Title: Beg
Series: God of Rock #2
Author: Eden Butler
Genre: Erotic Romance
Release Date: February 6, 2017
I am a liar. My words were poison and everything I touched got filthy. Except Iris.
She was the best part of who I was. The only bright spark in my dull, gray world.
But denial made me stupid and a cruel insult destroyed everything I hoped to have with the girl of my dreams.
Now I will crawl on my knees and grovel because sometimes, even rock Gods have to beg.
She was starlight, bright and brilliant and out of my fucking reach. There was a hardness to those beautiful features now, a glint of something distant I’d never be able to take from her face.
Didn’t mean I wouldn’t try.
“You good, mami?”
The endearment bothered her, had Iris jerking a glare my way and I couldn’t decide if I loved or hated it.
“Don’t.” It was all she said, all that seemed able to move beyond the anger and bitterness that had tightened the muscles around her mouth. I did that. I’d caused all that rage, all that venom. I should take it for the medicine it was; gulp it down because I deserved it. But Iris was my past, the sweetest and best part of who I hoped like hell I could be again. More than that, she was my end game, my forever more. I’d do anything to have her back, anything at all to deserve her again.
I took two steps—slow, careful, like she was a landmine easily triggered by the wrong words, the wrong look from me. The closer I came, the straighter her back went and I knew not to push. She hated me and I understood why. I got that I’d done something unforgiveable.
“If saying sorry was enough, it’d be the first thing I’d utter every time I opened my mouth.”
She kept silent, staring straight ahead, watching the nurses shuffle around their reception area, thumbing through files, answering phones. I could only watch her, profile sharp, face tense, but none of that lessened that beautiful lines of her face or the sweet swell of precise features that gave her the look of a statue—something formed with love and care, something far too beautiful for this ugly world.
Blinking brought images straight to my mind of Iris and me, her laughter, her smile and how many times I’d put it there; how often it was my words, my music, my jokes that kept her face lit up and sweet. But that had been a long damn time ago and I hadn’t been the cause of anything remotely similar to those expressions.
“Sorry means nothing,” she started, focus still on the movement of activity around us. “Especially when it comes alone.”
“Alone?”
She nodded once and her voice was tight, the inflection shaking with what felt like anger to me. “Words are just words, sounds and syllables that fade to nothing. Actions. Deeds. Those are the things that matter.”
“Tell me what to do,” I said, moving closer than I should have, making Iris step away from me. “Please.”
Iris inhaled, wetting her lips with her tongue before she shot one sharp, furious glare at me. “Forget you know me and for God’s sake, Jamie, leave me the hell alone.”
The click of her boots sounded like slaps against my face as she moved down the hallway, further and further away, and I fought the urge to chase after her. Her hair was longer now, sliding against her back, grazing her waist as she moved. I wanted to tangle all that hair between my fingers. I wanted to know if that honeysuckle scent still hung in her hair.
“Sorry,” I told her, knowing she was too far away to hear me. “You can’t forget the only good you’ve ever known, mami.” I walked forward, scrubbing my face as I watched her. “Forgetting you is that last thing I’ll do.”
Eden Butler is an editor and writer of Mystery, Suspense and Contemporary Romance novels and the nine-times great-granddaughter of an honest-to-God English pirate. This could explain her affinity for rule breaking and rum.
When she’s not writing or wondering about her possibly Jack Sparrowesque ancestor, Eden patiently waits for her Hogwarts letter, edits, reads and spends way too much time watching rugby, Doctor Who and New Orleans Saints football.
She is currently living under teenage rule alongside her husband in southeast Louisiana.
Please send help.
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******* MY REVIEW ******
Beg by Eden Butler is the conclusion to Iris and Dash’s
story and what an emotional rollercoaster ride it was. I was one wondering
how the author would handle Iris and Dash’s emotional story and let me
say the author did it justice.
When we last were left at the end of Book 1 Kneel where
Jamie (as Dash) having a personal video up
in concert, which now mirrors the nightmare at the beginning of Kneel. His
grievances with Iris caused him to act out but what he should have done would
have been to just air his grievances in private instead of acting like an
overgrown manchild.
Beg is the book that revolves
around the fallout from his stupid act. This shows the domino
effect -- his public life, his career, his private life, and his family –this
shows the effect it has had from his actions. Because of this, Jamie/Dash
is drinking a lot and trying to find where Iris has vanished to. He is
desperate to get her back but she doesn’t want to be found and we
see a man who is literally hanging on by a frayed thread. This book shows more
of Jamie/Dash’s POV and we get to see what makes him tick, what drove him
previously and currently . I will tell
you at times I actively disliked him to the point I had to put my kindle down
and walk away but it seemed to be toward the end of the book I found myself
liking Jamie/Dash finally. I went back and forth over if he was right for Iris.
I think it finally hit me that the hate
and love are the same emotions so even though I may hate him at times, I still
love him just the same. And yes there are several Come to Jesus moments in this
story. Will Iris go back to Jamie/Dash or will she walk away finally? I will
not tell you but what I will tell you is this story has so many emotions
swirling about- hopelessness, raw, sad, moving, despair, heartbreak,
hope, and love. If anyone knows anything
about hope and love, that would be Iris- she is one great character and she
made this duet a great one to read. I was on the edge of my seat waiting to see
what she ultimately decided to do. There were several twists to this story –
you do not want to miss out on what choice she makes.
My Rating: 4.5 stars *****
“I received an advanced
copy of this book from the author at no cost to me."
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