Wednesday, April 30, 2014

Jasinda Wilder's Alpha Blog Tour & Giveaway

 
 
Ladies, let me just start that I have been a LONG time fan of Jasinda's. I adore so many of her books and considered one helluva talented writer! Alpha is unlike anything else I've read by her. It was completely engrossed! I didn't want to do anything other than read the book! Once I started I HAD to know what was going on! There were so many twists & turns that I found myself gobbling up the pages in anticipation of what the next page would reveal!
 
 
I'm honored to be a part of her blog tour! Below you will find my review and be sure you enter the GIVEAWAY! As always, Jasinda is very generously giving away some killer prizes!!!
 
 
 
 
~ SYNOPSIS ~
 
The first time it happened, it seemed like an impossible miracle. Bills were piling up, adding up to more money than I could ever make. Mom's hospital bills. My baby brother's tuition. My tuition. Rent. Electricity. All of it on my shoulders. And I had just lost my job. There was no hope, no money in my account, no work to be found. And then, just when I thought all hope was lost, I found an envelope in the mail. No return address. My name on the front, my address. Inside was a check, made out to me, in the amount of ten thousand dollars. Enough to pay the bills and leave me some left over to live on until I found a job. Enough to let me focus on classes. There was no name on the check, just "VRI Inc.," and a post office box address for somewhere in the city. No hint of identity or reason for the check or anything. No mention of repayment, interest, nothing…except a single word, on the notes line: "You." Just those three letters.
 
If you receive a mysterious check, for enough money to erase all your worries, would you cash it?
 
I did.
 
The next month, I received another check, again from VRI Incorporated. It too contained a single word: "belong."
 
A third check, the next month. This time, two words. Four letters. "To me."
 
The checks kept coming. The notes stopped. Ten thousand dollars, every month. A girl gets used to that, real quick. It let me pay the bills without going into debt. Let me keep my baby brother in school and Mom's hospice care paid for. How do you turn down what seems like free money, when you're desperate? You don't. I didn't.
 
And then, after a year, there was a knock on my door. A sleek black limousine sat on the curb in front of my house. A driver stood in front of me, and he spoke six words: "It's time to pay your debt."
 
Would you have gotten in?
 
I did.
 
It turns out $120,000 doesn't come free.

~ MY REVIEW~
 

My first thought when I saw the first Chapter of Alpha shared at the back of Falling Under was......



I totally FLIPPED out I knew this was a book I just HAD to read! When I was offered an ARC I did my usual.....



Kyrie St. Clair is a single college student trying to make it on her own. She supports both her younger college age brother and Mother who is under full-time care due to mental illness. A dedicated daughter carrying the weight of the world on her shoulders. A weight at such a young age that many of us have never experienced the trials & tribulations that this strong young woman has. Imagine thinking you were up for a Full-Time position at your temporary job only to walk in to be told you were being let go. I think I would've been....



Kyrie's mind immediately goes to where anyone who lives paycheck to paycheck's mind goes. How much money is in my account? What do I owe? How am I going to pay my bills? Oh her former boss is quite the .....



too bad for him his thoughts do not align with Kyrie's and he messed with the wrong girl. I was so for her........



My girl Kyrie one-up him and it had me.......



Distraught & afraid security is after her Kyrie does what any smart woman would do.......



The temporary agency doesn't have anything else for her. She arrives at her apartment eviction notice posted. Electricity shut off and the whole world just coming down around her. She call's her BFF who like any TRUE BFF tells her to come crash at her pad. Now just stop right here.... I want you to....



in Kyrie's shoes. Everything has just gone downhill in a BIG way. You are basically left alone to figure all this out. Sure you have a BFF but she's in the same financial boat you are in. She's always there for emotional support and gives you whatever she can afford. You are going through your mail.. you know how it goes..... BILLS... BILLS....BILLS....JUNK MAIL..BILLS...something addressed specifically to you...BILLS... as you are absently minded going through the mail while on the phone you open that piece of mail that you don't recognize and you (well I sure the hell would)..........



In your hands is a check made out to you for $10,000. You don't know who it's from and although you try to find out it leads to a dead end. All you do know is that this money will help tremendously. This money will catch you up on bills owed and give you a small cushion. But you start to......



Do you cash it? What are the terms? Will you be expected to pay it back? You've determined, with the aide of you faithful BFF, that it's real but the basic needs of your family come first and you set aside any doubts. The only thing on this check is printed on the memo line "You". Oh ladies, I would've been very.....



But honestly if I was in that position I would've chased that puppy as fast as I can. Kyrie's back is against the wall. She doesn't have any other choice but unlike some people (who would go all willy-nilly & blow it) Kyrie puts some away and continues to look for another job.

The next month rolls by and your "secret" friend has mailed you yet another $10,000. You've cashed the first one so you might as well cash the second. Come on ladies the time for being careful was with the first check. I was tempted to .....



but Kyrie is portrayed as such a strong woman who has been dealt a crap hand in life. She already has suffered a tremendous loss which subsequently led to the downfall of her remaining parent. Memo line notes "Belong"...this is the part in the book I was starting to picture .......



Cause that's just where my mind went. You know something is going to happen. It has to! Money doesn't just .......



from the sky! Third month...you seeing a pattern here.. another check for $10,000 and the memo line state "To Me". When I got to this point I started.....



and I couldn't.......



Holy Moly, put it all together "You Belong To Me"... Oh I certainly was....



Much to my amusement, cause I thought doors would be busting down by this time, the checks continue every month, same amount and Kyrie continues on with school & her dismal social life (if you could call what she has a social life). No more notes written in the memo lines of the checks.

Exactly one year after the first check was received Kyrie opens the door to an unknown man that came to "collect" her. It was time to pay up. She had 2 choices ~ pay up the full balance or come with him as she did agree to the terms by cashing the checks. This ladies is where everything starts to get.......



just a little crazy...Whisked away in a limousine, private jet and off she goes to New York. She's getting ready to meet who "bought" her and her mind is running a thousand miles and hour. She arrives and she's....





All she has is a voice to go by.. He won't reveal WHO he is initially. He won't let her see him. He basically informs her she will "obey" him and she will want to submit. I'm not submissive so I wanted to .....



his Alpha arse right then & there. While I was reading this I was posting on Facebook! I started to have very serious.....



and ......



moments. There were a TON of......



when things slowly are explained. I got a little.....



But then Jasinda would remind us of the Alpha's smooth domineering voice. The kind of voice that makes goose bumps appear and ....



I read the first physical description of Alpha (no not telling you his name that's part of the discovery) and I was.....



The sex was deliciously hot! The kind of scenes that make you squirm while you are reading the book but the book is so damned awesome you can't put it down so you don't dare wake your significant other, if you have one! Oh Kyrie & Alpha sizzled when they.....



BUT!!!!! Remember there is a REASON behind all of this! Things were clicking! Some falling was involved on both sides! Then something is revealed and I........



NO FREAKING WAY!!!!! WTH.... OH SHE DID IT LADIES!!! I started.....



and did a few little.....



and then I was really.....



Oh this was BAD! VERY bad! Devastating BAD! Tear your world apart BAD!! By the end of the book I was .......



and .......



and bowing down to Queen Jasinda!

Alpha is a 5 ++++++ OMG star read! Jasinda has written something different than any other book I've read when it comes to an Alpha male! The seduction, intrigue, and betrayal was scrumptious! The book pulls you in immediately! It keeps you "entranced"! I couldn't put the book down. I just HAD to know the How, When, Where and Why's of it all!!

In the end, does Kyrie "belong" to this Alpha male or did this elaborate ruse blow up in his face. HA I'm not saying.... You have to read this one and you can....



of Jasinda right along with me!

If your looking for a delightfully sexy, suspenseful, dominant read then Alpha is what you're looking for! Completely & totally recommend this one! It will devastate all your senses leaving you wanting much more!

I was provided an advance copy of Alpha in exchange for an honest review. Being that I completely adore this book I have also purchased the e-copy for my "collection"!

~ PURCHASE LINKS ~
 
 
 
 
~ ABOUT THE AUTHOR ~
 
 


 New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Jasinda Wilder is a Michigan native with a penchant for titillating tales about sexy men and strong women. When she’s not writing, she’s probably shopping, baking, or reading. Some of her favorite authors include Nora Roberts, JR Ward, Sherrilyn Kenyon, Liliana Hart and Bella Andre. She loves to travel and some of her favorite vacations spots are Las Vegas, New York City and Toledo, Ohio. You can often find Jasinda drinking sweet red wine with frozen berries and eating a cupcake.

 
 
 


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