About The Book:
Title: Lemon Drops & Love
Series: Cocktails Series
Author: Angela Stevens
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Release Date: June 8, 2014
Lemon Drops And Love has a ‘Sleeping With The Enemy’ vibe. When a broken woman escapes her abusive boyfriend, she falls into the arms of her hockey player crush, only to find that love and sex have a price: revenge and terror.For years, Jude loved Maya from afar. When she falls into his arms at his sister’s wedding, Jude decides he’s waited long enough. But it’s complicated. Maya’s no longer the carefree, self-assured woman he once knew. Frightened, vulnerable, her confidence crushed, Maya is unable to see a way out of an abusive relationship. But Jude Holland is not going to stand back and watch this happen. After rescuing her from Carl’s clutches, he plans to stay and pick up the pieces.
But getting rid of Carl is harder than anyone imagined. Carl’s sociopathic tendencies know no boundaries. Determined to take back what is his, hatred consumes him. With all rationality gone, Carl is prepared to go to monstrous lengths to destroy what he once loved. Driven by envy and hate, he sets out to destroy Maya. If he can’t have her, then he is damn sure no one else will have her either.
Listen to the audio of the first chapter here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-C8p4MWs2Q&feature=youtu.be
Excerpt:
Jude couldn’t believe his luck when Maya spun around and came crashing into him. After spotting her outside, he'd followed her in; his progress hindered as he tried to navigate across a yard packed with partygoers. As he fought his way through the kitchen, he thought she was going to slip away yet again. It seemed all day long he'd been trying to speak to her but she was a whirling dervish spinning here, there, and everywhere. Organizing photos, straightening buttonholes, helping elderly aunts into cars and goodness knows what else.
Every time he came within five feet of her, she twirled around and headed off in the opposite direction, intent on some errand or mission of mercy. But now here she was in his arms.
She’s still all hair, he thought.
He never understood how anyone so small could have so much of it. It was so damn sexy; it always made him want to run his fingers through it. Those curls had a mind of their own. Even now they were escaping here and there from the barrette.
Every time he came within five feet of her, she twirled around and headed off in the opposite direction, intent on some errand or mission of mercy. But now here she was in his arms.
She’s still all hair, he thought.
He never understood how anyone so small could have so much of it. It was so damn sexy; it always made him want to run his fingers through it. Those curls had a mind of their own. Even now they were escaping here and there from the barrette.
My Review:
Lemon Drops and Love by Angela StevensMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
Lemon Drops and Love by Angela Stevens is a powerful story of damaging relationships and how real love and true friends can make all the difference in surviving an unhealthy relationship.
Maya was always more of a quiet girl but as her relationship with Carl progresses she becomes more withdrawn from friends, less sure of herself, and essentially a more timid, broken person.
Jude has been in love with Maya since he was fifteen. Obviously the love started as infatuation. As a fifteen year old boy crushing on your older sisters (Roxy) best friend he knew he's not be taken seriously but hoped for more as he matured and started college.
A friendship developed between Jude and Maya, but while both had feelings for each other, neither one thought the other was interested. Instead they believed that the other saw them and loved them as a sibling. It's not until after Roxy's wedding and Carl's blatant mistreatment of Maya that Jude and Maya's true feelings surface. Unfortunately, Carl is not willing to let Maya go and proceeds to hurt her and abuse her as only he knows how.
This has some graphic moments that could be disturbing to some but essentially is about healing and moving past unhealthy relationships.
About The Author:
Angela Stevens is the author of the contemporary adult romance novel Lemon Drops and Love. She also writes YA fantasies and Children's books under the pen name of A.D. StevensAngela is British born but moved to Virginia, USA eight years ago. Always a keen traveler, she has enjoyed spending time living outside of her native country. She is an ex-teacher and the mother of two children. When empty nest syndrome threatened, Angela turned to writing novels to fill her growing free time. As her hobby grew she found storytelling began to fill her waking hours.
Her recently released novel, Lemon Drops and Love grew out of her voracious appetite for reading. After one particularly momentous year, when she consumed over one hundred paper backs, Angela decided to attempt her own first novel.
Her debut novel is set in her local town and the setting for her love story was partly inspired by her passion for ice hockey. She discovered her love of the sport when she first moved to America. A rabid Washington Capitals fan, Angela can often be found 'rocking the red' at the Verizon center supporting her beloved team.
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