{"id":18484,"date":"2017-05-23T08:00:32","date_gmt":"2017-05-23T13:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/?p=18484"},"modified":"2017-05-24T17:56:59","modified_gmt":"2017-05-24T22:56:59","slug":"promo-releaseday-falling-hard-by-lexi-ryan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/?p=18484","title":{"rendered":"#ReleaseDay – Falling Hard by Lexi Ryan"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Title: Falling Hard<\/span><\/span><\/b><\/div>\n
Series: The Blackhawk Boys #4<\/span><\/span><\/b><\/div>\n
Author: Lexi Ryan<\/span><\/span><\/b><\/div>\n
Genre: Sports Romance<\/span><\/span><\/b><\/div>\n
Release Date: May 23<\/span><\/span><\/b>, 2017<\/span><\/span><\/b><\/div>\n

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An NFL player with a secret past, and the one woman with the power to turn his world inside out\u2026<\/span><\/span><\/i><\/div>\n
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Former actress Emma Rothschild is partying in Vegas in disguise. But I\u2019m not fooled. Five years ago, I knew that body better than my own, and I haven\u2019t forgotten a single detail\u2014not the curve of her hip beneath my hand or the hitch in her breath when I kiss her neck.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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When Emma\u2019s unexpectedly left alone in Sin City, I agree to spend the weekend with her. As friends. Why not? If I can knock down the toughest guys in the NFL, I\u2019m strong enough to keep my hands to myself, even if she is the sexiest woman I\u2019ve ever met.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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Emma is part of my past\u2014years so shrouded in secrets that not even my best friends know the truth about who I am. I\u2019m a single dad now and not interested in revisiting my old ways or trying to win back the only woman I ever let close enough to break my heart.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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But this is Vegas, where all bets are off, and with Emma, nothing ever goes as planned\u2026<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

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\u201cA sexy, sweet, oh-so-emotional second chance romance that will make you believe in the power of fate and forgiveness.\u201d – USA Today<\/i> Bestseller Lili Valente<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

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FALLING HARD is a sexy and emotional novel intended for mature readers. It\u2019s the fourth book in the world of the Blackhawk Boys, but can be enjoyed as a standalone.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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Football. Secrets. Lies. Passion. These boys don\u2019t play fair. Which Blackhawk Boy will steal your heart?<\/span><\/span><\/i><\/div>\n
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Book 1 – SPINNING OUT (Arrow\u2019s story)<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Book 2 – RUSHING IN (Christopher\u2019s story)<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Book 3 – GOING UNDER (Sebastian\u2019s story)<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Book 4 – FALLING HARD (Keegan\u2019s story)<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Book 5 – IN TOO DEEP (Mason\u2019s story, coming fall 2017)<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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\u201cYou\u2019re too beautiful,\u201d I tell her. I run my thumb along her jaw. \u201cToo fucking beautiful.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span>\u201cI\u2019ve missed you. You\u2019re the best man I\u2019ve ever met.\u201d<\/p>\n

My stomach clenches and I shake my head. \u201cDon\u2019t think that. It\u2019s a lie. It\u2019s what I wanted you to believe. Don\u2019t bring that lie into tonight.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHow was it a lie?\u201d She grins up at me, and I know a full confession would erase all the happiness from her face.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen we were together before, I wasn\u2019t the man you thought I was. I wasn\u2019t good.\u201d It\u2019s the closest to the truth I\u2019ve ever given anyone about my past.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo you don\u2019t want me believing you\u2019re good?\u201d<\/p>\n

I pull her hips tightly against me as I exhale in frustration. She still thinks this is some kind of joke. \u201cI\u2019m different now, but then\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

She lifts onto her toes and flicks her tongue against my ear. \u201cDon\u2019t be so different. I like you a little bad.\u201d<\/p>\n

I groan and stop dancing. I don\u2019t know how much longer I can do this without diving over the line. \u201cIs that permission to stop being your friend?\u201d I\u2019m obsessed with knowing if she tastes as sweet as I remember. And if I swipe my tongue over the sensitive spot beneath her ear, will she gasp like she always did?<\/p>\n

She shrugs and grins, and the dance floor tilts off balance. It\u2019s crowded, and we\u2019re surrounded by writhing bodies, cocooned in the crowd. I turn her in my arms so her back is to my front and settle my hand against the soft skin of her midriff. She arches her back and rubs against me.<\/p>\n

I sweep her hair to the side, and when I press my lips to the long, smooth column of her neck, she trembles against me.<\/p>\n

\u201cAre you okay?\u201d I ask against her ear. \u201cIs this okay?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2014I\u2019m not sure\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cTell me what you want. Not five years ago. Not tomorrow. What do you want right now?\u201d<\/p>\n

She reaches back and threads her fingers through my hair to guide my mouth back to her neck.<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t hesitate. I kiss and suck on that tender skin while we move to the beat.<\/p>\n

The rest of the room fades and one song blurs into the next. A waitress comes by selling shots, and I buy two, one for each of us, and we lock eyes as we throw them back. At some point, I\u2019m vaguely aware of Bailey checking on me, but my focus is one hundred percent on Emma, on this night that takes me back to when I was eighteen and so fucking in love it hurt. Tonight, Emma isn\u2019t the woman who once broke my heart. She isn\u2019t the girl who wrote me off with a simple goodbye note and apologies I didn\u2019t want. Tonight, she\u2019s a dream, my fantasy in the flesh, my reward for surviving the hardest year of my whole life.<\/p>\n

When her face begins to blur, I realize I\u2019m way more drunk than I ever intended. I need to sober up or I\u2019m not going to remember a minute of this night. \u201cWant to get out of here?\u201d<\/p>\n

She nods, takes my hand, and leads me out of the bar and down the hall to the elevators. My watch reads a quarter past two.<\/p>\n

\u201cLet\u2019s get some food,\u201d I suggest, but at the same moment, an elevator dings and the doors slide open.<\/p>\n

Emma grabs my hand and drags me inside. \u201cI don\u2019t want food,\u201d she says, punching a button.<\/p>\n

I spin her around and press her against the wall. \u201cWhat do you want, Em?\u201d I drop my hand to her side to skim my knuckles over her skirt, and she widens her stance to part her thighs. \u201cFuck,\u201d I whisper. I shouldn\u2019t do this. Not here, not when any moment someone could join us on the elevator, not when we\u2019re both so damn drunk it\u2019s a wonder we can stand upright. But shouldn\u2019t<\/i> is so much weaker than want<\/i>, and I want to touch her more than I want anything right now.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m faintly aware of the soft beeping of the passing floors as I slide my hand up her skirt and cup her between her legs. She gasps, and I rub my fingers over the damp lace of her panties, teasing her swollen flesh.<\/p>\n

When the elevator stops and the doors slide open, she grabs my wrist and holds me still. \u201cPlease,\u201d she whispers in my ear. \u201cPlease. Don\u2019t stop.\u201d Then she tilts her hips and rocks against my hand. I couldn\u2019t refuse her if every person in the hotel was watching us.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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New York Times<\/i> and USA Today<\/i> bestselling author of emotional romance that sizzles, Lexi enjoys reading, sunshine, a good glass of wine, and rare trips to the beach. Lexi lives in Indiana with her husband, two children, and neurotic dog. You can find her at her website: http:\/\/www.lexiryan.com\/<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

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