Friday, November 18, 2016

Virtual Tour - To the Edge (At the Brink, #2) by Anna del Mar

To the Edge
At the Brink,#2
by Anna del Mar
Date of Publication:  November 14th 2016
Publisher: Carina Press
Cover Artist: Carina Press
Genre: Erotic Romance
To learn about kink, she had to learn the ropes. Yet she never expected to be so compromised she'd need rescuing. And by him. The first man she'd ever loved. The former navy SEAL who'd broken her heart.

From The Book Junkie Reads . . . To The Edge (At the Brink, #2) . . .
I have been waiting for the next in this series. I have been wanting more since the first encounter. I have just been teetering on the brink. Now, I have what I have been waiting for and let me see what I have to say about it was a bit different from my expectations. That could be a good things. Having thing not be predictable and repetitive makes for a more interesting read. I did enjoy my read and will be waiting for the next book in this series.

Noah and Clara had a past. Now in the future they have a chance to make things turn out differently than before. Clara had a job to do but the first attempted didn’t quite go as anticipated. But the turnaround was that she got something she has been wanting for a very long time. Now was her chance to be bold, strong, commanding. Take charge of what she wanted and needed. It all lay before her. Noah would give this woman anything including his heart. They had the chemistry, the passion, the desire, and the love to make this second chance more than the first one.

I was disappointed with no background information on this hunted. Noah has a lot going on but a bit more depth to his prey would have made things a bit more inciting. Clara was way too old to still have mommy interfering. I was waiting for her to put her foot down and hard. I wanted a formal background on Clara and Noah or at least a pick in to what was driving Noah onward. Even with all that I still found the story to be good and on the level of book on in some aspect. The kink and bondage was satisfying. The relationship between Clara and Noah acceptable. 

BLURB
Clara's gone wild.

Naked. Cuffed. Caged. Is this the sweet senator’s daughter I left behind?

I didn't know it was her when I rushed into that room filled with flames, but I'll never let her go again.

She’s proposed a unique way to thank me. It could bring us both to the edge of ecstasy—or to the point of no return.

Clara wants to submit. To me. Totally. Damn any limits. The very thought of it has brought me back from the dead.

But a stranger is watching from the shadows. He’s made us his fantasy. And he plays rougher than I do. Where he’s taking us now is somewhere so dark, and so dangerous, that this time it could be inescapable.
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Chapter One

Clara
My first attempt at submission went from failure to disaster in a whiff. An odd scent teased my nose and rattled my nerves. A prickle of uneasiness crept up my spine. I craned my neck, trying to figure out where the smell was coming from, but I couldn’t see much beyond the narrow slits of my sequined velvet mask.
Note to blog: velvet masks may shield, tease and entice, but visibility sucks.
I heard a small sound, a swish maybe? It came from my right somewhere, from the hallway that led to the powder room. I tried twisting my body around in the cage, but I could barely move. My arms were fastened above my head and my ankles were strapped to the bars near the floor. I sniffed the air again. The smell seemed fainter. Maybe it was my imagination, trying to shock some common sense into me and put an end to today’s little experiment.
I was alone in the old house. My companion had left twenty minutes ago, to find himself some coffee in town, he’d said. He’d left me cuffed in the cage so that I could reflect on my irreverent conduct. Right. Good luck with that, buddy. The truth was that he probably needed the caffeine boost in order to tackle a handful like me.
I let out a little groan. Sure, this was crazy, no two ways about it. Reckless my mother would say, risky and not exactly consistent with my usually sane behavior. But honestly? I had suppressed my life for others’ sake long enough.
But this? A seditious little voice nagged in the back of my mind. I tried to quiet it down, but maybe, just maybe, I’d pushed the edge a little too hard on this one. God, the things I did in the name of freedom.
The tight leather corset dug into my ribs. My arms ached. My legs were tired and my feet were beginning to cramp in the impossibly high heels.
Note to blog: kink garb isn’t exactly comfy.
Good God. I was actually going through with this. Me. Clara Luz. Attempting something so far out of my comfort zone, not to mention my family’s much-touted moral rectitude. I slumped in my bonds. Was I really so freaking desperate?
A week and a half ago, Annette Collins, the legendary editor of RelevantSex.com, had presented me with a unique proposition. Annette had been my advisor in grad school and as such, the only person who knew about my online adventures. From the beginning, she’d followed sextattle.com, the sex and romance blog I published—anonymously, of course.
It wasn’t as if I was particularly versed or gifted in these oh so very fascinating subjects. On the contrary. My relationship IQ measured pretty low on the success scale. But the blog wasn’t so much an advice column as it was a forum. Discussion questions came in through an unfiltered inbox, I posted them under different categories and people talked about them. I was good at research, so I mostly shared facts and links to helpful resources. I followed the old adage: those who can’t do, teach. Or, in my case, share online.
Initially, the blog had been an experiment, a grad school project that went unexpectedly viral. But after graduation, the blog transformed into a labor of love, a means to connect with people and the only possible way in which I could pursue my own journey, separate from that of my illustrious mother. These days the blog had a very respectable reach, solid advertising revenues and an expanding market that had caught Annette’s eye. She’d made me an excellent offer to merge my blog with RelevantSex.com.
The catch?
Completed Chapter Reveal
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Author Info
Amazon bestselling author Anna del Mar writes hot, smart romances that soothe the soul, challenge the mind, and satisfy the heart. Her stories are about strong heroines struggling to find their place in the world and the brave, sexy, kickass, military heroes who defy their limits to protect the women they love. She’s the author of The Asset, The Stranger, At the Brink and her newest erotic romance, To the Edge. Anna enjoys traveling, hiking, skiing, and the sea. Writing is her addiction, her drug of choice, and what she wants to do all the time. The extraordinary men and women she met during her years as a Navy wife inspire the fabulous heroes and heroines at the center of her stories. When she stays put—which doesn’t happen very often—she lives in Florida with her indulgent husband and two very opinionated cats.
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