Reckless Together (Reckless #3) by Gina Robinson
Contemporary Romance
Release Date: April 3rd
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Synopsis
Book Three of the Reckless Series
A Contemporary New Adult College Romance
The stunning conclusion of Ellie and
Logan's love story that began on a hot August night in Reckless Longing and
continued through the depths of winter in Reckless Secrets...
Ellie
My mother is a liar, a seductress, a keeper
of family secrets, and a master manipulator. She took Austin from me. Now she
claims she wants forgiveness. But she's after Logan. I know she is. He thinks
he can protect me from her. I love him for trying, for playing hero, but he
doesn't know her like I do. She'll charm him until he lets his guard down and
then she'll strike so quickly he'll never see the attack coming. I may already
be too late to stop it.
Logan's love is essential to me, like
sunshine and deep nurturing breaths. He's my all. I can't live without him. But
there's so much standing in the way of our happiness. As dangerous as she is,
Mom is the least of my worries. I'm fighting the darkness Logan is struggling
with, the upcoming trial, his family, and sometimes I even think I'm fighting a
phantom of myself. But I won't give up. Ever.
Logan
I wish I could make El understand how much
I love her, but I'm losing control. She makes me lose control. Since the abuse,
that scares me shitless and brings back the guilt and the memories I want to
erase. Things that have nothing to do with El, and everything because they
affect the man I want to be for her.
I can't face losing her. I don't want her
to hear the ugly truth about me, but I have to testify. I have to, even though
I'm risking everything and fighting my dad and myself to do it. After it's
over, will El still love me? I have to help her reconcile with her mom. Then
maybe she'll understand.
**This is a contemporary romance with mature
themes, language, and situations. Readers should be over 17!**
About The Author
Gina Robinson is the award-winning author
of the contemporary new adult romances Reckless Longing, Reckless Secrets, and Reckless Together and the Agent Ex series of humorous
romantic suspense novels. She's currently working on a new contemporary
romance/new adult series called Switched in Love, all about the perils of
falling in love with someone who isn't who you think they are. What happens
when you find the love you're looking for in the most unusual circumstances and
with the last person you ever thought you'd be attracted to? Look for the first
Switched in Love romance in early summer 2014.
Connect with Gina Online
My Website: http://www.ginarobinson.com/
Twitter: @ginamrobinson
Excerpt
Ellie
I hated my mother. She'd done it again.
This time from across the state. Intruded on what should have been one of the
most beautiful moments of my life. After swearing for my entire existence I'd
never have sex with any guy I wasn't totally sure was long term, I slept with
Logan Walker. Trusted him with my heart and my body. He was so sweet, thinking
he could protect me from Mom. That anybody could. He didn't know her like I
did. Didn't know how cunning she could be. How devious.
Just like I hadn't known it was possible to
feel such an intricate cocktail of emotions—love, lust, ecstasy, total
happiness, fear, and blinding rage. It would have been absolutely heady, except
for the anger. I'd kept my fury under control while I'd been with Logan,
focusing all my attention and thoughts on staying in the moment with him. The
guy had literally had a heart in his hands. A balloon heart. But still, how could
I resist that? And the sweet, funny way he'd stocked up on protection? And how
he couldn't stay away from me, no matter how hard he tried?
But now that I was back in my dorm room,
thoughts of my mother and her Snow White's Evil Queen Stepmother act popped
into my mind. Or maybe she was more like Alice in Wonderland's Queen of Hearts
playing a giant chessboard with my life. What was her game? What was her next
move? Whatever she had planned, I had to stop it.
My hands trembled as I pulled my cell phone
out. I took a deep breath. She and I had been estranged since she slept with
Austin, my boyfriend before Logan. And I left her and came to college to find
my bio dad, Jason Front. I had a delicate new relationship with him and his
wife and baby. Mom could destroy all that, too. She didn't know I'd come to the
university to find him. She didn't know he was here at all.
I hesitated on the verge of battle. I had
to risk it. I'd chance anything to keep her away from Logan and me. I stared at
the phone another second as I gathered up my courage. We hadn't spoken since
before Christmas. It was nearly March now. She'd take my call. I knew she
would. In fact, I was certain she was waiting for it. I hit the button that
dialed her and braced myself.
"Ellie!" She picked up before it
even rang. That was how confident she'd been that I'd call. That was how
expectant she was.
Which put me even more on edge—what did she
want? Melissa Ann Sawyer always wanted something. She never gave anything away
and she never played for free.
"Leave Logan alone! Stay the hell away
from him!"
It was the wrong way to lead. I'd let my
anger get in the way of my scheming and common sense. I'd forgotten my own
chess metaphor.
She laughed. "So you finally slept
with him." Her voice was amused and as nubby as raw silk, not quite her
usual polished self. But as grating as ever in its confidence. "I was
wondering how long you'd hold out. He's a handsome boy. Now you can finally
stop blaming me for ruining your life. You've turned out just like me."
"Not just like you," I said.
"I'm not pregnant."
"That you know about. Be extra
careful, Ellie. We're fertile girls when we're young and careless!" She
laughed again.
Mom had a laugh for everything, like life
always amused her, even when it was tragic. Even when there was absolutely
nothing funny about it. This time it felt like she was laughing at herself as
much as at me.
"I didn't say I slept with him."
And I hadn't said I hadn't. Semantics were everything when playing with Mom's
fire.
"Of course you have. That's why you're
so protective and possessive of him now. He finally felt close enough to you,
confident enough to tell you that he and I have been talking. And so you rushed
to protect him from big, bad me. It all adds up. And I can tell from your voice
you've lost your virginity."
"You cannot."
She'd used that "I can hear it in your
voice" tactic on me since I was little. I'd outgrown my belief in her
magical abilities to read voices and see out of the back of her head.
"I hear it in your denial."
"Just stay away from him!" I
pulled the phone away from my ear, ready to hang up.
"Or what?" Devoid of laughter and
completely serious, she was the ice queen, full of menace.
Ellie's Top-Secret Cobblestone Bars
Crust
1 stick (1/2 cup) butter, softened
1 cup sugar
4 Tbsp. Dutch baking cocoa
1 tsp. vanilla extract
heaping 1/4 tsp. baking powder
3/4 cup + 1 Tbsp. all-purpose flour
1 extra large egg
*Cream butter and sugar. Add eggs and
vanilla. Mix well. Add all dry ingredients and mix well. Spread into 13"x9" pan.
Filling
1/2 stick butter, softened
6 oz cream cheese
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 tsp . vanilla extract
1 small egg
2 Tbsp. all-purpose flour
*Cream butter, cream cheese and sugar. Add
eggs and vanilla. Mix well. Add flour and mix until smooth. Spread over the
crust evenly.
*Sprinkle 1 cup of semi-sweet chocolate chips evenly over the filling. Bake at
350 degrees for 30 minutes.
*Sprinkle 2 1/2 cups of mini-marshmallows on the baked crust/filling and
bake an additional 2 minutes.
Frosting
4 Tbsp. butter
2 oz. cream cheese
2-1/2 cups powdered sugar
1 tsp. vanilla extract
1/3 cup 2% milk
2-1/2 Tbsp. Dutch baking cocoa
*Cream butter.
*Add cream cheese.
*Add half the powdered sugar.
*Add the milk and vanilla. Mix until smooth.
*Mix cocoa and remaining powdered sugar together.
*Add to the milk mixture. Mix until smooth.
*Pour over the melted marshmallows and swirl together. Cool. Cut into bars.
*Add cream cheese.
*Add half the powdered sugar.
*Add the milk and vanilla. Mix until smooth.
*Mix cocoa and remaining powdered sugar together.
*Add to the milk mixture. Mix until smooth.
*Pour over the melted marshmallows and swirl together. Cool. Cut into bars.
Servings: About 18 bars.
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This series is contemporary romance with
mature themes, language, and situations. Readers should be over 17!
Reckless Longing
Book One
A Contemporary New Adult College Romance
Ellie and Logan's love story begins one hot
August night…
Ellie
My mom betrayed me in the worst way
possible. I can't forgive her, but I can outwit her. I'm going to unravel the
family secret she's been keeping from me my whole life. So I'm going to college
across the state from her, to the place that has the answers. I hope. But I
have to be careful or I'll blow everything. I can't tell anyone what I'm doing.
I didn't mean to fall in love. I can't
afford to give my heart away or open up to anyone, least of all charming, rich,
former bad boy baseball star Logan Walker. But he looked so adorable sitting
there nursing a black eye the night I met him at my very first campus event.
The way he held my hand made me flush in the suffocating heat of August and
feel really beautiful for the first time in so long I can't remember. My scar
didn't even hurt.
But Logan's moods are mercurial. He's
keeping secrets of his own that are too dark to share, even with me. We agree
to be just friends. But our hearts and bodies have minds of their own. Before I
know it, I'm in too deep with him and the answer to the family secret I came to
campus to find may be the thing that tears us apart.
Reckless Secrets
Book Two
A Contemporary New Adult College Romance
The engaging continuation of Ellie and
Logan's love story that began on a hot August night in Reckless Longing...
Ellie
My bitch of a mother kept a family secret
from me for nineteen years. I outsmarted her and found out what it is. Now I
should be deliriously happy. I am happy. Except…I have to keep it from Logan.
At the same time, I know I should tell him. If he finds out by accident, he'll
hate me and feel betrayed. But it's complicated and I have to wait until things
fall into place or it will cause problems for my newly found dad.
And Logan is wrestling with his own demons.
Because of me. Dex and I just meant to prank our hideous chem prof. We didn't
mean to hurt anyone, least of all Logan. If I'd known it would expose his
secret, I never would have done it. I love him so much. I can't lose him. I
won't. I just hope he can forgive me.
Reckless Together
Book Three
A Contemporary New Adult College Romance
The stunning conclusion of Ellie and
Logan's love story that began on a hot August night in Reckless Longing and
continued through the depths of winter in Reckless Secrets...
Ellie
My mother is a liar, a seductress, a keeper
of family secrets, and a master manipulator. She took Austin from me. Now she
claims she wants forgiveness. But she's after Logan. I know she is. He thinks
he can protect me from her. I love him for trying, for playing hero, but he
doesn't know her like I do. She'll charm him until he lets his guard down and
then she'll strike so quickly he'll never see the attack coming. I may already
be too late to stop it.
Logan's love is essential to me, like
sunshine and deep nurturing breaths. He's my all. I can't live without him. But
there's so much standing in the way of our happiness. As dangerous as she is,
Mom is the least of my worries. I'm fighting the darkness Logan is struggling
with, the upcoming trial, his family, and sometimes I even think I'm fighting a
phantom of myself. But I won't give up. Ever.
Logan
I wish I could make El understand how much
I love her, but I'm losing control. She makes me lose control. Since the abuse,
that scares me shitless and brings back the guilt and the memories I want to
erase. Things that have nothing to do with El, and everything because they
affect the man I want to be for her.
I can't face losing her. I don't want her
to hear the ugly truth about me, but I have to testify. I have to, even though
I'm risking everything and fighting my dad and myself to do it. After it's
over, will El still love me? I have to help her reconcile with her mom. Then
maybe she'll understand.
Giveaway
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