Blog Tour: Truth (Finding Anna #3)

Truth by Sherri Hayes

For the last two months, Brianna has discovered something she never thought she would again. Hope. After the horror of being Ian’s slave for ten months, a fate she never imagined she’d escape, it feels as if she is living a dream. She has freedom she hadn’t expected to have again, and she wakes up every morning not fearing what the day will bring. There is also Stephan. The man who saved her from the daily torture she had to endure at the hands of Ian and his friends. The same man who makes her heart race with just the thought of him. Life is good.

Outside forces are determined to conspire against them, however. When Brianna’s father shows up on her doorstep, it sends her world spiraling out of control. He brings with him new information about how Brianna ended up in Ian’s clutches, but will it make a difference? Will Stephan be able to find a way to make Ian pay for all he made Brianna suffer? As Brianna and Stephan try to find out the truth, their relationship is tested. She is forced to face her past head on, and deal with the ugly reality of what happened to her. Will Stephan’s love be enough to see her through her newest challenge, or will the fragile trust they’ve built come crumbling down around them as the truth makes itself known.

JUST when I thought that everything was going to be perfect....  First of all there isn't a whole lot I can tell you about Truth without giving anything away except that Stephan is still amazing and Brianna is still growing.  But I can say that Sherri Hayes keeps rockin' with this series.  I was NOT expecting a lot of what happened and she literally has me aching for more!  This woman can write!  She had me feeling every emotion (BOTH Brianna's and Stephan's), she has me rooting for these characters to get the happily ever after they deserve with each other, and she had me on the edge of my seat more than once.  Let's just say that I am ready for the final book in this series! 

So Stephan... can I just say - PERFECTION!!!!  His patience throughout this entire series is so endearing and his love for Brianna is so amazing that just thinking about him makes my heart skip a beat.  But this funny thing about him is, you'd think he would lose his alpha presence and would be some kind of love sick sap... but he is so not.  He is the absolute perfect combination of Sweet and Dominate!  HE is really the main reason why I can't seem to get enough of this series... okay so yeah I have LOVED watching Brianna grow to be the woman she is meant to be but she wouldn't have that chance if it weren't for Stephan.  Needless to say... Stephan is right up on the top of my Book Boyfriend List ;)

If you've been reading the Finding Anna series I will tell you that this is an amazing (yet heartbreaking) addition to the series!  If you haven't started the series... OMG... you totally should!

Big thanks to Sherri for stopping by today to tell us which of the Finding Anna books was her favorite to write:

Wow. Both Stephan and Brianna are very special to me. I’ve spent over six years with these two at this point. Their struggles and their triumphs are very real to me. I was sitting with my beta at RomCon discussing Stephan, and began to tear up. I feel everything they’re feeling whether that is joy or pain. It’s going to be hard for me to let go of this series once it’s finished.

My favorite book in the Finding Anna Series thus far is probably Truth. Brianna is finally to a point in this novel that I could push some boundaries I wasn’t able to before. I was also able to explore a lot of emotions in this one. Throughout this book, I laughed, I cried…oh boy did I cry…and I rejoiced in revelations that were a long time coming. With that said, however, I have a feeling that the fourth and final book in the series will top it once it’s all said and done.

 

Sherri is the author of five novels: Hidden Threat, Slave (Finding Anna, Book 1), Need (Finding Anna, Book 2), Behind Closed Doors (A Daniels Brothers Novel), Red Zone (A Daniels Brothers Novel), and a short story, “A Christmas Proposal.” She lives in central Ohio with her husband and three cats. Her mother fostered her love for books at a young age by reading to her as a child. Stories have been floating around in her head for as long as she can remember; however, she didn’t start writing them down until she turned thirty. It has become a creative outlet that allows her to explore a wide range of emotions, while having fun taking her characters through all the twists and turns she can create. When she’s not writing, she can usually be found helping her husband in his woodworking shop.

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Red Zone Blog Tour: 10 Things to know about Gage Daniels

 If you haven't marked it on your To-Read list make sure you mark it now!  Red Zone by Sherri Hayes is insanely good... Gage Daniels is insanely hot, charming, sweet, adorable, and alpha all rolled into one.  Check out my Review by clicking HERE.  Check out the 10 things Sherri says we should all know about Gage and don't forget to add the second book to the Daniels Brothers' Series to your To-Read List!!!

10 Things You Should Know About Gage Daniels

1) He’s 26 years old

2) A professional quarterback

3) The youngest of four brothers

4) He likes to have fun

5) He’s cocky and self-assured

6) Sexy

7) Playful

8) Loves to push Rebecca’s buttons and call her beautiful

9) He’s loyal

10) And he doesn’t want to be an underwear model

Summary of Red Zone:

After a case ended badly for Rebecca Carson, she’s losing her mind sitting around her apartment waiting on her superiors to allow her to return to work. Since she was a teenager, the only thing she’d ever wanted was to join the FBI. Now that dream was in danger.

Gage Daniels has made a pretty good life for himself. A nice house. A career he loves. As a professional football player, he’s used to getting almost everything he’d ever want with just the snap of his fingers. This includes women. A well-timed smile is usually all it takes to attract the opposite sex, especially in Nashville.

When a stalker threatens Gage, the team owner calls an old friend, Rebecca’s ex-partner Travis Hansen, to help protect his star quarterback and find the person responsible. Hansen offers Rebecca the job, and she jumps at the chance. It’s work, and it will get her out of her apartment. How bad can it be?
Posing as Gage’s girlfriend, however, isn’t as easy as it seems. The man is relentless. Rebecca must work to protect Gage while staving off his advances. She’s there to do a job, nothing more. The last thing she wants is to be another notch on a hotshot athlete’s belt.

As the stalker continues to up the ante, Rebecca finds it harder and harder to keep her distance from Nashville’s star quarterback. He isn’t what she expected in one of the city’s most notorious playboys. Now all she has to do is keep him safe until they can find his stalker, and hope she doesn’t lose her heart in the process.

Author Bio:
Sherri is the author of four novels: Hidden Threat,Slave (Finding Anna Book 1), Need (Finding Anna Book 2), Behind Closed Doors (A Daniels Brothers’ Novel), Red Zone (A Daniels Brothers’ Novel), and a short story, A Christmas Proposal. She lives in central Ohio with her husband and three cats. Her mother fostered her love for books at a young age by reading to her as a child. Stories have been floating around in her head for as long as she can remember; however, she didn’t start writing them down until she turned thirty. It has become a creative outlet that allows her to explore a wide range of emotions, while having fun taking her characters through all the twists and turns she can create. When she’s not writing, she can usually be found helping her husband in his woodworking shop.

Buy link:
http://ph.thewriterscoffeeshop.com/books/detail/82

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Red Zone (Daniels Brothers #2) Review

Red Zone by Sherri Hayes

Book description...
After a case ended badly for Rebecca Carson, she’s losing her mind sitting around her apartment waiting on her superiors to allow her to return to work. Since she was a teenager, the only thing she’d ever wanted was to join the FBI. Now that dream was in danger.
Gage Daniels has made a pretty good life for himself. A nice house. A career he loves. As a professional football player, he’s used to getting almost everything he’d ever want with just the snap of his fingers. This includes women. A well-timed smile is usually all it takes to attract the opposite sex, especially in Nashville.
When a stalker threatens Gage, the team owner calls an old friend, Rebecca’s ex-partner Travis Hansen, to help protect his star quarterback and find the person responsible. Hansen offers Rebecca the job, and she jumps at the chance. It’s work, and it will get her out of her apartment. How bad can it be?
Posing as Gage’s girlfriend, however, isn’t as easy as it seems. The man is relentless. Rebecca must work to protect Gage while staving off his advances. She’s there to do a job, nothing more. The last thing she wants is to be another notch on a hotshot athlete’s belt.
As the stalker continues to up the ante, Rebecca finds it harder and harder to keep her distance from Nashville’s star quarterback. He isn’t what she expected in one of the city’s most notorious playboys. Now all she has to do is keep him safe until they can find his stalker, and hope she doesn’t lose her heart in the process.

I'm not normally a big fan of a heroine who is a protector or a bodyguard of the hero, but I enjoy Sherri's writing and I loved the first book in this series Behind Closed Doors so I knew I wouldn't be let down... and I wasn't.  I'm all about female empowerment and I more than admire women who put their lives on the line for others... and this book totally put me in my place.  Yes the hero is protected by the heroine but the way that Sherri painted the picture for me left me feeling like I've been missing out on some kick ass heroines!

Obviously Rebecca is not my typical kind of heroine... she totally lacks in the sweetheart department.  Something I've always felt I needed to see in a heroine because I want to relate to her... however, I didn't need it.  Rebecca gave me everything I needed to relate to her with her extreme sense of loyalty and the vulnerability she is so desperate to hide.  The one thing about her that I wish I would have learned about her in the beginning is what made her so vulnerable... I would have been able to relate to her earlier in the book, without having to have that "Ah, Ha!" moment where it all clicked into place.  But then again her "job" had to work for it, so I guess it was only fair that I had to wait too.

Gage is so my kind of hero... he's cocky, loyal, and driven to a point that makes you forget his cocky attitude.  He seriously had me rolling my eyes and then wanting to rip his clothes off with in the first couple of chapters.  He's a professional football player that stays in the limelight for his completed passes on and off the field... and because of this has attracted the attention of a stalker... which is where the lovely yet extremely stuffy Rebecca  comes in. 

Watching their relationship progress was as frustrating as it was rewarding.  It was rewarding in the sense that Rebecca gave Gage a run for his money... the fact that he was used to getting what he wanted and Rebecca wasn't even close to caving, made for an extremely interesting story.  He'd feel like he'd get 1 step forward only to be pushed back 2... quite frankly it was funny watching him maintain his composure.  But when they do finally succumb to the chemistry that crackles between them... it's electric, steamy, smokin' hot, and beautiful all at the same time. 

The Daniels Brothers Series is definitely one to check out!  I loved Behind Closed Doors but I have to say that Gage totally stole Chris' spot in my heart.  Now I'm wondering which brother will be next?

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