Blog Tour Review & Giveaway: Best Laid Plans – Tamara Mataya

Jayne Griffin isn’t looking for Mr. Right. She’s looking for Mr. RTFN and a toe-curling good time. She’s got the brains, the powerful job as a futures broker, and thanks to a makeover and a thin book of dating advice, the confidence to turn any man’s head.

Malcolm Black notices his high school crush, Jayne, from the stage of her company’s work party. His adolescent feelings for her died beneath months of abuse at the hands of bullies. Abuse that was Jayne’s fault. Though this scorching hot studio musician is unrecognizable as the band geek he used to be, the hurt still lives inside him, and he hatches a plan: Seduce Jayne into falling in love with him, and then shatter her heart.

The white-hot chemistry between them is a pleasant surprise. It all goes so smoothly until Feelings start to develop… and that invitation to their ten year high school reunion lands in their inboxes.

Jayne wants the perfect lover. Malcolm wants revenge. But you know what they say about The Best Laid Plans

Release date: November 12, 2013
Publisher: Swoon Romance; www.myswoonromance.com
Age Group: Adult
Genre: Erotica/Romance
Reviewer:  Shannon
Rating:

Tour organized by: AToMR Tours; http://atomrbookblogtours.com

Goodreads – https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18519674-the-best-laid-plans?from_search=true
Amazon – http://www.amazon.com/Best-Laid-Plans-Tamara-Mataya-ebook/dp/B00GGYAZOA/ref=sr_1_12_bnp_1_kin?ie=UTF8&qid=1384532890&sr=8-12&keywords=the+best+laid+plans
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Reviewer’s Thoughts

3.5 Cocktails

Ah, to get revenge on the person who made your life hell in high school.  That was the premise behind this story and it was one that I surprisingly enjoyed.

Both Malcolm and Jayne were the subject of bullying in high school.  That bullying shaped who they became as adults.  Malcolm developed a completely different persona and Jayne closed herself off emotional to protect herself from getting hurt.  But when they accidentally run into each other, they both devise plans for the other that don’t really go the way they planned.

I liked Jayne, even though she was a little too closed off for me.  I understood why she was, but it was a little hard to connect with her at times.  But Malcolm made up for what I didn’t get from Jayne.  Despite his ill attempt at revenge, Malcolm just wanted  Jayne’s love.  He went about things the wrong way and felt guilty for it later, but he fessed up to what he did.  I love when a man can admit that he was wrong, even when he’s wrong in a big way.

Jayne and Malcolm have chemistry.  It was that scorching chemistry, both in and out of bed, that made me want the truth to come out and see the two of them get their HEA.

(5) eBooks of The Best Laid Plans (Gifted from Amazon or Barnes and Noble) – International

(5) Print copies of The Best Laid Plans – US Only

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Tamara Mataya is currently a librarian; she lurked there for so long recommending books to patrons and shushing people, that she suspects they only hired her so it would be less creepy. Now she’s armed with a name tag, and a thin veneer of credibility. She’s also a musician with synaesthesia – which isn’t an issue until someone plays a wrong note, which makes her want to squirm inside out. It makes for a good live show.

Author Social Media Links:

Twitter: @FeakySnucker; https://twitter.com/FeakySnucker
Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/TamaraMatayaAuthor
Goodreads – https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7277419.Tamara_Mataya
Blog – http://feakysnucker.blogspot.com/