TITLE: Delusive
AUTHOR: Courtney Lane
GENRE: Romantic Suspense
RELEASE DATE: June 25, 2015
My name is Hanley Harper—for now—and I’m the anti-heroine of this story.
Revenge is my fuel; it energizes me when I'm running on empty.
Elias Cari is a tool for retribution and the beginning of the new start. Unbeknownst to him, there is more to me than I will ever show him. He will know exactly who I am when it’s too late—when I’m done with him.
I'm quickly closing in on the the perfect place to avenge the crimes committed against my family. The place where Elias is least likely to expect an enemy to be.
Beneath him.
A problem hits me unexpectedly.
Elias has become a welcome addiction, and I've become his obsession. He won't stop exerting control over me until I've become his exclusive possession.
How can so many things go wrong and feel so right?
My plan is damned…or is it?
Content contains violence, graphic sex, coarse language, and scenes that some readers may find objectionable. Reader discretion is advised.
Read in May, 2015
******Arc received in exchange for an honest review ********
OMFG this is seriously one fantastically great read, when I heard Courtney was bringing another book out, it was one that I had to get my hands on.
Hanley is a strong alpha female that has her own agenda that nothing with stray her from.
Elias is a strong alpha male that lets nothing get in their way.
Put both of them together and you get some sizzling sensual scenes.
I absolutely love the way Courtney write and each book I read by her,just gets better and better. This is a story with darkness, twists and turns where you wont know where it is heading.
This is a read where you will start and page one and will have to carry on reading right to the end.
I for one cannot wait to see what Courtney comes up with next, I will be impatiently waiting.
OMFG this is seriously one fantastically great read, when I heard Courtney was bringing another book out, it was one that I had to get my hands on.
Hanley is a strong alpha female that has her own agenda that nothing with stray her from.
Elias is a strong alpha male that lets nothing get in their way.
Put both of them together and you get some sizzling sensual scenes.
I absolutely love the way Courtney write and each book I read by her,just gets better and better. This is a story with darkness, twists and turns where you wont know where it is heading.
This is a read where you will start and page one and will have to carry on reading right to the end.
I for one cannot wait to see what Courtney comes up with next, I will be impatiently waiting.
~*~ Obsessed by Books copy given in exchange for an honest review ~*~
"You're like a self harming caged animal who is unable to survive in this world without the thing you think you hate most. The thing you think is toxic."
Elias is the addiction, the one more hit that Hanley just can't resist. Believing she can walk walk the fine line between need and want it's a game that she cannot win but how much is she willing to risk? Hanley is a woman with an agenda, a plan with an end goal in her sights. Everything managed and neatly pencilled in to the grand scheme of revenge. Set on a course of vengeance by her father for the wrongs committed against the ones she loves Hanley embodies the adage of a woman scorned. Personified wrath comes in a beautiful package swathed in determination to sacrafice anything to attain her ultimate end.
Elias the son and heir of a powerful family, owns the town and all that dwells within, his reach seemingly unending. He is an enigma, shrouded in power and hidden by his projected visage. Meeting Hanley throws a curve ball into his plans as she proved she is no easy conquest. Their relationship is a fast paced aggressive cat and mouse game of half veiled truths and hard fought battles. Neither one willing to drop their poker face and reveal the hand that fate has dealt them. Elias is the perfect mystery man with Hanley at his side this story has you questioning their reality and their motivations right to the climatic ending. Can they strip back the layers of hurt and pain to reveal the stark truth underneath? Can they triumph when so many plot against them, driven by power, greed and the need to be top dog?
Nothing is as it seems in this cleverly written tale of smoke and mirrors, it's a story that engages your brain as well as steaming up your kindle. There are no boundaries for a man such as Elias, no line he is fearful to cross. A self made man, Elias breaks all the rules and Hanley pushes herself to be his perfect match. Both strong and determined characters they often lose themselves in the pain if their own creation, too invovled in their own motives to reveal the truth to one another. This is a story of revenge, greed and the lengths people will go to just to win...and ultimately the cost of that selfishness. There is always a price to pay, before betting the players need to ensure they can afford the risk as the game often shifts when you least expect it!
A breathtaking 5 star read.
"You're like a self harming caged animal who is unable to survive in this world without the thing you think you hate most. The thing you think is toxic."
Elias is the addiction, the one more hit that Hanley just can't resist. Believing she can walk walk the fine line between need and want it's a game that she cannot win but how much is she willing to risk? Hanley is a woman with an agenda, a plan with an end goal in her sights. Everything managed and neatly pencilled in to the grand scheme of revenge. Set on a course of vengeance by her father for the wrongs committed against the ones she loves Hanley embodies the adage of a woman scorned. Personified wrath comes in a beautiful package swathed in determination to sacrafice anything to attain her ultimate end.
Elias the son and heir of a powerful family, owns the town and all that dwells within, his reach seemingly unending. He is an enigma, shrouded in power and hidden by his projected visage. Meeting Hanley throws a curve ball into his plans as she proved she is no easy conquest. Their relationship is a fast paced aggressive cat and mouse game of half veiled truths and hard fought battles. Neither one willing to drop their poker face and reveal the hand that fate has dealt them. Elias is the perfect mystery man with Hanley at his side this story has you questioning their reality and their motivations right to the climatic ending. Can they strip back the layers of hurt and pain to reveal the stark truth underneath? Can they triumph when so many plot against them, driven by power, greed and the need to be top dog?
Nothing is as it seems in this cleverly written tale of smoke and mirrors, it's a story that engages your brain as well as steaming up your kindle. There are no boundaries for a man such as Elias, no line he is fearful to cross. A self made man, Elias breaks all the rules and Hanley pushes herself to be his perfect match. Both strong and determined characters they often lose themselves in the pain if their own creation, too invovled in their own motives to reveal the truth to one another. This is a story of revenge, greed and the lengths people will go to just to win...and ultimately the cost of that selfishness. There is always a price to pay, before betting the players need to ensure they can afford the risk as the game often shifts when you least expect it!
A breathtaking 5 star read.
Courtney Lane once again showcases her incredible talent for writing a suspenseful, erotically charged and gripping book in the form of Delusive. This book kept me addicted from start to finish with its intriguing plot, addictive writing style and one hell of a leading character who made me endure the full myriad of emotions whilst reading: anger, passion, grief, elation, pain and want!!
Hanley Harper is a woman driven with a need to avenge the actions against her family. Fuelled by a duty to carry the task till its completion she begins to weave a web of deceptions, manipulations and lies to achieve her objective. But, what happens when you start to loose yourself to the cause and can you ever start to see the truth clearly for what it really is?
When Hanley starts seeing the powerful, dangerous and enigmatic Elias Cari she starts to feel something she's never felt before: safe. This is not part of her plan as Elias is a means to an end. This possessive, driven and alpha male is always brutally honest. His method of dealing with liars and cheats is swift, deadly and unchallenged.
Hanley now is playing a dangerous game, one which could lead her straight into the Devil's Lair if her true identity and intentions are discovered as Elias is not a man to ever be crossed or deceived especially when he's fuelled by obsession.
This is a tale full of secrets and lies, obsession and agendas. At its hearts though is a book of what lengths and boundaries are you willing to push for those you love as well as making the reader question "how far is too far?" If it's to get what you believe is yours.
Read and reviewed on behalf of Obsessed By Books
Hanley Harper is a woman driven with a need to avenge the actions against her family. Fuelled by a duty to carry the task till its completion she begins to weave a web of deceptions, manipulations and lies to achieve her objective. But, what happens when you start to loose yourself to the cause and can you ever start to see the truth clearly for what it really is?
When Hanley starts seeing the powerful, dangerous and enigmatic Elias Cari she starts to feel something she's never felt before: safe. This is not part of her plan as Elias is a means to an end. This possessive, driven and alpha male is always brutally honest. His method of dealing with liars and cheats is swift, deadly and unchallenged.
Hanley now is playing a dangerous game, one which could lead her straight into the Devil's Lair if her true identity and intentions are discovered as Elias is not a man to ever be crossed or deceived especially when he's fuelled by obsession.
This is a tale full of secrets and lies, obsession and agendas. At its hearts though is a book of what lengths and boundaries are you willing to push for those you love as well as making the reader question "how far is too far?" If it's to get what you believe is yours.
Read and reviewed on behalf of Obsessed By Books
“Hmph.” I leaned back on my elbows and looked up at the night sky. “I’m in my late twenties, Elias. I think their job is done. I’m an adult. My parents are no longer responsible for me.”
“Their job is never done. With the way my parents continuously intercede in my life and my decision-making from a distance, believe me, I’m not just talking out of the side of my mouth.”
“Talking out of your ass?”
He cut his eyes at me.
Sitting up, I tried to stifle my laugh. “What the fuck is the deal with you and the little to no cursing? It’s so weird.”
“There is a time and a place. I definitely do my fair share of abusing the English language when needed, or when I’m in the bedroom.” His expression transformed to one that stopped me cold and aroused me at the same time. “I shouldn’t say bedroom since I don’t confine sex to just one place. I can have a very salacious mouth when I’m in that mode.”
I quickly crossed one leg tightly over the other with my hands between my thighs. “Mode? You’re in a mode when you have sex?”
His intense stare intensified along with the reaction he evoked from my body. The effect he had on me was easily shown through my hands. “Sex is an all-consuming, mind-manipulating act to me.”
“Sounds like very serious business,” I rasped.
“Which is why I’m not a skirt-chaser. Regardless of what you were told, I don’t invite every woman who is interested in me into my bed. I need a connection first.”
“What’s your idea of a connection?”
He slipped my free hand from my lap and intertwined his fingers with mine, closing his fists around my hand. The flutters in my abdomen turned into tickles when he brought my hand to his soft lips. “The way we are when we’re simply talking.” He allowed my hand to fall to my lap, but maintained a firm grasp. “The way your body shakes when I say certain things to you. The way I know I make you feel when I touch you. That is the connection I’m referring to, Hanley.”
“How do you know I feel anything and I’m not just reacting to the weather?” My vocal chords failed me, ensuring I could barely be heard. “And doesn’t a connection flow both ways? Do you feel anything?”
He opened my hand and brought it up to his chest to hover over his heart. The swift beat startled me. Underneath my palm, I could feel the hard curves of a well-conditioned body.
His demeanor tempered on the verge of phlegmatic when he was with me. It was impossible to know if I had any effect, if at all.
“I can see it, and I can feel it. I am, however, very glad that you stopped breaking out in hives.” With my hand in his, he lifted my chin. “Your body has shown me that it’s desperate for me to fill every single fuckable hole you have.”
I clenched my thighs tighter around my palm, cutting off the circulation in my hand.
“As I’ve said,” his smile tempting me further, “some occasions call for the use of the word fuck.” With his eyes half-closed, he smoothly released his hold on me. “Keep in mind there is more than one way to penetrate someone. If you thought I was talking about sex…” A coy smile turned into a deviant one and made my unfettered reaction to him worse. “Maybe I was. Maybe I wasn’t.”
Fuck me. My hand had begun to fall asleep with the way I tortured it between my thighs.
“Do you need a change of topics, Ley?” He didn’t ask the question in a way to soothe the burn, he did it in a way that made it worse. Every word that fell from his lips exploded with pure seduction.
“Yes. Definitely.”
COURTNEY LANE has been creating her own little world since she was very young. When she was eight years old, she began to bring her worlds to life with a pen and paper.
Although she's had a few short hiatuses, writing has been her passion for a number of years. Until 2013, she'd always viewed her writing as a personal hobby and a purgative process: She never thought about sharing her very personal works with anyone outside of her friends and family. On October 8, 2013, she took the plunge into self-publishing and began making her works available to the public.
While many of her works touch several different genres, she has an archetype when it comes to the female protagonists in her stories — they have to have certain brand of strength, be deeply flawed, and harbor layered personalities. In her books you will find themes that reflect the darker side of life with a tremendous amount of depth and complexity. She also has an affinity for characters that aren't necessarily the girl or boy next door, or the people you'd encounter in everyday life. In other words, she prefers to explore characters who aren't easy to fall in love with.
Currently, Courtney can be found either working on her next book, playing the latest role-playing game on her X-Box (preferably a game by Bioware), or spending time with her family.
- $20 Amazon e-Gift Card
- 3 ebooks authored by Courtney Lane (gifted through Amazon)
Books include:
The Sordid Promise, The Sect, The Teaser (The Vamp Experience #1), AfterPlay (The Vamp Experience #2), Punk (StrangeHer Love #1), Shock (StrangeHer Love #2), Love Society (The Vamp Experience #3), or Delusive.
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