REVIEW & EXCERPT TOUR: EASY FOR KEEPS (Boudreaux #4.5) by Kristen Proby

New York Times Bestselling author Kristen Proby brings readers a glimpse back into her sexy as sin The Boudreaux Series. EASY FOR KEEPS is a Contemporary Erotic Romance novella in The Boudreaux Series, brought to you by 1001 Dark Nights. Grab your copy of this sexy novella today!

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Synopsis

Adam Spencer loves women. All women. Every shape and size, regardless of hair or eye color, religion or race, he simply enjoys them all. Meeting more than his fair share as the manager and head bartender of The Odyssey, a hot spot in the heart of New Orleans’ French Quarter, Adam’s comfortable with his lifestyle, and sees no reason to change it. A wife and kids, plus the white picket fence are not in the cards for this confirmed bachelor. Until a beautiful woman, and her sweet princess, literally knock him on his ass.

Sarah Cox has just moved to New Orleans, having accepted a position as a social worker specializing in at-risk women and children. It’s a demanding, sometimes dangerous job, but Sarah is no shy wallflower. She can handle just about anything that comes at her, even the attentions of one sexy Adam Spencer. Just because he’s charmed her daughter, making her think of magical kingdoms with happily ever after, doesn’t mean that Sarah believes in fairy tales. But the more time she spends with the enchanting man, the more he begins to sway her into believing in forever.

Even so, when Sarah’s job becomes more dangerous than any of them bargained for, will she be ripped from Adam’s life forever?

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Excerpt

Just when I’m on the verge of busting my own door down, I get it open, usher Sarah inside, and simply drop my keys to the floor, pin her against the closed door, and bury my face in her neck, breathing her in.

She plants her hands on my sides and fists my shirt.

“You smell so damn good,” I mutter and kiss the soft flesh of her neck. She’s pulled my shirt out of my pants and her hands are on my skin, and it’s pure heaven.

“Adam,” she whispers.

“Yes, sweetheart.”

“I’m going to need you to get naked now.”

I chuckle, delighted in her. I get the feeling that she hasn’t been with anyone in a while, but she’s not shy about what she wants, and that’s as much a turn on as her curvy body.

“I’m going to kiss every inch of you,” I say softly. My breath catches when she drags her hands down my sides and over my stomach. It’s a wonder I haven’t busted out of my jeans.

“I want a turn too,” she says, and that’s it. I need her. Need her. Now.

I push off the door and take her hand, leading her to my bedroom. When I turn to pull her to me, she rushes to me, and her hands immediately go for my jeans.

She’s in a hurry. When I glance down, her fingers are shaking, and she won’t look up at me.

She’s nervous.

We can’t have that.

“Sweetheart.” I catch her chin with my finger and tip her face up to look at me. “Sarah, this isn’t a race.”

“Seriously, get naked, and we can get to it.”

Get to it?

Under normal circumstances, I would agree with her 100%. I enjoy foreplay as much as the next person, but the main event is, well, the main event.

But I don’t want to rush this with her. I want to explore her, listen to her, smell her.

Savor her.

I grip her hands in mine and raise them to my lips, pressing a kiss to her fingers.

“We’re going to get to it, trust me, but we’re going to get there slowly.”

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For those of you that, like me, read all of Kristen Proby’s books, or in particular, the Boudreaux series, we know Adam as being Callie’s (Easy Melody, book 3) partner and bartender on Odyssey, their popular bar on New Orleans’s French Quarter.

He is the typical playboy bartender, and makes no apologies for it. The only permanent attachment he sees in his life is the bar, where he worked most of his life and always loved. Although he professes that he isn’t a ‘settling down’ kind of guy, lately he hasn’t been enjoying, or even taking part on the lifestyle. Maybe he is unsubconsciously waiting for something special to come his way… Or a certain couple of damsels in distress to cross his path…

Sarah has been widowed for more than three years, and has been completely dedicated to her five year old daughter Hailey and her job as a social worker.

When the sexy as hell Adam unexpectedly comes to her aid more than once, she can’t deny the deep attraction between them. Given that and his no-strings vibe, she decides – with a little push from a friend – that maybe he is the perfect man to get back on the dating world, even if it’s only for one night.

“This is the first date—aside from one bad one that doesn’t count—that I’ve been on. Frankly, life goes on, Adam. Kurt would tell me the same thing. Life goes on, and we have to live it.

Adam couldn’t be happier with that decision, but one night just isn’t enough for either of them. So, as day by day passes, their relationship evolves, as obviously so do their feelings, and although that scares both of them, they are all in. Specially when there is a little girl just as emotional involved as them.

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I ADORE a single parent trope, specially a single mother, and this one was no exception. I just can resist seeing a big hot man, previous player, fall hard and fast for the mother as much as for the daughter, and Adam and Hailey’s interactions are one of the most memorable things in this tale, absolutely guaranteed to melt even the iciest of hearts. Hailey showed us Adam’s swoon-worthiness to a whole new level… Sigh…

Seeing how incredibly sweet they are together, Sarah didn’t stand a chance of not falling in love, and neither have we!

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Adam and Sarah were incredible together. Sarah awakened his true alpha nature, first through his protective side, immediately upon meeting, and then, almost instantly after they start dating, his dominant and possessive instincts take over where she is concerned, and let me tell you, it was beyond HOT! Their sizzling sex scenes were just as enticing as their sweet and caring moments, and I couldn’t get enough! They that delightfully addictive!

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I completely devoured and adored this charming story, and although short – the only down point, in my opinion, because it leaves us wanting even more – true to the 1001 Dark Nights, the amount of fantastic moments isn’t in any way lacking. This little read indeed packs a punch. Kristen Proby has, yet again and true to her writing style, created an amazingly sweet, captivating and ultra sexy book. Easy for Keeps is the perfect appetizer to tease and stimulate our appetite for the upcoming book in the series, Easy Kisses.

“I love you, Sarah.”

“Wow. These drugs are good. I just dreamed that you said you love me.”

I grin again and kiss her cheek. “I did. I love you so much. For those few moments that I thought I might lose you…it was agony, Sarah. I didn’t want another minute to go by without telling you that I love you because I realize how short life can be, and we shouldn’t waste it.”

“This is a very serious conversation for someone on hard narcotics,” she says, but she cups my face in her hands and looks deeply into my eyes. “But I love you too, handsome. I love you so much that it hurts, and let me tell you, that’s a lot.”

ARC kindly provided by the author via InkSlinger PR

in exchange for an honest review

And don’t forget to grab the first three books in the Boudreaux Series!

EASY LOVE

EASY CHARM

EASY MELODY

Preorder the 4^th full-length novel in the Boudreaux Series here!

EASY KISSES

About the Author

New York Times and USA Today Bestselling author Kristen Proby is the author of the bestselling With Me In Seattle and Love Under the Big Sky series. She has a passion for a good love story and strong, humorous characters with a strong sense of loyalty and family. Her men are the alpha type; fiercely protective and a bit bossy, and her ladies are fun, strong, and not afraid to stand up for themselves.