Release Blitz - Ice (The Salisbury Series #2) - Chris Quinton & RJ Scott
Authors: Chris Quinton & RJ Scott
Release Date: July 1 2016
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Blurb:
With millions in diamonds at stake, can Jon make Greg see that some things are not worth dying for?
Footloose adventurer Greg Drakowski used to live for the moment but these days shadows of grief and guilt cling to him. Recklessly following one lead to the next, Greg crosses oceans at the very hint of treasure, and doesn’t care that he rushes into danger.
This time his quarry is a cache of diamonds, hidden away decades ago. When the clues bring him to the ancient city of Salisbury, he knows he’s close to success.
Renovations expert Jonathan Ellis is part of Ageless Wood Restorations - three generations of knowledge and trade. Focused and hard-working, Jon finds value in recreating the elegance of the past with his own hands, and it will take something - or someone - extraordinary to break into his enclosed world.
When Greg drops into Jon's lap he finds it impossible to refuse him. Even when the bad guy appears and Jon isn't sure whom he can trust, he knows he has to stand by Greg, if only to save the idiot from himself.
Footloose adventurer Greg Drakowski used to live for the moment but these days shadows of grief and guilt cling to him. Recklessly following one lead to the next, Greg crosses oceans at the very hint of treasure, and doesn’t care that he rushes into danger.
This time his quarry is a cache of diamonds, hidden away decades ago. When the clues bring him to the ancient city of Salisbury, he knows he’s close to success.
Renovations expert Jonathan Ellis is part of Ageless Wood Restorations - three generations of knowledge and trade. Focused and hard-working, Jon finds value in recreating the elegance of the past with his own hands, and it will take something - or someone - extraordinary to break into his enclosed world.
When Greg drops into Jon's lap he finds it impossible to refuse him. Even when the bad guy appears and Jon isn't sure whom he can trust, he knows he has to stand by Greg, if only to save the idiot from himself.
Excerpt:
Greg woke up a good hour before his alarm went off and rolled out of bed to shower and shave, and dress in his usual jeans and T-shirt ready for work. He drank instant coffee and ate the small wrapped cookies that came with the room, then took out all his notes and spread them out in chronological order on the floor, holding down recalcitrant corners with anything he could find.
A mug held down one, a notebook another, a pillow near his knee, and a shoe furthest from him.
Not exactly the best way to have this laid out, but he couldn’t pin everything up on the wall.
Andrey would laugh at him, seeing him on his hands and knees like this. Familiar grief welled inside him. A year and he could still conjure up Andrey’s face. He held the pendant that hung around his neck in a tight grip.
Greg sat back on his haunches to get a better perspective on the papers and to get a grip on the heartache that wouldn’t leave him. Instead he focused on why he was doing this: a mental promise to Andrey to find the Khlebnikov Diamonds. Somehow, in his screwed-up brain, he had rationalized the guilt he felt over Andrey’s death with finding the diamonds. Like it would restore some sort of cosmic balance in his life.
“Stupid,” he muttered to the empty room. “Find the diamonds, give them to Mack, get your cut, give the money to Lena, and fucking retire, already.”
His own island in the Aegean, beaches, warm water, peace.
Find the diamonds.
*** Copy provided to Bayou Book Junkie in exchange for a fair and honest review. ***
This is book 2 in The Salisbury Series and while it could be read as a standalone, you'd be missing out on a fabulous read if you don't pick Heat up. You can find my review for it here.
Greg is an adventurer, an Indiana Jones type looking for the next treasure, but after a job gone wrong he's been looking for an out, he just needs to finish one last work for his boss, find some long lost diamonds that are supposedly hidden in Salisbury.
Jonathan is in trouble. His uncle/partner at their renovation business suffered an accident and he's been unable to find a replacement to help him restore Laurels to its prior splendor. When Greg enters the building with great recommendations and seemingly fantastic renovation skills, he can't pass the opportunity up. He didn't count on having to fend off his new employee's advances or that it would be increasingly difficult to give into temptation.
I loved Jonathan, he was such a wonderful man. Reliable and hard-working, very focused on doing things the right way. He really had no chance against Greg, who was flirtatious and easygoing, even if a little misguided. They were great together, though, and it was fun to see Jonathan try to keep Greg at arms' length and Greg push on those boundaries.
It was amazing to see Lewis, Devon and Rachel again and Jonathan's uncle and aunt were delightful, as well.
The book was filled with romance and friendship and suspense, it was fast-paced and very well-written, a seamless collaboration between Ms. Quinton and Ms. Scott that I enjoyed thoroughly! Very recommendable!
Rating: 4.5 Stars!!!
Author Bios:
This is book 2 in The Salisbury Series and while it could be read as a standalone, you'd be missing out on a fabulous read if you don't pick Heat up. You can find my review for it here.
Greg is an adventurer, an Indiana Jones type looking for the next treasure, but after a job gone wrong he's been looking for an out, he just needs to finish one last work for his boss, find some long lost diamonds that are supposedly hidden in Salisbury.
Jonathan is in trouble. His uncle/partner at their renovation business suffered an accident and he's been unable to find a replacement to help him restore Laurels to its prior splendor. When Greg enters the building with great recommendations and seemingly fantastic renovation skills, he can't pass the opportunity up. He didn't count on having to fend off his new employee's advances or that it would be increasingly difficult to give into temptation.
I loved Jonathan, he was such a wonderful man. Reliable and hard-working, very focused on doing things the right way. He really had no chance against Greg, who was flirtatious and easygoing, even if a little misguided. They were great together, though, and it was fun to see Jonathan try to keep Greg at arms' length and Greg push on those boundaries.
It was amazing to see Lewis, Devon and Rachel again and Jonathan's uncle and aunt were delightful, as well.
The book was filled with romance and friendship and suspense, it was fast-paced and very well-written, a seamless collaboration between Ms. Quinton and Ms. Scott that I enjoyed thoroughly! Very recommendable!
Rating: 4.5 Stars!!!
Author Bios:
Chris Quinton started creating stories not long after she mastered joined-up writing, somewhat to the bemusement of her parents and her English teachers. But she received plenty of encouragement. Her dad gave her an already old Everest typewriter when she was ten, and it was probably the best gift she'd ever received – until the inventions of the home-computer and the worldwide web.
Chris's reading and writing interests range from historical, mystery, and paranormal, to science-fiction and fantasy, writing mostly in the male/male genre. She refuses to be pigeon-holed and intends to uphold the long and honourable tradition of the Eccentric Brit to the best of her ability. In her spare time [hah!] she reads, embroiders, quilts and knits. Over the years she has been a stable lad [briefly] in a local racing stable and stud, a part-time and unpaid amateur archaeologist, a civilian clerk at her local police station and a 15th century re-enactor.
She lives in a small and ancient city in the south-west of the United Kingdom, sharing her usually chaotic home with an extended family, three dogs, a frilled dragon [lizard] and sundry goldfish and tropicals.chris.quintonwriter@ymail.com
http://chrisquintonwriter.blogspot.co.uk/
https://www.facebook.com/chris.quinton.14
https://twitter.com/Chris_writer
http://uk.pinterest.com/writerchris/
https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/2952441.Chris_Quinton
http://www.librarything.com/author/quintonchris
Chris's reading and writing interests range from historical, mystery, and paranormal, to science-fiction and fantasy, writing mostly in the male/male genre. She refuses to be pigeon-holed and intends to uphold the long and honourable tradition of the Eccentric Brit to the best of her ability. In her spare time [hah!] she reads, embroiders, quilts and knits. Over the years she has been a stable lad [briefly] in a local racing stable and stud, a part-time and unpaid amateur archaeologist, a civilian clerk at her local police station and a 15th century re-enactor.
She lives in a small and ancient city in the south-west of the United Kingdom, sharing her usually chaotic home with an extended family, three dogs, a frilled dragon [lizard] and sundry goldfish and tropicals.chris.quintonwriter@ymail.com
http://chrisquintonwriter.blogspot.co.uk/
https://www.facebook.com/chris.quinton.14
https://twitter.com/Chris_writer
http://uk.pinterest.com/writerchris/
https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/2952441.Chris_Quinton
http://www.librarything.com/author/quintonchris
RJ's goal is to write stories with a heart of romance, a troubled road to reach happiness, and most importantly, that hint of a happily ever after.
RJ Scott is the bestselling gay romance author of over ninety MM romance books. She writes emotional stories of complicated characters, cowboys, millionaire, princes, and the men who get mixed up in their lives. RJ is known for writing books that always end with a happy ever after. She lives just outside London and spends every waking minute she isn't with family either reading or writing.
RJ also writes MF romance under the name Rozenn Scott.
The last time she had a week’s break from writing she didn't like it one little bit, and she has yet to meet a bottle of wine she couldn’t defeat.
mailto:rj@rjscott.co.uk
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