RELEASE DAY BLOG TOUR: REVIEW, EXCERPT, AND GIVEAWAY: Unexpected Circumstances #3 The Consummation by Shay Savage

With steady patience, Sir Branford teaches his young wife the pleasures that are to be found in their marital chambers. Though still unsure of herself, Alexandra begins to open herself to the possibilities of her new life. As Branford expresses his desire to have more than a simple political marriage, Alexandra begins to see a brand new side of her husband.

Alexandra soon discovers there is more to being Sir Branford’s wife that sharing his bed. When the lives of nobles rest in her hands, she finally begins to understand the importance of her position in the court and in her husband’s life.

 

Review

Slowly but surely, Branford and Alexandra are learning their way around the idea of being husband and wife – how they are supposed to act towards one another, what their duties are to each other, and what they hope to come to be after they consummate their marriage.

With Alexandra’s innocence and ignorance in the ways of Branford’s people and what it means to be married to a prince, she has actually allowed him to see who she truly is…the gem that she is due to her patience and kindness regardless of the mistreatment and malice that has been directed towards her, and this has also forced Branford to look at himself and how he treats those around him and work on not failing her again when it comes to how he handles any issues between them from here on out.

Branford rules with an iron fist; he expects absolute devotion, and when he doesn’t get it, his anger and brutality is unmatched. Branford has never had to watch how he acts around anyone because he’s never allowed anyone close enough to matter, but Alexandra does matter, and he needs to remember that and ensure that she feels safe around him and teach her the ways of his people and their beliefs so she feels like one of them, not a handmaid that he simply chose on a whim as a rebuke to a ruler he loathes.

True courting occurs throughout book 3, and both Branford and Alexandra learn more about who the other is and what they hope their future together looks like. It won’t be easy to turn a handmaid into a princess due to how Alexandra perceives her station to be and what she has been taught from her cruel employers, but it is possible as long as Branford uses a gentle hand to show her the way. It also won’t be easy to turn an angry tyrant into a caring gentleman, but with Alexandra’s guidance and devotion to him and his needs, it’s not impossible because look how much they both have already changed in the short amount of time that Alexandra has been at Castle Silverheim.

With the new situation that Alexandra finds herself in at the end of book 3, I can only imagine Branford’s reaction and the actions he takes, and I wonder if it will unravel all of the mending that has already occurred between them and what that means for Alexandra and her place by Branford’s side.

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

4 Poison Apples

 

Excerpt

He ran his tongue first over one nipple, then the other, while his thumb and fingers continued touching between my legs and making my hips rise up of their own accord. Branford’s fingers dipped farther inside of me, and I felt them curl up as I stiffened and cried out in short, panting breaths. His fingers retreated quickly, leaving me suddenly empty and somewhat confused.

At the same time, he released my breast from his lips and made a light trail down the center of my body, stopping at my navel. My fingers moved from his shoulder to his hair, and I let the wonderfully soft strands glide between my fingers. Branford’s gaze tilted upwards, looking at me, smiling his half smile, and making my stomach clench inside. While his eyes were still locked with mine, he reached out with his tongue and ran the edge of it around my navel, and I shivered. Branford grinned, kissed the skin just below the little indentation, then started moving farther down. Much farther down.

“What are you doing?” I breathed, my eyes wide.

“Kissing you,” he responded with an arch of his brow. He tilted his head and kissed first one hipbone, then the other. He slid his hand down my side, over my hip, down my leg, and then curled around my knee. He lifted my leg, laying it over his shoulder while he continued to watch my face. As his intent became clearer to me, my breath caught in my throat, and I whimpered.

“Branford…”

“Shh…”

I felt his lips brush softly over the skin of my inner thigh, and he slowly continued a line of kisses up the inside of my leg while I lay back, horrified at what he was doing. I remembered the feeling of his fingers between my legs, stroking and fondling me until I was screaming out for him in the middle of the forest, and I remembered the feeling of his tongue across my bare nipples.

My breath escaped me in gasps as his tongue reached out and took a long lick from my opening to the tiny, intense spot at the top of my folds. His darkened eyes stayed trained to mine as he swirled the tip of his tongue in a small circle around the little nub. I whimpered, panted, and grasped at the blanket below me as his lips joined his tongue, wrapping around my flesh—licking and sucking as he had done to my breasts only moments before. An instant later, his fingers joined his mouth, and I felt him slide them slowly back into me—moving in and out leisurely as his tongue circled and pressed against me.

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Shay Savage lives in Cincinnati, Ohio with her family and a variety of household pets. She is an accomplished public speaker, and holds the rank of Distinguished Toastmaster from Toastmasters International. When not writing, she enjoys science fiction movies, masquerading as a zombie, is a HUGE Star Wars fan, and member of the 501st Legion of Stormtroopers. When the geek fun runs out, she also loves soccer in any and all forms – especially the Columbus Crew, Arsenal and Bayern Munich. Savage holds a degree in psychology, and she brings a lot of that knowledge into the characters within her stories.

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