FMR Book Grind: BLOG TOUR, REVIEW, & GIVEAWAY ~ Tainted (Torn #3) by K.A Robinson

January 26, 2014

BLOG TOUR, REVIEW, & GIVEAWAY ~ Tainted (Torn #3) by K.A Robinson

Title: Tainted

Author: K.A. Robinson

Release Date: January 24th 2014

Part One: Facing My Demons

Drake lost everything the day Chloe walked away from him. Feeling angry and hurt by her abandonment, he dives deeper into his cocaine use. Each day becomes a struggle for him. After his band is picked up by a recording studio in Los Angeles, things go from bad to worse. What happens to a man who has lost everything he ever truly cared about?

Part Two: Learning to Love Again

When Drake showed up on Chloe’s doorstep, begging for forgiveness, she couldn’t turn him away. To Chloe, loving Drake is like breathing and she couldn’t bring herself to let him go again.

But what happens next? Follow Chloe and Drake as they learn to forgive and heal together.

Will Drake’s fame get in the way of their happily ever after? Or is love enough to keep them together?

The epic conclusion to Drake and Chloe’s story.

This is the third book in the torn series about Chloe and Drake.
Where book 2 delved more into Chloe's past this book gives you an insight into Drakes past and the reasons for his behaviour.

The book is in three parts, starting with Drakes point of view during the period when Chloe and Drake were apart in Twisted (book 2). In this book you finally get to learn about the demons Drake dealt with.

"... You never deal with any of your problems. You simply push them to the side and use drugs and sex to distract yourself . If we can teach you how to face things head -on , I think you will be able to go through life without the fear of a relapse."

You learn that Drake has to re-live his past demons to be able recover and finally live his life.

Part two is from Chloe's point of view and is about learning to love again and dealing with the hurts of the past to truly move forward.

" He'd almost died . I' d almost lost the only person I ever loved, my soul mate "

" ...I always regretted leaving you to deal with everything on your own , but I couldn't handle it. I had to protect myself"

"... I knew that my life was now complete. I had everything I could ever want ..."

Part three completes Drake and Chloe's story by providing them a chance to truly understand each other to start fresh with new beginnings.

"Chloe, when it comes to music or you, I will always choose you . Always I'd throw everything away as long as I knew that I had you. You're my everything.

3.5 FMR Stars

~Review by Linda

Excerpt:

“Please, Chloe. I love you. I want to spend every second of my life with you from now until the day I die. I can’t live without you,” I pleaded.

This had gone so much better in my head. While I knew she would be angry, I had hoped that I wouldn’t have to resort to groveling to get her to take me back. If I had to though, I would. I would rather die than spend one more day without her.

“I don’t want to get hurt again, Drake,” she whispered. “I can’t take it.”

I grabbed her and pulled her into my arms. She struggled at first, but I held on tight, refusing to let her go.

“I will never hurt you again, Chloe. Never. Let me prove it to you.”

I pressed my lips to hers and kissed her like I was dying, like it was the last kiss we would ever share because it might just be our last. When I let her go, she might slap me and then never speak to me again. If she did, I wanted to remember the feel of her lips against mine for the rest of my life.

Despite what she’d said, her body responded to me instantly. She wrapped her arms around me and kissed me back, showing me just how much she still wanted me. I groaned as her lips parted, and I slipped my tongue inside her mouth, flicking my tongue ring against her tongue in a way that I knew drove her crazy.

K.A. Robinson is the New York Times and USA Today Best Selling Author of The Torn Series and Shattered Ties. She lives in West Virginia with her husband and toddler son. When she isn't writing, she loves to read dystopian, zombie, and New Adult books. She has an addiction to Caribou coffee and Starbucks coffee.