We're so excited
about the release of STROKED LONG by Meghan Quinn!
STROKED LONG by
Meghan Quinn
Scheduled to release:
September 20, 2016
Sports Romance
Cover Designed
by: Indie
Solutions by Murphy Rae
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BLURB:
From his dirty-blond
hair and breathtaking smile, to the abs from heaven and the irresistible V in
his waistline, everything about Bodi Olympic-gold-medalist Banks screams hot
piece of @$$.
Yet there’s more.
Dark shadows lurk
behind his soulful, serious eyes.
I’m enamored. He’s
captured me.
How can running an
art foundation with Bodi Banks turns into a slow-burning, epic romance, even
though he tries to push me away at every chance? How can I stay away from a
broken, routine-driven man whose soul cries to be forgiven for a crime only he
believes he committed? Or is that a lie?
**STROKED LONG can be read as a stand alone.
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EXCERPT
Usually when I leave
Dr. Auburn’s office, I feel a little relief but not today. Instead, I feel more
tense than ever. He made me think about my feelings, made me address them,
resulting in a realization I wasn’t ready to face.
I fucking like her.
FUCK.
I want to spend more
time with her and that terrifies me because more time means more exposure to
the true monster I am.
Second-guessing my
choice to meet tonight, I contemplate going back to my car and my safe haven
when the elevator dings and the doors open, revealing Ruby hunched over,
carrying a bag of trash over her shoulder. Out of instinct, I run to her side
and snag the bag from her.
“Where does this go?”
A little surprised,
she points to a trash chute behind me. “Thank you. I almost got it there.”
“It’s too heavy for
you,” I gruff out. “You should have waited for me to take care of this.”
“Now why would I do
that? I was trying to avoid making you an accomplice to my murder but due to
your chivalry, you are now an accessory to my crime. Look what happens when you
try to be a gentleman? It just smacks you in the balls with a life sentence.
Hope you can handle prison. My suggestion, bow down to the hierarchy, you’re
too pretty to not be someone’s bitch.”
Where the fuck does
she get this stuff?
I blink at her, not
quite sure how to respond to that. Does she really think I would be someone’s
bitch? No, that’s not what I need to focus on right now. But for the record, I
can hold my own.
“I’m just kidding.”
She nudges my shoulder and waves her arm in the direction of her open door.
Just the sight of her unlocked door, open and welcoming any stranger has my
heart rate picking up. “Come on, let’s get our paint on.”
“Paint?” I ask, not
sure what her plans are for tonight.
“Yes, paint. I want
to make sure my idea of stroking on canvas is going to work before we invest in
it. And who better to test it out than you? Lord knows if I tried it, there
would be little mini doggy paddle strokes in the middle of the canvas and no
one wants to hang that on their wall.”
“You’re right about
that.”
She pauses on her way
to her apartment and turns to me, her eyes lit with glee. “Oh my goodness. Bodi
Banks just joked around with me.” She waves her hand in front of her face. “Be
still my heart. I can’t believe it.”
“Yeah, and that’s the
last time I do that,” I mumble and continue to walk forward, grocery bag in
hand.
“What’s in the bag?”
she calls from behind me. “Is it for me? Did you buy me lube and Chicken in a
Bisket crackers? How did you know I was out?”
The pitter-patter of
her bare feet run behind me just as her arm links through mine, sending the
beat of my heart into overdrive. She’s warm, soft, welcoming. I want to believe
she’s non-judgmental, that she would understand me, but I can’t be sure.
“I’m just kidding; I
have plenty of lube.” She winks and escorts me into her apartment. “But Chicken
in a Bisket, now you can’t have too much of that.” With a sweep of her arm, she
shows off the small studio apartment she lives in. “Welcome to my lovely
abode.”
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STROKED by
Meghan Quinn
Released: July 19,
2016
Cover Designer:
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NA Romantic Comedy
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BLURB:
Reese King: Olympic
medalist, underwear model, Greek god.
His body is chiseled
from rock, sculpted by the weight room, and refined by water.
On a daily basis his
skin is completely bare for everyone to see, tan and defined, only covered up
by a minuscule piece of spandex. There is no denying his sex appeal.
I hate to admit it,
but I’m head over heels infatuated with him.
There is one HUGE
problem though. His achingly gorgeous abs, inked up arm, and cocky swagger
belong to my boss, the high-profile, reality star bitch from hell and certified
heinous human being, Bellini Chambers.
What I think is going
to be an easy job assisting a glorified wench turns into a cluster f*ck of epic
proportions.
Title: Stroked Long
Author: Meghan Quinn
Genre: Contemporary Romance, Humor/Comedy, Sports
Series or Standalone: Standalone Series (Stroked #2)
Rating: ★★★★★
Reviewer: Diane
What a great funny
story that had me laughing so hard, that my family thought I had lost it there
for a minute. This is a 5 star story.
ARC of Stroked Long
by Meghan Quinn provided in exchange of an honest spoiler free review.
Upon reading the
first few chapters, I wasn't so sure in a what I was in for, so I was reserved
a bit with an opinion. Has I continued to read, I got to really know these
characters with the storyline like no other. From then on I was all in. I never
expected the depth, the sorrow, the raw emotions that they projected on to me.
To the outside world,
Bodi is cold, broody, has no social skills and he's extremely organized with a
strict routine. On the inside he's anything but that. When he was 12 years old
he suffered an unimaginable trauma that left him struggling years later. Then
comes Ruby, who's the complete opposite of him, she's outgoing, colorful and
clumsily funny. What Bodi doesn't realize is that she balance's him out.
The exchange between
these 2 is quite funny. In this scene, Ruby is trying to make her 2 piece
bathing suit in one piece by bringing up higher her bottom swim trunks. Her
friend says to her:
"You look like a
seventy-year-old turtle trying to show off your camel toe"
I literally almost
rolled off my bed laughing with the visual I had.
This story was not
only funny but also had some intense heartbreaking moments that really pulled
at my heartstrings. What comforted me, was the amazing characters that loved
each other so much in trying to help Bodi. Because of that, I was left smiling.
A great cover, an
uniquely funny storyline, heartfelt characters and the authors beautiful words,
all combined made this a must read.
Standalone told in a
dual POV with a much deserved HEA. This is the second book in The Stroked
Series, although I can safely say that it can be read as a standalone. I
strongly recommend reading this story.
About the Author:
Born in New York and
raised in Southern California, Meghan has grown into a sassy, peanut
butter eating, blonde haired swearing, animal hoarding lady. She is known to
bust out and dance if "It's Raining Men" starts beating through the
air and heaven forbid you get a margarita in her, protect your legs because
they may be humped.
Once she started
commuting for an hour and twenty minutes every day to work for three years, she
began to have conversations play in her head, real life, deep male voices and
dainty lady coos kind of conversations. Perturbed and confused, she decided to
either see a therapist about the hot and steamy voices running through her head
or start writing them down. She decided to go with the cheaper option and
started writing... enter her first novel, Caught Looking.
Now you can find the
spicy, most definitely on the border of lunacy, kind of crazy lady residing in
Colorado with the love of her life and her five, furry four legged children,
hiking a trail or hiding behind shelves at grocery stores, wondering what kind
of lube the nervous stranger will bring home to his wife. Oh and she loves a
good boob squeeze!
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