Thursday 23 March 2017

Lost Together by Lydia Michaels & Allyson Young #DOS #bookreview #excerpt #trailer @Lydia_Michaels @AllysonYoung45

 Lost together

(#DOS Part Two)

Release Date: March 21, 2017

The second novel in the emotionally compelling trilogy, Degrees of Separation—three lost souls determined to find balance again…

December has vanished. Rejected by her troubled husband, Austin, and pushed, at his insistence, into the arms of his best friend, Cord, she’s uncertain what the future holds. She loves her husband, regardless of his addiction, but she also loves his best friend. At odds with everything she believed to be her traditional reality, she flees the only home she’s ever known.

Heartbroken, Cord does the right thing and confronts his reluctant betrayal of Austin after losing the woman they both love. He takes charge, dragging Austin back from the edge of oblivion, only to find himself plunged deeper into a life of heartache.

On a path to redemption, Austin must not only confront personal truths, but consider the sacrifices necessary to save his marriage and his friendship with Cord.
An unexpected reunion and exposed secrets will either derail or establish their future as one.

WARNING: This book contains subject matter suitable for mature reading audiences. Some content may be offensive to sensitive readers. Degrees of Separation is a MMF ménage trilogy with many emotionally graphic encounters and challenging situations that break the rules of traditional romance.

EXCERPT

The second she was gone the asshole in the room spoke up. “You’re wasting your time fighting it.”
His fork clattered to his plate. “What the fuck is wrong with you? Stop shoving me at your wife!”
Austin stared past Cord, his face filling with concern.
Shit. Ember stood in the doorway, eyes wide, frozen in place, clutching a white frosted cake heaped with strawberries.
Goddamn Austin and his stupid ideas. “Ember—”
“I…I forgot the knife.” She quickly placed the dishes on the table, her steps faltering, and fled to the kitchen.
“Great,” Cord snapped, bunching up his napkin and tossing it on the table. “Enjoy your fucking cake. I’m out of here.”
Austin opened his big mouth, but Cord was done talking to him. Reasoning with Austin was like trying to discuss physics with a chimp. “Shut it, Austin.”
He detoured to the kitchen, unable to take his rage out on her. “Ember, I didn’t mean—”
“It’s okay.” Her fingers twisted into a dishcloth and then she dashed away a tear.
Fuck. Tears. Not tears! His concern shifted into panic. “It’s not okay. I don’t know what Austin told you—”
“I know what he’s up to. I told him not to do this.”
She fucking knew her husband was messing with him? It didn’t make any sense. “Why is he doing this?”
Now she shrugged. “He’s Austin. Once he gets something in his head…”
Cord rubbed his palm over his face and squeezed. “What does he expect to gain from this? He’s just making an uncomfortable situation worse.”
“He’s trying to fix it. He doesn’t understand, because he wasn’t there. He thinks if we put everything out in the open the guilt will go away. He thinks it’s best to deal with it.”
“Deal with it how?” He wasn’t a fucking puppet Austin could place in whatever position he wanted.
“I don’t know. I barely understand what I’m feeling right now. I can’t pretend to understand what he’s going through. Or you, for that matter.”
All thoughts of her husband vanished as he focused on the ‘f’ word, for his sins. “What are you feeling?”
Her face tightened and her hand pressed into her chest, her eyes betraying her show of bravado. “Here. It hurts. I don’t know how to make it stop, Cord.”
“Hurts how?” He took a slow step closer, keeping his voice low.
Eyes pleading, she looked up at him, her mouth tight with worry. “When I’m near you, my heart beats so fast I’m afraid it’ll explode. But I know I can’t… I can’t express what’s inside of me. Then this unbearable ache takes hold. It just…hurts.”

AUTHOR BIOS

Lydia Michaels

Lydia Michaels is the award winning author of 30 romance novels. Her novels from the darkly compelling Surrender Trilogy were iBooks Bestsellers and her work has been featured in USA Today. In 2015 she was the winner of The Best of Bucks Award and she has been nominated as Best Author in the Happenings Magazine two years running [2015 & 2016]. She is a four time nominee for the prestigious RONE Award. Her books are intellectual, emotional, haunting, always centered around love.

Allyson Young

Allyson lives in cottage country, Manitoba, Canada with her husband of many years and numerous pets. She has written for many years and after reading an erotic romance, quite by mistake, decided to try her hand at penning one. She has now published three series and several stand alones in contemporary, sci fi, fantasy and suspense genres. Allyson will write until whatever is inside is satisfied, until the heroes man up and the heroines get what they deserves. Love isn’t always sweet, and Allyson favours the darker side of romance.

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Source: eARC for Honest Review Courtesy of Authors
Genre: MMF Menage Romance
Part 2 of 3


My Lost Together Review . . . 

Lost Together is part 2 in a trilogy and it needs to be read in order to truly be one with the story.  In Forfeit we fall in love with Ember and Austin then all of a sudden Austin loses his job and his wits.  Which causes him to hit the bottle hard and then everything turns to crap.  Causing Ember to have to turn to Cord financially and emotionally.  In a drunken bender Austin pushes Ember and Cord together but was it the right choice?

 ~ It wasn't his to read, but they were all in this together.  Lost together.~

We start Lost Together right where we left off in Forfeit with Ember leaving after Austin forces her and Cord to be together.   With Ember gone, Cord heads to confront Austin, but he finds his friend at rock bottom instead.  Cord the loyal best friend takes care of Austin when he needs it but that doesn't mean he has gotten over his feelings for Ember.

Cord pushes Austin to get help and while Austin goes through the stages of AA he has to confront his faults and demons.  Coming to terms with his bad choices he convinces Ember to come home.  But all is not easy after the consequences of throwing Cord and Ember together.

"Because you're afraid you'll hurt me or because you're afraid you might admit something you don't want to face?"
"Because . . . I don't want to hurt anyone, not you, Cord, or me."

 Austin has come a long way in his recovery, and now he's finally seeing things properly.  But how does Cord fit into his new thought processing.  Now that Ember has had Cord, she too is fighting her feelings and just wants to be happy.  But can you be happy when you love two men?

~Lost together, they'd come undone.  All he'd forfeited was suddenly found.~ 
I've never had to battle addictions but I did feel Lydia and Allyson portrayed this struggle well.  As well as Cord's inner emotions that he has buried deep within his psyche.   This book feels like the bridge book getting us to the heart of the matter, which will happen in Atonement.  This is where all three will finally face their fears and explore the potential of the triad.

4 The heat is rising thumbs up!

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Lauren












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