A Graceful Mess
Author: Nacole Stayton
Genre: Contemporary Romance/Erotica
Publication date: August 27, 2013
Hosted by: Literati Author Services
Hiding behind the anguish from my
past, my coyness seeps off of me like an aroma. I have felt like a stranger in
my own skin, trying to claw my way out for far too long, allowing very few
people to see past my façade…until my eyes met with his. I felt a sudden rush
of energy all the way to my core. It jolted me in ways I never thought
possible.
Never in a million years would I have expected to be in the mess I am today. It all leads back to the night Parker Porter turned my world upside down. The night his hazel eyes undressed me, peeling away the layers of the woman I tried so hard to be. He awoke desires that burned deep within me and changed me in one quick glance, leaving me vulnerable and exposed, picking up the shattered pieces of my carefully constructed life…a life I should not be living…a life I was not born into, but placed into by the state of Maine.
Parker opened a door that I am far from closing until I have answers and am able to face the life I was destined to live. I just have to decide if his love is worth the mess.
“They say be careful of the quiet ones.” –Grace
Warning: This book is intended for readers 18+ due to explicit language and sexual encounters.
Never in a million years would I have expected to be in the mess I am today. It all leads back to the night Parker Porter turned my world upside down. The night his hazel eyes undressed me, peeling away the layers of the woman I tried so hard to be. He awoke desires that burned deep within me and changed me in one quick glance, leaving me vulnerable and exposed, picking up the shattered pieces of my carefully constructed life…a life I should not be living…a life I was not born into, but placed into by the state of Maine.
Parker opened a door that I am far from closing until I have answers and am able to face the life I was destined to live. I just have to decide if his love is worth the mess.
“They say be careful of the quiet ones.” –Grace
Warning: This book is intended for readers 18+ due to explicit language and sexual encounters.
I rated Nacole Stayton’s A Graceful Mess three and a half wonderful leaves. Let me start off
by saying that this book was nothing like I expected it to be. However, it was
very riveting from the moment I started. Talk about unputdownable. I wasn’t
expecting there to be a dark past in the storyline. I loved the hint of
suspense that it brought to the plot. I loved Parker, he was sexy, protective,
dominant, and intense. I am still up in the air about the protagonist, Grace.
She was strong, exceptionally strong given what you find out about her messed
up past towards the middle of the book. But, she just wasn’t the strong, feisty
girl I look for it most protagonists. I’ll give her credit though, because she
grew confident and sexy around Parker. The two of them together is explosive.
They have a strong magnetic pull that I found doubtful at times, but, hey it
makes for a great story. It all happened a bit fast if you ask me, but when you
know you know right? Besides, they make it well worth it for us readers.
The prologue is a scene of a little girl at an
adoption shelter who is holding her stuffed bunny and is deathly afraid of the
storm. We also know that her best friend is Brody and he is leaving to be
adopted. Fast forward in the next chapter and Grace is graduating college with
her best friend, Maci. Grace is not too excited because now she is heading to
law school and also because she is broken and depressed on the inside. Why? We
don’t know yet, but it has to do with an ex. Maci is our standard best friend
who brings Grace out in an attempt to make her more normal. I think I would
have hated A Graceful Mess if it
didn’t switch POVs between Grace and Parker. I loved getting into Parker’s
head. He is being groomed to handle the family business which is private
investigation. The first project his father entrusts to him is to watch Grace,
whom he immediately falls in love with after one picture. He doesn’t fully know
it yet, but he is completely captivated by her. The legislator that has hired
them to watch is her biological father but she was given up for adoption.
Parker’s part of the story is fairly predictable. He has to watch her, he can’t
stay away, they fall in love, but, oh wait, he’s keeping it a secret that he
was hired to follow her. All the twists come from Grace’s past, but even they
can be predictable. And that’s only if you can calm yourself down from the
steamy scenes in this book. Damn, Parker is dirty in bed. And Grace’s shy
façade lasts for maybe half a night with him. She matches him in and out of the
bedroom.
All in all, I found this to be a pleasant, quick
read. A Graceful Mess was a perfect
way to wind down by the pool. Actually, maybe not given all the hot scenes and
the adrenaline-inducing plot twists. But, anyway, it was a wonderful book from
an author I have never read before and I look forward to seeing what she comes
out with next. A book about her best friend Maci maybe?
Christian “Nacole” Stayton is twenty-something years young
and currently resides in the Bluegrass state. She spends her days working at a
local hospital in the billing department and nights writing vigorously on her
current novel. She has a passion for helping others and wears her University of
Kentucky gear proudly. While her husband loves all things outdoors, Nacole
enjoys the finer things in life like getting pedicures while reading on her
Kindle Fire. She is passionate about her faith, family and The Bachelor. Her
hair color changes with the seasons and she has a weakness for tattoos, iced
coffee, and happy endings.
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