TITLE: Unplugged (Blue Phoenix, #3)
AUTHOR: Lisa Swallow
RELEASE DATE: September 29th
GENRE: Contemporary Romance
Synopsis
"A rock star doesn't return to his humble beginnings and whisk away the girl he
kissed once. Especially if she has a four year old and her relationship status is 'it's
complicated'."
Blue Phoenix bass player, Liam Oliver discovers pictures of his fiancée with
another man and his world crashes around him. He packs up his humiliation and
hurt and flies back to his Welsh family home for Christmas.
Cerys Edwards once had pictures of Liam Oliver covering her bedroom wall. Her
best friend’s big brother never gave her the time of day when they were growing
up. When she was fifteen, he left town leaving Cerys with her fantasies. Now he’s
back. The problem is, she has a daughter and a broken relationship of her own.
In the world of his Christmas past, Cerys and Liam reconnect. Are they two hurt
people looking for comfort in a time of heartbreak or does Cerys have a place in
Liam’s future too?
Months later and unplugged from his Blue Phoenix lifestyle, Liam reconnects
with Cerys. He discovers Cerys’s world is full of complications he never expected
– including Ella’s father who isn’t happy about being replaced by a rock star.
Unplugged is more than a rock star romance. Liam isn’t dark and brooding like
Dylan, or a bad boy like Jem but a fiercely loyal man with a big heart. This is a
story of love, family and unexpected bonds made that can’t be broken.
This is book three of the Blue Phoenix series. It can be read as a standalone but has
minor spoilers for books one and two.
Extract
Our faces touch, his rough cheek against my forehead, and I know if I
move my head a few centimetres, our mouths will meet and our worlds will shift.
"Is kissing you still wrong?" I ask.
"Your lips are meant to be on mine." He moves his face. The static
charge of our mouths so close and the snow drifting onto our bodies drag us
into a surreal world. The shift happens. I slide my cheek along his, the stubble
scratching my skin as my lips meet the edge of his.
The world is covered in white, hidden from reality; a reality that I hate
currently. I can escape for an evening, maybe a few days, and allow his blizzard
to overwhelm me. If life is the same struggle when everything melts away again,
a few moments lost in a fantasy after months of feeling worthless are what I need
and worth the consequences.
Liam digs his hand into my hair and crashes his mouth against mine.
I gasp in surprise at the force as he delves his tongue into my mouth, sliding
against mine. When Liam kissed me in the bedroom the other day, there was a
tension in him where he held back part of himself. Was this because Liam knew
I did too? This time the world falls away completely as we kiss frantically, noses
bumping as he pulls me into the snowstorm that is Liam Oliver.
Liam moves to kiss my cheeks, a delicious scrape against my skin as his
hot lips burn into my cool neck. He slides a hand around my waist, beneath my
coat and holds me against him. Convinced my legs are going to give way and
cursing the lack of walls for Liam to press me against, I grip his sleeve.
Liam nudges his nose back across my face, hot breath mingling with mine
and misting in the air. “Definitely feels right,” he whispers.
Then Liam kisses me so gently that he takes my soul and pulls it apart. My
head spins as the intensity of the slow kiss fills me with a craving for this man
that will never be satiated. This is more than feeling right, this is our hearts open
and raw finding their way together.
Which means when they’re torn apart again the pain will kill me.
The heat we create counteracts the falling temperature around us but the
cold of reality isn't far. I pull my face away; I need to pull myself out of this.
Teasers
Blue Phoenix
Series
Series
Author Bio
Lisa is an author of new adult romance and writes both paranormal and contemporary, often with a
side of snark.
In between running a business, looking after her family and writing, Lisa sometimes finds spare
time to do other things. This often involves swapping her book worlds for gaming worlds. She even
leaves the house occasionally. Lisa loves all things from the Whedonverse and preferred vampires
before they sparkled.
Lisa has four books published: the ‘Butterfly Days’ series, and two in her urban fantasy series Soul
Ties. She is currently working on a new contemporary romance series Blue Phoenix and the first
book, Summer Sky is due for release in April. Lisa is originally from the UK but moved to Australia
in 2001 and now lives in Perth in Western Australia with her husband, three children and dog.
Author Links
Facebook: www.facebook.com/lisaswallowbooks
Twitter: www.twitter.com/lisa_swallow_au
Website: www.lisaswallow.net
Goodreads: www.goodreads.com/author/show/7091632.Lisa_Swallow
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