Tuesday, April 15, 2014

TWOSOME TUESDAY: When the Sun Goes Down- Erin Noelle





Title: When The Sun Goes Down
Author: Erin Noelle
Genre: Contemporary Romance
 Release Date: 25th March, 2014





Trina is a quiet, reserved music teacher at an inner-city elementary school. Because of the traumatic events of her childhood, she’s skittish of people in general, but men especially frighten her. However, when Lucca Ellis appears in her life, he refuses to take no for an answer. Will he be able to help her overcome the past that has kept her a prisoner for over eight years?

Kat is a woman scorned and out for revenge. Wronged by the men in her life, she thrives on belittling and dominating all men that she comes in contact with. Her end goal is to make the one man, the one who stole her life away as a child, pay for his actions, and she doesn’t care who she has to destroy to get there.

These two lives that both thrive on control, were never supposed to overlap, but anything can happen… When the Sun Goes Down.




Excerpt:


When the Sun Goes Down
~ Kat ~
              Loud cheers from the pool match draw my attention back to that side of the room. Apparently it’s over, because all I can see is money being exchanged all over the place. Moments later, two guys emerge from the mob, talking and laughing as they walk towards the bar. They actually look pretty similar; both have short brown hair, are well-built, and are dressed in fitted t-shirts and jeans with visible tattoos covering their arms. They both look me up and down as they step up to order their drinks and give me a smirk. They carry themselves as if they are something pretty special, at least they think so. The fire inside of me is lit. The game is on.
              An hour later, I send Leo a text that I’m ready to be picked up. The game ended up being child’s play; the boys unable to think with more than their cock. After they invited me over to their table to “teach” me how to shoot pool, I let them think I had no idea what I was doing, so that they could lean me over and press their bodies against mine while I held their “sticks.” It really took everything inside of me not to roll my eyes on numerous occasions, but the death stares that I was getting from all of the females in the bar made it worth playing along. A few minutes later, I exit the bar with not one, but both of the guys. I usher them into the backseat of the SUV and then crawl over one to sit in between them.
              Leo gets behind the wheel and asks, “Where to this evening, Miss?”
              “To the Hyatt at Union Square, and make it quick,” I snap at him. He simply nods and pulls away from the curb.
              The guys on either side of me - which I honestly can’t even remember their names at the moment except that they both start with a J - are breathing heavily and I can see their erections bulging in their pants. Neither of them has said a word nor even attempted to touch me since we’ve walked out of The Edge; just with the appearance that I have money and authority, I’ve taken control of the situation. They sit silently, waiting for my instructions.
              As we make our way to the hotel, I put one of my hands in each of their laps, unzipping their jeans and reaching inside to free their cocks. Both of them let out a series of moans and hisses as I grab their shafts and begin to slowly move my hands up and down. They refuse to look at each other’s cock even though they are less than eighteen inches from one another, which gives me a great idea for the night. The guy on the right, who I decide to call J1, finally gets the nerve up to place his hand high up on my thigh just before we reach our destination.
              I release them as we pull up in the valet drive. “Make yourselves presentable until we get in the room,” I instruct. They quickly tuck themselves back in their pants and zip up. I grab my fun bag from under the seat as we exit the car. I lead them through the lobby without stopping at the front desk, straight into the elevator and to the suite that I keep a key to. What can I say? Money is powerful.
              Ushering the guys into the room, I waste no time to get to business. “Strip and get on the bed,” I order them as I place the bag and my purse on the table and slip off my shoes.
              One of the J’s decides he’s going to test my authority. “Why do you get to make all the rules?”
              Without turning around, I pull my sweater over my head and unzip my skirt, allowing it to pool at my feet. I bend over to slightly to step out of my skirt and give them a nice view of my exposed, bald pussy before standing back upright. My back still turned to them, I say calmly, “If you want a piece of this sweet ass, you will strip, get on the bed, and not question me again. If you aren’t interested, you can leave now; my driver is waiting outside the door and can take you back to the bar. The choice is yours.” I hear the swishing of fabric followed by the slight creaking of the mattress. Game over… I win again.

Reviews

Selene's Review 


3 Smooches

And every since that day, the day the sun went down in my life, my soul has been a dark, dark place.  - Kat

When the Sun Goes Down follows the lives of two very different women - Trina and Kat.  One is a quiet, keep-to-herself school teacher who avoids relationships at all costs ... not just romantic relationships, friendships as well.  She guards her secrets well.  Trina is a woman hell bent on revenge.  Until she can avenge her mother's murderer, she gets her kicks luring men to hotels and humiliating them in different ways.

Kat has a complicated relationship with Leo, a close, lifelong friend who also happens to be the hired help. Leo is my FAVORITE part of this book.  *swoon*  Leo is a giver and he has always been there for Kat.
"Don't ever worry about me.  I love you in a way that I can't explain, but I've know for a long time that I'm not the one for you .... Just think of me as your nightlight until the day comes when the sun rises again in that fragile little heart of yours." - Leo
As much as Trina tries to avoid men, a fellow teacher, Lucca, is persistent and works his way into her life.  I liked Lucca too .... but he's no Leo.  

What happens when Trina's and Kat's worlds collide?

I applaud Erin for stepping out of her comfort zone and tackling something grittier.  When the Sun Goes Down is so different than the Book Boyfriend series .... I don't quite think she nailed it ... the plot was predictable and some aspects of the story were a bit cliche ... Leo alone, however, kept me in the game.  Here's hoping his book is next!!!


Heather's Review
3 Smooches

When the Sun Goes Down


When the Sun Goes Down is VERY different from Erin Noelle’s book boyfriends series.  It is also very hard to review without giving away the plot twists.  But, I shall do my best.

Katrina has two different personalities.  She is Trina the school teacher by day and Kat the seductress by night.  For years she has kept the two separate… until she met Lucca and suddenly those two worlds come crashing together.

Katrina’s past is tragic and she balances herself with these two identities.  Kat is hell bent on revenge against the person who wronged her all those years ago.  The revenge is the part that really threw me with this book.  It is one of those punishment in no way fits the crime type deals and I just can’t come to grips with it.  I can’t say what the revenge is without spoiling the book but let’s just say she has “practiced” it for two years and it is just weird.

The two men in Kat-Trina’s lives, I both loved and hated.  First there is Leo… who lived through the tragedy with her.  He is her driver and her best friend.  He understands her better than anyone else… and loves her beyond reason.  It both endeared him to me that he cared so much for this girl and unnerved me that he allowed her to use him and supported the crazy scheme this girl was cooking up.  Then we have Lucca, who she never means to fall in love with, but does.  It is total insta-love and once again the fact that he accepts the majority of what she is doing bc he has to be with her just really doesn’t sit well with me.  Of course she breaks the heart of one and it is the one I liked the best! HAH!

When the Sun Goes Down is definitely original and if you don’t mind insta-love and very unstable characters(I am a sucker for the crazies!) then you definitely should give this book a shot.  If you are looking for something sweet and sensible then this is not your book.  It is definitely a book that will appeal to some while turning others completely off.  I am somewhere in-between.  3-smooches!
 
 









Playlist:







When the Sun Goes Down Playlist

Mysterious Ways ~ U2
The Only Time ~ Nine Inch Nails
In the Fade ~ Queens of the Stone Age
Destrokk ~ MGMT
My Same ~ Adele
Ain’t No Sunshine ~ Bill Withers
Addicted to Love ~ Skylar Grey
Sail ~ AWOLNATION
Can’t Get You off My Mind ~ Lenny Kravitz
Better Living Through Chemistry ~ Queens of the Stone Age
Head Full of Doubt/ Road Full of Promise ~ The Avett Brothers
Been Caught Stealing ~ Jane’s Addiction
Calm Like a Bomb ~ Rage Against the Machine
S&M ~ Rihanna
Glad You Came ~ The Wanted
November Rain ~ Guns & Roses
The Woman in You ~ Ben Harper
Never Say Never ~ The Fray
Chances ~ Five for Fighting
Secret ~ Maroon 5
Fix You ~ Coldplay
Enjoy the Silence ~ Breaking Benjamin
Breathe Me ~ Sia
Goodbye My Lover ~ James Blunt
Bleeding Out ~ Imagine Dragons
Dreaming with a Broken Heart ~ John Mayer
Soldier ~ Gavin DeGraw
Patient Love ~ Passenger
Secrets ~ One Republic
My Body is a Cage ~ Arcade Fire
Arms ~ Christina Perri
All These Things That I’ve Done ~ The Killers
River of Deceit ~ Mad Season
Happy ~ Pharell Williams
Fireflies ~ Ron Pope
You Found Me ~The Fray
Kiss Me ~Ed Sheeran
Never Stop ~ SafetySuit
Time of Our Lives ~ Tyrone Wells
Forever and Always ~ Parachute
























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Erin Noelle is a Texas native, where she lives with her husband and two young daughters. While earning her degree in History, she rediscovered her love for reading that was first instilled by her grandmother when she was a young child. A lover of happily-ever-afters, both historical and current, Erin is an avid reader of all romance novels. In 2013, she published the Book Boyfriend Series, which included books Metamorphosis, Ambrosia, and Euphoria. Her books have been a part of the USA Today Bestselling list and/ or the Amazon and Barnes & Noble overall Top 100.    You can follow her on Facebook @ www.facebook.com/erin.noelle.98, her blog @ www.erinnoelleauthor.com, and on Twitter @authorenoelle.






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