RESIST (Wicked Ways #1) by K. Bromberg-Review Tour
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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date July 30 2019
Who says you have to play by the rules to get what you want?
Agreeing to meet Ryker Lockhart is my first mistake. Rich, handsome, and more than intriguing, he thinks blackmail will bend me to his will.
But he’s wrong.
I may have done a few things that weren’t exactly legal, but I have my own reasons for that. The last thing I’m going to do is let some high-powered divorce attorney come into my life, have my body, and rule my heart. Not to mention ruin everything that I have carefully built in just a short amount of time.
But as much as I try to resist him, and against my better judgment, there is something about him that has me agreeing to his proposal.
I’m putting everything on the line for him. I just hope I won’t lose everything when this is all over.
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REVIEW: RESIST is the first instalment in K. Bromberg’s contemporary, adult WICKED WAYS erotic, romance series focusing on high powered divorce attorney Ryker Lockhart, and business woman Vaughn Sanders. There is a slight-cross over with the author’s DRIVEN series with a cameo appearance by Colton Donavan.
Told from dual first person perspectives (Ryker and Vaughn) RESIST follows the building but acrimonious relationship between high powered divorce attorney Ryker Lockhart, and business woman Vaughn Sanders. Vaughn Sanders is hoping to gain custody of her late sister’s daughter but financial problems find our heroine skirting the law in an attempt to pay down her debt and make enough money to support her eight year old niece Lucy. A business proposition from divorce attorney Ryker Lockhart screams all kinds of problems including Ryker’s claimed ownership of our story line heroine. What ensues is the back and forth, tempestuous relationship between Ryker and Vaughn, and the potential fall –out as Vaughn finds herself caught between head and heart, and the possible destruction of everything she holds dear.
Ryker Lockhart doesn’t do relationships, and in this he struggles with his attraction to a woman with questionable ethics, and a business that caters to the rich and famous. Vaughn Sanders is desperate to reunite with her sister’s daughter but bureaucratic red tape, and uneasy acquaintances threaten any future of which Vaughn is hoping to succeed.
The relationship between Vaughn and Ryker begins as business arrangement wherein the power struggle between our leading couple constantly comes to a head. As Ryker continues to pursue Vaughn, Vaughn’s defences are slowly collapsing leaving her vulnerable to attack from the outside. The $ex scenes are intimate, erotic and intense.
RESIST is a story of family, betrayal, secrets and lies; a story of power and control; vengeance and pain. The premise is heart breaking and intense; the characters are strong but broken, energetic, stubborn and charismatic; the romance is seductive and captivating. RESIST is a dramatic, animated and decadent story of forbidden love between two people whose lives will collide over and over, again. RESIST ends on a cliffhanger-you have been warned.
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Reviewed by Sandy
You’re keeping your reputation intact.
That’s how I have to look at this. That’s how I have to justify this.
Just like that, my breath catches when Ryker Lockhart waltzes into the lobby. I’m rarely affected by a man—sure, I can say one is handsome or sexy or gorgeous, but rarely does a man really catch my eye.
But there he is . . . standing in the middle of the lobby, surveying everyone around him, making my pulse race.
This is a bad idea.
He’s tall, his shoulders are broad, and there’s an air about him that screams authority while a magnetism about him makes people look his way.
And he hasn’t even spoken a word to anyone yet.
Such a bad idea.
He’s in a well-tailored tuxedo, everything black save for the crisp white dress shirt beneath it. His hair is styled, and an expensive watch glints at his wrist when he holds it up to look at the time.
Of course, that’s my cue that I’m not there exactly on time, but I give him a few more seconds to make him wait.
It’s all about power, even when I’m in a different pair of shoes.
With a deep breath, I walk toward him, shoulders square, head high, and remind myself that I’m not Vee right now. I can’t act like we’re on an equal playing field.
He has hired me. I am his.
Guest Post: A Pretty Woman With Power by K. Bromberg
Ryker Lockhart: Powerful. Unrelenting. Stubborn.
Vaughn Sanders: Defiant. Strong. Unyielding.
With those two sets of characteristics, Ryker and Vaughn are definitely oil and water one moment and then an ember met with gasoline the next. That dynamic is what made writing them and their story so much fun in my latest book, Resist. Their tale was a delicate dance though because the push and pull of the chase better be worth the reward for readers.
I often enjoy taking characters and painting them with broad strokes (i.e. Vaughn’s profession) so that readers initially question them. Then over the next 100,000 words, I love to smash their preconceived notions so that they root for the heroine. So that they are right beside her cheering her on and falling in love with the hero just like she is.
It’s not often an easy task to write a heroine, because women are often harsher on female characters than they are males. Heroes can be over the top alphas who are dominant and say all the wrong things, but once they show vulnerability, we somehow forgive them. Heroines on the other hand, are judged more fiercely. She’s too weak. She’s too strong. She’s too wishy- washy. She’s being a b*tch for pushing him away. Making a reader like a strong-willed female character isn’t always an easy task. So when you put two characters together who embody all of these things, it’s a delicate balance to have enough push and pull. Enough sexual tension. Enough redeemable qualities so you can love them despite their faults.
This challenge is one of the reasons I loved writing Resist (and its sequel Reveal). I don’t quite remember where the storyline came from, but I recall the furious scribbling on paper as Ryker and Vaughn’s story came to life in my imagination. Take a strong-willed woman with a risqué job and give her a real reason to need that job. Take a domineering divorce attorney who deals with love gone wrong day-in and day-out, and force him to see that there can be more than just sex between a man and a woman. That love is, in fact, possible.
Challenge accepted.
Is Resist a subtle nod to the Pretty Woman trope? I never really thought of it that way, but I can see the similarities being drawn. Vaughn (my character) and Vivian (movie character) have names that both start with the letter V. They both wear a red dress in a scene. The both work in fields that deal with selling sex for profit . . . but that’s where the comparisons stop.
Vaughn Sanders is a force to be reckoned with. Sure, she’s a madam, but once you get beneath the moniker, readers find a strong-willed woman taking measures into her own hands for the benefit of someone else. Readers will find a woman with a strong backbone and a take no prisoners attitude. A woman they can’t wait to see succeed. Sure, we throw in our hero–Ryker, a senator you know is dirty somehow, an adorable niece, and whole cast of other characters and situations and we’re left trying to figure out how it’s all going to play out . . . but the one thing we know for sure, is that we want Ryker and Vaughn to end up together.
Because hopefully when you finish Resist, like Ryker and Vaughn, you start to believe true love does in fact exist.
New York Times Bestselling author K. Bromberg writes contemporary novels that contain a mixture of sweet, emotional, a whole lot of sexy, and a little bit of real. She likes to write strong heroines, and damaged heroes who we love to hate and hate to love.
A mom of three, she plots her novels in between school runs and soccer practices, more often than not with her laptop in tow.
Since publishing her first book in 2013, K. has sold over one million copies of her books and has landed on the New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal Bestsellers lists over twenty-five times.
In April, she’ll release The Player, the first in a two-book sports romance series (The Catch, book 2, will be released late June), with many more already outlined and ready to be written.
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Great review, Sandy. This looks like an intriguing premise. Thanks.
very nice review, sandy. sounds like an emotional story.
Another wonderful review, thanks Sandy
Great review and guest post. Congratulations to K. Bromberg on the new release.
Another great review and excerpt, thanks Sandy.
Very nice review, thanks Sandy
Wow, looks great. Thanks for the fantastic reivew.
Another great review , thanks Sandy.
Sounds great, Sandy. Thanks.
Terrific review, Sandy. Thanks.
Wonderful review, Sandy. Looks great.