Release Week Blitz - Too Hot To Handle By Tessa Bailey
ABOUT THE BOOK
Title: TOO HOT TO HANDLE
Author: Tessa Bailey
Series: Romancing The Clarksons,
#1
On Sale: November 29, 2016
Publisher: Forever
Mass Market: $5.99 USD
eBook: $2.99 USD
Previously released as an eBook
in May 2016, the first book in Tessa Bailey’s Romancing the Clarksons series is
now available in print for the first time!
When rescue looks like a whole
lot of trouble . . .
The road trip was definitely a
bad idea. Having already flambéed her culinary career beyond recognition, Rita
Clarkson is now stranded in God-Knows-Where, New Mexico, with a busted-ass car
and her three temperamental siblings, who she hasn't seen in years. When rescue
shows up—six-feet-plus of hot, charming sex on a motorcycle—Rita's pretty
certain she's gone from the frying pan right into the fire . . .
Jasper Ellis has a bad boy
reputation in this town, and he loathes it. The moment he sees Rita, though,
Jasper knows he's about to be sorely tempted. There's something real between
them. Something raw. And Jasper has only a few days to show Rita that he isn't
just for tonight—he's forever.
REVIEW
If you did not know this already lol Iam a huge Tessa Bailey Fan . I look forward to every books she puts out so when I heard about Romancing the Clarkson series I was so excited ! and when I got the chance to read the first Book in the series Too Hot to Handle I devoured the book. It will come as no surprise when I say that Too Hot To Handle was Fantastic!
The Clarkson Siblings have decided to fulfill there deceased mother wishes ,but to do that they end up taking a road trip to New York , on there way there their car breaks down in New Mexico and this is really where the story picks up .This book mainly follows Rita Clarkson and Jasper Ellis I loved these two so much. I loved watching there relationship changed and develop ,I have so many favorite moments between these two . I Enjoyed every single sweet , romantic,swoon worthy , sexy (seriously really sexy and but again this is a Tessa Bailey books so sexy scene that make you want to turn on a fan is must lol) emotional moment between Rita and Jasper . Iam thrilled with were we left Rita and Jasper at the end of this story .I love Too Hot To Handle Its was Romantic , Sweet , funny , emotional and a SEXY SEXY SEXY!! lol read that gave a Happily Ever After ending that was perfect for Rita and Jasper Story . Tessa Bailey Stories just continue to become more and more fantastic . I loved how this Road trip not only helped you get to know more about the Clarkson siblings but also helped them to start the process of reconnecting as siblings again. I cannot wait to read Belmont ( who is officially a new member of book boyfriend harem lol ) , Aaron and Peggy Stories In the Romancing the Clarksons series . If You love all these things in your books I suggest you get a copy .
RATING
5/5 STARS
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EXCERPT
“So.”
He plunked his beer down on the bar. “Where were you four headed in that big,
rusty Suburban before Hurley reeled you in?”
She
looked pensive as her shit-stomping boots started to sway back and forth,
bumping the wooden rungs of the stool. “We need to be in Coney Island by New
Year’s Day. So we can jump into the Atlantic Ocean.”
“Why—what?”
He dropped onto the stool beside her, his drink forgotten on the bar. “That’s
pretty high on the list of things I didn’t expect.”
“Oh,
I know the feeling.” A beat passed. “It was our mother’s last wish.”
“I’m
sorry.”
She
nodded, brushing her hair back in a jerky motion, as if she were uncomfortable
having someone’s undivided attention. He’d never had cause to use the word preposterous
before, but that was the only way he could describe her lack of confidence.
Despite the inappropriate name, the Liquor Hole was his life’s work, and, at
the moment, it was nothing more than an unworthy backdrop for Rita. And, God,
he was staring at her hands like an aggressive palm reader. “Most mothers want
to avoid having their children turn into floating ice sculptures. What was her
reason?”
“Good
question.” A hint of sadness winked in her eyes, and Jasper wished he’d let the
subject drop. This was what happened when he avoided talking about sex. He
stumbled right into deceased parents. And yet he wasn’t sorry. Not even a
little bit. He wanted to know everything. “I think…she meant it as some sort of
symbolic bonding experiment. But I don’t know. We’re kind of unbondable.”
“Got
the feeling I interrupted a near-melee this afternoon.”
“Aaron
called my soufflé decent.” A strand of dark hair caught on her lips when she
shook her head. It took one hundred percent of his impulse control not to tug
it away, but she beat him to it, anyhow. “It sounds silly now.”
“Nah.”
Jasper couldn’t help leaning in to get a whiff of cooking spices. “He would
have had it coming just for dressing like a preacher on a weekday.”
Another
one of those quiet, smoky laughs. “I guess there’s a fine line between
politician and preacher.”
“Politician?”
Jasper shivered, then recalled the threat Rita’s brother had leveled at his
head back on the highway. “Still, I can’t help but like him for wanting you
safe from a stranger. He can’t be all that bad if he worries about you.”
“Worried
might be an exaggeration,” Rita said.
When
her golden-brown gaze lit on his mouth, Jasper realized he’d moved into her
personal space without any conscious thought. One of her knees brushed the
denim covering his hip and, God help him, if the bar were empty he would’ve
been between her split thighs before she could call for Jesus. For someone who
hadn’t felt more than a passing appreciation for the opposite sex in years, his
libido was sure trying to play catch-up tonight.
“What
are you thinking about?”
Lie. He had to lie.
I want to strip you down and fuck you on this seat, but I’m trying my hand
at being a gentleman, was not an acceptable line. It was too aggressive
when she seemed spooked merely from his close proximity. But she was leaving,
leaving his town tomorrow, and the slow-game option had been ambitious for
Jasper when he knew nothing about it. So he’d tell the truth while leaving out
the oh-so-dirty reality in his pants. “I was thinking it would have been a
goddamn shame if you’d broken down one town over.” His voice was gravel, so he
cleared it. “More than a shame. I’m kind of finding it hard to think about, if
you want to know the truth.”
For
long moments, he couldn’t hear a single sound in the loud bar. No music, no
crunching ice or raucous laughter. And, somehow, he knew she couldn’t hear the
noise, either. It was there in the perplexity of her expression. He expected
her to call bullshit or make a joke, but she didn’t. She shocked him instead.
“I’ll
think I’ll take that kiss now.”
Q& A With Tessa Bailey
1. Where did the Idea for Too Hot To
Handle from? My grandmother told me a story about her real-life brother Belmont
(there is also a Belmont in the series). Real-life Belmont was a troubled youth
and ran away from home frequently. So one night, his parents restrained him by
cuffing him to the bathroom sink (I do not condone this!). Anyway, he ripped
the sink out of the wall to get free. And I was instantly fascinated by
real-life Belmont. So I built a whole series around him, surrounding him with
equally fascinating siblings, also based on (and named after) my grandmother’s
family.
2. Can you carry us through what your writing process looks like? MANIC. LOL. I am a pantser who never sticks to the plot, so there is a lot of Post-It notes, scribbled ideas on notebook paper and coffee. What keeps me on track is discipline, though. I write at the same time every day and I always hit my word count, whether it’s rubbish or not.
3. We all love books what are some of your favorite books? THE HATING GAME by Sally Thorne is a recent favorite. KULTI by Mariana Zapata is another. As for some of my all-time favorites, I LOVE Karen Marie Moning’s Highlander series and any of Julie Garwood’s historicals.
4. Describe Too Hot To Handle In 5 words? Raw, sensual, spiritual, desperate, surprising.
5. What are you working on right now writing wise? I’m currently in the middle of a series that won’t be out until next fall—a new adult series! And I’m getting ready to tackle Belmont’s book, too (the final ROMANCING THE CLARKSONS book) with my editor. It’s already written, but now the fixing begins!
THE ROMANCING THE CLARKSONS SERIES
Too Hot To Handle, #1
Too Wild To Tame, #2
Too Hard To Forget, #3
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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