Title: Give Me Grace
Series: Give Me #3
Series: Give Me #3
Release Date: July 10, 2014
SYNOPSIS
Casey Daniels has a past forged in Hell. Despite the friends, the endless supply of women, and the muscle car he spent years restoring, it still eats away at him.
Grace Paterson is in Sydney as a temporary bassist for Jamieson, the band Casey handles security for. She’s also infuriating, off-limits, and completely irresistible.
A deal is struck, and despite their intense and powerful connection, both think it will be easy to walk away. But life can be more ruthless than either of them ever imagined. Not only does Grace have a secret she’s desperate to keep, Casey has questions from his past that he’s willing to do anything to get answers for.
It’s not until someone wants one of them dead that Casey realises his love for Grace is the one thing he could never walk away from.
In a story of revenge, betrayal, secrets, and love, Casey will need to reconcile his past with his present, before the future he never knew he wanted is snatched away.
REVIEW
I am starting this review with an inter-high-five to Kate McCarthy, A FEMALE LEAD IN A
ROCKBAND!!! BOOM! How refreshing is that. And then her best friend’s older brother, the HOT AS
FREAKING HELL Jared the super sexy security dude.
What I also loved about this book is that Kate McCarthy stayed true to her roots, as the setting for
this story is Australia. A few times I’ll admit, I had to ‘Google’ some of the Australian slang, but that
made it more interesting for me!
I loved the initial friendship between Evie and Jared. I loved how it starts off as very humorous
texting and I could already feel that spark from Jared’s responses that he already had feelings for
Evie.
“You know what you have to do, Evie,” he
whispered in my ear and I shivered “Just be with
me.”
I enjoyed the supporting characters in this story, the friendship between Evie and her best friend
and total shopaholic Mac was hilarious. The witty banter and constant nicknames for each other
were GOLD! Making me relate to that friendship personally, that was totally awesome! Then there
are the other members of the band, the guy friends who treated Evie like a sister, showing their
annoying brotherly characters and supporting her, Henry, Jake, Casey! I WANT A STORY ABOUT
THEM ALL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
When Evie and Jared finally hit it off, I got a little annoyed with Evie. She seemed to be in a constant
fight with herself over falling for a guy and falling in love. So at times, I kind of wanted to slap her
and scream JUST GO FOR IT ALREADY!!!!!
I give this story ‘4 stars’ because it took a long time to get into. The first 35% was very slow paced
and the depth of the story didn’t make me feel any kind of emotions. However from 35% onwards,
and I LUUUUUUUUURRRRRRRRRRRRVVVVVVVVED this book! Congratulations to you Kate McCarthy!
An awesome read!!! Now........ get me onto the second book in this series!!!
4*OH.SO.MUCH.AUSSIE.GOODNESS*ROCKBAND*JARED.IS.HOT.AS.HELL*STARS
Give Me Strength (Book #2)
Ok, I feel sooooooooooo freaking lucky to have read the first book ‘Give Me Love’ and then jump straight into this fantastic read by Kate McCarthy.
Quinn, the broken girl with a dark past, we got this rundown in the prologue and to be honest I was quite thankful for that instead of having to find that out later on in the story! Then its straight to it, she has a night out with her friend Liz and BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM BABY, TRAVIS ‘OH SO HOLY HOTNESS’ VALENTINE has arrived. He is the real deal definition of SWOON! ACTUAL REAL PANTY MELTING SWOON.
“You’re so guarded and wary, Quinn. I can understand why, but maybe space is not what you need”
“What do I need?”
“Me.”
Yep! He has a beautiful heart, confidence and just such gorgeous affection to give......sigh.
Quinn gets a job alongside Mac as an assistant for the band.
I love how they all welcome her in to their family with open arms and just accept her. For Quinn this is very surreal and a lot to take in. At times I really did want to give her a good shake and tell her off! Maybe that was just the mother in me fighting to tell her that her past cannot rule her life forever.
That was the reason I gave this book four stars. I got frustrated with Quinn running from Travis and found that part of it a little repetitive, however, do not let that put you off.
The story is written at a wonderful pace and Kate McCarthy has an amazing talent of pulling you into the story and living it along with the characters. Congratulations to you Kate on a WONDERFUL “nd book in this series!!! BRING ON GIVE ME GRACE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ;-)
4*HOT*SEXY*ALPHA*SWOONY*BEAUTIFUL* CAPTIVATING*STARS
Give Me Grace (Book #3)
EVERYONE......YES! THAT INCLUDES YOU READING THIS. STOP WHAT YOU ARE DOING AND GO AND BUY THIS BOOK! Like, right NOW! Kate McCarthy, this is going on my favourites of all time reads. This story of Grace and Casey is full of everything I want and NEED from a book. It is soooooo much more than just a story. This is a journey full to the brim of romance, HEART BURSTING LOVE, and just...........oh WOW!
“Remember when you told me you loved me that first time? And when you said that some people leave you in the blink of an eye, and some are with you for years? I promise you, Grace, no matter what happens, you’ll be with me forever, because you’re in my heart, and I won’t let you leave.”
I would hate to ruin this plot and story for anyone else, so the next part of this review is really not going to give much away because you all need to read this and experience it personally! But some things I will say are, Grace is a WONDERFUL lead female, full of funnies and total SASSYNESS that makes me as a woman want to fist bump my kindle! Casey...... DEAR LORD.....I am in love. For real. L.O.V.E with that guy. He has the biggest most beautiful love for Grace that literally makes your heart pound, gives you butterflies in your tummy and you find yourself sitting with the goofiest cheesiest shit eating grin on your face.
Kate, this is a message to you as the author. This story is one of the best most beautiful I have had the pleasure of reading. Grace and Casey’s story completely stole a piece of my heart, but hey, you can keep it, because for me it was that special I am proud that you own a piece!
5*ABSOLUTELY FREAKING BEAUTIFUL*LOVED THIS AMAZING STORY*EVERYONE NEEDS THIS BOOK NOW* STARS.
Review by Sam
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EXCERPT
I slipped out the front door, letting it softly click shut behind me. Casey was sitting in his car, staring straight ahead as I walked down the drive. Opening the car door, I slid inside and shut it. He didn’t acknowledge my presence, or even look at me at all. He simply shifted gears, and with a quick glance in his rearview mirror, pulled out onto the road.
I clicked my seat belt into place. “Casey?”
With a hard swallow, he shook his head, keeping his eyes on the road as we drove. Despite his controlled composure, his face was pale and tension surrounded him like an aura.
“Casey, you’re scaring me.”
“I’m sorry.” Our eyes met for a brief moment, the connection intense. Raw pain flickered in his eyes before it was quickly banked. “That’s the last thing I want to do.”
His palm slid over my bare thigh, riding upwards as he continued to drive. The touch sent arousal spiking through me, but not enough to override the concern.
“Where are we going?”
He shook his head as if he had no clue. After a moment, he replied, “I want to drive, but I don’t want to be alone. I want to be with you.”
My eyes fixed on his profile as he drove. The knuckles of his right hand were white on the steering wheel and his jaw tight. Something wasn’t right. In fact, something was very wrong. I slid my hand over his, my pulse racing when he flipped his palm over and grabbed hold.
“Casey?”
He glanced over at me.
“I want to be with you too.”
His answer was a squeeze of my hand before letting go.
We sat in silence as he drove. I stared at the dashboard, having no idea what to do or say or how to fix what was wrong.
“Are you okay?” I asked.
“Sure.” A smile came to his lips. It was forced because it never reached his eyes. “Just a bad day at work, you know?”
“No, I don’t know. Maybe you should tell me.”
The roads were eerily quiet when he pulled to a stop at a red light. “I don’t want to talk right now.” His hand fell on my thigh again, the calloused palm scraping my skin as it slipped upwards. Reaching between my thighs, he dragged my panties to the side and slipped his fingers inside, gently massaging my clit and dragging a moan from my throat. He leaned over, putting his mouth on my ear, his breathing coming harder and heavier.
“I want to fuck you, Grace. Not just tonight, but every night,” he professed, his fingers working me expertly. The red light turned green, but with no cars around, Casey ignored it. “Hard enough for it to hurt, so that when you leave, me fucking you is the only thing you can think about.”
I closed my eyes, my head falling back against the headrest. I wanted him to fuck me that hard. I wanted to feel him inside me even when he wasn’t there, but not like this. Not when he was using sex to mask a hurt so painful and deep I could feel the ache of it surrounding me until I felt suffocated.
“No,” I gasped.
He froze at the single word, his hand stilling instantly.
“There’s something wrong, Casey. I can feel it.”
His hand slipped out of my panties and I mourned the loss. “I don’t want to talk about it,” he snapped.
Tension bled into the car as he put it in gear and accelerated swiftly. My eyes burned. When we were good, it was wild and intense and consuming, but we always spiralled into such a hot mess. I wasn’t sure if Casey and I would ever find a happy medium.
Drawing a deep breath, I forced calm. “Maybe you should take me home.”
“No.”
My brows flew up. “No?”
“No.” He shook his head, his tone cold and harsh. “This was your deal, and now you want to turn it into some kind of relationship? That’s not what this is. This is about you and me and sex. So maybe you should spread your legs so we can both get what we want.”
AUTHOR BIO
Kate McCarthy grew up in a small town outside of Port Macquarie, Australia. Raised in a house just a short walk to the beach, Kate enjoyed the peaceful, relaxed atmosphere and friendships that come from being raised in a friendly, small town area.
She now resides in Brisbane, Australia, a city in the state of Queensland where she works as an accountant, along with a sideline wedding cake business and her writing.
She is married with two children, has two dogs and house in the suburbs, and a pile of friends and family dotted all over the country that help keep her sane.
When she’s not busy running after naughty kids, filthy dogs, crunching numbers, piping buttercream and writing books, you can find her curled up in bed in the early hours of the morning reading new books and re-reading old favourites. Her favourite books are the Black Dagger Brotherhood series by J.R. Ward in which she longs to eventually join the brotherhood and change her name to Phierce Mutha.
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