PULL ME CLOSE (Panic #1) by Sidney Halston-Review and Book Tour

PULL ME CLOSE
Panic #1
by Sidney Halston
Release Date: October 25, 2016
Genre: adult,contemporary,erotic, romance

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About the book: Release Date October 25, 2016

Welcome to Panic, a sultry Miami nightclub where bodies and hearts move to a beat that doesn’t stop at sunrise—the setting for “a magnificent story full of deep emotion” (Sawyer Bennett).

Katherine: I thought I could enjoy a night out like a normal person. I thought I could handle the flashing lights, the pulsing music, the crowded dance floor. I couldn’t have been more wrong. After having an anxiety attack and passing out during my sister’s engagement party at Panic, I wake up in the arms of the hottest guy I’ve ever seen. Nick Moreno’s no gentleman. But he might just be the man I need to help me take control of my life.

Nick: When I hear there’s some random girl passed out in the back room of my family’s South Beach nightclub, I’m pissed. My dad’s already behind bars and we can’t afford any more bad press. But after giving her a lift—literally—back to her apartment, I stop seeing Katherine Wilson as some random girl. She’s gorgeous, vulnerable, and braver than she knows. And when we kiss, all I want to do is pull her close and promise that she’ll always be safe in my arms.

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REVIEW: PULL ME CLOSE is the first installment in Sidney Halston’s contemporary, adult PANIC erotic, romance series focusing on Moreno family owned Miami nightclub known as Panic. This is co-owner Niko Moreno, and publishing editor Katherine Wilson’s story line.

Told from dual first person perspectives (Niko and Katherine) PULL ME CLOSE is a story about the repercussions of emotional trauma that lives on in the mind and manifests itself in various forms including PTSD, anxiety disorders, and emotional problems. Katherine has agoraphobia and panic attacks due to a horrific event in her past. Close to fifteen years has passed but our heroine is unable to let go of the memories, the sounds, the sights, and the loss. Enter Niko Moreno-the co-owner of club Panic, and the man who will help Katherine-one step at a time.

The relationship between Katherine and Niko begins acrimoniously. Niko believes Katherine is an addict and OD’d at his Miami nightclub Panic, and our heroine struggles with revealing the truth. Katherine is ashamed of her disorder, and her attraction to Niko forces our heroine to walk out of her comfort zone and confront the man who quite possibly saved her life. What ensues is the building relationship between Niko and Katherine, and Katherine’s struggles with the outside world. The $ex scenes are intimate, erotic, and intense.

The secondary and supporting characters are colorful and animated. We are introduced to Niko’s twin brother, and co-owner of the Panic club Mateo Moreno. Niko and Mateo continue to struggle to keep Panic afloat in light of their father’s criminal past. David and Geo-Niko’s best friends-are constantly on the move between Paris and North America; and Katherine’s sister Rose whose upcoming wedding is adding stress to our heroine’s already closed-off life.

The world building focuses on several crippling anxiety disorders and the aftermath of a trauma very few people could ever forget. Katherine struggles with panic attacks that have led to a number of secondary disorders including agoraphobia and OCD, and the reader is pulled into one woman’s nightmare that never ceases to end. The precipitating drama is easily deduced. There is a slight cross-over with Sidney’s WORTH THE FIGHT series.

PULL ME CLOSE is an emotional story line. There is romance, $ex, falling in love and looking forward to the future. The premise is realistic, sensitive and dramatic; the characters are passionate and charismatic; the romance is captivating and seductive. PULL ME CLOSE is a topical story line that looks at the trauma and drama affecting our lives.

Copy supplied by Netgalley

Reviewed by Sandy

Sidney Halston lives her life by one simple rule: “Just do it.” And that’s exactly what she did. At the age of thirty, having never written anything other than a legal brief, she picked up a pen for the first time to pursue her dream of becoming an author. That first stroke sealed the deal, and she fell in love with writing. Halston lives in South Florida with her husband and children.