Thursday, August 20, 2015

Blog Tour Review & Giveaway!- Cocky Bastard by Vi Keeland, Penelope Ward

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Meet Chance in COCKY BASTARD!
A standalone Contemporary Romance novel by
New York Times & USA Today Bestselling Authors
Penelope Ward & Vi Keeland

Read Chapter One of Cocky Bastard HERE:  http://bit.ly/1MCrJk9
Title:  Cocky Bastard
Author:  Vi Keeland, Penelope Ward
Publication Date: August 17th 2015
 
Plot:   From New York Times Bestselling authors Vi Keeland and Penelope Ward, comes a sexy new standalone novel.

 He was someone who belonged in my wildest fantasies instead of a rest stop in the middle of Nebraska.

 A sexy, cocky, Australian named Chance was the last person I expected to run into on my cross-country drive.

 When my car broke down, we made a deal. Next thing I knew, we were traveling together, spending sexually-tense nights in hotels and taking unplanned detours. 

 My ordinary road trip turned into the adventure of a lifetime. It was all fun and games until things got intense.

 I wanted him, but Chance wouldn’t make a move. I thought he wanted me too, but something was holding him back. 

 I wasn’t supposed to fall for the cocky bastard, especially when I knew we’d be going our separate ways.

 All good things must come to an end, right? 

 Except our ending was one I didn’t see coming. 

☆✮ My Review ✮☆

☆ I received an ARC via TRSOR PR in exchange for an honest review. Thank you! ☆

Vi Keeland and Penelope Ward. Ain’t that the lethal combination, right?

So, going into this, with some of my favorite authors up to date—I have to admit, Cocky Bastard was just an okay read for me.

Imagine picking up your life and moving cross country, but along the way, meeting a confident and snarky Australian-American

“What’s C.B. stand for anyway?” 
“Those are my initials.” 
“Let me guess…Cocky Bastard.” 
“Chance Bateman. Some of my friends call me Cocky.”

who oozes danger and sensual promise.

“Attraction is way too tame for what happens when I look at you. I want to fucking conquer you.” 

But when their sexy tirade ends abruptly in heartbreak... now fast forward two years, how will things pan out now that lawyer Aubrey Bloom has moved on with her life and her Cocky Bastard wants her back and in his bed?

A sexually tense novel about forgiving, misunderstandings, and second chances, Cocky Bastard was all in all a good collaboration from these two talented writers. I did like the fact that the main guy was an Aussie, since I’m a sucker for those smexy men and their accents, and that the lead female was a successful career woman; what I failed to correlate with, was the protagonists character developments, their 'relationship' stance in general, and the ‘realisticness’ of the entire plot.

I just… I don’t know. I just didn’t see the growth of both Aubrey and Chance. Not to mention, missed how their romance could go so quickly to true love. I must have snoozed somewhere there. And the sense of reality in all of this? Hmmm. Pretty questionable.

For me, a toss up read.

“You want to sin with me. Princess.” Did I ever.

Kawehi
My Rating:
♥♥♥♥
☆✮ Excerpt ✮☆

A knock at the door made me jump.
With a huff, I got out of bed and stood on my tiptoes to look out the peephole.  Why were those things always so high on the door anyway?  I was surprised to find no one standing on the other side.  Maybe I’d imagined it.
Another knock.
I flicked on the lights. The sound wasn’t coming from the entrance door.  It was coming from an interior door I hadn’t even noticed before.
Chance’s door.
I unfastened the top lock and cracked it open just enough so I could see what he wanted.  And there he stood.
Shirtless.
Wearing only dark gray boxer briefs that hugged him like a second skin.
It took a minute to understand what he was doing there, even though he was holding up a toothbrush in question.
“I thought we had established I wasn’t a serial killer already.”
I opened the door wider.
He smiled.
Oh lord.  Stop that.  Right now.
“I must have left my toothpaste in my saddlebag in the car.”
I swallowed hard.  “Uh huh.”
He cocked his head to the side, and his brows dipped in.  “Can I borrow yours?”
“Oh.  Yeah, sure.”
He walked past me and let himself into my bathroom.  I waited at the door.
“You got an awful lot of girly crap in here for one night,” he said with a jumbled mouth full of toothpaste from the bathroom.  “Private Collection Tuberose Gardenia.”
He was reading my Estee Lauder perfume bottle.
I heard him rinse and spit.  Then there was a gargling sound.  He used my mouthwash, too.  Sure, help yourself.
He walked out and flicked off the bathroom light.  “Is tuberose a rose?”
I shook my head, still confused by the whole situation going on.
“That’s why,” he murmured.
“Why what?”
“I couldn’t figure out what you smelled like all day.  Not sure I ever smelled a Tuberose before.”  He shrugged and walked back into his room but not before turning back.  “Even those little black lacy underwear smell like tuberose.”
My eyes bulged.  I’d taken off my bra and panties and left them on the bathroom counter.
“You…you—”
“Relax.  I’m teasing.  Do I look like an underwear sniffer to you?”
Yes.
No.
Maybe?
“Night, Aubrey.” He graced me with a dimple and disappeared.
AH-BREE.  Damn him.
I locked the door and checked it twice, unclear if it was for my safety or his.  His voice saying my name was on audio replay inside my head, getting softer and softer like a soothing lullaby with each breath as I drifted off to dreamland.

Until the knock came again.

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☆✮ About the Authors ✮☆


Vi Keeland

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Vi Keeland is a native New Yorker with three children that occupy most of her free time, which she complains about often, but wouldn't change for the world. She is a bookworm and has been known to read her kindle at stop lights, while styling her hair, cleaning, walking, during sporting events, and frequently while pretending to work.  She is a boring attorney by day, and an exciting smut author by night!

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Additional Books by Vi Keeland
Life on Stage series (2 standalone books)
Beat
Throb
Barnes & Noble: http://bit.ly/1zk882K
MMA Fighter series (3 standalone books)
Worth the Fight (MMA Fighter Series, Book One)
Barnes & Noble: http://bit.ly/1alpVES
Smashwords - http://bit.ly/1is0zNX
Worth The Chance (MMA Fighter Series, Book Two)
Worth Forgiving (MMA Fighter Series, Book Three)
The Cole Series (2 book serial)
Belong to You (Cole Series, Book One)
Made for You (Cole Series, Book Two)
Standalone novels
Left Behind (A Young Adult Novel)
First Thing I See

Barnes & Noble: http://bit.ly/1JWFo21

Penelope Ward
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Penelope Ward is a USA Today Bestselling author.

She grew up in Boston with five older brothers. She spent most of her twenties as a television news anchor, before switching to a more family friendly career.

Penelope lives for reading books in the new adult genre, coffee and hanging out with her friends and family on weekends.

She is the proud mother of a beautiful 9-year-old girl with autism (the inspiration for the character Callie in Gemini) and a 7-year-old boy, both of whom are the lights of her life.

Penelope, her husband and kids reside in Rhode Island.

She is currently working on her third novel and loves friend requests from readers!

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Additional Books by Penelope Ward

Stepbrother Dearest
Gemini
Jake Undone (Jake #1)
My Skylar
Jake Understood (Jake #2)

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