Happy Release + 5 Star Review + Giveaway: Dare To Touch by Carly Phillips-Dare To Love Series- Book 5

Dare To Touch

Dare To Love Series- Book 5

By Carly Phillips

Synopsis

Olivia Dare, executive director of the Miami Thunder, and team travel director, Dylan Rhodes share more than just a passion for football–their chemistry is explosive and their feelings for each other are intense. But Olivia is wary of any man getting too close. Given her background – a near-bigamist dad and an ex-boyfriend who merely enforced her lack of priority in his life – Olivia fears being hurt again but she can’t resist embarking upon a passionate affair with Dylan, even as she holds part of herself back.

Dylan isn’t a man who does anything half way. Once he decides to pursue Olivia, he goes all in. When the Pro-Bowl takes them to the desert oasis of Arizona, Dylan is determined to make sure their time together isn’t all business. What happens while at the luxury resort is life altering but when Olivia admits her deepest pain, will Dylan be able to prove he’s a man with staying power? Or will Olivia be disappointed again, this time by the most important man in her life? (love story, contemporary romance, alpha heroes, beach reads, sports heroes, bad boys, billionaire)

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Excerpt

“Happy birthday, Olivia,” a familiar masculine voice drawled in her ear. She shivered at the sound, all her senses prickling with awareness as Dylan Rhodes’s warm breath heated her skin.

She turned to find him close. Too close, and her pulse picked up speed. Sexy chocolate-brown eyes gazed at her. And his close-cut goatee teased her with its nearness. In her dreams, that sexy goatee felt delicious against her bared flesh.

Jesus, Olivia, get a grip.

“Thanks for coming to the party.” Her voice came out too husky for her liking, but Dylan always had this kind of effect on her. He was the travel director with the Miami Thunder, her co-worker, and the man she’d lusted after from the day they’d met.

“I’m glad your sister invited me.”

She wished Avery hadn’t insisted on throwing her a party, but now that it was nearly over, Olivia had had a wonderful time and was grateful her mom and her siblings, half and full, cared enough to attend the event. Friends and co-workers too.

Especially Dylan.

He studied her beneath his hooded gaze. “I wouldn’t miss your celebration.” He tucked a wayward strand of hair behind her ear, his fingers trailing a path over her cheek in what was a deliberate, lingering touch.

She shivered; her traitorous nipples puckered at his light caress. This was more than the flirting dance they normally did. There was intent in his coffee-colored stare.

Tracey’s Review

Olivia Dare has baggage. With a father that had a whole secret life, and a college boyfriend that left her when she needed him most, Olivia’s experience with men has left her less-than-anxious to give love a chance. But when she’s around Dylan Rhodes, travel director for her family’s football team, Olivia has a hard time remembering why a relationship is a bad idea. Because Dylan wants Olivia, and he’s not about to take ‘No’ for an answer.

I am in love with the Dare To Love series by Carly Phillips. This collection of characters that share a family name, but who each have their own story to tell, keep getting better and better. Carly is a pro at writing characters that are working hard to overcome pasts that have left them less than perfect, to rise above their pasts to create the lives that they want and that they deserve. She writes an alpha male like nobody’s business, but ones that are still able to bend, to surrender parts of themselves to the women that they love. And women that emerge stronger with the love and support of men that want, not only to master them, but to help them find the best of themselves and live life on their own terms.

The story between Olivia and Dylan is, by turn, hot, sexy, sweet, and emotional. These are people that have not had an easy time of it, but that are willing to take the chance to let another person show them that they are not the sum of their pasts. I really enjoyed the progression of their relationship, and seeing how it freed them. As well, all of the ‘usual suspects,’ the rest of the Dare clan, plus the members of the Miami Thunder football team, make for an entertaining feel-good read that left me smiling and absolutely satisfied. Five stars for this one; grab it and enjoy.

About Carly Phillips:

New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Author Carly Phillips N.Y. Times and USA Today Bestselling Author Carly Phillips has written over 40 sexy contemporary romance novels that today’s readers identify with and enjoy. After a successful 15 year career with various New York publishing houses, Carly is making the leap to Indie author, with the goal of giving her readers more books at a faster pace at a better price. Her Serendipity books will still finish up in January/February 2014 via Berkley as planned. Carly lives in Purchase, NY with her family, two nearly adult daughters and two crazy dogs who star on her Facebook Fan Page and website. She’s a writer, a knitter of sorts, a wife, and a mom. In addition, she’s a Twitter and Internet junkie and is always around to interact with her readers. You can find all information about Carly at her website and other social media sites …