My Fallen Saint (Fallen Saint #1) by J. Kenner- Review & Excerpt Tour
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ABOUT THE BOOK:
His touch is her sin.
Her love is his salvation.
Charismatic. Confident. Powerful. Controlling.
A brilliant investor with a Midas touch, Devlin Saint turned a modest inherited fortune into billions, and now operates one of the world’s foremost international philanthropic organizations. He’s a man determined to help the underprivileged, to fight injustice, and to make the world a better place. And that, at least is true.
It’s not, however, the full truth.
Because Devlin Saint is a man with a dangerous secret. One he’ll do whatever it takes to protect. And when investigative reporter Ellie Holmes turns her attention to an unsolved murder, she finds herself caught in a web of intrigue and passion as Devlin draws her closer and closer. But as the intensity and sensuality of their relationship grows, so do Ellie’s suspicions. Until she is no longer certain if the heat between her and Devlin is real, or only a facade he constructed to hide his dark and twisted secrets.
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REVIEW: MY FALLEN SAINT is the first instalment in J. Kenner’s contemporary, adult FALLEN SAINT erotic, romantic, suspense series focusing on former police officer turned investigative journalist Ellie Holmes, and billionaire investor Devlin Saint.
Told from first person perspective (Ellie Holmes) MY FALLEN SAINT follows investigative journalist Ellie Holmes, ten years after the murder of her uncle Peter, a return home to Laguna Crotez that brings with it too many memories of the past, and of a loss that still hurts to present day. When the police reopen the investigation into her uncle’s murder, Ellie is hoping to uncover the truth, but what Ellie never expected was to come face to face with reclusive billionaire investor Devlin Saint, a man tied closely to Ellie’s past. What ensues is the building relationship between Ellie and Devlin, and the potential fall-out when the truth about the who, how and what of Devlin Saint is revealed.
The relationship between Ellie and Devlin begins acrimoniously as Devlin struggles to avoid Ellie and her investigative questions, questions that are now directed at our story line ‘hero’…Devlin’s philanthropic adventures help men, women and children who have been victims of human trafficking but Devlin knows more about Ellie’s past than he is willing to reveal, a revelation that will destroy the woman with whom he is falling in love. A business weekend in Vegas finds our couple crossing the proverbial line, a line that now places both of them in the direct line of fire. The $ex scenes are intimate, erotic and intense without the use of over the top, sexually graphic language and text.
We are introduced to Ellie’s best friend Brandy, and Detective Lamar Gage, as well as Devlin’s assistant Anna Lindstrom, and his friend / right hand man Ronan Thorne.
MY FALLEN SAINT is a story of betrayal and vengeance; secrets and lies; heart break, tragedy, power, pain and revelations-revelations I predicted from the very start. The premise is dramatic and intense; the romance is passionate and seductive; the characters are broken and tragic. MY FALLEN SAINT ends on a bit of a cliff hanger-you have been warned.
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Reviewed by Sandy
At one point, my uncle actually owned it, along with a few others around town. I even helped decorate the office, in so much as going to Home Depot and looking at paint chips counts as helping. Or decorating.
I turn the other direction so that I’m facing the ocean. The tidal pools are only a short walk away, and I take a step that direction, then stop. The tidal pools had been our place, mine and Alex’s, and I’d cherished that time among the clusters of porous gray rocks that rose out of the long, empty stretches of sand. It was the place he’d first kissed me. A place I always felt safe.
More, it’s a place I haven’t been back to since he left.
I’m not sure if it’s in defiance of or protection for those memories, but I can’t bring myself to go back now. Instead, I turn once again toward the highway and start walking forward, the south wall of the foundation on my left.
From this perspective, I can see the fourth floor balcony, and I know from the article I read about the building’s architecture that I’m looking at Saint’s private office. Not that I can see much. From where I’m standing, my view is of the underside, a hint of the balcony’s glass barrier, and only the tiniest glimpse of the glass door leading inside. Even so, I pause for a moment, imagining that Saint’s standing at his window, and that he’s watching me, too.
I frown, wondering what came up that forced him to postpone our interview. Did he leave town? Or is he right now in his office? Hell, maybe he really is at his window looking down at me.
There’s no reason he would be, of course, and so I continue walking the length of the building so I can circle around and get back to Shelby.
But with each step, that tingling sensation becomes stronger, the uncanny sensation of being watched. It’s not something I can ignore. Hell, I was raised by a cop and was on the job for two years myself before going back to school.
Mid-stride and without warning, I turn and look behind me. At the ocean. The path to the tidal pool. And the balcony off of Devlin Saint’s office.
That’s where he’s standing.
A man lost in the shadows cast by the building that shelters him.
It has to be Saint.
And he’s watching me.
J. Kenner (aka Julie Kenner) is the New York Times, USA Today, Publishers Weekly, Wall Street Journal and #1 International bestselling author of over seventy novels, novellas and short stories in a variety of genres.
Though known primarily for her award-winning and international bestselling erotic romances (including the Stark and Most Wanted series) that have reached as high as #2 on the New York Times bestseller list, JK has been writing full time for over a decade in a variety of genres including paranormal and contemporary romance, “chicklit” suspense, urban fantasy, and paranormal mommy lit.
JK has been praised by Publishers Weekly as an author with a “flair for dialogue and eccentric characterizations” and by RT Bookclub for having “cornered the market on sinfully attractive, dominant antiheroes and the women who swoon for them.” A five time finalist for Romance Writers of America’s prestigious RITA award, JK took home the first RITA trophy awarded in the category of erotic romance in 2014 for her novel, Claim Me (book 2 of her Stark Trilogy). Her Demon Hunting Soccer Mom series (as Julie Kenner) is currently in development with AwesomenessTV/Awestruck.
Her books have sold over three million copies and are published in over twenty languages.
In her previous career as an attorney, JK worked as a clerk on the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, and practiced primarily civil, entertainment and First Amendment litigation in Los Angeles and Irvine, California, as well as in Austin, Texas. She currently lives in Central Texas, with her husband, two daughters, and two rather spastic cats.
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Great review, Sandy. This sounds like the start of a wonderful new series.
Wonderful review, Sandy. I love Kenner’s books and looking forward to reading this one.
Another great review, thanks Sandy.
Thanks for the wonderful review.
Looks great, thanks Sandy.
wonderful review, sandy. sounds good. thanks.
Wonderful review and excerpt, thanks Sandy
Terrific review, Sandy. The premise looks good. Thanks.
Wonderful review, Sandy. Looks like a great read.