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* Blog Tour/Review * FIGHTING FOR EVERYTHING by Laura Kaye

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* Blog Tour/Review * FIGHTING FOR EVERYTHING by Laura KayeFighting for Everything by Laura Kaye
Series: Warrior Fight Club #1
on May 22, 2018
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four-half-stars

Loving her is the biggest fight of his life…

Home from the Marines, Noah Cortez has a secret he doesn’t want his oldest friend, Kristina Moore, to know. It kills him to push her away, especially when he’s noticing just how sexy and confident she’s become in his absence. But, angry and full of fight, he’s not the same man anymore either. Which is why Warrior Fight Club sounds so good.

Kristina loves teaching, but she wants more out of life. She wants Noah—the boy she’s crushed on and waited for. Except Noah is all man now—in ways both oh so good and troubling, too. Still, she wants who he’s become—every war-hardened inch. And when they finally stop fighting their attraction, it’s everything Kristina never dared hope for.

But Noah is secretly spiraling, and when he lashes out, it threatens what he and Kristina have found. The brotherhood of the fight club helps him confront his demons, but only Noah can convince the woman he loves that he’s finally ready to fight for everything.

 

Gritty, emotionally raw and oh so powerful! With the kick-off to a new series, Laura Kaye is capturing the brutally ugly side of veteran PTSD and trying to integrate back into a life that no longer feels like home. It’s an emotional roller coaster as we watch his suffering and feel his pain. The characters were both really easy to connect with, and the story line was fast paced and addictive. I would have liked to have seen a little more of them once they got together, but hopefully we’ll see tidbits throughout the series. I really enjoyed it and am looking forward to Billy’s story!

Teacher Kristina Moore is thrilled to have her best friend home after the scare of almost losing him while he served his country. She can’t wait to start hanging out with him again. She adores him … more than he even knows. They’ve been best friends forever, but the things she’s feeling for him now that he’s back in town and all grown up are a lot more than friendly!

Former Marine Noah Cortez is not adjusting well to civilian life. He knows his friends and family love him, and are trying to be patient with him but that just drives him even more up the wall than he already is. He’s depressed and spiraling, he can’t do any of the things he used to be able to do in the same way, and man, he’s angry … really, really angry! Will this new fight club help him release the anger enough that he can pull himself together enough to have the life he’s starting to want with Kristina … or will his anger and attitude push her away once and for all?

 

 

 

 

 

From New York Times bestselling author Laura Kaye, comes the first standalone title in her brand, new Warrior Fight Club series, FIGHTING FOR EVERYTHING. Join the Warrior Fight Club world today!

 

 

Loving her is the biggest fight of his life…

Home from the Marines, Noah Cortez has a secret he doesn’t want his oldest friend, Kristina Moore, to know. It kills him to push her away, especially when he’s noticing just how sexy and confident she’s become in his absence. But, angry and full of fight, he’s not the same man anymore either. Which is why Warrior Fight Club sounds so good.

Kristina loves teaching, but she wants more out of life. She wants Noah-the boy she’s crushed on and waited for. Except Noah is all man now-in ways both oh so good and troubling, too. Still, she wants who he’s become-every war-hardened inch. And when they finally stop fighting their attraction, it’s everything Kristina never dared hope for.

But Noah is secretly spiraling, and when he lashes out, it threatens what he and Kristina have found. The brotherhood of the fight club helps him confront his demons, but only Noah can convince the woman he loves that he’s finally ready to fight for everything.

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FIGHTING FOR EVERYTHING EXCERPT
LAURA KAYE

 

“All done,” Noah said. He gently applied tape to hold the bandage in place, but with the way the back of her hand was swelling, there wasn’t any safe place to press. Sonofabitch. He couldn’t believe this had happened to her. And on his watch.

“You’re taking really good care of me, Noah. Thank you,” Kristina said with a small smile.

“I will always take care of you,” he bit out. And then he realized what he said, and just how vehemently he’d said it. And damn if it hadn’t sounded a whole lot more than friendly. He chanced a glance at Kristina, and it was clear that she’d registered something in his tone, too. He threw away the trash and sat against the edge of the desk. “Why don’t you sit with the ice for a few minutes?”

She rose and stood right in front of him, her pretty eyes even with his given how he was leaning. “I don’t need to sit,” she said in a low voice, her gaze boring into his.

“Well, I need you to sit. So sit.”

Her eyebrow went up. Just the one.

Under other circumstances it might’ve made him laugh. Could she ever just fucking listen to him? But he was wound so tight over witnessing her getting hurt, over the idea that it could’ve been so much worse, over seeing her spilled blood, that it was all he could do not to redecorate Mr. Johnson’s office along the lines of his shower wall. He was nearly vibrating with pent-up frustration.

And now Kristina was boxing him in, observing him too closely, not giving him an out.

“Here’s the part where I’m gonna say ‘thank you,’ and you’re going to say ‘you’re welcome.’ Ready? Thank you for protecting me and taking care of me, Noah.” Her expression was expectant, and not a little amused.

Something about her playfulness wound him a notch tighter. Because he wasn’t playing. His gaze dropped from her eyes to her full pink lips, and desire sucker-punched him so hard he nearly gasped. “Does your mouth hurt?” he rasped.

“Why would my—”

Noah was on her in a flash. Hand cupping the side of her face, arm hauling her tight up against him, mouth claiming hers on a deep, needful, soul-healing kiss. Kristina’s muscles braced in surprise, but then she melted against him, going soft and pliant against all his hardness. And he was hard. So hard, so on edge, so in need of release, that he could’ve spun her around, lifted her onto the desk, and buried himself deep right here and right now.

He needed to be more gentle with her, but the need roaring through him wouldn’t allow him to slow down or back off. And her eager responsiveness didn’t help, either.

Her good hand fisted in his hair, her mouth sucked maddeningly at his tongue, and her body writhed against his erection. And goddamn the noises she was making, because the desperate moans and little mewls of need were hot as fuck, every one stroking his cock and making him harder.

Instinct told Noah that Kristina wouldn’t hinder him playing out his little fantasy on the desk.

Except she was hurt. And they were in a fucking sub shop. Annnd, he couldn’t forget about what was behind door number three—they were supposed to be Just. Friends.

“Shit,” he rasped. “I did it again.”

She grasped at his face. “Yes, thank you for that, too. Keep doing it.” Kristina went in for another kiss. This time, her tongue penetrated him, like she wanted to fight him for control. And hell if that didn’t set off all kinds of heat inside him.

He flipped them around and pinned her to the desk, nearly leaning her backwards over it. The position brought his hard-on flush with that sweet, hot spot between her legs. She cried out and tried to grind against him, but his weight and her skirt kept her pinned tight.

Hurt. Sub shop. Friends.

“Shit, wait.” He stepped back, putting space between them. Because he didn’t think he’d have the strength to resist a third time. Especially when she stared at him with such abject fucking need, her cheeks flush with desire, her hair mussed from his hands, her luscious breasts heaving under that clingy V-neck top. “You’re hurt.”

“And?” Kristina asked.

Noah glared. “Kristina, I’m kinda on the edge here, if you can’t tell.”

She slipped up onto the desk and spread her legs, just the little bit the skirt allowed.

 

 

 

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And don’t miss the second standalone romance in the Warrior Fight Club series coming August 7, 2018, FIGHTING FOR WHAT’S HIS

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Laura Kaye’s FIGHTING FOR EVERYTHING – Review & Excerpt Tour Schedule:

May 21st

Angie and Jessica’s Dreamy Reads – Review & Excerpt

Books and Bubble bath – Review & Excerpt

Catty Jane Book Lovers – Review & Excerpt

Coffee Books Life – Review & Excerpt

I Love HEA Romance Book Blog – Review & Excerpt

Knotty Girl Reviews – Review & Excerpt

Obsessed by books – Review & Excerpt

Read more sleep less – Review & Excerpt

Reading Between the Wines Book Club – Excerpt

Romance as a first language – Review & Excerpt

The Reading Cafe – Review & Excerpt

May 22nd

RELEASE DAY!!

May 23rd

2 Amys Love Reading – Review & Excerpt

Blogging by Liza – Review & Excerpt

Books, Coffee & Passion – Excerpt

Elenasbookblog – Review & Excerpt

Feeling Fictional – Review & Excerpt

Hot Kindle Reads – Review

Les Chroniques Aléatoires – Review & Excerpt

Melena’s Reviews – Review & Excerpt

The Book Disciple – Review & Excerpt

May 24th

Books of My Heart – Review & Excerpt

Cara’s Book Boudoir – Review & Excerpt

I Love Romance – Review & Excerpt

Nice Ladies, Naughty Books – Review & Excerpt

Obsessive Reading Disorder – Review & Excerpt

Reads All the Books – Review & Excerpt

Sofia Loves Books – Review

Wickedcoolflight – Review & Excerpt

May 25th

Adventures in Writing – Excerpt

Angel Reads – Review

Bobo’s Book Bank – Review & Excerpt

My Favorite Things – Review & Excerpt

NallaReads – Review & Excerpt

Novel Addiction – Review

Relentless Romance – Review & Excerpt

Reviews by Tammy and Kim (Rachel and Jay) – Review & Excerpt

Romancing the Readers – Review & Excerpt

May 26th

AC Book Blog – Review & Excerpt

Always a happy ever after – Review

Bad boys and bedtime stories book blog – Review

Fern’s Book Blog – Review & Excerpt

KDRBCK – Review & Excerpt

Naturally Nerdy Books – Excerpt

The Staircase Reader – Review & Excerpt

The Book Boyfriend Addict – Review & Excerpt

May 27th

Alphas Do It Better Book Blog – Review

Book Angel Booktopia – Review & Excerpt

Bookishly Yours – Review & Excerpt

Four Chicks Flipping Pages – Review

Kari Gillespie – Review

Lynn’s Romance Enthusiasm – Review & Excerpt

One girl lost in romance books – Review

Total Book Addicts – Review & Excerpt

May 28th

Booknerd1107 – Review & Excerpt

Deluged with Books Cafe – Review & Excerpt

JordansBookReviews – Excerpt

Nerdy Dirty & Flirty – Review

Rad Babes Read – Review & Excerpt

Ripe For Reader – Review & Excerpt

Romance Reviews and More – Review & Excerpt

Thoughts of a Blonde – Review & Excerpt

May 29th

A British Bookworm’s Blog – Review

Book Freak – Review & Excerpt

Movies, Shows, & Books – Excerpt

My Book Snack – Review & Excerpt

Romantic Reads and Such – Excerpt

Sip Read Love – Review

The Book Hammock – Review & Excerpt

Vivi’s Messy Kitchen – Review

May 30th

abibliophobia anonymous book reviews – Review

Bookgasms Book Blog – Review & Excerpt

Books 2 Blog – Review & Excerpt

I’m A Sweet And Sassy Book Whore – Review & Excerpt

Jax’s Book Magic – Review & Excerpt

Literary Misfit – Review & Excerpt

Shakespeare’s Wench Book Blog – Review

Somewhere Lost in Books – Review & Excerpt

May 31st

Blissfully Bookish Besties – Review & Excerpt

Book Bitches Blog – Review & Excerpt

Brittany’s Book Blog – Excerpt

Friends Till The End Book Blog – Excerpt

Love Notes Book Blog – Review & Excerpt

Spoons, Hooks, and Books – Review & Excerpt

The Book Reading Gals – Review & Excerpt

The bookworms obsession – Review

June 1st

A Soccer Mom’s Book Blog – Review

Book Nook Nuts – Excerpt

Books A-Brewin’ – Review & Excerpt

Ever After Book Reviews – Excerpt

Only One More Page – Review & Excerpt

Red Hot + Blue Reads – Review & Excerpt

Renee Entress’s Blog – Review & Excerpt

She Hearts Books – Review & Excerpt

Wicked Babes Blog Reviews – Review & Excerpt

Laura is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of over thirty books in contemporary and erotic romance and romantic suspense, including the Blasphemy, Hard Ink, and Raven Riders series. Growing up, Laura’s large extended family believed in the supernatural, and family lore involving angels, ghosts, and evil-eye curses cemented in Laura a life-long fascination with storytelling and all things paranormal. Laura also writes historical fiction as the NYT bestselling author, Laura Kamoie. She lives in Maryland with her husband and two daughters, and appreciates her view of the Chesapeake Bay every day.

 

 

 

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