Release Day Blitz/Excerpt/Giveaway: Carter Reed 2 By Tijan

Blurb

Carter bought his way out of the mafia to protect Emma, but when an old ghost returns to the Mauricio Family, a chain of events starts that can harm everyone. While Carter must decide to return to the Mauricio Family or not, a face that is oddly familiar to Emma comes into her life. She’s given the chance to discover more about her family while tensions between the rivaling Mauricio and Bertal Family comes to a head in an explosive way. The truce is officially off, and when the two worlds collide, Carter’s decision is made.

He didn’t start this war, but he will end it.

He will do anything to protect Emma.

More Carter Reed?  Yes, please!   

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Excerpt

As I held the gun, alone now, some of the old memories came back to me. But they were never very far away.

I had killed two men.

“Jeremy.”

My voice had been soft when I called to him. He’d been raping my roommate, and he was going to kill her. I had no choice. When he turned around and saw the gun in my hand, I shot him. The bullet hit the center of his forehead.

I swallowed now, remembering Mallory as she had watched me, pinned to the wall by his hands. Her eyes had been so lifeless. They were the opposite of Ben’s. He’d been pleading for his life, but minutes earlier he’d been planning to kill Amanda, then me. My stomach churned, remembering that he was going to take me to Franco. He wanted to barter, trade me in for more money, more drugs.

He was the one who killed Mallory, but the Bartel family set all of it in motion.

I drew in a ragged breath, cradling the gun in my hands like a precious baby. This little piece of metal had caused so much havoc in my life, and it was Carter’s weapon of choice. He’d killed plenty with it when he worked for the Mauricio family.

Somehow, I knew this weapon would have a place in our lives again. I didn’t want it to, but I knew it would. And with that last thought, my hand closed over it, and I raised my arms, aiming with my feet apart, my shoulders rolled back. I shot, one after another, until my clip was done.

All except one hit the bullseye. The other one, the outlier, was just outside the inner circle on the target.

I’d have to get better.

A tingle started in the base of my stomach, and it rose up, spreading through my body, warming me as it went, until I was almost salivating for him. When I saw him, I needed to touch him. It had been like this for a year, and I never wanted it to end. I always wanted to thirst for him.

He murmured against my skin, “Why is it that your presence can calm me? Your touch can make me alive, and one little sigh from you makes me want to sleep for days in your embrace?”

I smiled, moving to press a kiss to his ear. “Because you love me.”

Pulling me back into his arms, he nudged my legs farther apart, moving closer, and pressed his lips to the underside of my jaw. He whispered, “Never.” Another kiss to the corner of my lips. “Ever.” A third kiss, his lips resting atop mine and he murmured, “I promise. Nothing will ever happen to you.”

“Because you need to understand. It’s time you know more. You’re mine, Emma. My first allegiance is to you. Things are going to happen now, and I can’t control them. The Mauricio family has always followed me."

Suddenly I realized—he was going back in. A tear formed in my eye, and I ignored it. This was what he was telling me. I swallowed over a lump. “What happens now?”

He didn’t answer at first. Then he let out a soft breath of air and turned, his eyes pained. He said one word: “War.”

I closed my eyes and just felt her. She trailed a hand down my face, tracing my lips. That small touch, so gentle, so loving. That was Emma.

No other woman made me feel like this. It was her, only her. Opening my eyes, I found her watching me and smiling as her chest heaved for air.

"I love you," she murmured.

Goddamn. I kissed her and whispered against her lips, "I love you too."

I closed my eyes and held the man I loved. Resting my forehead to his, I placed my arms on his shoulders as he held my hips. His thumbs rubbed back and forth. This. Right here. He was the most powerful man I knew, and he was all mine.

Series Reading Order

Carter Reed (Book One)

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Carter Reed 2 (Book Two)

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Author Information

I didn't begin writing until after undergraduate college. There'd been storylines and characters in my head all my life, but it came to a boiling point one day and I HAD to get them out of me. So the computer was booted up and I FINALLY felt it click. Writing is what I needed to do. After that, I had to teach myself how to write. I can't blame my teachers for not teaching me all those years in school. It was my fault. I was one of the students that was wishing I was anywhere but at school! So after that day, it took me lots of work until I was able to put together something that resembled a novel. I'm hoping I got it right since someone must be reading this profile! And I hope you keep enjoying my future stories.

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Synopsis

Emma decided to skip the gym and went home early. It was the last easy decision she made because she found her roommate being raped by the boyfriend. She had two choices. Call the cops and be killed by his family’s mafia connections or kill him first and hope to survive. There was no choice to her. She killed the bastard first and went to the one person who could protect her. Carter Reed. He’s a weapon for the rivaling mafia family, but he’s also Emma’s secret. Not only was he best friends with her brother, but she’s the reason he became that weapon in the first place.

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Author Bio

Tijan started writing later in life, after she had already graduated college with a different direction in mind and a different degree under her belt. Hitting the brakes on that path, she taught herself how to write a good book and began posting at sites such as Fictionpress, along with Wattpad. After receiving such encouraging messages from readers, she self-published Fallen Crest High and has continued throughout the year. She continues to keep writing NA books!

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Excerpt

"Tell me what happened." His plea was so soft.

I broke. This wasn't the stranger anymore. This was Carter, the boy I had grown up with. I flung my arms around him and pulled him down. Instead of fighting, I clung to him now.

He wrapped his arms around me and rolled to his side. He patted my back and tucked his head into the crook of my neck and shoulder. I felt his lips brush there as he repeated, "You have to tell me. I won't hurt you. I will protect you."

A shudder went through my body. At last. Those were the words I was desperate for. He moved his hands, one sliding down to my hip and the other cradling the back of my head, he pressed into me. The last of my reserve fled then. A gasp escaped me and I pressed against him. I needed him.

"Emma."

Shame flooded me. He knew. What kind of person was I? Fighting, running away, and then starting to tremble in his arms?

His hand started to caress my hip. His fingers slid underneath my shirt and moved under my pants' waistband. He held me there, his hand splayed out. I tried to resist, but I wanted to wind my legs around him. I wanted to pull him on top of me and feel his hand between my legs. But I didn't do anything. I lay there, still, as my heart pounded inside of me. He could feel the beat against him. The thumping drowned everything else out.

He pressed a soft kiss to my forehead and raised himself up again. He looked down at me. The plea in his eyes was still there. As he brushed some of my hair from my forehead, he asked, "Do you not trust me?"

I nodded. "I'm scared of you."

A small grin appeared at the corners of his mouth. "You are?"

"I don't know who you are anymore." I couldn't believe I was admitting any of that, but I needed to trust someone. I had to if I was going to survive what I had done. Feeling a little bit brave, I touched his chest. My hand spread out like his was on my back. His heart was steady. I murmured, "I know who you are. I know you're the Cold Killer. I know what you did for AJ." A tear slipped from the corner of my eye. It fell unheeded. "I always wanted to thank you for that."

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My Review

My rating: 4 of 5 stars

"You're mine, Emma. You always have been. I won't let you go.”

Fantastic book with a gripping storyline, dark, gritty, filled with action, twists and danger. Sooo to all you action lovers this one is for you! It kinds of has a bit of everything in it, it is hot, heartbreaking, heart racing, action-filled and much more.

What would you do if you caught your roommates boyfriend raping her? What if it was you next?

When Emma walks into her apartment having skipped going to the gym her day goes from bad to worse.Catching her roommates boyfriend raping her she panics and does something she cant take back.She kills him.

The boyfriend is no other than the son of a mobster. She couldnt call the police unless she wanted to be hunted and killed and she coulnt let her roommate/ best friend die in the hands of this monster.So she does what she thinks is best she kills him.

what would you do if you had the mob looking for you? They would come for you and they would kill you.

Its kind of a no-win situation either way she would have been hunted and killed so after leaving his body in her apartment she runs with her friend. When panic, fear and paranoia sets in she needs to get help.. fast.

"You don't trust anyone, no one except Carter. Go to Carter. He'll take care of everything. He'll take care of you, Ems. I promise."

With her brothers last words ringing in her ears she sets out to find Carter Reed he is the only one that can help her now.

Carter Reed was Emma's brother AJ's best-friend and when AJ was murdered he went on a rampage and killed everyone involved in his death.He turned into a killer, its what he is known for cold-hearted killer but Emma knew him before he changed will he still be willing to help her?

Carter Reed is bloody HOT! Gorgeous, strong, protective, passionate, dangerous and edge oh whats not to love?

It was adorable.

Then I grinned to myself. Carter Reed was not adorable. Hot and dangerous, but not adorable..

I loved how he would do anything for Emma to make sure she is safe and protected. He has always been the protector so having Emma around and her worrying about him is so different. He is broken in more ways than one suffering loss and much more bad things that happened to him in the past he is used to taking care of himself. Being with Emma heals his wounds but will it all work out? How long will he keep her protected?

Emma has always been alone since she lost her brother AJ and Carter went off killing.She had no one, she has very few friends and its mostly her looking after them. she always needed someone to look after her and Carter does that. Carter fills the gaps, fills the loneliness and makes her feel whole again.

This is mostly in Emma's POV with small parts in Carter POV. I wanted more of Carter it was like his POVs were randomly placed and short.I would have loved to find out more about him, what he was thinking when they came to his POV is was more of an overall summary it wasn't just his thought you saw what the people around him were thinking too. I some what liked it but I needed more his life was a lot more interesting.

"I've been protecting you since I joined the Mauricio Family. You were why I joined them in the first place."

I was disappointed that there weren't many deep convos between Emma and Carter they didn't discuss the past much , well not his past. I wanted to know sooo much more! I wanted it to be a series because well..I love series and getting to know the characters better.

This book needed an epilogue! Unless this is going to turn into a serie? ;) It needed something to round it all off it felt like the book just left you hanging and I was flipping through the pages and thinking..whattt? thats it? nooooooo :(

Oh btw did anyone else notice that Emma "gasps" alot? :DD

Overall this was a great book with some unexpected turns it kept me guessing.Its fast- paced and captivating I was intrigued from the moment I read the synopsis.This is the first Tijan book I have read and well after reading it I will be checking out her other books!

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