Monday, March 31, 2014

Three Rivers


Title - Three Rivers
Author - Chloe Barlow
Genre - Contemporary Romance/Romantic Suspense
Release Date - March 25th 2014
Blog Tour Dates – March 24th-April 4th

Synopsis
"A heartbreaking tale of letting go and learning to love again. A jaw-dropping debut novel you have to read.” - Helena Newbury, New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Author.
How do you start over when you gave everything to one life, one plan, and lost it all?
Althea refuses to allow herself to love again. Imprisoned in grief at twenty-four after her husband’s sudden death, she’s convinced her heart died along with him. She spends her days honoring his memory by clinging to the legal career he helped her to build and to the remaining pieces linking them together.
Griffen’s been running from his past. Despite success as an author and investigative journalist, he’s been traveling through life on autopilot. For a decade, he’s chosen perilous adventures and meaningless sex over the danger of any attachments. When he finally returns home to Pittsburgh, he’s slammed by the awakened memories and regret he’s spent years trying to escape.
A chance encounter brings them together. Their instant desire for each other – and the bond they discover between them – shocks them both. Despite her best efforts, Althea can’t resist Griffen’s charm or his intriguing proposition – if she agrees to a no-strings affair with him for the two weeks he’s in town, he swears he’ll walk away when their time is up. Assured she can test the waters of a new life while keeping her vow never to betray her husband’s memory by opening her heart to another, Althea throws herself into the escape Griffen provides her.
Their perfect plans go awry when the intensity of their connection overwhelms them. Will they risk it all on the chance of something great together…or will the power of their secrets and guilt tear them apart?




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Three Rivers SOUNDTRACK
  • River — Joni Mitchell
  • La Vie En Rose — Madeleine Peyroux
  • All I Want — Kodaline
  • Little Talks — Of Monsters and Men
  • Ol' Man River — Ray Charles
  • Change The Sheets — Kathleen Edwards
  • SexyBack — Justin Timberlake
  • Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.) — Katy Perry
  • Blurred Lines — Robin Thicke
  • Let Go — Frou Frou
  • Sex On Fire — Kings Of Leon
  • Fallen (Live) — Sarah McLachlan
  • Sail Away — David Gray
  • People Gonna Talk — James Hunter
  • Love Is Blindness — Jack White
  • Into Dust — Mazzy Star
  • Live Like a Warrior — Matisyahu
  • Over the Love — Florence + The Machine
  • Things Will Change — Treetop Flyers
  • Many Rivers to Cross — Jimmy Cliff
  • Try — P!nk
  • Agape — Bear's Den
  • Stronger — Kanye West
  • Althea — Grateful Dead
  • No One's Gonna Love You — Band of Horses
  • Safe and Sound — Capital Cities
  • Reservoir — Hem

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Excerpt #2
Althea leaned back and forced a smile and laugh as she looked around. Her brazen pretense was tossing kerosene on Griffen's fiery emotions.
With each nervous dart of her eyes, Griffen's heart pounded with more anger. He leaned closer and whispered hotly in her ear, "Is that better? Am I making you uncomfortable? God forbid someone thinks you aren't a perfect widow pining away alone after all these years. That you're still living an adult life," he growled. "Maybe I should ignore your rules and touch you anyway. I know you like it when I do."
"Stop it, please." She breathed slowly, calming herself. "We can touch. Just not here."
"Fine. I get it." Griffen couldn't stop how angry he felt.
The irony wasn't lost on him. Most women he'd been with begged him to be serious with them and tell the world they were together. That had never appealed to him, until now. Yet here was this beautiful, desirable woman that he wanted to express affection to and she couldn't bear to let anyone know they were together. He hadn't even realized how furious it made him until he found his heart was racing and he was feeling hot with anger.
Althea must've sensed it because she leaned over and whispered, "No. You don't get it, and you shouldn't have to. This is my thing. My issue." She looked around to see if anyone was staring at them and looked into his eyes. "I do want to touch you. I want you to touch me." She swallowed and lowered her voice even more. "Very much."
"Fine," he gritted out. When he looked down at her, with her eyes turned up so full of concern while her lips parted and she panted just a little from the desire that coursed through them every time they were near each other, his heart pounded for a different reason. "I need to touch you, too...everywhere."
"Yes, please," she whispered.


Review Rating: 4 LIGHTNING BOLTS

Review: I knew from the first chapter of this book that I was in for an emotional roller coaster. Was I right or WHAT? Yes, yes I was.

Three Rivers is a beautiful story about a widow finally learning to let go. It's been five years, and while the fling starts off just as that, feelings are becoming involved. Althea and Griffen are one hot and sexy couple!  They begin a bond even though both aren't sure where it's going, especially Althea.   The banter is fun and made me laugh. I love these two together.

The past that connects them intrigued me. Griffen knew Althea's late husband and his connection is shrouded a bit in secrecy, making me wonder just what happened.  The secondary characters play a wonderful role in the story. I felt so many emotions from happy, tears, anger, frustration and so much more. I had a hard time putting the book down. I'm excited to find more from this author! I love when I find a new to me author that I can look forward to future titles from. 

Author Bio
Chloe is a contemporary romance novelist and practicing attorney living in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania with her husband and their sweet puppy. She is a native Washingtonian that graduated Duke University with a degree in English and Chinese language. She met her husband at Duke and he brought her to Pittsburgh over a decade ago, which she has loved ever since and made her adopted hometown. She also attended the University of Pittsburgh Law School where she continued to be a book-loving nerd.
Chloe has always loved writing and although she does do it professionally as a lawyer, she cherishes the opportunity to craft her fictional novels and share them with the world.
When Chloe isn’t writing, she spends her time exploring Pittsburgh with her husband and friends. She also enjoys yoga, jogging, and all Pittsburgh sports, as well as her Duke Blue Devils. She is an avid reader and wrote her debut novel Three Rivers in her spare time. She continues her tireless legal style of research in her fiction work as well. For example, in an effort to bring authenticity to Three River’s treatment of grief and loss, she consulted with a psychologist and grief counselor during its preparation.
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