Sunday, May 12, 2019

ELI'S TRIUMPH ~ JOANNA WYLDE --> EXCERPT



 

From New York Times Bestselling author Joanna Wylde comes ELI’S TRIUMPH, a new novella in her Reapers MC series, brought to you by 1,001 Dark Nights! Be sure to grab your copy today!

 


About ELI’S TRIUMPH:

From New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Joanna Wylde comes a new story in her Reapers MC series…

Peaches Taylor spent the last seven years slinging drinks and dodging drunks at the Starkwood Saloon. Some might call it a dead end job, but to her it was an investment—another six months, and she’d have enough money to buy the place.

Life would've been perfect if Eli hadn’t come home.

Eli King is ready to settle down. He stood by his brothers when they needed him, paying the price for their freedom with his own. Now it’s time to claim his reward—the Starkwood Saloon. He’s got the cash to buy the bar, the skills to run it, and just one person standing between him and his dream: Peaches Taylor.

She’s been driving him crazy since they were kids, and not in the good way. When she was six, she shoved a spider down his pants. When he was ten, he locked her in a closet overnight. Then she hot-wired his car at seventeen, and things got ugly…

They’re adults now, and the Starkwood isn’t a toy to fight over—it’s the hill they’ll die on. No prisoners. No compromises. No mercy.


Excerpt:

“Kinda desperate, coming here on your night off,” Eli said as I walked up to the bar. “Usually, girls just text me when they want a booty call.” His lips quirked up in a smirk.

“Go to hell,” I replied absently. Where was Gus? The place was mostly empty, just a few of the Reapers hanging out in one of the corner booths. Megan was wiping down tables, and Eli was the only one behind the bar. I frowned, boosting myself up onto one of the bar stools. “Oh, and can I have a rum and Coke?”

Eli leaned forward on his

elbows. “Too late. I already did last call for the night.”

“It’s hardly past eleven,” I said, surprised.

“Slow night.” He shrugged. “Decided to close early.”

“I’ve been trying to convince Gus that we should close earlier when it’s like this for the last three years.”

Eli’s mouth quirked up, radiating smugness.

“Gus isn’t in charge anymore.”

My stomach dropped. “Does that mean you signed the papers today? I thought they weren’t ready yet.”

Eli raised an eyebrow, but he didn’t give me a direct answer. Instead, he grabbed a couple of shot glasses and set them out between us. Then he grabbed a bottle of Crown Royal from the shelf behind the bar.

“Eli, did you sign the papers?” I asked again, feeling nervous. He filled the shot glasses. This was starting to look like a celebration, which didn’t make sense.

They weren’t supposed to finalize things until next week.

“Got them today,” he said, and I heard the triumph in his voice. That fucking bastard… It wasn’t enough for him to take the bar from me. Nope. Now, he wanted me to celebrate with him. This was about him winning. Again. “Already looked everything over. We’ll sign them tomorrow morning at the title company. Grab your drink, Peaches. It’s time for us to make a new start.”

Eli caught my eye, raising his glass in a toast.

I briefly considered throwing the shot in his face because I’d be damned if I would concede defeat. If the papers hadn’t been signed yet, I still had a chance to make my offer. Eli didn’t need to know that, though. So, I gave him a strained smile and forced myself to give his glass a token tap. Together, we downed the shots.

He reached for the bottle and started pouring again.

“Are you trying to get me drunk?” I asked, wondering if he had a deeper game. “Because I stole bottles of this shit all the time in high school. It’ll take more than two shots.”

“Not true,” he said. “You always went for the crappy vodka. Easier to water down. Cover the crime.”

He had me. I’d totally done that.




Peaches Taylor and Eli King are going to war.

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Joanna Wylde’s ELI’S TRIUMPH – Review & Excerpt Tour Schedule:

May 8th

Book Addict Reviews – Review

Book Loving Pixies – Review & Excerpt

Cup of Tea Book Blog – Excerpt

Ga Books LoverX – Review

Reading Is My Bliss – Review

Red Hot + Blue Reads – Review & Excerpt

Shelleen's Musings – Review & Excerpt

Smut Book Junkie Reviews – Review & Excerpt

The bookworms obsession – Review

May 9th

Bingeworthy Book Blog – Review & Excerpt

Books & Spoons – Excerpt

Deluged with Books Cafe – Review & Excerpt

Friends Till The End Book Blog – Excerpt

Literary Misfit – Review & Excerpt

MrsLeif's Two Fangs About It – Review

Reviews by Tammy and Kim (Rachel and Jay) – Review & Excerpt

Somewhere Lost in Books – Review

Wicked Babes Blog Reviews – Review & Excerpt

May 10th

Always a happy ever after – Review

An Asian Chick & Her Cat Walk into a Book Blog – Review & Excerpt

Bad boys and bedtime stories book blog – Review

BBKA – Review & Excerpt

Cinta's Corner – Excerpt

Dog-Eared Daydreams –Review

Edgy Reviews – Review & Excerpt

Kris & Vik Book Therapy Cafe – Review & Excerpt

Sip Read Love – Review

Stephanie's Book Reports – Review & Excerpt

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Angela's Opinion – Review & Excerpt

Another Book Hangover – Excerpt

Books 2 Blog – Review

Brittany's Book Blog – Excerpt

Cat's Guilty Pleasure – Review

Coffee Books Life – Review & Excerpt

Dreamer's Book Blog – Review & Excerpt

Nerdy Dirty & Flirty – Review & Excerpt

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A Book Nerd, a Bookseller and a Bibliophile – Review & Excerpt

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Obsessive Reading Disorder – Review

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A Hopeless Romantic’s Booklandia – Review & Excerpt

Between the Screens – Review & Excerpt

Book Lovers Hangout – Review & Excerpt

I'm A Sweet And Sassy Book Whore – Review

MI Bookshelf – Review & Excerpt

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All Things Dark & Dirty – Excerpt

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Jen's Reading Obsession – Excerpt

Queenzany & Audio Loves – Review & Excerpt

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Family, Books and Food – Excerpt

Les chroniques aléatoires – Review

MJ's Book Blog and Reviews – Review & Excerpt

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Wrapped Up In Reading – Review & Excerpt

 



 

 

About Joanna Wylde:

Joanna Wylde started her writing career in journalism, working in two daily newspapers as both a reporter and editor. Her career has included many different jobs, from managing a homeless shelter to running her own freelance writing business, where she took on projects ranging from fundraising to ghostwriting for academics. During 2012 she got her first Kindle reader as a gift and discovered the indie writing revolution taking place online. Not long afterward she started cutting back her client list to work on Reaper’s Property, her breakout book. It was published in January 2013, marking the beginning of a new career writing fiction.

Joanna lives in the mountains of northern Idaho with her family.

 

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