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Books & Spoons Review & Excerpt with Tasty Book Tours: SHATTERED by Cynthia Eden

9/11/2015

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Shattered
​LOST #3 

By: Cynthia Eden 
Releasing October 27, 2015 
Avon
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In New York Times bestselling author Cynthia Eden's latest novel featuring the Last Option Search Team (LOST), one agent is forced to face her past as she uncovers secrets about the man who may be the key to her future.

Criminal psychologist Dr. Sarah Jacobs is all too familiar with the kind of bad boys who belong behind bars.
But the dark, dangerous man she meets in the New Orleans underworld is a new kind of ruthless, and all too irresistible.

Jax Fontaine doesn't claim to be a good guy, but he's loyal to his own code and brutally honest about what he wants. He and Sarah may be worlds apart, but when they're skin to skin, nothing matters but the heat between them.

​And when a deranged killer targets Sarah, Jax will do whatever it takes to keep her safe.

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Excerpt

“No judgment,” he murmured. “There’s no anger in your eyes, no rage or disgust at me for being a cold bastard. No pity for the kid I was who got beaten in a dirty alley and left to die.” 
“Don’t be too sure you understand what I feel.” 
“Why not? I actually think I understand you very, very well.” 
Sarah backed up a step. 
A faint smile curved his lips. “It was there from the first time I saw you. That instant connection. Doesn’t happen often. Actually, it’s never happened to me before. I looked up, saw you, and thought—” 
Sarah pretty much ran for the door. 
But he caught her. His hands wrapped around her and Jax pulled her back against his body. His hold wasn’t hard or rough. Oddly, it was infinitely tender. 
“Do you know what I saw when I looked in your eyes?” he whispered into her ear. 
Sarah shook her head. 
“You were hurting. Trying to hide your pain, but I could still see it. I looked at you and thought—I never want her to hurt again.” 
Tears stung her eyes. “You don’t know me. Or what I’ve done.” Jax thought his past was bad? It was nothing compared to hers. She still had nightmares that had her waking in the night, choking for breath, and begging for help. 
Help that hadn’t come. Not in time. 
“Tell me why you came to see me tonight, Sarah.” 
She sucked in a quick breath and decided to go with the truth. “Because I didn’t want to lie in bed and be afraid. Because I didn’t want to think about the past or the future.” Because she’d felt that insane connection between them, too. 
The first time she’d seen him, she’d looked into his eyes and thought— 
He can handle all my darkness. He won’t ever be afraid of what I tell him. 
Because his gaze had told her that he’d already looked into hell … and hadn’t given a damn about the demons there. 
He turned her in his arms. She made herself look up and into his eyes. He was so warm and strong against her. And he made her … want. Yearn for things that she’d denied herself for so very long. 
Because she hadn’t wanted anyone to get close. She hadn’t trusted anyone with all her secrets. 
She didn’t trust him, either. She’d be a fool to do that. But—she did want him. And every instinct Sarah possessed screamed at her that Jax Fontaine could give her the sensual oblivion she craved. 
A few hours to forget. A few hours to just pretend that I’m not the freak in the room. The monster that everyone else fears. 
“What do you want from me?” Jax asked her. 
Just a night. She’d be leaving New Orleans soon, flying out on a plane and heading back to her little house in the suburbs of Atlanta. They wouldn’t see each other again. So no one else would know about what happened tonight. Just her. 
Just him.
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Review

Another brilliant story from Cynthia Eden, that will take your mind into a wild, dark, and dangerous ride through New Orleans.
The intensity of the storytelling takes you right into the dark world of crime and infraction, where no one is to be trusted. The feeling of being watched, hunted, is eerie and palpable, it makes your skin crawl while reading. The action is constant and breathtaking, it is violent, bloody, even gory at times, as the LOST, and the police, seems to one step behind the culprit, like he has inside information.
The passion between Sarah and Jax is hot, frantic, and fervent, the lust they have for each other is nearly combustible. The connection between them is amazing. As they open up to each other, and slowly built a fragile trust, they find the one person who could finally understand the darkness inside them, the shadows they have always carried within them.
The story has so many twists and turns in the plot, it keeps you constantly guessing where it is heading next. The tale is intense like few others, captivating the mind of the reader. I was completely swept away with the story, seeing the streets of New Orleans, sensing the danger, and the deepening feelings between Jax and Sarah. Truly a thrilling, heart-stopping and stunning story, where the deepest, darkest secrets of the mind come to light, and danger is behind every corner. Be prepared for a spine-tingling ride
~ Five Spoons
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Award-winning author Cynthia Eden writes dark tales of paranormal romance and romantic suspense.
She is a New York Times, USA Today, Digital Book World, and IndieReader best-seller. Cynthia is also a three-time finalist for the prestigious RITA® award.
Since she began writing full-time in 2005, Cynthia has written over fifty novels and novellas.
Cynthia lives along the Alabama Gulf Coast. She loves romance novels, horror movies, and chocolate.
​Her favorite hobbies including hiking in the mountains (searching for waterfalls) and spelunking. 

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Crystal, Tasty Book Tours
9/11/2015 17:21:42

Great review!

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