Blog Tour Review, Excerpt & Giveaway: Hurts to Love You (Forbidden Hearts #3) by Alisha Rai

Hurts to Love You by Alisha Rai

Series Forbidden Hearts #3

Genre Adult Contemporary Romance

Publisher Avon Books

Publication Date March 27, 2018

BOOK SYNOPSIS
Being bad never felt so good, in the third novel in Alisha Rai’s sexy Forbidden Hearts series!

Well-behaved women don’t lust after men who love to misbehave.

Heiress Evangeline Chandler knows how to keep a secret . . . like her life-long crush on the tattooed hottie who just happens to be her big brother’s friend. She’s a Chandler, after all, and Chandlers don’t hook up with the help. Then again, they also don’t disobey their fathers and quit their respectable jobs, so good-girl rules may no longer apply.

Gabriel Hunter hides the pain of his past behind a smile, but he can’t hide his sudden attraction to his friend’s sheltered little sister. Eve is far too sweet to accept anything less than forever and there’s no chance of a future between the son of a housekeeper and the town’s resident princess.

When a wedding party forces Eve and Gabe into tight quarters, keeping their hands off each other will be as hard as keeping their clothes on. The need that draws them together is stronger than the forces that should shove them apart . . . but their sparks may not survive the explosion when long-buried secrets are finally unearthed.

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EXCERPT
“No one knows .”
His tone was bleak, the words tripping over each other.
“No one will,” she whispered, though that wasn’t her place to promise. “I’ll keep it a secret.” His laugh was a harsh bark. “What am I supposed to do? Just trust you?”
Yes.” The adrenaline in her blood spiked, and she leaned in closer, driven to comfort and consume him. “I’m very good at secrets.”
He shook his head. “You don’t— ”
She had no idea what he was going to say, because she settled her lips over his. It was a ridiculous urge, born of panic and desperation and a deep-seated drive to calm him. Their lips fit together perfectly, and she moved them over his, tasting the faint hint of mint in his mouth.
Finally. Finally. Now she knew what kissing would feel like.
Like perfection.
He froze for a second, but then a growl came from deep in his chest. He tightened his hold on her, crushed her close, and kissed her back.

What I thought about Hurts to Love You

In this last installment of the Chandler/Kane saga, Evangaline Chandler, younger sister of Nicholas Chandler is crushing on Gabriel Hunter, tattoo artist and son of the Kane family housekeeper. There's a significant age difference between them, and since Gabe is also Nicholas' best friend, there's all the best-friend's-little-sister taboo thing going on. It isn't until they are forced to be together that the sparks have a chance to ignite.

Eve and Gabe's story takes place during Livvy and Nicholas's wedding week, a setting which provides for lots of family drama and revelations as one might expect, considering weddings typically bring out the best and worst in families! It was a good way to bring in the previous characters in the series, and I always enjoy that in a family based series. While Eve and Gabe have a few things to work first, their journey to happiness runs a gamut of emotions. 

Hurts to Love You was true to it's title in that it was a very emotional story that demonstrates just how love can hurt too.  Overall, this is a terrific series, with complex diverse characters and Hurts to Love You provides a nice wrap-up for the series.  While you can read as a standalone, I would recommend reading in order to get the full impact of the family dynamics. 

An ARC was provided for review. 

Tour Wide Giveaway

To celebrate the release of HURTS TO LOVE YOU, we're giving away a paperback copy of HATE TO WANT YOU by Alisha Rai!

GIVEAWAY TERMS & CONDITIONS:  Open to US shipping addresses only. Five winners will each receive a paperback copy of Hate to Want You by Alisha Rai.  This giveaway is administered by Pure Textuality PR on behalf of Avon Romance.  Giveaway ends 4/9/2018 @ 11:59pm EST. Avon Romance will send the winning copies out to the winner directly. Limit one entry per reader and mailing address.  Duplicates will be deleted.  CLICK HERE TO ENTER!

About Alisha Rai

Alisha Rai pens award-winning sexy contemporary romances and is the first author to have an indie-published book appear on The Washington Post's annual Best Books list. She spends most of her time dreaming up sexy heroes and heroines, traveling, and tweeting. To find out more about her books or to sign up for her newsletter, visit www.alisharai.com

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