Tuesday, 4 October 2016

Release Day Blitz, Review, Excerpt & Giveaway ~ The Bachelor Auction (The Bachelors of Arizona #1) by Rachel Van Dyken


Title: The Bachelor Auction
Author: Rachel Van Dyken
Series: The Bachelors of Arizona #1
On Sale: October 4, 2016
Publisher: Forever
Formats: eBook
Price: $4.99 USD (eBook) 

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Book Description:

Cinderella never had to deal with this crap.

Jane isn't entirely sure that Cinderella got such a raw deal. Sure, she had a rough start, but didn't she eventually land a prince and a happily-ever-after? Meanwhile, Jane is busy waiting on her demanding, entitled sisters, running her cleaning business, and . . . yep, not a prince in sight. Until a party and a broken shoe incident leave Jane wondering if princes---or at least, a certain deliciously hunky billionaire---maybe do exist.

Except Brock Wellington isn't anyone's dream guy. Hell, a prince would never agree to be auctioned off in marriage to the highest bidder. Or act like an arrogant jerk---even if it was just a façade. Now, as Brock is waiting for the auction chopping block, he figures it's karmic retribution that he's tempted by a sexy, sassy woman he can't have. But while they can't have a fairy-tale ending, maybe they can indulge in a little bit of fantasy . . .

THE BACHELORS OF ARIZONA 

The Bachelor Auction #1

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Our Review:

Reviewed by Donna ~ 3.5 stars
***ARC received for an honest review***


“You can’t fight a ghost, you know…You make peace with them.”


Rachel Van Dyken delivers a modern twist on an age old fairy-tale, Cinderella’s rise from rags to riches. The Bachelor Auction is a sweet and swoony story of finding love when you least expect it, where good rises to the top and the evil gets left in the gutter where it belongs. This story has some great underlying messages and where characters really step up to the plate when needed. With some fantastic supporting characters, I cannot wait to see where this series is going to go, with two hilarious, charismatic, twin brothers in the mix I bet the tales going forward are going to be hilarious.


“I’m very good at being invisible.”


Plain Jane was just that, plain. Jane has no back bone whatsoever; she has been taken advantage of by her two “ugly sisters” since the death of their parents. Jane looked after the finances, Jane did the cooking and cleaning, Jane did the laundry, Jane did everything. Her sisters treated her like something they scraped off the bottom of their shoe and their conniving ways only gave credence to the fact they knew exactly what they were doing. Jane ran her own cleaning company, worked her fingers to the bone all to keep the roof over their head. While her sisters were both lawyers, they were socialites and racked up credit card debt like it was going out of fashion, all of which Jane paid off. I wanted to jump into my kindle and shake her until she grew a pair.


“She was just a woman. A really pretty, vibrant girl-next-door, attractive woman. With seven freckles.”


Brock was a hard guy to warm to, he had a severe guilt complex all of which had led him to become a yes man, this man did not know how to say no, for fear of the repercussions. Once again his guilt was misplaced and led him to become “Boring Brock.” Brock, the man that helped run a multi-million-dollar company, Brock a man that kept his manwhore twin brothers on the straight and narrow, a man that did everything his grandfather asked, a man that was frustratingly self-sacrificing…including his very future being auctioned off to appease some ridiculous shareholders and keep the business in the family’s hand. Another character that I wanted to shake into next week.

Between a fancy ball, a torn dress, a pair of broken shoes and two drunk sisters, Jane and Brock’s paths cross and there was an instant connection. The poor girl though never gets the prince and Jane flees the scene in true Cinderella fashion, with only a pair of broken stilettos as memory, Brock tries his hardest to find “Plain Jane,” but it seems fate is on their side as their paths cross once again.


“I just want more than this…”


This was a sexy, swoony read which all romance readers are going to fall in love with. Where dreams do come true as long as a true heart and true love are the foundation. I will admit that I did find it hard to warm up to these two characters, while I appreciated their backgrounds were required for the whole Cinderella fairy-tale, I think that this took away from them as individual characters. I couldn’t warm to them as a couple. For me the characters that stole the show in this book were Brock’s twin brothers, Brant and Bentley. Jane’s two sisters were truly despicable and characters that everyone will love to hate.


“In order to gain you sometimes have to lose.”


What Rachel Van Dyken does deliver though is a lovable romantic comedy that has some hilarious comedic moments all interspersed with some real swoony scenes that will well and truly rattle those romantic bones. All in all, a great read and one where I cannot wait to see where the Bachelors of Arizona are going to take me.


Excerpt:

“Jane.” It was a whisper, it was a question, and then his mouth was on hers—harsh, forceful, but so inviting she whimpered at the contact and leaned into him, begging him with her body to take what she couldn’t voice aloud. 
It was a bad idea. 
He was a bad idea. 
Taken. 
Ready to be married off. 
But here, in this moment, he was hers. 
So she kissed him back with as much passion as she possessed, her hands digging into the front of his shirt while his teeth nipped at her bottom lip. 
His hands slid beneath her shirt, unhooking her bra with ease as he nudged her thighs apart. 
“You feel so soft,” he murmured against her mouth. “Perfect.” Another plundering kiss, his tongue flicking hers before his lips slid down her neck. “So damn good.” 
With a moan, she pressed as close as she could against him, nearly riding his leg in an effort to get more of him. 
“That’s it,” he encouraged while she clawed at him. 
“Brock!” Bentley’s voice pierced the air. “Did you need help?”
Brock froze above her, his face filled with irritation. “Open that door, Bentley, and I’m selling every car you own and replacing it with a Honda!”
Silence. 
“You don’t mean it.” The knob turned. 
Jane’s eyes widened in alarm as Brock quickly moved away from her and tossed the blanket…over her head. Right, like that was going to look normal. She pulled the blanket off her face and tried in vain to fix her bra while frantically pulling her hair back into a ponytail.
Bentley entered, took one look at both of them and smiled. “Clearly this room was dirtier than we thought?” He tilted his head at Jane. “Or maybe not dirty enough?”
“Out!” Brock barked. 
“But—”
“Go!”
“Fine,” Bentley grumbled. “I’m leaving. I just thought you should know that Grandfather called and wanted to know how the maid was working out. I told him that you’ve been helping her since she sprained her ankle. He was concerned about her finishing the job.” 
“What did you say?” Brock grabbed Bentley by the shirt and gave a little shake. 
Bentley held up his hands. “Chill. I told him that she would make a full recovery, that she refused to sue, and that you were taking care of the situation. Because that’s all you’re doing, right Brock? Taking care of the situation…” He peered around Brock at Jane. 
Feeling suddenly more naked than she actually was, she covered herself up with the blanket. 
What had she been thinking? 
It was beyond unprofessional. 
Tears burned the backs of her eyes. 
 “Thanks, Bent.” Brock sighed, running his hands through his already mussed hair. 
Bentley saluted him then added quietly. “For the record, any girl that can get Boring Brock to bend the rules is a keeper.”
Brock bit back a curse as Bentley shut the door. 
“Boring Brock?” Jane asked. 
“It’s about as bad as it sounds.”
“Well, I’m Plain Jane, so…I understand.”
He turned. “You’ve never been plain a day in your life.”
“I think you’ve already learned that you don’t need to give me pretty compliments to get me to kiss you.” 
“You have seven freckles. You press your lips together to keep yourself from saying things you shouldn’t. You hum when you clean, and though I’m not sure what the tune is, it’s familiar. When you eat, you watch people rather than your own food, and I’m just going to come out and say it: you eat like an animal, the most erotic thing I’ve ever seen.” 
Jane covered her face with her hands. “It was flattering until you said that last part.”
Brock laughed. “Seeing a woman dig into her food like she hasn’t eaten in weeks? It’s one of the most erotic visions I’ve ever had.”
Emotion flashed across his face as he made his way over to her and kissed her again, pulling away with her name on his lips. “Jane, I want you.” 
“Thought I was just the help.” The walls around her heart started to slip; she felt it in the way her body rose against him. He’d noticed things about her nobody ever had, he was helping her, and he was beautiful. Was it so wrong to want this? For herself? Once in her life? 
“You’re more than that, and you know it.” His eyes locked on to hers as his deep voice washed over her.
“You’re getting auctioned off in two weeks and you know it.”
He paused, his expression going completely ice cold before he looked away and then back at her. “And if I wasn’t? What then?”
“Then…” She bit down on her bottom lip. “I’d ask you to kiss me again.”

Excerpted from THE BACHELOR AUCTION by Rachel Van Dyken. Copyright © 2016 by Rachel Van Dyken. Used with permission of Grand Central Publishing. All rights reserved.

About the Author:


Rachel Van Dyken is the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today Bestselling author of regency and contemporary romances. When she's not writing you can find her drinking coffee at Starbucks and plotting her next book while watching The Bachelor. She keeps her home in Idaho with her Husband, adorable son, and two snoring boxers! She loves to hear from readers!

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