Single: Volume Two
Lyra Parish
Erotic Romance Serial
March 9, 2015
Blurb
Sometimes love can be cruel. Not that Roxane has fallen in love but the one man she found interesting has crossed from her personal life into her professional one which makes life complicated.
Parker Williams doesn’t take no for an answer, not that Roxane would deny him anyway.
He has his own set of rules that must be followed while hers are being crossed through like a to-do list.
When a person falls in love, it’s supposed to be easy but it’s much more complex than either realized it could be.
Roxane’s control is slipping along with every opinion she had about love. This time, it feels different. This time, it finally feels right.
Slowly she realizes how much is at stake, but she is only concerned about losing one thing—her heart.
Review
Roxanne VanBuren is all about control. As a businesswoman and a single woman, she prides herself on letting her head rule her heart regardless of the situation.
Parker Williams has one mission – unravel and unlock Roxanne’s control and force her to see that letting go and opening up to him can set her free in limitless ways.
She has rules but so does he, and as things continue to heat up between them in more than just a physical way, it will be interesting to see who overrules the other one and to what extent Roxanne’s single minded focus will prevent her from committing.
In Volume 2 of Single, complications arise that have both Roxanne and Parker questioning what they truly want from each other. The tables get turned on Roxanne on more than one occasion in Volume 2, and she finds herself in a situation that she never thought she’d be in again. Lyra Parish does a good job of illustrating Roxanne’s struggle and discomfort with wanting and ultimately needing Parker. Her heart’s on the line again and that worries her because there’s a business aspect to her relationship with Parker that could ruin various aspects of her life.
Parker Williams is a complex man, and I don’t think readers are privy to everything about him just yet. He’s a perfect book boyfriend because he exudes alpha male sexiness and he knows how to handle his woman and make no mistake, Roxanne is his woman. Roxanne definitely makes him work for every encounter with her, but Parker remains steadfast in his pursuit and his rules in doing so.
It will be interesting to see where Lyra takes Roxanne and Parker in Volume 3 with what went down at the end of Volume 2. I can definitely see some complications heading their way due to the complexity of their personal and working relationships. I can’t wait to see if Roxanne remains single or allows her heart control for once and gives into what Parker wants.
A complimentary copy was provided in exchange for an honest review.
4 poison apples
Excerpt
“Are you fucking kidding me, Rox?” Stacey screamed into the phone. There was music blaring in the background, and I heard the clicking of a camera lens and loud flashes. I could only imagine how many umbrellas were set up for the shoot. She was at her next spread for Cover Girl, but decided to stop the presses just for me.
“I wish I were,” I said, remembering his lips on my thighs and the taste of him in my mouth. “He’s intoxicating.” My words seemed to drift away into the open space of the car as I accelerated onto the 610 Loop.
“Oh my god,” she said. “The airiness in your tone, the pauses between your sentences—you fucking liiiiiiiiike him, don’t you?”
I couldn’t admit that, not right now. It was too soon, way too soon. Actually, only hours after the incident, as I now termed it. I couldn’t even tell Stacey what exactly had happened, just that something had happened. Her imagination was dirty, so I’m sure she could figure it out with just a few hints. Honestly, if I even said a peep about it, or about how Parker Williams made me feel, she would be declaring her victory. I might as well just hand her the crown.
The incident had shifted everything I once thought I believed, and everything I had tried to avoid. I couldn’t deny that when I closed my eyes, his face was the one I saw. Those piercing blue eyes were burned into my retinas. I knew the smile permanently attached to my lips existed for one reason. Or if one wanted to get technical, it was the messy brown hair, blue eyes, and that sexy voice that almost made my knees go weak.
Oh my god.
Was I having a revelation?
Yes, I was having a revelation. Maybe I wasn’t in control of how I felt anymore? But that couldn’t be. Not after being with someone only once. The chase was over, wasn’t it? Fuuuuucccckkkkkk me! The heart was trying to control me, but I couldn’t let it. Even the heart had weaknesses. Love was the equivalent of stabbing a dagger into a heart and twisting. Okay, maybe it wasn’t that dramatic, but it felt like it to me.
“No. Of course not,” I said after a long pause. I was lost in my thoughts, and Stacey, being the way she was, noticed.
“I wish I could see your face right now, because I know you’re lying. I know you are trying to feed me lies, Roxane VanBuren, and I’m not having it. I want every single dirty little detail of what happened, and not just, ‘we moved to second base,’ got it?”
A man’s voice yelled in the background about how models should get off their damn phones and actually work today.
“I’ve got to go. Darrell is being such a douche. I swear his glitter panties are in a knot right now … but this isn’t over.”
More yells followed, and she said her goodbyes after cursing loudly that it was an emergency and people needed to shut the hell up.
My heart raced at the thought of what was happening to me. I had to deny this at all costs. I couldn’t be in like. I had never fallen for someone so soon. No way. And if I started admitting it, even to myself, it would be trouble.
I knew it sounded so silly to be in like, but it was the first step to love. All I could think of was that stupid childhood chant that we all sang to agitate people who were in like. Roxy and Parker sitting in a tree … next thing there would k-i-s-s-i-n-g, love, then a baby in a baby carriage. Hell no. No. There were no babies in my future.
Single, Volume One
After failing miserably at love, Roxane VanBuren swears off men but not before her determined best friend shows her all the advantages of being single. After a wild weekend full of sex, old-flames, and secrets, Roxane is desperate to forget it ever happened. But she learns it isn’t that easy.
Since becoming the President of VanBuren Investments, she knows how important it is for her professional and personal life to remain separate from one another. If the two were to mix, the rumors could possibly ruin her reputation, which is bad for her and bad for business. To avoid that, Roxane allows rules to define and guide her every move. Unfortunately for her, Parker Williams is determined to break them all, one at a time.
About the Author
Lyra Parish loves to write, travel, and sing obnoxiously loud at the top of her lungs in the shower. Sweet love stories (along with the dirty ones) make her gush. She is a firm believer that a person can never have too many cats, cups of coffee, or read too many happily ever afters. When she isn’t busy writing, she can be found sipping various beverages from her non-alcoholic drink buffet, pimp slapping excel spreadsheets, or riding her bike. Lyra currently resides in Texas with her glass blowing, guitar playing hubby and black cat.
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