Blog Tour Stop – Too Much to Lose by Samantha Holt

Sexy young couple playing in love games in a bedroom.

BOOK INFORMATION

TITLE – Too Much to Lose
SERIES – Dirty Little Secrets
AUTHOR – Samantha Holt
GENRE – Contemporary Romance
PUBLICATION DATE – 5th September
LENGTH (Pages/# Words) – 75000

BOOK BLURB / SYNOPSIS

Have you ever been so desperate you made a decision that would haunt you forever?

Jess has.

She became a porn star.

Jess is on the run from her past. She has no friends, no life. She tries to forget everything that happened to her all those years ago. After changing her image, leaving her home and getting a new job, she’s determined it won’t happen again. If that means never being close to anyone ever again, then so be it.

If only Hunter O’Reilly didn’t make her wish things could be different.

Hunter needs this job. After being screwed over by his partner—make that ex-partner—his investigation business is on the line. Already in debt, he eagerly takes on the job of finding some stolen money at triple his going rate and all leads point in Jess’s direction. He expects problems at that price. But he doesn’t expect to fall for her.

However, no job is ever that simple. When he’s forced to spend more time with her, the lines between business and pleasure are blurred. And once Jess’s life comes under threat, they have to make a decision, can they both overcome Jess’s past?

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EXCERPT

“If you’re in trouble, I know some people who can help.”
“I’m not in trouble. Really, I’m not. I mean who would want to kill me? I know bankers aren’t exactly popular—” she lets loose a shaky laugh “—but I’m harmless.”
Harmless? Not sure about that. Jess sends my heart racing, makes my skin clammy. She’s driving me insane. Harmless? No way.
“What do you want me to do?” I ask.
“Do?”
“Shall I stick around?”
“Oh. No, you don’t need to do that.”
“I don’t mind.”
“I’m fine. Seriously. Thank you for today. You must be tired and I bet your side hurts.”
It does, but I’m not going to admit to that. “It’s fine.”
“Look about that kiss….”
“That was my fault.”
“I kissed you.”
“You did.” I can’t resist letting my mouth curve upwards. She kissed me, but I don’t know if that’s a bad or a good thing. While my pride basks in it, the voice inside that keeps pulling at my gut wants to scream at her to run while she still can. I’m no good for her. “But I kissed you back,” I point out. “And I should not have been… er… touching you out there.”
She draws her bottom lip between her teeth. “It’s okay.”
Hell, how do those two tiny words send an arrow of need straight to my cock? It’s okay that I was kissing her? Or touching her up? It’s okay that I want her so badly I nearly bent her over my bike to fuck her?
Before I can dwell on it anymore and make an even bigger fool of myself, I get to my feet. “Will you let me stay?”
“I don’t think so. It’s too risky.”
A hard knot forms in my throat. I’m more dangerous to her than a crazed gunman it seems. She might be right. If—when—I find that money, her whole life is going to come crashing down.
“Don’t answer the door to anyone. Be careful. Call me if you need me. In fact, call me tomorrow.” She follows me to the door. “Please?” I add as uncertainty dashes across her face.
Jess opens the door and I step out. “I’ll call you,” she says when I turn to face her.
“Promise?”
She rolls her eyes and her mouth curves. “I promise.”
Those lush lips snare my attention and my own smile drops. My skin feels hot and itchy, my pulse urgent. This is insane. I rest an arm against the door frame, my feet still firmly planted on the other side of the threshold and bring my mouth slowly down on hers. She softens but doesn’t touch me. We’re divided by the invisible line between the corridor and her room. I can’t help thinking of it as symbolic. We’re divided by secrets and lies.
Not that any of that matters once our lips connect. I swear I’ve never wanted to kiss a woman so much. Kisses are about the end game. But not with Jess. I want to drown in her kisses, to kiss her all day and see if I ever tire of them. I suspect it’s unlikely.

Happy young couple in love

AUTHOR BIO

Samantha lives in a small village in England with her gorgeous twin girls and husband who is a trained bodyguard and ex-soldier. She traditionally writes historical romances involving chivalrous knights and hot highlanders, but occasionally dabbles in contemporary romance.

AUTHOR INTERVIEW

If you could work with any author who would it be?

There are so many authors I love. Marsha Canham and Denise Domning have a wonderful writing style and great knowledge. I’d love to pick their brains.

Who is your favorite author and is you writing style similar to theirs?

I love Sue Grafton who writes the alphabet series. I adore her strong female lead. My heroines are generally tough but I don’t write at all like her.

What’s your favorite part of a book?

That moment when all the walls come crumbling down and the characters finally get together—even if all their issues aren’t yet resolved. I love that clash.

When naming your characters, do you give any thought to the actual meaning?

Not usually. Choosing historical names is hard because there’s a limited amount but for contemporary ones, I just choose what I like.

Did you always want to write?

No, I wanted to be an archaeologist and then I trained to be a nurse. Writing was an accident. I’ve always loved to read so decided to write something for myself and then it kind of went from there.

What do they consider to be their best accomplishment?

Actually earning a living from writing. It’s meant my husband could quit his job and do something he loves and I still get to be around my children whilst earning.

If you could give advice to someone starting out what would you tell them?

To surround yourself with supportive people who understand and to try to block out the negative. Connecting with other writers has been a huge help to me.

Has social media helped you connect with fans?

Some of my closest friends started out as fans so I’m really grateful to Facebook for that. They’ve been an amazing support and readers seem to be some of the most genuine people you can meet. We all share a love of books and it’s  great to connect with people who feel the same way as you do.

When you started writing did you plan to use a pen name or not?

I write under my grandmother’s surname—partly as a tribute to her and partly because I wasn’t sure at the time if I wanted people to know I was writing some steamy scenes. However my grandmother has read my books and is quite comfortable with them and after a while, I didn’t really mind anyone knowing I write romance. I’m proud of it now.

If a fan would like to turn one of your series into a movie/television series; would you be up for this idea?

Hell yeah! As long as I get to pick who plays the heroes…

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CHRISTINA’S REVIEW

Too Much to LoseToo Much to Lose by Samantha Holt

My rating: 4 of 5 stars

3.5 stars so i’m rounding up to 4 stars.

this book had a great pace and kept me interested throughout the story. it did leave me with a couple of questions that were unanswered so i’m wondering if there will be another story. the writing was good and the character development was pretty solid.

i liked the main characters and the supporting characters. i’m guessing mitch and conner could have a story if she wanted to continue the story.

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