Hey peeps, we have Erica Pike with her brilliant Black Hurricane visiting, there’s a little excerpt for you to enjoy and there’s an incredible giveaway. So guys what are you waiting for, check out this fantastic book, my review and then click that Rafflecopter link <3 ~Pixie~

Black Hurricane

(Boston Boys 03)

by

Erica Pike

Twenty-three year old Jasper Jones fell in love with Dean McQueen at fourteen, but after a disastrous relationship, Jazz would like nothing better than to see the rock star choke on his own vomit.

After a catastrophic reunion, Dean seems bent on destroying Jazz’s life. It all started when an impromptu bar performance ended up on YouTube and Jazz became an internet sensation overnight. The name “Jazdean” keeps popping up in headlines and the paparazzi stalk his every move. To make matters worse, Jazz is about to end up on the streets for the second time in his life.

In a desperate attempt to keep his home, Jazz signs a deal with Dean’s band, Black Hurricane, to perform at a couple of concerts. It feels like one of Dean’s feeble attempts to get Jazz back, but painted into a corner like he is, Jazz has no choice.

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Excerpt:

“Jazz, take pictures!” Eric pokes me hard in the side with his bony elbow.

I wince and raise the camera, clicking a shot.

“Go to the front, like they’re doing.” He points at the photographers running to the front and clicking madly on their cameras.

Heaving a sigh, I drag my ass off the chair to walk forward. I rake my hand through my hair before I glance back at the monstrosity on the platform. Never in a million years would I have thought I’d be in this position. Suddenly oil paint and new guitar strings don’t seem all that important. I just wanna get out, but Eric needs these pictures for the magazine and I’d rather die than let one of my friends down.

My heart thuds when I see Dean looking right back at me as I approach. His brow furrows as if he’s trying to place me. Typical. Of course he wouldn’t remember me. Why would he? My heart hammers a fast beat as my body breaks out in sweat. The inside of my throat thickens, stopping half of the oxygen from reaching my lungs. And still, I’m having the hardest time looking away.

Am I nervous under his green-eyed gaze? Or is it just the hate? It’s been years since I last saw him.

Not wanting to give the wrong impression of an adoring fan, I narrow my eyes and spew out all the venom I feel for this man into one, hateful glare, just before I raise the camera and snap my shots.

About Erica

Erica lives in Iceland with her adorable little twin boys. She often says that her real name sounds like Klingon to foreigners. Seriously, if “Eyjafjallajökull” looks like a random strings of characters, it’s nothing in comparison to Erica’s name.

She’s been writing for several years, or ever since reading became an obsession. Aside from a business degree, Erica has taken English courses at the University of Iceland and gulped down anything that might help her in her career as an author. She takes great interest in English, but will break every single grammar rule for the sake of The Voice.

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Review

Title: Black Hurricane

Series: Boston Boys 03

Author: Erica Pike

Genre: Contemporary

Length: Novel (271pgs)

ISBN: MLR-1-02013-0134

Publisher: MLR Press (23^rd August 2013)

Heat Level: Moderate

Heart Rating: ♥♥♥♥ 4 Hearts 

Reviewer: Pixie

Blurb: Twenty-three year old Jasper Jones fell in love with Dean McQueen at fourteen, but after a disastrous relationship, Jazz would like nothing better than to see the rock star choke on his own vomit.

After a catastrophic reunion, Dean seems bent on destroying Jazz’s life. It all started when an impromptu bar performance ended up on YouTube and Jazz became an internet sensation overnight. The name “Jazdean” keeps popping up in headlines and the paparazzi stalk his every move. To make matters worse, Jazz is about to end up on the streets for the second time in his life. 

In a desperate attempt to keep his home, Jazz signs a deal with Dean’s band, Black Hurricane, to perform at a couple of concerts. It feels like one of Dean’s feeble attempts to get Jazz back, but painted into a corner like he is, Jazz has no choice.

Note: Can be read as a standalone     

Purchase Link: http://www.mlrbooks.com/ShowBook.php?book=EPBLKHUR    

Review: Jazz is working two jobs and the odd side job just to make ends meet, but this time the side job is one he really doesn’t want to do… take photographs of smash hit band ‘Black Hurricane’. Nine years ago, he was head over heels in love with the lead singer, Dean, but it ended badly but now at twenty-three he wants to stay clear of the boy who broke his heart. Dean is riding fame hard, but being outed hurt, now he has the opportunity to not only get back to the top but to reclaim the love he once threw away, but first he has to regain Jazz’s trust. 

This is a great story of trying to regain a lost love, protecting your heart and forgiveness. Jazz was left devastated by Dean’s treatment of him in school, and he has never let go of the hurt all these years later. When he comes into contact with Dean again, he has no interest in reconnecting and makes his feelings clear, but being offered a way to make enough money to stay in his home has Jazz accepting the offer to perform with ‘Black Hurricane’ all he has to do is not fall for Dean’s apologies. But his feelings for Dean have never been simple and the attraction between them flares back to life. Jazz begins to hope that this time is different. But, overhearing a conversation between Dean and his manager splinters his world again. Can Jazz give Dean the benefit of the doubt and let him explain or will he bury his heart and turn his back on love?

Dean and Jazz are brilliant, at odds characters. The attraction between them is strong but bitter resentment is still what drives Jazz, Dean doesn’t quite see their relationship in school the same as Jazz does and he finds it hard to understand why Jazz doesn’t forgive him quicker. For Jazz, their relationship scarred him and he works hard to try to keep his distance from Dean. Working together brings them close and they begin anew until Jazz reacts badly to an overheard conversation. Both characters are great and neither is really the bad guy, both of them seeing things from their own points of view but Dean trying to make up for his callous teenage self, while Jazz tries hard to hang on to his anger and resentment. 

This is a really enjoyable story where forgiveness isn’t instant and rebuilding a relationship takes time. Both characters open their souls to the other, they re-examine their old relationship from both sides, and although it isn’t easy, they begin to repair what had been shattered. The story has quite a bit of angst, some really hot moments, and some self-reflection. 

I recommend this to those who love fixing mistakes, rediscovering love through forgiveness, anger and love, hot sex, and finally, an ending that is filled with love.  

Check out the other blogs on the tour

August 11: Because Two Men Are Better Than One

August 18: Full Moon Dreaming

August 25: MM Good Book Reviews, Hearts on Fire

September 1: Velvet Panic, Fallen Angel Reviews, Havan Fellows

September 8: Decadent Delights

September 15: Up All Night, Read All Day, Love Bytes

September 22: Scattered Thoughts & Rogue Words, Smoocher’s Voice

September 29: Prism Book Alliance

October 6: It’s Raining Men, Michael Mandrake

October 13: Cate Ashwood

October 20: The Novel Approach

October 27: The Hat Party, Dawn’s Reading Nook 

November 3: Tara Lain, 

November 10: My Fiction Nook

November 17: Emotion in Motion, Kimi-Chan

November 24: Amanda C. Stone