ABOUT THE BOOK
Title: FOUR LETTER WORD
Author: J. Daniels
Series: Dirty Deeds, #1
On Sale: October 4, 2016
Publisher: Forever
Trade Paperback: $14.99 USD
eBook: $3.99 USD
Fate. Hate. Love. Lies. Which four letter word will change
their lives forever?
Sydney Paige was never so mortified to hear
the words "wrong number" in her life. She meant to tell off the guy
who broke her best friend's heart, but unleashed her anger on a perfect
stranger instead. And now her world is turned upside down by the captivating
man who wants to keep her on the line.
Brian Savage is living a life he's quickly
come to hate—until Sydney's wild rant has him hooked and hungry for more. Soon
the sexy woman on the phone becomes the lover in his bed. But Brian has
secrets, and the closer he lets Syd get, the harder it is to shield her from
the devastating mistakes of his past . . .
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THE DIRTY DEEDS SERIES
FOUR LETTER WORD, #1
HIT THE SPOT, #2
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
J. Daniels is the New York Times and USA Today
bestselling author of the Sweet Addiction series and the Alabama Summer series.
She loves curling up with a good book, drinking a ridiculous amount of coffee,
and writing stories her children will never read. Daniels grew up in Baltimore
and resides in Maryland with her family.
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Excerpt
I’d
been in Dogwood a month and had been down to the ocean only once. Insane,
right? I lived at the beach and I wasn’t experiencing it.
It
hadn’t been a priority, and honestly, I didn’t have a lot of free time on my
hands.
When I
wasn’t picking up shifts at Whitecaps, I was talking on the phone to Brian,
shut up in my room or doing it lying on the couch if Tori wasn’t home.
Now I
wasn’t shut up in my room or lying on the couch, quilt-covered and
heart-shattered. I was no longer talking on the phone to Brian and I wanted to
see the ocean. I wanted to feel the sand beneath my feet and skim the waves
with my hand.
I had
tons of free time tonight while Tori got laid. Might as well make the most of
it.
I took
the stairs down a level and stepped out beneath the deck.
A
couple was sitting on a hammock going at it like their boat was sinking,
sloppy-suctioning kisses and need-filled moans spilling into the air.
There
had to be a handful of empty rooms in that house. They couldn’t pick one and
save me the surround sound?
Gross.
I
followed the sand-covered path down the beach, taking small sips of my daiquiri
as I went. Deep voices grew louder the closer I got to the water. I wasn’t
paying much attention to them. I was looking ahead and forward to feeling the
temperature of the ocean and maybe even finding a couple of pretty shells when
the voices grew loud enough to hear clearly.
Very
clearly.
That’s
when it happened.
I
stopped, feet frozen and ears alert when one of the voices not only grew loud
enough to focus on but also registered in my mind as a voice I’d possibly heard
before.
“Don’t
know why I gotta keep repeating myself. It wasn’t like that,” the man said,
sounding irritated. “She was sweet and good to talk to. Funny and cute about
shit. Real cute. The fact that she was also a stunner didn’t surprise me. I
heard it in her voice. But for the last fuckin’ time, and I mean this, I’m not
saying it again, that’s not what got me. I was fucked before I even saw her
picture.”
“You
saying you were gone for a girl you never fucking met, Brian? Not possible,”
the other guy replied.
I
sucked in a breath.
Brian.
A
phantom heartbeat fluttered in my chest.
No
way…
With
gentle steps, I moved closer to the voices, reached the end of the path, and
peeked around an overgrown bush, spotting the two men standing on the beach.
I
watched the one guy, taller than the other, who had his back to me, cross his
arms over his chest and say to his friend, “Yeah, that’s what I’m saying. You
talk to Sydney one fuckin’ time and you’ll know where I’m coming from. It was
that fuckin’ good.”
I squeaked then. Not a gasp
but a squeak I tried to conceal with a quick hand to my mouth, cup hitting the
sand, but it was too late.
They
both heard it.
Two
pairs of eyes sliced in my direction. I stared back at the one pair coming from
the one voice I knew, in my blood and my bones and the breath filling
me, I knew that voice and the man it belonged to.
He
stared back, eyes narrowing to focus better, focusing enough to make me out
where I stood then going round and filling with surprise.
Pain
lanced through me.
I
wanted to run. To him or away, I didn’t know which urge was stronger, and it
felt like I was being pulled in both directions by forces I couldn’t fight so I
stood there, staring back as my hand uncovered my mouth and skimmed my throat.
“Brian?”
He was
moving before I spoke, long legs closing in fast, and before I could blink, he
was right in front of me, close enough to smell and feel if my eyes were
closed but I definitely couldn’t test that theory right now.
I
stared unconsciously into his face, tilting my head back to do so and taking in
every inch of him.
Dark
hair buzzed close to his scalp, thick eyebrows and deep green eyes, several
days’ worth of stubble coating his jaw, which appeared sharp beneath it and
full, perfect lips, parted as he breathed slow and heavily.
Beautiful.
I knew
he was.
“Oh,
my God,” I whispered. “It’s you.”
He
blinked, breath shuddering.
“You
recognize me?” he asked.
I bit
my lip to suppress a moan because, God, that voice. It melted my insides
when it sweetly assaulted my ears and turned my bones to jelly. It always had
but now, seeing the man behind it and the mouth responsible for it, watching it
shape and twist those words so perfectly, I was done.
Done.
Toast.
A
goner.
I
blinked when he stepped closer.
“Syd,”
he pressed, eyes desperate as they searched mine.
“Holy
shit. Are you the girl?”
The
other man moved beside us and slapped his hand against Brian’s back, who was
keeping his eyes focused on me.
I
looked to the friend and recognized Exhibit A from Whitecaps, who I now knew
went by Cole.
“Uh,”
I answered.
I was
in shock. Was he expecting me to speak?
Cole
grinned. “Small world,” he chuckled, looking between us. “Small fucking world.
I’ll leave you two alone since you probably have a lot to talk about.”
He
gave me a wink then shuffled past me and disappeared down the path, doing just
that. Leaving us alone.
I was
alone…with Brian.
Oh,
God.
Oh…God.
Now what?
I
looked up and met pleading greens, filled with desperation I could feel against
my skin.
Questions
and confusion swirled in my brain. My stomach was doing nothing but flips and
excited little twists.
It was
Brian. My body knew Brian and it was acting up impulsively, reacting to that
smooth familiar voice and more, and when he reached out and held my face, thumb
sweeping over my cheek as his lips whispered, “Wild,” soft and ache-filled, I
stopped thinking and feeling altogether and sprang, launching myself at him and
into his arms, which curled instantly around me, drawing me nearer and higher until
our mouths met in a kiss that hurt and healed so deeply my soul cried out.
Knew it would be.
Source: eARC for Honest Review Courtesy from Forever Romance via NetGalley
Genre: Adult Romance
Part 1 in a new series
My Four Letter Word Review . . .
Let's start off with the confession that this is my first J. Daniels book that I have read.
I know, I know this is blasphemous but now that I have read my first J. Daniels books it definitely won't be my last.
In Four Letter Word we have Sydney who is a bit down in her luck where it comes to love but life won't get her down. With her re-locating to lick her wounds at her best friends house she ends up berating a wrong number on the behalf of all sisterhood. What might have been a moment of oopsie daisy ended up being a game changer for her.
"WILD" was his four letter word for "love."
Brian is just surviving. He's not really living until one fateful phone call that changes his world. Brian's stuck in the pits of hell of guilt. This guilt is causing him to make all kinds of bad choices, but something about the anonymous ranting phone call wakes him up back to the living.
On a whim he starts a texting relationship with Sydney. At first it was because she breathed life back into him, but very quickly she got under his skin. This should be a good thing, but Brian's recent decision making has made things difficult to have a real life relationship.
Sydney may have just got out of her marriage but her new phone pal sparks what has been missing for her all along. What starts out as a phone relationship turns into something quite steamy and sweet.
I liked the growth of Sydney and Brian together and as individuals. I loved the friendships of all the other characters especially Tori and Jamie and now I can't wait for their story, since we know its going to be a bumpy ride between these two.
I quite liked this book and all that was Sydney and Brian. Their was a good amount of angst without being too much with a nice balance of humor, steam and second chances
Can't Wait for Jamie's story and his snark.
"If I stick around and hear any more of this shit, I might get my period."
4 Sweet and Steamy Thumbs up!
Lauren
