Friday 26 June 2015

♀♀ Blog Tour ♀♀ Repaired ♀♀ Melissa Collins ♀♀


    




Blurb

Liam Davis is a man without a past. Thats what he wants everyone to believe, anyway. Hell-bent on erasing any memories of his previous life, he knows that starting over is all he can do. Hiding who he is, where hes from, why hes running, and especially who hes left behind, Liam has run away from everything hes ever known. His plan works perfectly until one day when Parker Ryan threatens to expose his carefully concealed world.

Parker Ryan is a man without a future. Sure, hes a partner in one of New Yorks most prestigious law firms, but hell never be more than a failure in the eyes of his boss, his father. Rather than break away from his fathers standards, he finds himself mindlessly pursuing them, in turn sacrificing anything that would actually make him happy.

When Liams and Parkers lives collide, the ugly truth about who they really are, and who they hope to become reveals itself when they least expect it. As both of their lives become wrecked beyond all belief, theyll learn how to rely on each other in their journey to become Repaired.





ARC received for an honest review

I adored the previous m/m book by Melissa Collins that I had read, so the chance to read her latest was a no brainer.

Repaired is a beautiful love story that I was hooked on from the moment I started reading.

I love a good "opposites attract" story, and that is exactly what Ms Collins has given us here.

Liam and Parker could not come from two more vastly different backgrounds, but that just makes their attraction the sweeter.  Everything that seems to be wrong about each other, only makes it all the more right.

There is a bit of darkness in the background of Repaired, and as we learn more, my heart just broke even more for Dylan.  His past is still haunting him, affecting his present and future.  I adored how Parker, in his own ways, got Liam through the darkness.

At one stage, the story took a turn that I was certainly not expecting, and loved how things played out.  Brought a great big smile to my dial!

I have loved everything that I have read of Ms Collins, but I have to say, she really has a knack for writing m/m romances. 

And I hope we keep getting more.

Can't wait to see what she has for us next






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EXCERPT
 
The loud bang on the garage doors scared the shit out of, making me jump out of my skin. Shit, I yelled after hitting my head on the bumper. Despite calling out, One second, the banging continued. More than a little dizzy, my anger mounted as I walked toward the door. Chill the fuck out, I muttered as I wiped my hands on a work rag. The row of windows stretching through the mid-line of the door was tinted so that only someone on the inside could see out. They were designed that way so anyone peering into the shop wouldnt be able to see what kind of cars were parked insidea security tip I offered to Paulie after Id started working here.

The man standing on the other side must not have heard me because he continued his relentless banging. At this rate, Id be surprised if his knuckles werent all bloody and cut up.

Knowing he couldnt see me did nothing to stop me from staying to the side. My initial intention was simply to check out who the hell was trying to break down my door. The last thing I needed was some psychopath ruining my night, but as I peered out the window, the last thought running through my mind was that he was a psycho.

Dressed in a modern grey suit, he was the epitome of class. The baby blue shirt underneath made his eyes pop, of course the anger simmering there amplified them as well. Pinching the bridge of his nose, he looked like he was trying to ward off some massive headache. Either he really was a psychopath, playing his part of the deception perfectly, or he was in a bind and genuinely in need of help. Watching him run his fingers through his thick dark brown hair, he let out a deep huff of breath. The door muffled his words, but I swear I heard him say, Just my fucking luck.

Having uttered that phrase more than a few times in my own life, I decided Id let him in and see what he needed. The fact that my dick was twitching in my pants at the mere sight of him didnt hurt his case much either.
He stood at attention as he listened to me unclicking the locks. The doors rolled open revealing his long, lean frame. This guy was money. It was written all over him, from his shirt to his shoes, from his shiny cufflinks to the BMW key dangling from his finger.

Can I help you? My voice was gruff, and I hoped he thought it was from his less than polite request to be seen, rather than the reaction I was having to him.

He eyed me, scanning my body from head to toe. Annoyance was written all over his face and my attraction quickly morphed into annoyance. Excuse me, I prompted when he still hadnt spoken a single word. You knocked on my door. Is there something I can help you with?

Uh, yeah, he answered, running his hands through his hair once again. Hit a pothole down the road, he explained somewhat distractedly. He pointed in the direction in which I assumed his damaged car sat.
Let me grab the keys to the tow truck. Walking away from him, I felt his stare on my back.

By the time I walked back out of the office, he was gone. What the hell? I mumbled to myself, wondering where the hell hed gone. For a split second, I actually wondered if Id conjured him up from thin air to keep myself occupied as I closed the shop by myself. But the smell of his cologne still hung in the air, his heat like a shadow lingering in the open space.

Melissa Collins has always been a book worm. Studying Literature in college ensured that her nose was always stuck in a book. She followed her passion for reading to the most logical career choice: English teacher. Her hope was to share her passion for reading and the escapism of books to her students. Having spent more than a decade in front of a classroom, she can easily say that its been a dream. 

Her passion for writing didnt start until more recently. When she was home on maternity leave in early 2012, she read her first romance novel and her head filled with the passion, angst and laughter of the characters who she read about it. It wasnt long before characters of her own took shape in her mind. Their lives took over Melissas brain and The Love Series was born.