A One-Click Addict's Book Blog: Instant Connection by SL Marshall Blog Tour

Monday, September 8, 2014

Instant Connection by SL Marshall Blog Tour

WARNING TO READERS: If you like your men tall, chiseled with a penchant for dirty talk, and an English accent then this book is for you! This book contains sexy adult situations and some arousing language. May not be appropriate for younger readers.

Lorelei Prince is self professed Anglophile with a love for all things English, Star Wars and The Walking Dead. During the day she runs a successful veterinarian practice in an up-market neighborhood of San Francisco, minding her own business, trying to get on with her life. She'd given up on love a long time ago. As she waits for her morning train like any other day, she almost falls in front of a speeding train. Just in time, Holden McCaffrey heroically pulls her out of its way and saves her life—in more ways than one. Holden moved to the US from England when he was a kid, but he’s managed to keep his hot English accent. He spends his days at a job he doesn’t love, but it pays the bills. Holden believes his real passion is photography—until he meets Lorelei. Holden’s stunning combination of his smile, intelligence, charm and accent often gives women pause. Lorelei and Holden can’t stop thinking about each other, and they begin a relationship with roots in social media but blossoms into something much more. Holden’s floppy hair, enchanting green eyes and love of all things Star Wars has Lorelei bewitched. She finally feels the connection she’s waited for her entire life. Lorelei’s insecurities and secrets might catch up with her, but she’s decided she’s going to let Holden into her life, if only briefly. The hard part will be not letting him into her heart and denying their instant connection. Their brief whirlwind relationship takes them to the other side of the world. Their affair is perfect, as Holden pushes Lorelei to open up sexually and try to find herself. Unfortunately Lorelei knows their relationship will have to end. What happens next will test their unconventional love and their future together. For better or worse, Lorelei and Holden’s life will be changed forever.

Erica's Review

You know that immediate connection when you touch someone, that come to Jesus moment when you just know there's something about the other person? That's what the Instant Connection here is.

Lorelei is ten years older than Holden an thinks it could never work.

He proves her wrong in the end, and even though she's hiding a secret from him, a huge secret, he still stands by her being more of a man than she ever thought a 26yr old could be.

I loved the nerd aspect, the fact that they were into so many of the same classic things.

I adored Holden being a Brit and could hear his voice.

What keeps this one from being a five star read for me:

First the length, I don't mind a long book but the story was too slow at times, I believe it could have been told just as easily in 200 pages and without leaving out anything important to the story

Emotion. I need to really feel for the characters to give five stars an while it was a good book, it lacked in the emotion department for me, Holden was brokenhearted and Lorelei was a stone cold witch for awhile. There just wasn't enough detail on the emotional side, it could have used a bit more heart.

I do look forward to the next book in the series so we can see where their relationship goes, this one gets 4 stars.

SL passion for reading started as child with the Little House on the Praire books and her issue of Dynamite magazine.

Growing up on a farm and a lot of time on her hands she cultivated a love for love stories through reading and watching television. Many of her earliest memories involve watching the Brady Bunch on a Friday night, getting to stay up late to watch the Thorn Birds and enjoying Mash on a Monday night. Currently her favorite shows include Hell on Wheels, the Newsroom, Parenthood, Breaking Bad, Downton Abbey, Sherlock, Doctor Who, EastEnders, Coronation Street and loads more. She’s been known to watch a reality show or two including Project Runway, the Voice and anything on HGTV. Her bucket list includes going to Australia, South Africa, being an extra on EastEnders and to finish my screenplay. Her TV and movie husbands: James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Johnny Depp, Keith Richards, Jake Gyllenhayl, Ewan McGregor, Gerard Butler, Javier Samuel, Alan Carr, David Tennant, Adam Levine, David Gandy, Anson Mount and Jay Ryan, List of her book boyfriends: Gideon Cross, Kellen Kallen, Travis Maddox, Dante Hart, all the boys in the Petal books. Adding new boyfriends daily. She always wanted to live in Stars Hallow and hang out at Luke’s diner.