Star
Crossed (Battered Hearts Book 2)
by Kele
Moon
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BLURB:
Heavyweight
UFC fighter, Romeo Wellings comes from the hard streets of New York where his
family ties to the mafia cause him nothing but pain. His life takes a
surprising detour when he crosses paths with the twin sister of his long time
enemy. After a steamy one-night stand, he faces the fight of his life, but it’s
not in the cage. The secret relationship that blooms between Romeo and his real
life Juliet has him battling his family and a dark past rather than let her go.
The
only lawyer in her hometown of Garnet, Jules Conner is also a volunteer
Sheriff’s deputy and co-owner of a successful MMA training center. Strong and
dependable, Jules is always there for those who need her. Until one forbidden
night in Las Vegas with Romeo leaves her feeling so alive she can’t stop
reaching out to the sexy, bad boy of MMA, even knowing the forbidden love
affair could jeopardize everything.
As
the tide rises against them and the people they love work at keeping them
apart, Romeo and Jules hold onto a dream for a better life together and vow to
go down fighting rather than accept a tragic ending.
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EXCERPT:
Jules reached
into her purse to pull out a business card and an expensive gold pen. She
laughed to herself, shaking her head as she wrote on the back of the card. “If
you would’ve told me yesterday I’d be buying Romeo Wellings dinner, I’d have
called you crazy. Things change faster than I can keep up with sometimes.”
Romeo had to
agree. The very last thing he expected to be doing on his remaining night in
Las Vegas was having dinner with Wyatt Conner’s sister. He’d spent a good deal
of time hating the bastard. The irony wasn’t lost on him, and his smile was
wide as he took Jules’s card when she offered it. He stared at her cell number
on the back.
“I’m not your
enemy.” Romeo lifted his gaze to hers and studied her beautiful face under the
bright Nevada sun. “Juliet.”
She gasped in
surprise, her eyes growing wide. “I don’t—” She floundered. Her cheeks flushed
pink as she narrowed icy eyes at him. “How?”
“That’s what
Jules is short for, isn’t it?” he asked simply, refusing to look away.
“Juliet.”
“I go by
Jules,” she said rather than rise to the bait. For a brief moment it looked
like she might reach over and snatch the card back. Her guard was obviously up,
but instead of lashing out and rescinding the offer, she looked to his left
hand that was wrapped in a white gauze bandage and sighed in defeat. “I’ll see
ya at eight, Wellings.”
“I go by
Romeo.”
“Fine.” Jules
took a deep breath, her cheeks more flushed than ever. “Then eight o’clock,
Romeo.”
He did it
then, took one long, hard look of Jules Conner standing there in formfitting
jeans that clung to her long legs like a second skin. It took everything he had
not to adjust himself, because eyeing her made his jeans tighter than usual.
Romeo gave
her a devious smile. With a voice low and husky with anticipation, he said,
“I’ll look forward to it.”
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AUTHOR Bio and Links:
A
freckle-faced redhead born and raised in Hawaii, Kele Moon has always been
a bit of a sore thumb and has come to enjoy the novelty of it. She thrives on
pushing the envelope and finding ways to make the impossible work in her story
telling. With a mad passion for romance, she adores the art of falling in love.
The only rules she believes in is that, in love, there are no rules and true
love knows no bounds.
So
obsessed is she with the beauty of romance and the novelty of creating it,
she’s lost in her own wonder world most of the time. Thankfully she married her
own dark, handsome, brooding hero who has infinite patience for her airy ways
and attempts to keep her grounded. When she leaves her keys in the refrigerator
or her cell phone in the oven, he’s usually there to save her from herself. The
two of them now reside in Florida with their three beautiful
children, who make their lives both fun and challenging in equal parts—they
wouldn’t have it any other way.
Email: kelemoon@me.com
Website: http://www.kelemoon.com
Twitter:
https://twitter.com/kele_Moon
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Hey, Marq & Kele! Ohh, I LOVED Romeo & Jules! I'm so glad I got turned onto this series on Twitter...I NEVER would have found it otherwise, and I SO would have been missing out. Never thought I'd love UFC fighters so much, but you've convinced me otherwise. I'm excited to see what you're going to put Wyatt & Tabitha through...lol, it needs to get here FAST!!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the great books!!