RELEASE
BLITZ
Title:
Paradise Fought: Abel
Series:
Paradise #1
Author:
L.B. Dunbar
Genre:
Contemporary New Adult Romance/MMA
Release
Date: January 25, 2016
BLURB
I'm
not a fighter.
I was
born into a fighting family. As the middle child, I was overlooked in favor of
my older brother.
He
took the negative attention, too. In comparison, there's nothing special about
me.
I’m
not as big as Cobra. I’m not as strong as Cobra. He's the alpha.
I'm a
beta.
The
second son.
The
lesser one.
The
one never encouraged to fight, never encouraged to do anything, but stay out of
my father’s way.
I'm
not a lover either - but I wished to be – that’s why I needed her.
I met
a girl in the pouring rain.
Sounds
cliché, but it's true. It changed everything.
Because
of love, I learned to fight.
Betas
come second, but in this fight, my story is first.
GOODREADS LINK: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27802927-paradise-fought
PURCHASE LINKS
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EXCERPT
If I thought I was going to make a speedy getaway, I was
wrong. My savior caught up to me, half way down the walk, outside the finance
building. He was quick and a large hand wrapped around my upper arm.
“Whoa, sister,” he said, slightly out of breath. “You almost
got away from me again.”
“What?” I questioned. I had no idea what he meant: again.
“Never mind,” he muttered, his hand still on me. I looked
down at it and he immediately released me. My eyes pinched as I realized I
didn’t mind his hand on my skin. There was something nonthreatening about him.
He seemed rather innocent, studious, actually. His shirt was buttoned almost to
the top and tucked into his pants. The sleeves secure at the cuffs. His jeans
were snug and hugged him well. He wore dark rimmed glasses that screamed smart.
Brown boots looked too new on his large feet. It was like he had the right
parts but the wrong combination.
His blue eyes were soft and easy to look into. They
practically spoke to me, but I had no idea what he was saying. His dark hair
was disheveled, a bit shaggy, but cool looking. He kind of looked like a pop
star, which was a little too sugar sweet for me. His form was questionable. It
was hard to tell what kind of body he had under those clothes. He looked rather
preppy, like half the guys at this university. I didn’t want to think about it.
I’d just sold my soul for another semester.
“So when do you want to do this?” I asked. His blank stare
told me he had no idea what I meant.
“Us,” I said, pointing between him and me.
“I…” His voice trailed off as he gawked at me. His
expression changed from confusion to shock.
“I didn’t buy you
to sleep with you,” he said, a touch of disbelief in his voice. His face turned
crimson, then fell. “Why, have you done that before?” It was my turn to be
surprised and offended.
I turned on my heels and began stomping away from him. He
was too quick and he caught me again. His hand on my arm halted me. This time
he didn’t release me when I peered down at his fingers wrapped around my bicep.
“Look. I need help,” he blurted. His face pinked a little,
and it was sweet. “I don’t need help with sex. I need help with before.” His
tone dropped, and he looked side to side to see if anyone would hear him. I
took his meaning.
“You don’t know how to do foreplay?” I questioned in a loud
whisper, trying to hide my astonishment. How
could anyone have sex and not know a touch of foreplay?
His face pinked again.
“Not that,” he said, sounding like a child. “The flirting.
The dating. The…other stuff.”
I was stunned. I stared at him, taking in his features
again. He was kind of cute, leaning toward the potential for good looking. He
couldn’t possibly need help with this request. The confusion on my face made
him speak.
“I don’t know how to flirt.” The words swirled between us.
“I don’t understand.” I didn’t. I didn’t know what he wanted
from me.
“I need lessons how to be…cool: with girls. Call it a
tutoring session. I need to learn how to be…seen.” His voice took on a touch of
sadness. He couldn’t possibly be serious. I continued to stare at him. My mouth
might have actually dropped open a bit, and I noticed he was watching my lips.
It was a little exciting the way he stared at them. I licked them and his
pupils dilated, filling in more black over the blue. His expression changed.
Knowingly, he blinked when he realized I was teasing him. His lip quirked up
and a dimple showed in his cheek.
“I need to date you,” he blurted. “To learn how to do, what
you just did to me.”
AUTHOR BIO
L.B. Dunbar loves the original legend of
King Arthur. Inspired by this classic tale, she pulled over to the side of the road
to take notes when it hit her that if King Arthur lived today, he'd be a rock
star. A lover of fairy tales, myths, legends, and anything with happily ever
after, she loves to read and write contemporary romance. Her Legendary Rock
Stars series is complete with the final tale: The Trials of Guinevere DeGrance,
but the story began with The Legend of Arturo King. She also wrote The
Sensations Collection, which includes five stand alones based on the five
senses in a small town setting near Lake Michigan. Raised on one side of that
lake, she grew up in Michigan, but now lives on the other side, in Chicago.
Mother to four, wife to the one and only, and teacher to hundreds of former
students, she looks forward to sharing more stories in the future.
AUTHOR LINKS
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Website:
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GIVEAWAY
There is no
giveaway with the blitz but you can direct your readers to LB’s Facebook page
where she will have a giveaway pinned for release week.
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