Blog Tour: Shattered by Cynthia Eden (Excerpt, Teasers, Review, Giveaway and Buy Links)
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…
SHATTERED
Book Three
384 Pages
Release Date: 10/27/2015
Publisher: HarperCollins | Imprint: Avon Books
Genre: Romance | Contemporary Romance | Romantic Suspense
Series: LOST
About Shattered…
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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From SHATTERED by Cynthia Eden:
“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.
*E-ARC provided by Publisher in exchange for a fair and honest*
Omg, this book seriously messed with my head. The prologue completely unhinged me, crept me out, and it didn’t stop there. The entire book had everything the psychology and law lover in me covets in romantic suspense reads, and man, did it deliver. I had chills from this one.
Fast-paced, compelling, and terrifying in its realism, Shattered hit on every horrified thought I’ve ever had about serial killers, their victims, and the family members of both. Such a fantastic, exciting read, and I love, love, love the characters. Dr. Sarah Jacobs and New Orleans bad boy Jax Fontaine are the perfect counterpoint to each other, and their individual personalities and back stories drew me in from the start. I absolutely loved the dynamic between them, but even more so, I loved the depth of emotion in them both. These people are troubled, flawed, and so real I fully expected both of them to walk off the page and into the room at any given moment.
There was an effortless flow to this book, carrying me from one page to the next, drawing me in, making me anxious to read more, read faster. I absolutely loved the story, even if I know parts of it will haunt me because it touched on so many things that fascinate and terrify me. Cynthia Eden got it right.
If you love fast-paced, intensely gripping, thrill reads about serial killers, their victims and the people who seek to understand and catch them, Shattered by Cynthia Eden is a must read. I absolutely loved every single part of it and cannot recommend reading it highly enough.
So, so good.
Giveaway (Grand Prize: $50 Amazon.com Gift Card; Five (5) runners up will get copies of BROKEN and TWISTED, books 1 & 2 in the LOST series by Cynthia Eden)
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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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Thank you for participating in the book tour–and thank you very much for taking the time to review the book! I’m so glad that you enjoyed Shattered! Thank you!
I hardcore loved this book! I think you did a fantastic job with it. It was everything I love in a suspense read, and then some.
Cynthia writes amazing suspense books. Thank you for being a part of the SHATTERED tour :).
It was my pleasure to be part of this tour, and to read Shattered. I loved it so much!