Source: Advance e-copy in exchange for an honest review.
Hello lovely readers! Today we celebrate the release of Too Hard to Forget by the incredibly talented and filthy (only in the best way, of course) Tessa Bailey! Yay Tessa!
I'm a big Tessa fan and enjoy her dirty talking heroes. The Romancing the Clarkson's Series brings together a four siblings who aren't particularly close, but agree to a roadtrip to honor their late mother. Along the way these siblings work on their issues, cause general mayhem, and find love. *Awwww*
In Too Hard to Forget, baby sister Peggy Clarkson goes after the football coach she can't forget. If the coach-cheerleader thing squigs you out like it does me, maybe avoid this one and read Too Hot to Handle. Or any of Tessa's backlist. She's prolific and fantastic!
This couple has a lot of issues and if it weren't for the coach-cheerleader and religion aspects, I would have really liked it, but there are some things I can't get past, even for a Tessa Bailey book. However, if those don't give you the squigs, then definitely read Peggy & Elliot. As always, Tessa writes characters with amazing chemistry and insanely hot sex.
Once you've read Too Hard to Forget, go join Tessa's facebook group, Bailey's Babes. You will get lots of "check-ins" with the characters from all of her books, as well as frequent pictures of super hot guys and loads of fascinating conversations about everything. And I do mean everything! For now, check out the excerpt below, Tessa's Dream Cast, and enter the giveaway!
Title: TOO HARD TO FORGET
Author: Tessa Bailey
Series: Romancing The Clarksons, #3
On Sale: April 25, 2017
Publisher: Forever
Mass Market: $7.99 USD
eBook: $5.99 USD
The third book in New York Times bestselling author Tessa Bailey's Romancing the
Clarksons series about four siblings on a cross-country road trip, perfect for
fans of Gena Showalter and Julie James!
This time, she's calling the shots.
Peggy Clarkson is returning to her alma mater
with one goal in mind: confront Elliott Brooks, the man who ruined her for all
others, and remind him of what he's been missing. Even after three years,
seeing him again is like a punch in the gut, but Peggy's determined to stick to
her plan. Maybe then, once she has the upper hand, she'll finally be able to
move on.
In the years since Peggy left Cincinnati,
Elliott has kept his focus on football. No distractions and no complications.
But when Peggy walks back onto his practice field and into his life, he knows
she could unravel everything in his carefully controlled world. Because the
girl who was hard to forget is now a woman impossible to resist.
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THE ROMANCING THE CLARKSONS SERIES
TOO HOT TO HANDLE, #1
TOO WILD TO TAME, #2
TOO HARD TO FORGET, #3
TOO BEAUTIFUL TO BREAK, #4
TESSA BAILEY'S TOO HARD TO FORGET
DREAM CAST!!!
For the record, this is SO HARD. For the
Romancing the Clarksons series especially, I have a specific image in my mind
for each character and none of them match an actor/actress perfectly. So I am
going to take Elsa’s advice and Let it Go (let go of the images in my head,
that is). Enough rambling! Here is my dream cast (the main characters, anyway) for
TOO HARD TO FORGET!
Coach
Elliott Brooks: Jon Hamm. Now, I’m not talking about
suave Don Draper. If Jon is going to pull off my hard-ass football coach, he’s
going to need some scruff and a bad attitude. There was an episode of Mad Men
where Jon went juuuuust the right
amount of dominant and that’s what makes him my Elliott.
Peggy
Clarkson: Ashley Greene. This one is a little
easier. I think Ashley Greene is incredibly beautiful and she could also pull
off Peggy’s devil-may-care flirtatious presence, while still guarding secrets
with her eyes.
Kyler
Tate: Christian McCaffrey.
Okay, so he’s not an actor. He plays for the Broncos. But he has the perfect
sexy charmer smile and a ton of charisma. I would pay for his acting classes
myself!
Alice
Brooks: Kiernan Shipka. Might as well stick
with a Mad Men theme, right? She already played Don Draper’s daughter (Sally
Draper) and can exude angst like nobody’s business, so she’s a great choice for
Alice!
Thank you Tessa for putting your ideal faces to the characters for us! Next is the excerpt and don't forget to enter the giveaway!
“I don’t know, Peggy.” He whirled on her, closing in until she was forced back onto the desk. “I had an All-American on my squad this morning and now I don’t. That’s all I know.” He pointed a finger toward the window. “I solve problems down on the field. Saving people isn’t my job.”
Saving people. God, there was such a wealth of regret and pain in those two words. But he couldn’t hear it and she couldn’t address it. Letting him know she saw right through his façade to the hurt beneath might force Elliott to close himself off. “You didn’t always limit yourself. Why are you doing it now?”
“Accepting things that can’t be changed isn’t a limitation. It’s realistic.”
“But how will you know if something can’t be changed unless you try?”
“When it comes to certain things, Peggy, trying leads to losing.” He was in her face now, the mint from his toothpaste familiar and inviting where it slid over her lips. “And I don’t lose.”
No one ever stood up this man but her, and she wouldn’t be cowed now. “No? You’re out a receiver.” She hitched herself up on his desk. “I’d call that a loss.”
The tips of his shoes met Peggy’s, his hands gripping the furniture on either side of her hips. “Who do you think you are, little girl? Coming into my office and telling me what I’ve done wrong?” His eyes were brilliant in their vexation, the attraction he was trying so hard to fight. “Where do you get the goddamn bravery?”
“The bravery is what you liked best about me,” she breathed, heat sizzling in a downward V toward her thighs. “Isn’t it?”
“No. That bravery is what almost led to my downfall.” His hands found her bottom, jerking her to the edge of the desk. “I resented it. Still do.”
“Liar,” Peggy whispered, easing her thighs wider. “You’re dying for an excuse to head for another downfall.” When her legs were as open as she could spread them, she leaned up to Elliott’s ear and let her breath shake loose. “One thrust.”
Elliott’s right hand came up out of nowhere, molding over Peggy’s mouth as his hips crowded into the notch of her legs. With a quick maneuver to recline her halfway back, Elliott’s erection found the apex of her thighs, delivering an aggressive pump against her underwear that sent a scream climbing up Peggy’s throat, only to be trapped by his hand. Knees jerking up out of reflex over the rush of sensation, an orgasm almost—almost— broke past the surface, sending her waters rippling out on all sides. Her legs wanted to hug Elliott’s waist, her voice wanted to beg for one more, one more, one more, but he shook his head, denying her, even though his gaze was hot, a low groan issuing from his harshly masculine mouth.
He leaned in and nipped the lobe of her ear. “Next time, ask for two.”
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Tessa Bailey is originally from Carlsbad,
California. The day after high school graduation, she packed her yearbook,
ripped jeans, and laptop, and drove cross-country to New York City in under
four days. Her most valuable life experiences were learned thereafter while
waitressing at K-Dees, a Manhattan pub owned by her uncle. Inside those four
walls, she met her husband, best friend, and discovered the magic of classic
rock, managing to put herself through Kingsborough Community College and the
English program at Pace University at the same time. Several stunted attempts
to enter the work force as a journalist followed, but romance writing continued
to demand her attention.
She now lives in Long Island, New York with her
husband and daughter. Although she is severely sleep-deprived, she is
incredibly happy to be living her dream of writing about people falling in
love.
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