Blog Tour Review & Giveaway: Take Two – Laurelin Paige

He’s ready for his close up, but she’s the one calling the shots.

On the night of her graduation from film school, straight-laced Maddie Bauers fell completely out of character for an oh-my-god make-out session with a perfect stranger. Complete with the big O.

Seven years later, that romantic interlude is still fresh in her mind. That stranger is now a rich and famous actor. And she’s one very distracted camera assistant working on his latest production. She might consider another tryst…if he even remembers her.

Micah Preston does indeed remember Maddie. Too bad he’s sworn off Hollywood relationships. He allows himself as much sex as he likes—and oh, he does like—but anything more is asking for trouble. For the woman, not for him. Yet knowing Maddie could want more than a movie-set fling doesn’t stop him from pursuing her like a moth drawn to hot stage lights.

But as the shoot nears its end, it’s decision time. Is it time to call, “Cut!” on their affair, or is there enough material for a sequel?

Warning: Contains a dreamy movie star hero, a focus-pulling heroine, off-the-charts instant chemistry, steamy sex in near-public locations, and a new use for lip gloss.

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Release Date: February 4th 2014
Publisher: Samhain Publishing, Ltd.
Source: Inkslinger PR
Reviewer: Karen
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Reviewer’s Thoughts

TAKE TWO is a charming story about two people who are afraid to take a chance on love.

The night Maddie Bauers graduates from film school, she attends a party and meets Micah Preston. They are attracted to one another and spend time together at the party, but once they leave the party, its seven years before they meet again. Maddie’s dream is to become a movie director and she works hard throughout film school to achieve her goal. She thought all her hard work had paid off when she lands an internship with an Oscar-winning filmmaker but things don’t go as planned and her dreams of becoming a director don’t come true. Seven years later, Maddie agrees to work on a film as a camera assistant, but has no idea that Micah is starring in the film. When they meet again, there is still chemistry between them, but Maddie continually tries to resist Micah’s charming ways. He has a reputation as a playboy and she doesn’t want to be another notch on his belt and get hurt.

Micah is a hot movie star and also a nice guy, but at times, he seems selfish and self absorbed. Living in Hollywood has taught him to trust no one. I admired Maddie in many ways. She is smart, has career goals and works hard to achieve them, no matter how many times she is knocked down. Maddie never lets Micah get away with anything because he is rich and famous. She sees him as a person not a movie star and he finds her attitude refreshing. Laurelin Paige’s TAKE TWO is realistic and well written.

In one swift move, he had her pressed against the wall, his mouth hovering above her own. The rough stone behind her barely registered as she licked her lips in anticipation of the kiss she knew was coming. But he didn’t lean in. Instead, he brought his finger to her cheek and caressed it softly. She shuddered at the electric pulses that followed his light touch as he traced her jawline. When he reached her chin, he lifted her face up to within an inch of his mouth. She felt his breath, hot and sweet, on her skin. And then his mouth was on hers, tugging at her bottom lip, teasing her until she eagerly drew him in, wrapping her arms around his neck.

The kiss built, each stroke varying in pressure and intensity. Soft nips evolved into frenzied exploration, their tongues dancing, plunging deeply and hungrily. She savored his taste. A rush of pleasure rippled through her and she trembled under his attentive suckling.

His mouth released hers, traveled along her jaw and down her throat, his trail of kisses searing into her skin. She clung to a fistful of his thick hair while he alternately nibbled and nuzzled her neck, stoking the fire in her core. When he raised his head to reclaim her lips, she glimpsed a greedy longing in his eyes.

Laurelin Paige is the NY Times and USA Today Bestselling Author of the Fixed Trilogy. She’s a sucker for a good romance and gets giddy anytime there’s kissing, much to the embarrassment of her three daughters. Her husband doesn’t seem to complain, however. When she isn’t reading or writing sexy stories, she’s probably singing, watching Mad Men and the Walking Dead, or dreaming of Adam Levine.

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