✦Release Day Blitz & Review for Bittersweet Deceit by Blakely Bennett ✦

Title: Bittersweet Deceit

Author: Blakely Bennett

Genre: Erotic Romance

Release Date: August 5, 2014

Cover Designer: Yocla Designs

Editing: Read Owl

Lainie is a thirty year old, full-figured woman entrenched in a love affair with a married man. Although Lainie loves Mason desperately, she vows never to say those three little words while he remains with his wife.

Stayman, an enigma in Lainie’s close-knit group of friends, has been circling her with interest, trying to garner her attention. When circumstances make it clear who’s blocking his way—Mason—Stay goes full-court press in pursuit of Lainie.

Lainie doesn’t see Stay as relationship potential because she is blinded by her love for Mason. However, the more she learns about Stay, the more she comes to realize she never really knew him in the first place.

An unexplainable mystical connection evolves between Lainie and Stay and she has to choose between a man she so hopelessly loves and a man who offers her everything she needs.

 

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I slipped into the jacket and latched the repeating circles onto my wrist. The bottom of the coat stopped just where the broad lines of the dress changed from horizontal to vertical. “What do you think?” I asked Samantha.

“You look stunning,” a deep male voice responded. I turned around and found Stay smiling at me.

“Wow Stay,” Sam said before I could respond. “Looking mighty handsome. If I didn’t know any better, I’d think this is a date.”

Stayman looked sharp in his black dress pants, matching coat, and dark-gray dress shirt. I gazed at him but was at a loss for words. We stared at each other for a second.

Sam saved me by saying, “Stay, there’s a wire mannequin in the attic that I’d like brought down, and Lane and I can’t lift it. I wondered if you could do that for us. Not now. I wouldn’t want you to mess up your clothes, but—”

As he removed his coat, he said, “It shouldn’t take long and I’ll just take off my shirt.”
 He started unbuttoning as both Samantha and I watched as he slowly revealed his chest. Stay slipped out of his shirt and laid it neatly on top of his jacket.

His smooth, lean torso was highly defined and I got caught staring at his chest. He winked at me and then said to Sam, “Come on and show me the way.”

Once they walked away, I glared into the mirror and said, “Don’t even think about it.”

Minutes later, he had managed to carry the mannequin down.

“Let’s put it in the back,” I said, leading the way. “It needs to be cleaned up before it can be out on the floor.” I showed him where to put it. Scanning his physique from his head to his shoes, I noticed that he continued to let his golden-brown hair grow in and chose to where black boots instead of dress shoes. To make matters worse, his five o’clock shadow was incredibly sexy. Damn, he looks hot. Look away girl, just look away!

 “Here,” I said, holding out a lint roller, but not making eye contact.

Some dust had settled on the front of his pants just over the zipper area. “You don’t want to help?”

I turned away and said, “Go get dressed.”

“Are you sure that’s your final decision?”

“Very sure.” My rapidly beating heart settled down once his clothing was back on.

“Are you ready to go?” he asked.

“Let me go grab my clothes bag and my clutch and I will be.” Sam followed me into my office.

“He looks hot!” she exclaimed. “He must really like you. I’ve never seen him dressed up before.”

“Stop it,” I said, making sure my dress lay straight.

“Forget about MM for the night,” she said to me with a serious expression. She pulled the tag off my jacket.

“That’s not possible. Thanks for closing up and helping with the outfit.”

“No problem.

Blakely Bennett grew up in Southeast Florida and has been residing in the great Northwest for over eight years. She graduated from Nova Southeastern University with a degree in psychology, which accounts for her particular interest in crafting the personalities, struggles, and motivations of her characters. She is an avid reader of many genres of fiction, but especially erotica and romance. Writing has always been her bliss. She is attracted to stories of self-struggle and ultimate recovery.

Blakely is married to a wonderful, loving and supportive husband, also a writer, who helps to keep her grounded. She is a mother, a communitarian, a lover of music (always on while she is writing—thank you, Pandora), and a good friend. An advocate of love and female empowerment, she is a facilitator for a women’s group. She loves to walk and hike for exercise and finds that, since moving to Seattle, WA, she is now one of those “crazy” people who walk in the rain.

Bittersweet Deceit (erotic romance) is her 6th novel. She is also the author of the dark erotic suspense, My Body Trilogy (My Body-His, My Body-His (Marcello) & My Body-Mine) and co-authored the contemporary romance, The Demarcation of Jack with her husband, Dana Bennett.

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Bittersweet Deceit 

by Blakely Bennett

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*** I received an ARC for an honest review ***

Well, holy hot sex on a stick!!! This book is filled with some of the hottest sex scenes that I have ever encounter and there are A LOT. If you are one that doesn't like a lot of graphic sex scenes then you should steer clear of this book...don't say I did not warn you. 

Let me start off with Lainie. I really liked her conflicted character. Never at any point did I find her a whiny bitch, because she owned all the the messed up stuff going on in her life. She new having an affair with a married man would never go anywhere and that did not stop her from jumping in with both feet. I will say that what I did hate about her was her willingness to do anything and be sucked into Mason so easily. But, it was very believable and I think that the Author was going for this type of response in regards to Lainie's character. By the way....I love the name Lainie and the spelling too...like a lot :) 

So, we know from the synopsis that Lainie is having an affair with a married man, Mason, and then her friend Stayman has decided that it is his time to pursue her as well. Let me tell you...mmmmm...that Stayman is one sexy dirty talking man and he sure can back up his filthy mouth. I loved every single sexy scene that Stayman and Lainie shared. Man oh man were those so well written and graphic scenes. 

Okay a little bit about the storyline, I really enjoyed it. It was very believable in the sense that any woman going through what Lainie was going through would also go through all the same conflicting emotions. Especially if every woman had a Stayman wooing her. I liked the honesty of their relationship because it really made the story that much more enjoyable. I liked that the story wasn't wasted on a bunch of filler stuff but everything that happened flowed with where the story was going. I will admit that I am not fan of marital affairs and I would say that is one of my Hard Limits when reading a book, but I very much enjoyed this affair. Even though Mason was an ass we eventually find out that he is a very sincere ass albeit a selfish one. I enjoyed all of the friendships that these characters have forged. I liked that they were all so close and very open with each other. I loved Lainie's dad and Stayman's grandmother. I just really the book and the characters. 

This is book 2 in the Bound by You Love Series, but can be read as a standalone. I did not read book one and was able to easily follow along with the storyline without feeling out of the loop. Things from book 1 are talked about enough that you get the gist of what is was about. Like I mentioned earlier, if too much sex or graphic sex scenes are not your cup of tea then search else where for another read. This book is sweet, but it is also oh so dirty. 

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