Thursday, April 5, 2018

Blog Tour Review + Excerpt—The World’s Worst Boyfriend by Erika Kelly





From award-winning author Erika Kelly comes her brand new, smoking hot series about four elite athlete brothers raised in the Tetons by their eccentric, billionaire dad and uncle, The Bad Boyfriend Series! Don’t miss your chance to meet the sexy and extreme Fin Bowie in THE WORLD’S WORST BOYFRIEND! Order your copy today!



Six years ago Fin Bowie made a decision that cost him the love of his life. Now his ex is coming back to town for her brother's wedding, and he can finally make things right. Except, right before the event, a text he sent goes viral. Overnight, he becomes an international meme. And it's hard to win your woman back when the whole world's calling you The World's Worst Boyfriend.

The last thing on Calliope Bell's mind is getting back with Fin. Not when her life's just gone sideways, forcing her to spend the summer in Calamity, Wyoming. She can't be away from the New York art world this long, so she comes up with the idea to turn the hottest pop culture event of the moment into a museum exhibition.

The two have every intention of avoiding each other--until the county judge sentences Fin to community service...helping her exploit the meme he's trying to make go away.

Review:
“His kiss tasted sweet like love, hot like passion, like everything beautiful in the world grew out of this, the tender intimacy of two souls finally, finally rejoining.”

The World’s Worst Boyfriend turned into an unwanted media sensation over night for our poor unsuspecting hero. Fin became a meme and the world worst boyfriend all from a post on Instagram. To be fair, it was all a misunderstanding. Now his career and reputation is on the line. There there’s the whole fiasco with his ex-girlfriend/soulmate, Callie, and seeing her for the first time in six years. Yeah, second chance romance with a hot as sin athlete that wears his heart on his sleeve? Yes...hell yes.

It’s always nice to read a romance where the hero is actually a good guy and doesn’t like to play games. Sure, the games are fun, but Fin knows he messed up all those years ago, and he’ll stop at nothing to get back the girl he loves. I had a moment of clarity when I realized that the type of connection Callie and Fin have is one of a kind and intense. I meant it when I wrote that Callie was his soul mate. It’s no wonder she could never get over what went down between them. Even though six years later, everyone is telling her to do just that—to just let it go. You can never just “let go” of that kind of soul crushing love. No matter how much time has passed.

“I’m empty without you, and no other woman, no friend or brother—no one can take your place. You’re part of me.”

Luckily for all of us, this is the first book in a series of four sexy brothers and the women that bring them to their knees. I can’t wait to read the rest of the brother’s books! You want romantic? You got it! This book is filled with so many romantic and sexy moments that I could scream. Second-chance romance your thing? Look no further! Callie and Fin have known—and loved—each other their whole entire lives; that kind of connection could never be extinguished or broken...for long.

“He was sun-warmed meadows and bracing snow-covered summits. He was tangled sheets and calloused hands. Bone-melting kisses and thrilling gropes in public places. He was abject heartbreak.”

Overall, i think Ms. Kelly has written a sweet, meaningful book that will pull at readers heartstrings. You can try and not fall in love with this story, but you won’t succeed. Even better? We get all kinds of #theworldsworstboyfriend stories within the story to help fuel all the hurt that Fin started ;) The stories from the women in the novel that held on to past hurt, was both empowering and freeing. I’m sad I have to wait until October to get the next book in the series but until then, I guess I could re-read Fin and Callie again.

“You’re going to be mine forever.”
 “I always was.”
*Thank you to the author for providing a copy for an honest and unbiased review. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
Excerpt:
“What’s with the hair, wild thing?” The all-too familiar deep, rough voice cracked through her like a thunderclap.
It might have been a while since she’d heard it, but Callie’s body responded like a rosebud to sunlight. Every cell bloomed and strained in his direction. 
Her stomach lurched, and she did not want to turn around. She didn’t want to look at him. With fight or flight kicking in, it took every bit of strength she had not to run like he’d just tossed a lit match at her feet and set her on fire.
“Hey, Fin,” Megan said.
Brushing Callie’s arm as he reached across the small circle they made, Fin met Megan in the middle for a hug. His scent—that hint of sage and clean clothes, the essence of Fin—swirled around her, filling her senses and sending her crashing back in time. She had a matter of seconds to pull herself together and treat him like an acquaintance. Her boyfriend didn’t know about him, so she needed to just be normal, but turbulence scrambled her system, and her mind went blank. 
And that pissed her off. She’d prepared for this moment. Hell, she’d rehearsed her responses. But living it, having him right here, she just…dammit. No matter how many nights she’d lain awake scripting this interaction, she couldn’t control her body’s reaction. 
Come on. She gave herself an internal shake. He’s just a guy.
But when he pulled back, he turned his full attention on her and…Oh, my God.
For the first time in years, she looked Fin Bowie, in all his six feet two inches of rock-hard muscle, in the eyes. A tremble started from deep within, rising in velocity until her composure shook like a tree in a violent storm. Last time she’d seen him, he’d been a boy. A gorgeous, untamed, mischievous boy who’d kept her on edge for most of her life. His wild, free spirit made him impossible to nail down.
But the boy she’d loved so fiercely had nothing on the man who stood before her. With his overgrown dark hair and bright blue eyes, he was a shock of rugged, raw power next to her lean, elegant boyfriend.

Order THE WORLD’S WORST BOYFRIEND in ebook or paperback, releasing 4/3/18

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About Erika Kelly:
Award-winning author Erika Kelly has been spinning romantic tales all her life--she just didn't know it. Raised on the classics, she didn't discover romantic fiction until later in life. From that moment on, she's been devouring the genre and has found her true voice as an author. Over three decades she's written poems, screenplays, plays, short stories, and all kinds of women's fiction novels. Married to the love of her life and raising four children, she's lived in two countries and seven states, but give her pen and paper, a stack of good books, and a steaming mug of vanilla chai latte and she can make her home anywhere.



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