{Blog Tour & Giveaway} Loose Ends by Kristen Ashley

{Blog Tour & Giveaway} Loose Ends by Kristen Ashley (@KristenAshley68)

10/24/2018

In Kristen Ashley’s first anthology, readers will find three short stories and two novellas taking them back to characters and series in the Kristen Ashley universe.

No Clue, a short story - Visit with Joe and Vi from At Peace of The ’Burg series and learn how Joe breaks up a fight between his sons, what Ryker’s up to and why, exactly, his wife Violet has no clue.

The Stars Aligned, a novella - The long-awaited love story of Hap and Luci. Introduced in Heaven and Hell , readers learned, after a heartbreaking journey through grief, Luci was ready to take another chance at love. But Hap was adhering to “the code” between brothers, unwilling to betray his dead friend Travis by falling for Travis’s widow. Further, Hap can’t quite believe a beauty like Luci could fall for a normal guy like Hap. But for Luci and Hap the heart can’t be denied. Especially when the stars align.

The Favor, a short story - Deacon and Cassidy from Deacon of the Unfinished Hero series go back to their favorite cabin at Glacier Lily, and there, Cassie asks her husband a favor. He’ll give her anything she wants. Including this.

More Than Everything, a novella - Readers left Diesel, Maddox and Molly at a crossroads at the end of The Greatest Risk of the Honey series. Maddox and Molly were all in with their commitment to their unconventional love triangle. But Diesel was letting the pressures and prejudice of family and society sink under his skin, making him hold himself distant from the man he loved. Can Maddox and Molly lead Diesel fully into their lives and give him more than everything?

Rock Chick Renewal, a short story - Tod has been planning Rock Chick weddings for years. He’s got a new one on his hands. And it’s not what he expected.

Reading Kristen’s Loose Ends for me is the literary equivalent of watching my favourite band play all of the songs that are so close to my heart.

From the very beginning in No Clue,Joe and Vi show that their spark hasn’t dimmed a bit. They are still as wild and as deeply in love as ever. And it’s one of the most gratifying (and hysterical) stories in the collection.

He’d never been with a woman as long as he had with Vi. He didn’t think about it, but if he had, he would have figured, naturally, shit would settle and it would be about grocery runs and oil changes and occasional bickering with some fights thrown in and a lot of TV watching.
It was about that. With a lot of bickering and some huge-ass, knock-down, drag-out fights, and not the ones his boys had. It was also about a lot of laughter, quiet golden moments, silken moments of utter pride, and a shit ton of sex.

In other words, he was living the life.

The Favor is the perfect example of everything that I love about Kristen’s characters. With Deacon and Cassie, she manages to make me laugh out loud while keeping the heat at white hot levels.

Absolute swoony perfection!

“I’ll also give you another kid,” he went on.

“Great,” she blew out.

“I want another girl,” he told her.

She shook her head. “You have to pass on the badass gene.”

“Ruth is totally gonna be a badass.”

That made her crack, though she hid it behind more boss. “You’re giving me a boy.”

“’ Fraid you can’t boss that into being, baby. We’re just gonna have to take what we get.”

More Than Everything is nothing less than an emotional juggernaut. Diesel, Maddox and Molly’s story is not only blistering hot, but it’s also poignant in so many unexpected ways.

Kristen weaves threads of equality and acceptance right into the heart of this love story. It’s as tender as it is tough. And it’s an unforgettable heart squeeze.

“We’re gonna put a ring on Molly’s finger, D. We’re gonna commit in front of God and family and everybody. We’re gonna make babies with our girl. We’re gonna build a family,” Maddox declared. “And if those assholes aren’t all in with that, they’re not in at all.”

Loose Ends is the best kind of celebration for KA fans. Old friends mingle effortlessly with the new and everyone is invited…

Excerpt From More Than Everything ~

“I’ll always love you. Until my dying breath.”

The melting stopped.

Oh no.

What was this?

“Me too, honey,” she replied.

“But—”

“Just that,” he cut her off. “Just wanted you to know…” His head did a strange jerk on the mattress before he finished, “that.”

“Is there something you wanna talk about?”

“No, just want you to know. Just want you never to forget that.”

Oh no.

What was this?

“I won’t. Not ever,” she promised.

“Good,” he murmured.

“D?” she called.

“What?”

“I love you too, until my dying breath.”

He shifted into her, still holding her in his arms, but taking her slightly to her back, giving her some of his weight and a lot of his warmth, not just his body, in his face, from his beautiful blue eyes.

“I know, sweetheart.”

“And there’s nothing that will make me stop,” she vowed.

“I know,” he repeated.

“And I’m always there for you,” she kept at him.

He touched his mouth to hers, lifted only a bit away, and whispered, “I know, Molly.”
She pushed her hand from his chest up to cup his jaw, taking a chance, needing him to know she knew him, read him, worried for him, was there for him.

“I know you’re struggling with something,” she said quietly.

His eyes closed down.

But she didn’t stop.

“And I’ll be there, Maddox will be there, we’ll always be there, so we’ll definitely be there when you get to the other side,” she said.

He looked her over, muttering like he wasn’t actually talking to her, “What did I do to deserve you?”

Sunflowers, she thought.

“You’re the shit, remember?” she teased.

He tried to hide the relief he felt that she was lightening the conversation, failed, but grinned at her through it and said, “Right. For a second I forgot how totally fucking awesome I am.”

About The Author ~

Kristen Ashley was born in Gary, Indiana, USA. She nearly killed her mother and herself making it into the world, seeing as she had the umbilical cord wrapped around her neck (already attempting to accessorise and she hadn't taken her first breath!).

Kristen grew up in Brownsburg, Indiana but has lived in Denver, Colorado and the West Country of England. Thus she has been blessed to have friends and family around the globe. Her posse is loopy (to say the least) but loopy is good when you want to write.

Kristen was raised in a house with a large and multi-generational family. They lived on a very small farm in a small town in the heartland and existed amongst the strains of Glenn Miller, The Everly Brothers, REO Speedwagon and Whitesnake (and the wardrobes that matched).

Needless to say, growing up in a house full of music, clothes and love was a good way to grow up.

And as she keeps growing up, it keeps getting better.