Blog Tour: Hostage by Skye Warren and Annika Martin

Hostage by Skye Warren & Annika Martin Publication Date: January 30^th, 2018 Genre: Romantic Suspense

I never knew when he’d come to me. Only that he would.

I’d never even kissed a boy the night I met Stone. The night I saw him kill. The night he spared my life. That was only the beginning.

He turns up in my car again and again, dangerous and full of raw power. “Drive,” he tells me, and I have no choice. He’s a criminal with burning green eyes, invading my life and my dreams.

The police say he’s dangerously obsessed with me, but I’m the one who can’t stop thinking about him. Maybe it’s wrong to let him touch me. Maybe it’s wrong to touch him back. Maybe these twisted dates need to stop. Except he feels like the only real thing in my world of designer labels and mansions.

So I drive us under threat, until it’s hard to remember I don’t want to be there.

Until it’s too late to turn back.

HOSTAGE is a dangerous standalone romance by New York Times bestselling authors Skye Warren and Annika Martin. It’s set in the same world as PRISONER, but can read separately!

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Excerpt:

It’s him or me. It’s stand here and let a man die, or do something—for once in my life, do something that’s not wearing a dress and smiling and getting it all wrong. So I run out there. I watch myself do it, like a movie almost. “Stop it,” I yell. The attacker just keeps on, a dark storm, all fists and fury. My presence means nothing to him. My words don’t touch him. It’s as if I’m yelling at thunder. My heart beats out of my chest. I’ve risked everything, come out in the open, but it’s not enough. I stamp my foot to get his attention, crushing gravel beneath my mother’s Louboutins. “The cops are coming,” I say. The man stills and looks up. It’s a shock when it happens, even though I’ve been trying to get him to see me. His eyes seem to blaze into my chest, hot and bright. Breathless, I back away. He stands, leaving the man in a groaning, whimpering heap. I retreat slowly, showing him my phone, as though that might protect me. “Cops are coming,” I say again. A lie. I couldn’t punch in the code. He’s coming at me, expression unreadable. He’s a few years older than I am—late twenties, maybe. My back hits something hard. The van. He keeps coming. I try to spin and run, but he grabs my arm and slams me back into the van. “Where do you think you’re going, little girl?” I stare up at him, panting. His warm breath is a feather on my nose; the heat in his eyes invades me. He grabs my hair and tilts my head back, forcing me to stare into his face, as if he’s trying to read my eyes. A moment later, he looks up at the night sky. He seems almost wolfish, and I’m conscious, suddenly, of my bare neck so close to his snarling mouth. I wonder if he’s staring at the moon. It’s like he’s going to howl or something. Then I get it. He’s listening for sirens. “You’re a little fucking liar.”

Meet the Authors:

Skye Warren:

Skye Warren is the New York Times bestselling author of dangerous romance such as the Endgame trilogy. Her books have been featured in Jezebel, Buzzfeed, USA Today Happily Ever After, Glamour, and Elle Magazine. She makes her home in Texas with her loving family, sweet dogs, and evil cat.

Connect with Skye: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/skyewarren Twitter: https://twitter.com/skye_warren YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/SkyeWarrenBooks Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/skyewarren/ Instagram: https://instagram.com/skyewarrenbooks Goodreads: http://bit.ly/2CnW33B Website: http://www.skyewarren.com Newsletter: www.skyewarren.com/newsletter

Annika Martin:

Annika Martin loves fun, dirty stories, hot heroes, and wild, dramatic everything. She enjoys hanging out in Minneapolis coffee shops with her writer husband, and also likes birdwatching at her bird feeder alongside her two stunningly photogenic cats, especially when she should be writing. She’s heavy into running, music, saving the planet, taking long baths, and consuming chocolate suckers. She’s worked a surprisingly large number of waitressing jobs, and has also worked in a plastics factory and the advertising trenches; her garden is total bee-friendly madness and her most unfavorite word is nosh or possibly fob. A NYT bestselling author, she has also written as RITA award-winning author Carolyn Crane.

Connect with Annika:

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****MY REVIEW ***

Hostage by Skye Warren and Annika Martin is book Two in the "Criminals & Captives" series. This is the story of Brooke and Stone. This is a dark and delicious story that will leave your mind blown after reading. This series has made it to my Favorites list which so few do and I have to say, this immediately made the list. While Prisoner and Hostage are part of the Criminals & Captives series, they can be read as standalones. Once I started this book, there was no putting the book down, there was no looking away, there was only this story. Not only did I stay up late, I read throughout the night because I had to know what happened…that is how entranced I was by this story. I was literally kept awake all night and all I could think of in the days after reading, it’s a book that will stay with you. This is a YA/NA - our heroine is at her sweet 16 at the start of the book, and in the book she is 16, 17, and 18, as it progresses. And our hero is really an anti-hero, he is dark, disturbing. He has done bad bad things. He doesn’t want to change. If you have read the previous book in this series, you will remember him and that book is on a separate storyline from this book. There really isn’t a mix into this book with previous book. Just know our anti hero is not a good guy yet he sees our heroine and something about her calls to him. He becomes obsessed with her, and he immediately wants her. Needs her. Has to have her. Stone and Brooke have this very complicated relationship – I do not want to give too much away but OMG this story had me on the edge of my couch. I wasn’t sure what he wanted with her or who she truly was to him but there were several huge twists in this story that will keep the readers guessing. This is a gritty and raw and ugly read at times. You will need tissues to keep on hand for those moments but Ms Warren and Ms Martin have written such a complex and exhilarating story , one that had great chemistry and witty banter between the main characters. I loved the emotional rollercoaster ride that I was on and hated when the ride was over.

My Rating: 4.7 stars *****
“I received an advanced copy of this book from the author at no cost to me."