Title: Rough
Series: Chicago Underground #1
Author: Skye Warren
Release Date: May 26, 2015
Blurb
I’m a cautionary tale. A statistic. A victim. A single teenage mother from the poor part of town. Most of the time I’m too busy working and struggling to care what people think. Survival doesn’t come easy.
I have a dark secret, a pressure valve, a rare moment just for myself. On these nights I visit a club. There I find men who give me what I need.
Men like Colin.
But he wants more than a few stolen hours. He demands more than my body. He wants my heart and soul—my happily ever after. I never thought I’d be Cinderella. I never thought a man that rough could be my prince.
I have a dark secret, a pressure valve, a rare moment just for myself. On these nights I visit a club. There I find men who give me what I need.
Men like Colin.
But he wants more than a few stolen hours. He demands more than my body. He wants my heart and soul—my happily ever after. I never thought I’d be Cinderella. I never thought a man that rough could be my prince.
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REVIEW BY: ERIN
This was a great story. Allie is a very strong character. She is determined to not let her past hold her down. She tries to look for the good in every situation. So what if she has a little dark side in her. She does what she has to do. Colin knows what he wants and is going after it. He will not let Allie push him away. When her past comes back to haunt her, he will use every resource he has to help her.
These characters both have skeletons in their closets that they are not comfortable sharing with each other.
I am very excited to see where their road takes them!
REVIEW BY: KIM
This book left me feeling a little confused because it seemed as if there was alot of disconnect between her characters.
But as I read I discovered that the feelings were coming from the story.
The author wrote about people who have a tough time just living every day. And the disconnect was actually about secrets and real life and just doing the best you can.
Allie is a girl who has been given really hard things to overcome. She was given a gift. That gift is her little girl, but the way Bailey came to be was awful. Allie also has a best friend who has taken it upon herself to try and make Allie's life a little easier, but the way Shelly does that is something not every woman could do.
Because of her mental scars, Allie gives her mind and body a way to deal with the pain once a month.
Then she meets Colin and he changes things.
Colin is big, bad, looks mean. And he has secrets too. But he really likes Allie and he isn't afraid to let her know in the best way. By loving her body.
As I read and met Colin, I expected him to be the whole Alpha male thing. But I was so pleasantly surprised. Colin has a heart and gentleness that he happily gives Allie even as she yells for him to give her something different.
This story ends in a sort of cliff-hanger, and there are lots of secrets that need to be revealed yet.
I'm looking forward to more from this author.
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CHICAGO UNDERGROUND BOXED SET
BOOK ONE
Excerpt
He walked me backward, and we made out against the round fake-wood table, his hands running over my sides, my back. Avoiding the good parts like we were two horny teenagers in our parents’ basements, new to this. I shuddered at the thought. This was all wrong. His hands were too light. I was half under him already, my hips cradling his, so I surged up and nipped at his lip. Predictably his body jerked, and he thrust his hips down onto me.
Yes. That’s what I need. I softened my body, surrendering to him.
“Bed,” he murmured against my lips.
We stripped at the same time, both eager. I wanted to see his body, to witness what he offered me, but it was dark in the room. Then he kissed me back onto the bed, and there was no more time to wonder. The cheap bedspread was rough and cool against my skin. His hands stroked over my breasts and then played gently with my nipples.
My body responded, turning liquid, but something was wrong.
I’d had this problem before. Not everyone wanted to play rough, but I was surprised that I’d misread him. His muscles were hard, the pads of his fingers were calloused. I didn’t know how he could touch me so softly. Everything about him screamed that he could hurt me, so why didn’t he?
I wanted him to have his nasty way with me, but every sweet caress destroyed the illusion. My fantasy was to let him do whatever he wanted with me, but not this.
“Harder,” I said. “I need it harder.”
Instead his hands gentled. The one that had been holding my breast traced the curve around and under.
I groaned in frustration. “What’s wrong?”
He reached down, still breathing heavily, and pressed a finger lightly to my cunt, then stroked upward through the moisture. I gasped, rocking my hips to follow his finger.
“You like this,” he said.
Yes, I liked it. I was undeniably aroused but too aware. I needed the emptiness of being taken. “I like it better rough.”
Colin frowned. My eyes widened at the ferocity of his expression.
In one smooth motion he flipped me onto my stomach. I lost my breath from the surprise and impact. His left hand slid under my body between my legs and cupped me. His right hand fisted in my hair, pulling my head back. His erection throbbed beside my ass in promise. I wanted to beg him to fuck me, but all I could do was gasp. He didn’t need to be told, though, and ground against me, using my hair as a handle.
That small pain on my scalp was perfection, sharp and sweet. Numbness spread through me, as did relief.
The pain dimmed. My arousal did too, but that was okay. I was only vaguely aware of him continuing to work my body from behind.
I went somewhere else in my mind. I’d stay that way all night.
At least that’s what usually happened. Not this time. Instead I felt light strokes on my hair, my arms, my back. His cock pulsed hot against my thigh, but he didn’t try to put it inside me, not in any of the places it would almost fit. His hands on me didn’t even feel sexual. He petted me, and I arched into his caress.
“Why did you stop?” I meant it to come out demanding, but instead I sounded weak. I hated sounding weak, especially about sex. He may be the one with the cock and the fists, but I called the shots. I had to.
“Allie, shhh. It’s okay.” He was trying to soothe me, and it was working. He turned me back over and began to kiss me, still murmuring words against my lips. “I’ll give it to you. Don’t worry. Relax.” More words than he’d spoken all night.
I was lost, my emotions all jumbled up from my arousal and my high and subsequent low, at the mercy of this stranger.
What’s happening to me? I needed to get back to something I knew. I wanted him to fuck me, to be inside me, to center me. I whimpered, hoping he’d understand. “Shhh.” He arranged my arms and legs so that they were splayed open on the bed and then kissed his way down my stomach.
Author Bio
Skye Warren is the New York Times and USA Today Bestselling author of dark romantic fiction.
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