GENEVIEVE CLARE - THE MORBID AND SULTRY TALES by J.B. Hartnett
Genevieve Clare has had
her share of loss. It's through her grief that she begins a new
business as a professional mourner. This becomes her coping mechanism,
but closes herself off from developing long term relationships.Her childhood crush has had his own experience with loss and grief. Now, he endeavors to convince her, love is worth the risk, even if death is the eventuality for all of us.
What
can I say? This book was nothing like I thought it would be...it was so
much MORE than what I thought it would be! It's quirky, fun, sexy and
unique. It is set apart from the rest of books that are out right now.
If you are looking for a book that will get you over of the little hump
you may be in...then Genevieve just may be the girl to help you out.
Genevieve
loses her parents and grandmother in a horrible car crash but the thing
that upsets her the most is that she is it...there are no cousins or
aunts or siblings to be by her side. But when her life long friend Ahren
shows up, after being gone from her life the last 4 years, and helps
take care of her through her mourning. She decides that she needs to do
the same for others. Help them through their grief, or be the mourner
for them at their funerals when they have no one else. Ahren also
realizes that Genevieve has always been the love of his life.
I
can't really say too much more without giving away major plots lines
and telling you the story, but know that it's a thrilling ride and your
heart will break and sore from the love between Ahren and Gen.
The lives that Genevieve touches makes you laugh and cry and Ahren...oh my Ahren!!!
Buy the book. Take a journey. You'll be happy you did.
I approached Bryce Oskin, with caution, and when I reached
his side, he demanded, “Who the fuck are you?”
Charm and disarm. Charm and disarm.
“I’m Genevieve Clare, Mr. Oskin,” I said with a grin. “I
believe you hired me to come to your funeral? Mind if I join you?” I brought my
own bag of goodies and opened a white baker’s box from Brewster’s.
“You some kind of spooky chick?” he asked, his eyes
squinting as he studied me.
If I didn’t know any better, I’d think he was… sweet on me
already. “Kinda, yeah. If by spooky you mean I get paid to go to funerals, give
people a nudge, and check for a heartbeat. Oh, and I live at Eden Hills. Then
yeah, I’m spooky.” I grabbed a plastic fork and took a bite of amazing cake. It
was always amazing, but today it seemed more amazing than usual.
“There,” I nodded toward the folder I’d set down on a
little table to his side. “I just need you to sign on the dotted line. And the
bag there is from Ruby. But I’m taking over the goody-bag duties, so tell me
what you like and I’ll get it for you.” I licked my lips and did it seductively
because I knew this was a man who appreciated a woman. Also known as a dirty
old man. “Want a bite?”
“You gonna tell that Nazi Nurse Ratchet on me?” He jerked
his head toward Cheryl.
“Are you gonna drop dead from half a slice of cake?” I
countered.
“Nope.”
“Then I think this is the start of a beautiful friendship,
Mr. Oskin. I visit once a week, unless I have a funeral, usually on Tuesday or
Wednesday. I always bring cake for my clients. If there’s something you don’t
like, just tell me. But I usually bring a selection.”
“You do this every week?” he asked, disbelief in his
voice.
“What do you mean?”
“You eat like that every week? When you see other
clients?” His eyes slid up and down the length of my body.
“I have a high metabolism.” I smiled. It really was a
miracle I wasn’t as big as a house. But my sweet tooth was limited to sharing
with clients. I had to give myself some sort of boundaries.
He grabbed the plastic fork I’d handed him and stabbed the
slice of Meyer lemon cake with vanilla bean cream cheese frosting. His eyes
closed, and when they opened, he said, “God bless you.” After a few more bites,
he asked, “So, you’re gonna open up my box and poke me before they burn me,
right?”
“Yes, sir, I’ll make sure you’re good and dead.”
“Spooky chick.” His tone was gruff, but his lip tipped up
in the corner.
I saw it with pride. Disarmament, accomplished.
Bryce Oskin had ordered the Shake N Bake. I had permission
from most of the mortuaries and crematories to open the casket and check the
body. I mean, you could just tell when someone was dead. By the time I had my
turn with the deceased, they were most likely already embalmed. But some of
them chose not to be, or if they were, they hired me to come to their place of
death and make damn sure there was no chance in hell they were coming back to
life.
A while back, there was a highly publicized case in
Southern California. A woman had been pronounced dead and taken to the hospital
morgue. But when they opened the fridge for her to be transported to the
funeral home, they saw obvious signs of a struggle. She’d been put in there
alive.
Yikes.
I’d never been afraid of death, and, after my family died
and the man I loved almost had, I embraced death in my own strange way. I made
it my life’s work, I guess. While it took a lot to creep me out, that story
gave me the heebie-jeebies something fierce. It was all over the news. Every
staff member from the hospital to the morgue was investigated then sued or
fired or both. And, of course, old people sitting in the common room of a rest
home from the wee a.m. hours to beddy-bye time, saw that story six times in one
day, minimum. I ended up receiving so many requests to make sure they weren’t
breathing, I added the Shake N Bake to my website.
Julie
is a Southern California native, a fan of a really good story (preferably
romance with a happily ever after), really good pie (preferably pumpkin) and
copious amounts of coffee (preferably Folgers).
She
has always enjoyed writing and at one time thought she could be a singer
songwriter...the 'writer' part is the one that stuck.
Julie
is obsessed with pi...the equation(and the food). She's allergic to cats and
cantaloupe and hates mushrooms...so if you ever want to give her a gift, those
are out for sure.She currently lives with her own romance hero husband and two
boys in Melbourne, Australia.
Rock The Heart (Black Falcon #1)
Rock The Band (Black Falcon #1.5)
Rock My
Bed (Black Falcon #2)
Rock My
World (Black Falcon #2.5)
Rock The Beat (Black Falcon #3)
Rock My
Body (Black Falcon #4)
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THE BLACK FALCONS
Noel, Riff, Tripp and Tyke - the Men of The Black Falcons. Sexy, smokin' hot and each on their own pursuit to hold on to the girl who rocks his world. Four full length novels with a few novellas thrown in between. Rock romance at it's best!
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For the last
four years, good girl Lane has regretted breaking up with Noel Falcon. She
thought she was sensible when she told him his dreams of being a rock star
would get him nowhere, but now that he's a rock god and her career is stagnant,
she realizes just how wrong she was. When Noel hires the marketing company
where Lane is an intern, she’s forced to see him again. If she wants to land
her dream job as executive within the company, she has to win him over and
secure his account. Too bad Noel is still pissed at her for breaking his heart.
When Lane’s
company flies her to a Black Falcon concert to gain Noel’s attention, emotions
run high the moment she sees him and realizes she’s far from over him. But
Noel’s countless trysts with groupies and his cocky attitude make Lane believe
he isn’t the same guy she once loved—now he seems to only want her body. Then
after Lane discloses she needs him to procure a job, Noel proves he’s a changed
man by forcing her to go on the road with him in order to get it.
After Lane
reluctantly takes Noel up on his offer, she becomes willing to do whatever it
takes to keep him satisfied, even if it means succumbing to his seductive ways.
Lane soon finds deception is a dangerous game and she’s not the only one playing.
Rock The Band (Black Falcon #1.5)
After Noel
Falcon professed his love to the one girl who truly holds his heart in the palm
of her hand, he decides to try his damndest to keep Lane Vance in his life
forever this time. There’s no way he’ll let her slip through his fingers again
without a fight.
The instant
they are together Noel begins to plot a way to ask his headstrong lady-love to
be his wife, but every attempt to pop the question is foiled by a string of
mishaps that prevents him from the perfect moment to get the job done before he
goes back on tour with Black Falcon.
Distance is a
bigger challenge than Noel expects, and the one-eyed beast of jealous raises
its ugly head when Lane takes on a job working on an ad campaign for Embrace
the Darkness. With Striker—a man that’s made it clear in the past he’s very
interested in more than her business sense—lurking around her constantly, Noel
wants to claim Lane now, more than ever.
ROCK THE BAND
is a 27,000 word novella from the Black Falcon Series--Following book one, ROCK
THE HEART.
Everything always seems to fall into place for twenty-four year-old
Aubrey Jenson, except for when it comes to her luck with men. Bad boys always
draw her in and crush her heart, and Black Falcon’s lead guitarist, Riff, is no
exception. After sharing a few wild nights together, she leaves him behind, knowing
a guy like Riff isn’t the relationship type, merely just a play thing. When she
returns to New York, she tries to get the passion she felt in Riff’s arms out
of her head by dating Isaac, a successful representative at Center Stage
Marketing.
Just when she thinks she’s forgotten Riff, she’s forced to see him again when her best friend, Lanie, ropes her into being a bridesmaid for her upcoming wedding to Black Falcon front man, Noel. Sparks fly instantly between Aubrey and Riff when they’re forced to reunite, and suddenly she finds herself caught between the man that’s good for her and the one who completely rocks her in every way.
Just when she thinks she’s forgotten Riff, she’s forced to see him again when her best friend, Lanie, ropes her into being a bridesmaid for her upcoming wedding to Black Falcon front man, Noel. Sparks fly instantly between Aubrey and Riff when they’re forced to reunite, and suddenly she finds herself caught between the man that’s good for her and the one who completely rocks her in every way.
**New Adult Romance--Book 2 in the Black
Falcon series. This book can be read as a stand-alone.**
Rock My
World (Black Falcon #2.5)
*A Novella in
the New York Times and USA Today best-selling Black Falcon series*
After Aubrey
Jenson is wrongly dismissed from her job at Center Stage Marketing, she seeks
legal advice from her father, The Judge, to see what grounds she has to get her
position reinstated. Her surprise visit to her family doesn’t go as smoothly as
she hopes when she brings home her new boyfriend, Zach, Black Falcon’s lead
guitarist. She soon discovers that father doesn’t always know best when it
comes to matters of the heart.
When Zach
meets Aubrey’s family, he’s immediately faced with his deepest fear: The love
he so desperately wants, he doesn’t deserve. The Judge makes no attempt to hide
his disdain for Zach, and will stop at nothing to keep him away from his
daughter. But an unexpected twist turns everyone’s plans upside down and no
one’s world will ever be the same.
Outside
forces attempting to pull them apart are strong and it’s going to take every
bit of Zach and Aubrey’s love for one another to withstand the fall-out. Soon,
they discover making love last is harder than finding it to begin with and
sometimes you pay the ultimate price for true love.
***Note from author: This 28,000 word
novella follows Riff and Aubrey's story from ROCK MY BED.***
Rock The Beat (Black Falcon #3)
Twenty-year-old
Holly Pearson never dreamed that while working at her father’s motocross track
she’d run into the walking, talking definition of trouble in a sexy, tattooed
package—Trip Douglas, the man sent to evaluate the track for a possible
investment opportunity. Holly makes no attempt to hide the fact she despises
Trip, but she learns to be civil toward him when he offers to help her land the
man of her dreams.
Trip needs a
break from the crazy rock-and-roll lifestyle he’s been living for the past few
years. With his Black Falcon band mates settling down with marriage and babies,
Trip peruses an investment opportunity in motocross, something he’s always been
passionate about. Hiding his celebrity status, Trip infiltrates the new
business posing as a dirt bike rider training for the X-Games. The only
obstacle is the owner’s daughter, Holly. She’s a real ball bustin' Ice Queen,
and she’ll do whatever it takes to make the deal fall through. Trip soon
discovers that winning over his new enemy is the key to gaining a partnership
in Mountain Time Speed Track.
Knowing he’s
the expert on getting laid, Trip ropes Holly into becoming his ally by helping
her score a date with the man she’s crushing on. The problem is, the more time
Trip and Holly spend together, the more they uncover the undeniable attraction
between them. Soon they both realize that even the best laid plans go to hell
when you find you’re falling in love with the enemy.
**Book THREE in the Black Falcon series.
Can also be read as a stand-alone novel.**
Tyke Douglas
is tired of being the glue that holds the hottest band in the world together.
If the rest of the guys are out doing their own thing, then why shouldn’t he?
He’s about to turn things up a notch and bring a whole new level of crazy into
Black Falcon’s world.
Francine Mead
is putting her sordid past behind and is determined to help others overcome
their demons along side her. The first step in her new life is taking a job as
an addiction counselor, where she can mentor others through their struggles.
Francine never expected to be lured back into temptation when her first sexy
celebrity client, Tyke Douglas walks through her door. The moment she lays eyes
on him, she’s in trouble.
Both Tyke and
Francine know a relationship between them would be a disaster, but with each
session, things continue to heat up, making it impossible to deny the
connection they share. Boundaries cross, attractions heighten and both of their
willpowers will be tested to the very limit.
Novel centers
around Tyke Douglas, bassist of Black Falcon, and is final book in the series.
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