Author: Marissa Carmel
Genre: New Adult
Release Date: October 10, 2013
Cover Art: Amber Rendon -
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~Synopsis~
“I
may have had more lovers than you, and I may take my clothes off for countless
women, but you are the only one who can strip me bare.”
Do
you ever stop loving someone just because they’re gone? Five years ago Ryan
Pierce disappeared from Alana Remington’s life without leaving so much as a
post-it note behind. He was the one she gave her heart to, her soul to, and her
virginity to. So imagine her surprise
when she finds him dancing at one of NYC’s hottest male revues as Jack the
Stripper.
Ryan
never stopped loving Alana, and now that she serendipitously dropped back into
his life, he’s vowed never to lose her again.
But being together has its costs, and challenges Alana isn’t sure she
can handle.
She
finally has Ryan back; but how in the world is she supposed to share the love
of her life with half of the women in New York City?
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~Excerpt~
We
stop in front of some hanging crystals. They clink as Ryan pushes them aside,
“after you.” I walk under an orange
spotlight, into a small space with a white leather couch deep enough to lie on
and walls a warm golden yellow.
Ryan
steps in behind me and presses his body flush against mine. My mind races.
Is
he really going to do this?
Am
I really going to let him?
Can
I even handle this? Five minutes ago he was with another woman. Quite possibly
in this same room doing God only knows what.
“Why
do you do this Ryan?” I expel. I know he explained it in words, but I need to
experience it to truly understand.
He
ambles around me so close; the only thing separating us is a whisper of
air.
“I
told you, the money,” he says as he unbuttons his shirt.
“You
said women too,” I watch him cautiously, my gaze jumping between his eyes and
his chest.
“That
was before you walked back into my life. You’re the only woman I want to touch
now. The others, like you saw before, it’s just an act. A business transaction.
It’s what I have to do to get what I want.”
“Doesn’t
it make them feel used?” I flick my eyes up at him.
“It
mustn’t. They always come back.”
“You
like it. I saw your face. That wasn’t an act.”
Ryan
stands right in front of me, his shirt unbuttoned and dangling open. “I won’t
lie to you Alana, I’ll never lie to you,” his tone is hard, but seductive. “I
do like the attention. But it’s not real. It’s my job to sell attractiveness
and fantasy, and I do it well. But that’s all it is, fantasy and I know it.
When I’m with you, that’s my real.”
My
breath catches when he says the word real. I can’t help but find the irony in
his words; I’m exactly to him what he is to me. Two people one and the same,
both living a double life to get what they want; a future and each other.
And
that is what I want. A future, with Ryan.
I
go to put my hands on his chest, but he steps away shaking his head no. “In
this room, it’s all about you,” he walks around, stopping right behind me. “You
have to tell me what you want Alana,” he whispers in my ear and I almost go
limp, the sound of his voice is erotic as hell.
I
swallow hard, but can’t utter a single word, because truth be told, I have no
freakin’ idea what I want. At least, not in this scenario.
Ryan
starts to rub my shoulders. I think he can feel my hesitation.
“Why
are you so tense? This is supposed to be fun.”
Fun?
The word rattles around in my head. Fun - a time or feeling of enjoyment or
amusement.
Okay,
let’s have some fun.
I
turn around to face him and our eyes lock. “Show me.”
“Show
you what?” his tone dripping with sensuality.
“Show
me Jack the Stripper.”
Holy
fuck!
~Review~
Strip me Bare was one of those out of the norm love stories,
it will have you saying, "what are you willing to sacrifice in the name of
love?" This was what Alana was faced with when she came face to face with
her first love. She never really got over the way how he left her, but their
reunion is the part the I live the most. The shock of it all is very priceless.
Once Alana and Ryan starts to work through their past and try to look to their
future there are major obstacles that they will face in order to get to there
happily ever after. First obstacle would be Alana's father, snobby, well known
judge in New York, she has to hide her relationship from him because she's
afraid has to how he'll react, and she as to try and bite the bullet because he
holds her future in her hands. Then you have Ryan's job, she will try to keep
it together and hide her insecurities the best she can because he's explained
to her the reasons why he's doing it and it will be forever. Then we have his
twin brother, oh what a brother he is, Sean has trouble written all over him.
Ryan ended up in the same position he was in years ago because of his brother,
and what can Ryan do, he will always be mistaken for him, especially when your
his identical twin. There this one line in the book that grabbed my heart and
that was when Alana finally opened up to her father about Ryan and who he truly
is and I really had to include it in my review. He said, "Alana, sometimes
it takes one instant to change and entire life's perspective," wow and
isn't that true. This book was well written, the story that was told was
fantastic and the characters had depth, I always love a book with a awesome
HEA. Job well done by Marissa Carmel.
~Author Bio~
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Marissa
Carmel has loved writing ever since a young age. She has a duel degree in
History and Political Science, but took as many creative writing classes in
college as she could. She spent most of her twenties bartending, which is where
she met her husband and a multitude of interesting people. When she’s not
reading or writing, she’s hanging out with her family, experimenting in her
kitchen or doing yoga on the living room floor.
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