Agents of Romance

{Release Event & Giveaway} Pressure Point (The Point Series) By Olivia Luck (@AuthorLuck)

1/28/2015

I know what you’re thinking. It’s unconventional to want a man nine years older than you. It’s inconvenient to crush on your dearest friend’s older brother. It’s silly to pine after a man for six years. It’s cliché to lust after a celebrity. It’s pathetic to fall in love with a man who barely knows you exist.

I know what you’re thinking because I’ve thought it all, too. And yet that hasn’t stopped me from wanting Blake Campbell. Charming, gorgeous, brilliant, kind, selfless – Blake is everything I’ve ever wanted, but he doesn’t see me that way. In fact, he hardly noticed me until one night.

Traumatic events brought us together for the first time, but then he tossed me aside. I know it’s irrational, but I wanted him up until the moment he left me lying there alone.

When his eyes finally open and he finds out I’ve left, will it be too late?

Note: Pressure Point is a standalone novel, though characters from New Point make appearances.

Stella Baccino is a shy but ambitious girl from Chicago. She meets Zoe Baker while attending university and they instantly become the best of friends. But there is something about Zoe’s overly protective brother that Stella can’t seem to get away from.

Blake Campbell is successful, self-contained and absolutely gorgeous. He was the university quarterback and is now successfully managing his father’s sports empire. Stella is caught between her growing feelings for him and her loyalty to Zoe. She never imagined that Blake could ever feel the same way until tragedy strikes and they are both left stripped emotionally bare.

Blake has always been painfully aware of Stella. She’s everything that he ever wanted and she’s totally off limits. He tries to keep his feelings secret until they come together on one explosive night and the aftermath threatens to destroy everything that he has ever cared about.

Olivia has penned a story with the perfect combination of heat and delicious tension in Pressure Point. I was completely invested in the characters – especially Stella – who is now my favourite of the Luck heroines. I related to her on every level and loved that she was both truly kind and yet still strong.

The ending was totally satisfying and frightening at the same time and I am completely desperate for more…

“Shh.”

His lips brush over mine, silencing me.

“Let me adore you tonight. Don’t think about anything but me. I want all your attention. Feel me, be with me, leave everything else behind. With me, baby?” There’s only a slight pause because of the term of endearment. It’s the first time that he’s called me baby and the affection wraps around me tightly like a warm blanket on a cold night.

“Yes.”

Exclusive Excerpt -

"Stella, please wait."

I know my heart is at risk. It's tottering on the edge of a cliff, and a stiff wind could send it over the edge. He has the power. To scar me. To break me. To destroy me. But the moment that he murmurs my name, I relinquish control.

“Why?” I choke out. “Who are you? The nurturing big brother? The loving, compassionate guy I’ve come to know, or the conceited prick using me for my body? You know what; don’t answer that. I can’t do this anymore.”

I take a few steps back. Heartache, my steady companion, reappears. Without the distraction of his touch, I’m reminded that it’s bitterly cold outside and a stark shudder rolls through my entire body.

“You’re cold,” he mutters unhappily and shrugs off his suit jacket. Before I have a chance to argue, he drapes it around my back. Blake’s large hands settle on my upper arms and begin to rub vigorously.

“Why does my temperature matter?” I ask the question to this collarbone, refusing to make eye contact with the man who continues to torment my emotions.

“Stella –” there it is again, my name on his lips is tremendously distracting–“I want to start over with you.” Another shiver cascades through my shoulders and he makes a pained expression. With an arm anchoring me to his side, Blake leads me back through the door of the club and into the secluded hallway. I wrench out of his grip and put some much-needed distance between us.

“Start over with what?”

“A first date, we’ll need one of those.”

“You’re not making any sense, Blake.”

“It’s pretty simple. When a woman captures all a man’s attention, when she’s the only thing on this mind, he takes her on a date. Then another and another and another until he can convince her to be his.”

The words make my body go rigid in disbelief and my heart slow in my chest. I let my eyes fall closed as I shake my head back and forth. “Don’t say things like that to me, Blake.”

Even though I can’t see him, I sense him getting closer. Then his knuckles trail down my cheek in a whisper of a caress. “I won’t stop, Stella. This is going to happen and we’re going to do it right. That night last month… I don’t regret what happened between us because I wanted you.” His voice drops into a husky murmur.

About The Author -

Olivia Luck lives in the middle of America with her loving husband and her obsession with writing. She wrote her first romance novel at age eight. When she’s not reading, editing, or writing, you can find her in the kitchen learning to cook. Olivia loves to travel and spend time with her family.

Get in touch with Olivia, she adores emails: olivialuckauthor@gmail.com