Release Blitz: Too Wild To Tame by Tessa Bailey (Review + Excerpt)

September 6, 2016January 2, 2022 Deanna | OkieDreams

TOO WILD TO TAME

Romancing The Clarksons, #2

Tessa Bailey

September 6, 2016

Forever

eBook: $2.99 USD

Book Summary

Sometimes you just can’t resist playing with fire…

By day, Aaron Clarkson suits up, shakes hands, and acts the perfect gentleman. But at night, behind bedroom doors, the tie comes off and the real Aaron comes out to play. Mixing business with pleasure got him fired, so Aaron knows that if he wants to work for the country’s most powerful senator, he’ll have to keep his eye on the prize. That’s easier said than done when he meets the senator’s daughter, who’s wild, gorgeous, and 100 percent trouble.

Grace Pendleton is the black sheep of her conservative family. Yet while Aaron’s presence reminds her of a past she’d rather forget, something in his eyes keeps drawing her in. Maybe it’s the way his voice turns her molten. Or maybe it’s because deep down inside, the ultra-smooth, polished Aaron Clarkson might be more than even Grace can handle…

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My Thoughts

*ARC provided by Publisher in exchange for a fair and honest review*

Super hot. Super sexy. Super emotional. Aaron and Grace put me through the wringer, and yet, I loved every single minute of it. Grace was such a good influence on Aaron, challenging him to take a good hard look at himself, and there was so much imagery in this book to showcase that, that the entire story served as a reminder of just how talented Tessa Bailey is as an author.

Grace is a wildcard that lost soul Aaron wasn’t expecting to find, and yet, the impact she has on him as a man, as a person, is immediate and life-altering. Shame, vulnerability, strength, hope, forgiveness, love, and family were all encompassed in this book, and done so in a way that brought about a truly memorable story for readers.

For me personally, Too Wild To Tame might be my favorite Tessa Bailey book to date, and not because the sex was hot as heck. It was, of course. But the emotional journey Aaron and Grace go on in this story, how they challenge each other and pick at the wounds they don’t realize they’re capable of stabbing while also forcing each other to take a good hard look at who they are inside, is a serious gift to the psychology lover in me and I honestly cannot wait to go back through this book and write down some of my most favorite and most insightful character lines.

I loved this book, this series, and these characters. There’s so much humanity in each and every one of them that I feel as if I learn something new about the human race with each one of these four siblings, and the people who’ve unexpectedly come into their lives.

If you’re like me and you’re looking for a hot romance with an in-depth, emotional look at the story people involved in it, pick up a copy of Too Wild To Tame by Tessa Bailey. It’s an excellent romance and true study on how to create not only an amazing and memorable read, but also how to create a set of characters, a set of siblings, who will not be easily forgotten.

Final Analysis

It’s a KEEPER!

5 “Unforgettable” Stars

Book Excerpt

The security guard at the rear entrance came into view, his familiar hawk eyes zeroing in on Grace. Then Aaron. Exasperation moved over the guard’s features before he hid it by adjusting his earpiece. Activity swarmed on the front side of the building, the media, the shouted questions, the general scrape and hum of movement audible, even where they walked along the backside of the school.

Knowing once they were inside, she wouldn’t see Aaron again, Grace smiled up at him, noticing he didn’t look quite as confident as he had a moment before. “It was nice meeting you,” she whispered. “Thanks for not ratting me out.”

“I…” He smoothed a hand down the front of his ruby-colored tie. “I won’t see you…around again?”

Grace’s hands itched with the urge to burrow into her hair, latch on to the braids she’d completed this morning while waiting for Aaron to show. “Probably not. Why would you?”

Why was he frowning at her? She couldn’t ask him why, since they were within earshot of the guard and the walk had ended way too soon. With a final memorization of his furrowed brow, she transferred her focus. “Hey, Marcus.”

“Grace.” Marcus dipped his chin at Aaron. “Who’s this?”

Her neck grew stiff. “This is my handler for today. He’s new.”

Marcus split a look between her and Aaron, before consulting his clipboard. “No one ran a change in staff by me.”

Grace could feel Aaron’s sharp scrutiny and ignored it, attempting to breeze past Marcus with a casual smile. “I understand. I’ll just go grab my dad, so he can clear it up—”

“No. That’s okay.” As predicted, a harried Marcus blocked her path. “Your father is busy. Just…” He gave Aaron another once-over, lowering his voice to a conspiratorial whisper between men, as if Grace couldn’t hear every word. “You know the approved areas? Be sure to keep her within them.”

“Yes.” She was impressed when Aaron gave a brisk nod. “Will do.”

Aaron took her elbow and moved them into the back hallway, past the kitchen, where the local Boy Scouts were rushing to mix pancakes and pour them on the oversized, industrial griddle. Once they turned a corner and Marcus was no longer in view, Grace reluctantly tugged her elbow out of Aaron’s grip, rubbing the spot to keep the warmth alive awhile longer. “This is where we part ways.”

Aaron’s way too handsome face was the picture of bafflement. “Who are you, hippie?” The low, intense vibration of his voice made her shiver. “Why do you need a handler?”

She reached back and curled her fingers around the metal staircase handle. The one she knew was there—and where it led—thanks to last night’s expedition. Her intent was to slip away without answering, but after ignoring so many compulsions that morning already, she couldn’t deny the final one.

With a thready apology, Grace shot forward and up, locking her mouth with Aaron’s, memorizing the way his stiffness melted in one big deluge. The way he gave a rough exhale through his nose. That gruff sound that drummed from his throat, a split second before his lips opened, tongue teasing in to taste hers. Just some. The most perfect, slick greeting. The two of them hung there, mouths open, lips wet and fitted together, breath racing, kitchen clamoring behind them.

Two ends of a silk rope pulled taut beneath her belly button, a tempting lick of his tongue clenching muscles she’d never acquainted herself with, nor could she point them out on a diagram. Whoa Nelly. And with her heart slamming against her ribs like a wrecking ball, Grace cut out that snippet of time—so shimmering and unmarred—tucked it into her pocket, and stole down the staircase, wondering how long the memory of Aaron’s kiss would stay with her. Praying the answer was forever.

ROMANCING THE CLARKSONS

Too Hot To Handle, #1

Too Wild To Tame, #2

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Tessa Bailey is originally from Carlsbad, California. The day after high school graduation, she packed her yearbook, ripped jeans, and laptop, and drove cross-country to New York City in under four days. Her most valuable life experiences were learned thereafter while waitressing at K-Dees, a Manhattan pub owned by her uncle. Inside those four walls, she met her husband, best friend, and discovered the magic of classic rock, managing to put herself through Kingsborough Community College and the English program at Pace University at the same time. Several stunted attempts to enter the work force as a journalist followed, but romance writing continued to demand her attention.

She now lives in Long Island, New York with her husband and daughter. Although she is severely sleep-deprived, she is incredibly happy to be living her dream of writing about people falling in love.