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Title: His Target, His Desire

Author: Aspen J. Lee

Series: N/A

Pages: 172

Date Published: 2015

Publisher: Siren Publishing 

Format: Kindle

Genre: Romance

Source: Goddess Fish Blog Tours
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Synopsis:

The rules of survival in this line of work: trust no one, hold no assumptions, don't fall for your target. Bryant Holt breaks all three. For 1.5 million, Cypress Howard is now his target. Ex-black ops, Bryant finds he can't resist her temptations. He's way out of her league, sexy as hell, and asking her out for dinner. It just doesn't make sense. But Cypress is frightened of letting any one in. Why? Because Cypress now lives incognito. The real her is dead, or so everyone thinks. A deal is struck between secret factions and Cypress is now being hunted. Bryant's claimed her, and he'll do anything to save her. But first he must unravel the maze of her past. When her life begins to implode, Cypress's lover turns into James Bond. Who the hell is he? It's too late to question, Bryant's already chained her heart. All she can do is hold on.

~Lessons from My Hero~

Bryant Holt was a tricky guy to get to know. At first he was a closed character. Being ex-black ops, he’d experienced a lot and knew how to play his cards close to his chest. As you can image his experiences were not the happy kind that anyone would chose for their son, but it made him the person he is today. Bad experiences can either destroy a person or make a person, and more often than not we find ourselves lost in a situation we never chose to participate in. Unfortunately that’s life, but the choice you do have is either allowing it to break you or make you.

Bryant never had the choice because that was his job. Instead of allowing his inner peace to be battered and reduced by what he’d experienced, he found ways to thrive, by turning inward and creating solidity buoyed by courage.

He’s inner strength is what I admired the most about him. We could all benefit from cultivating courage. I know after spending many hours walking through the pages of his life, I realized how important it is to find that kernel of courage that is in us all and nurture it and mold it to make us stronger people. His fortitude is something worth emulating. Life is unpredictable and sometimes difficult, but image if you were able to face each obstacle with resilience and valiancy. All of a sudden those mountain would be reduced.

Bryant is also loyal. Loyalty has always been honored as one of the great virtues. Loyalty is feed from a life lived with integrity. These virtues draw people to you and make life long friends out of those you meet. Bryant was surrounded by people who respected him and were willing to give their life for him, that sort of loyalty is something worth fostering.

Through all his hardships Bryant was able to hold on to his heart. He never allowed the darkness in his life to crush his ability to find love. I think that’s a special gift to have. For without love, life loses it’s special meaning.

Finally Bryant is a great lover. Yes I spied on his and Cypress’s fun, and although I feel like a voyeur, I’ve decided that every woman needs a man who can give her what she needs, in and out of the bedroom. If your lover isn’t doing it quite right, then show him what you want (again in and out of the bedroom, in the gentlest way). A relationship is meant to be all things, fun, sexy, hard, perhaps even painful at times, but when you trust the person you’re with you know you’ll both make it through together.

~Try an Excerpt!~

“Sorry.” She gave him a quick glance as her cheeks heated some more, determined to give him only a moment’s eye contact, enough to endorse her apology, before turning her attention back to the broad shoulders in front, but the arresting smile and deep brown eyes held her head in place.

“Pleasure’s mine.”

O-k-a-y. A delicious yet confusing comment.

“Bryant Holt.” A hand came toward her in the ritual of welcome.

Long fingers laced around, encapsulating her hand, locking it to his warm palm. When she glanced up, the intensity of his gaze, lessoned only a little by his generous smile, swallowed her.

“Cypress Howard.” The words came out quick. Great, now he would think her childish, gushing or simple. “I wasn’t looking.”

His brow furrowed, then one eyebrow shot up quizzically—sexy, in a cute, alluring way.

“Your screen, I mean. I wasn’t peeking at your typing, or rather what you were searching through.”

He gave a small nod to show he understood her bumbling explanation. “Doesn’t matter. My cells littered with work stuff, boring as hell and riddled with jargon even I can’t understand.”

“You work in this building? It’s just that I’ve been riding this lift for a year now and haven’t seen you before.” Left off the sentence end was an elaboration that went something like “yours is a face I wouldn’t forget,” but it was way too much of a pickup line. And what about everything else she’d said? Did it all sound cheesy?

~Meet Aspen!~ 

After joining her local writers’ centre and attending a workshop on romance writing, Aspen J lee decided she was set on the wrong career path. Swapping sides from factualising to fictionalizing life, she quit her job and started a Masters in Writing.

Soon after she discovered passion rather than academics was the key ingredient, so picked up the pen and began to fashion her own stories. Another workshop introduced her into the world of spicy writing. The end result was Slipping Through His Fingers, published by Siren-Bookstrand (2014). Two novels followed His Target His Desire (Siren-Bookstrand, 2015) and Bound (Eternal Press, 2015).

Aspen is currently crafting her fourth erotic romance and dipping her quill into a dystopian, both of which she hopes to have published later this year.

When Aspen can extract herself from her characters, she can be found in her kitchen, crafting magic of a different nature, with dogs and cats in tow. She lives on 6.5 acres, which she shares with the wildlife, a husband and three children.

You can follow Aspen on her website aspenjlee.com and her blog aspenjleeauthor.com.

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