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Review + Giveaway + Excerpt: 1984: Against All Odds by Rebecca Yarros

1984: Against All Odds

Cover Design: Regina Wamba - MaeIDesign and Photography
Release Date: May 27, 2016

Synopsis

Love the musicā€”never the man.

At twenty years-old, Sabrina Caroline was Americaā€™s sweetheart pop star, until she took a year off to treat her social phobia. Don't worry, her cut-throat-manager/mom paid top dollar to keep it quiet. Now as part of her comeback, sheā€™s forced into collaboration with one of the hottest rock bands topping the chartsā€”Birds of Preyā€”whose lead guitarist happens to be her biggest mistakeā€¦and her biggest regret.

Hawke Owens never imagined Birds of Prey would surpass the basement of the Duncan High School for Performing Arts, let alone score them a European tour. But success has its price, and for him, itā€™s being forced to work with the only girl who shattered his heartā€”Sabrina Caroline. Sheā€™s everything that he remembers and more, every memory and fantasy come to life. At first touch, their connection is electric, but itā€™s also as strong as her determination to follow her number one ruleā€”she doesnā€™t date rock starsā€¦even though sheā€™s become one.

Loving her again is as natural as holding his guitar, but sheā€™s destroyed him once, and this time the stakes are higher, more public, and the consequences life-altering. Against the backdrop of the birth of MTV, theyā€™ll have to choose between the demands of their label, and the demands of the heart.


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5-Stars Review

I absolutely loved this book! Everything is amazing, the characters, the story, the way it's written, and most of all the romance. This novella is as good as any full length novel. The story is quite interesting and engaging. Once I started reading I simply couldn't put it down. I recommend it to all readers.

Hawke and Brie (Sabrina) were in love when they were sixteen, now they can barely tolerate each other. Both of them has fame and success now. At twenty one years old they are at the top of the music world, one rock star and one pop star. When they are forced to work together things become a little messy. Apparently there love isn't a thing of past. They still have feelings for each other. Only if they could move past their misgivings about each other they might make their "dream" love story a reality.

This book is beautifully written, it portrays the passion, compassion, drama, and all kind of human emotions very well. I'm glad that I got the chance to read this amazing love story from 80's. :)
Giveaway

$20 Amazon Gift Card



Excerpt
He took my face in his hands and leaned in until he was all I could see, all I could feel, and smell. How easily he consumed me with a simple touch. ā€œThere have been too many women. Too many meaningless encounters. Too many faces. But thereā€™s only been one name in my mouth, and itā€™s always been yours. Only yours.ā€

His mouth met mine without preamble, and before I could protest, I was lost to the feel of his lips on mine.

It was so familiar, yet new. When his tongue stroked the seam of my lips, I opened for him, and reveled in his groan as he sank into the kiss. I found the support beam against my back as he pressed against me, our bodies aligning with the fit Iā€™d always remembered as perfect.

It was still just as exquisite.

His hand stroked down the side of my body, a path of fire igniting in his wake until he gripped one of my hips, pulling me even closer to him. With the other, he tilted my head for a deeper assault, exploring the recesses of my mouth, lingering like he didnā€™t already know every part of me.

It was the best second first kiss in the history of kisses.

I arched, pushing my breasts against his chest, and looped my arms around his neck. Then I kissed him back with every ounce of passion Iā€™d missed these last three years. I kissed him the way Iā€™d fantasized about since I walked out, with tiny nips and fuller, lingering caresses. When that wasnā€™t enough, I sucked his tongue back into my mouth and reveled in his groan of surrender.

He still wanted me, and that knowledge was more intoxicating than any alcohol, more high-inducing than any drug.

His hand shifted, running under my dress until he met bare skin where my garters attached to my stockings. ā€œHoly shit, Brie. Youā€™re going to be the death of me.ā€

He squeezed my bare thigh, and I lifted my leg, semi-wrapping it around his hip.

Iā€™d almost forgotten how powerful it was to kiss Hawke, how it consumed every sense, every thought, until I was just a jumble of feelings and need. It was never just a kiss, it was a full-body experience that blocked out the rest of the world.

A moan escaped my lips as his set to my neck, and my head rolled back against the beam. He hit the spot right above my collarbone and I whimpered.

ā€œI love that sound,ā€ he murmured, then gently sucked that patch of skin so he could hear it again.

ā€œHey guysā€”whoa!ā€ Chadā€™s voice penetrated my haze of desire.

ā€œGo the fuck away,ā€ Hawke said, moving so I was covered from Chadā€™s gaze. ā€œYeah, well, I wouldā€”I mean, good for you guys, and itā€™s about damn timeā€”but

Oscar Oswald is here and heā€™s asking for us.ā€

I pushed gently against Hawkeā€™s chest. If Oscar Oswald was here, it could mean huge things for their career. He was the biggest name going in rock. ā€œYou need to see what he wants.ā€


About the Author
Rebecca Yarros is a hopeless romantic and a lover of all things coffee, chocolate, and Paleo. She is the author of the Flight & Glory series, including Full Measures, the award-winning Eyes Turned Skyward, Beyond What is Given, and Hallowed Ground. She loves military heroes, and has been blissfully married to hers for fourteen years.

When she's not writing, she's tying hockey skates for her four sons, sneaking in some guitar time, or watching brat-pack movies with her two daughters. She lives in Colorado with the hottest Apache pilot ever, their rambunctious gaggle of kids, an English bulldog who is more stubborn than sweet, and a bunny named General Fluffy Pants who torments the aforementioned bulldog. They recently adopted their youngest daughter from the foster system, and Rebecca is passionate about helping others do the same.

Rebecca is represented by Louise Fury of the Bent Agency.

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