BLOG TOUR: REVIEW AND EXCERPT: Slow and Steady by Kendall Ryan

When Greyson tosses $20 on the stage of a strip club, the last thing he expects to see are the haunted green eyes staring back at him. Finley should be home raising her infant daughter and baking cookies, not tucking singles into her G-string and giving lap dances.

Greyson can’t deny that he’d like his own private show, but there’s not a chance in hell of that happening. The last time the former Navy SEAL saw her she was dressed in black, holding a folded flag and sobbing that it was all his fault… and he agreed with every single word. He couldn’t do anything to help her then, but he can now.

Finley deserves better than this dingy club, and when an obsessed customer crosses the line, Greyson leads the rescue and will do whatever it takes to make amends for their broken past.

He never expected to want to settle down, but with Finley, everything is different. For the first time ever, he can breathe. But Greyson will have to fight for what he wants in order to keep the woman with the green eyes he’s dreamed about so often.

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Review

Slow and steady for an alpha male ex-Navy Seal is not an easy course to follow, especially when it comes to making amends for a death he feels responsible for by way of helping and protecting a widow and her baby. But that’s exactly the path Greyson is going to need to traverse if he wants anything lasting with Finley and Maple, and from his reaction to Finley and the way he lights up around Maple, he desperately wants to make them his family. But the only way that’s going to happen is if he follows Finley’s dictates and doesn’t push or go any faster than she’s willing to because one false move and Greyson won’t be just regretting his past actions, he’ll regret his current ones as well if it means Finley wants nothing to do with him.

Greyson and Finley have a tainted past filled with guilt and bitter feelings. Finley holds Greyson responsible for her husband’s death, and she wants nothing to do with his need to “fix” things for her and her daughter regardless of how much she’s struggling to stay afloat. Finley has had to make tough decisions, choices that may be frowned upon by others, but her responsibility is to her daughter and she’ll do what she has to do to keep Maple safe and cared for, but that doesn’t mean giving into a man who wants to right the wrongs that Finley believes can’t be nor does it mean she can let go of the hatred that fills her every time she looks at Greyson.

There’s definitely a learning curve for Greyson when it comes to dealing with Finley’s bitterness towards him. A push and pull relationship develops between them, causing both of them to wonder if forgiveness and healing can ever occur. But Greyson’s a fighter, and this is one battle that he refuses to lose, not only because he needs closure and a way to forgive himself for the events that occurred, but he wants to be the man, not only who protects and cares for Finley and Maple, but also who makes them a family and gives them the love they deserve.

Slow & Steady is a sweet and steamy read about second chances, moving on, and forgiveness. Kendall Ryan does a great job of building up the sexual tension between Greyson and Finley and slowly illustrating that life goes on and love can be found in someone who may not seem like the logical choice. Finley’s hot and cold demeanor may be frustrating to some readers, but it reinforces the dilemma that exists in her heart and her mind.

Can’t wait for Kendall Ryan to bring on her next alpha male!

A complimentary copy was provided in exchange for an honest review.

4 Poison Apples

Excerpt

It was nine o’clock on a Saturday night and I was totally out of my fucking element. A bottle of red wine tucked under one arm. A bouquet of wild flowers in the other. A condom tucked into my wallet, just in case. I was in foreign territory, and my entire body knew it – tense shoulders, my heart beating like a drum, and arousal barely contained beneath the surface.

Finley was standing at the doorway, watching me with a confused expression.

She looked gorgeous, makeup free, pink-painted toes, hair mussed and loose. Little cotton pajama shorts and a tank top that hugged her lush breasts.

“Maple’s not here.” She said the words, but she knew as well as I did I wasn’t here for Maple.

“I know that.” My voice was sure and confident.

“Then why are you … oh.” Finley shifted her weight, her eyes dropping from mine as she saw the wine and flowers. She could read it all, plain as day. I knew she could see my intentions, my uncertainty, and underneath it all, my desire. Maybe it was the desire to fix everything I’d broken, or maybe it was just my desire for her as a man desires a woman.

Normally when I felt that primal urge for sex, I headed to West’s bar. I’d pick out a woman for the night. Share a few drinks with her, a few laughs. Later, we’d head back to my place and fuck until dawn. And that was it. I’d be set for a few months.

This … with the courting and the nerves … it was nothing like my standard operating procedure.

I’d never felt so stripped bare and vulnerable. Never put myself out there so completely with a woman before. But then again, Finley was unlike any woman I’d ever met.

And she was still just standing there. “Can I come inside?” I asked, heart in my throat.

She didn’t say anything. But she opened the door wider.

With Nolan’s words ringing in my ears, I stepped over the threshold, sure that whatever happened tonight had the power to heal us both.

About the Author

Kendall Ryan is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of contemporary romance novels, including Hard to Love, Unravel Me, Resisting Her and When I Break.

She’s a sassy, yet polite Midwestern girl with a deep love of books, and a slight addiction to lipgloss. She lives in Minneapolis with her adorable husband and two baby sons, and enjoys hiking, being active, and reading.

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