and her writing.
She is married with two children, has two dogs and house in the suburbs, and a pile of friends and family dotted all over the country that help keep her sane.
When she’s not busy running after naughty kids, filthy dogs, crunching numbers, piping buttercream and writing books, you can find her curled up in bed in the early hours of the morning reading new books and re-reading old favourites. Her favourite books are the Black Dagger Brotherhood series by J.R. Ward in which she longs to eventually join the brotherhood and change her name to Phierce Mutha.
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