Title: Crave
Author: BJ Harvey
Genre: Erotic Suspense
Release Date: October 20, 2015
I have a craving.
A dark urge I’ve failed to resist despite years of trying to do that very thing.
I’ve forced myself to hide behind a mask, a perfect orchestration to hide my true self.
After I met her, my wants and needs, my inner most desires changed.
She encouraged me to embrace who I truly am, and she was willing to do anything and everything I wanted, giving herself to satisfy my most carnal appetite.
Then everything in my carefully managed world came crashing down around me. A moment in time, a loss of control, and the very thing I cherish was nearly taken from me.
My fate now lies in her hands.
The very life I’ve built for myself…everything I’ve ever done now waits in purgatory, all caused by a lack of focus at a time when my most concentrated attention was needed.
The very thing I crave may now be the end of me.
ARC received for an honest review
Crave has been a long while coming, but man oh man, is it worth every second of the wait.
Callum Alexander - women want him. Men want to be him. But they don't see the man behind the facade.
He has been the man they want him to be for so long that he doesn't know how to be any different.
Until her. Until Lucia.
Can I just say right not - I freaking LOVE Lucia - Luce.
From the minute we met her, I couldn't help be adore her to bits. You can just tell she is a bit mischievous. Sassy and sweet. A lot of fun.
And you just know that she is going to be the best thing to ever happen to Callum.
"This woman is both my sin and my salvation. One look at the desperate need in her eyes has me wanting to drop to my knees in worship."
The more we got to know our lovelies, the more I wanted, no needed to know more. Sometimes we can get bogged down with too many details about characters, but it was the completed opposite. I craved every single morsel that Ms Harvey gave us.
There is a bit of mystery through Crave too. Someone is sabotaging Callum's company, there is a nuisance reporter hounding his every move,. I had an idea of who was behind things, but were they? I was surprised as things were revealed.
My heart clenched as Callum's dark cravings came out to play. We already know he's a naughty boy, but there was a couple of WTF moments to be had!
"I'm the ultimate sinner. A conceited man who took what was offered without any forethought given to the rise or the wide-reaching effects of the act itself."
I also LOVED Callum's best friend and business partner Grant. We NEEEEEED more of him - STAT!
Ms Harvey takes us on one heck of a ride with Crave. The highs, the lows, the laughter and the sadness. I hope we get more of them in the future.
And please - can we have a book for Grant. Pretty please with a cherry on top Ms Harvey. I am not too ashamed to bribe you with Cadbury's!!
Excerpt
“What was that thought?” she asks curiously.
I lift my eyes from her hand resting on the black leather seat between us to her face to see a sly smile has appeared on her lips. “What thought?”
“The one that just had dirty written all over it.” Her smile grows wide, her eyes glittering with heat and a touch of amusement at the position she’s cornered me into.
“It’s a thought that would be more suited to the end of the date, if we are following your predetermined description of a how a first date should be, that is.”
Heat overtakes amusement as the air inside the car crackles with the right type of tension, the exact type of mood I have been hoping for and dreading. Our eyes remained locked, like neither one of us is able or willing to look away from the other.
Knowing I’d need to acquiesce, I look back down to where her hand rests beside her leg and bite the bullet, reaching over and lacing my fingers with hers.
“See?” she says as I catch her smile out of the corner of my eye. “Wasn’t that hard, was it?”
“It’s like that, is it?” I say, my voice filled with humor. She leans over, turning her body toward mine and rests her mouth against my jaw, just below my ear.
“If you want something from me, Callum, you just need to ask for it or take it. I highly doubt any of the thoughts running through that very handsome, highly intelligent head of yours could put me off.” Her breath warms my skin, sending the nerve endings into overdrive. “You’re welcome to try though . . .”
Before I can attempt to put my public mask in place, I tilt my head until we are cheek to cheek. Presented with an opportunity, I follow my instincts and graze my teeth slowly against her ear lobe. “I was thinking how your hand would feel touching me again . . .”
Her breath stutters momentarily, before quickening. She pulls back, leaning her shoulder into the seat but not returning to her side. “I’m sure we can arrange to hold hands again, Callum. It’s all part of getting to know each other.”
I mimic her pose, our bodies still close but not touching, as I let out an uncharacteristic chuckle. “You’re trouble with a capital T.”
“And I’m thinking, Mr. Alexander, there’s something about my brand of trouble that you’re drawn to.”
BJ Harvey is the USA Today Bestselling Author of the Bliss Series. She writes contemporary romance, romantic comedy, and romantic suspense.
An avid music fan, you will always find her with headphones on while writing, and the speakers blaring the rest of the time. She’s a wife, a mom to two beautiful girls, and when she’s not writing – she’s reading.
BJ resides with her family in what she considers the best country in the world—New Zealand.
She describes her writing as a little swoon, a lot of heat, a bit of drama and a whole lot of love.
