ACROSS THE HORIZON by Aly Martinez-Review tour

ACROSS THE HORIZON
by Aly Martinez
Release Date: December 6, 2018
Genre: adult, contemporary, erotic, romance

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date December

“Sometimes love happens when you least expect it.” That was what my husband’s mistress told me the day I found out about their affair.

I didn’t believe it until five minutes later when mouth-watering celebrity chef Tanner Reese walked up, tossed his arm around my shoulders, and told my cheating husband to take a hike.

Tanner and I couldn’t have been more different. He spent his weekends at clubs, rubbing elbows with fellow A-listers. I spent mine in yoga pants with cheese boards and a glass of wine—or six.

Our relationship shouldn’t have worked, but it did. That is until Tanner proved to me that even though love happens when you least expect it…

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REVIEW: ACROSS THE HORIZON by Aly Martinez is a stand alone, erotic, romance story line focusing on thirty-two year old, celebrity chef Tanner Reese, and thirty-one year old, medical office manager Rita Laughlin-Hartley. ACROSS THE HORIZON runs parallel to the events in the author’s THE DARKEST SUNRISE duology but you do not have to have read the previous series to follow or understand the current story line. Some of the characters cross over for cohesion.

Told from dual first person perspectives (Tanner and Rita) ACROSS THE HORIZON follows the building relationship between thirty-two year old, celebrity chef Tanner Reese, and thirty-one year old, medical office manager Rita Laughlin. Following seven years of marriage Rita Laughlin discovered that her husband was having an affair with one of the office nurses. Hurt and humiliated Rita pushed for a quickie divorce but meeting Tanner Reese at a local charity event gave Rita the possibility of love and a happily ever after. As Rita’s soon-to-be ex-husband demands a second chance, Tanner continues to seduce the woman with whom he would fall in love. What ensues is the building romance between Tanner and Rita, and the potential fall out as Tanner’s lies of omission are more than a slap in the face for a woman who continues to struggle with her ex’s betrayal.

Tanner Reese knows betrayal first hand including an upcoming tell-all biography by a vindictive ex. Lies and manufactured fiction threaten his livelihood as a celebrity chef, as well as his personal life with the woman he loves. Rita Hartley struggles with the truth; lies of omission threaten everything she has grown to love including the man who had stolen her heart.

The relationship between Tanner and Rita is one of immediate attraction but our heroine battles between head and heart knowing she is technically still married to a lying cheat. Both hurt by betrayal, secrets and lies, Tanner and Rita agree to take their relationship slow but slow is the exact opposite of what is about to transpire. The $ex scenes are intimate, passionate and seductive without the use of over the top, sexually graphic language and text.

The colourful secondary and supporting characters include Tanner’s brother Porter Reese, and his soon to be wife, Rita’s BFF Dr. Charlotte Mills (The Darkest Sunrise Duology), as well as second-best friend Sidney Day, Tanner’s mother Lynn Reese; Rita’s ex-husband Greg Laughlin, and Tanner’s ex girlfriend Shana.

ACROSS THE HORIZON is a story of family, friendship, betrayal and lies. The premise is engaging, emotional and captivating; the characters are fun and sassy; the romance is provocative and flirtatious. ACROSS THE HORIZON is a lighter story line than The Darkest Sunrise duology but it is no less entertaining or inviting.

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Reviewed by Sandy

Originally from Savannah, Georgia, USA Today bestselling author Aly Martinez now lives in South Carolina with her husband and four young children.

Never one to take herself too seriously, she enjoys cheap wine, mystery leggings, and baked feta. It should be known, however, that she hates pizza and ice cream, almost as much as writing her bio in the third person.

She passes what little free time she has reading anything and everything she can get her hands on, preferably with a super-sized tumbler of wine by her side.