Release Blitz- Tristan by Cora Brent

Title: TRISTAN

Series: Ruins of Emblem #1

Author: Cora Brent

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Release Date: April 9, 2019

Emblem, Arizona. 

Not a place people dreamed of moving to. 

More like a place people escaped from. 

Known for its barren desert and the state’s largest prison, it had been home to my family for generations. Now the town’s name is a curse to them. And yet I’ve always wondered about it. 

By the time I finished college I had big plans. 

I was going to pack up and move to Emblem. I would teach at Emblem High. I would see past the crime and poverty that the town was infamous for. I would make a difference. 

Tristan Mulligan never figured into my plans at all. 

He was a small time criminal with a bad attitude who’d never bothered to graduate from high school. Worse, he didn’t seem interested in changing any of that. He was also the sexiest guy I’d ever laid eyes on. 

I knew better than to start something with him. I did it anyway. 

Tristan might break my heart. He might shatter my future. And there’s something dangerously explosive about the way we are together. 

You can warn me about him all you want. 

Everyone else has.

I haven’t listened yet. And I never will. 

Whether I’m ready to admit it or not, I’m already his.

Cora Brent was born in a cold climate and escaped as soon as it was legally possible. Now, she lives in the desert with her husband, two kids and a prickly pear cactus she has affectionately named ‘Spot’. Cora’s closet is filled with boxes of unfinished stories that date back her 1980’s childhood and all her life she has dreamed of being an author. Amazingly, she is now a New York Times and USA Today bestselling writer of contemporary romance and begs not to be awakened from this dream.

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My Review:

Tristan by Cora Brent is the book 1 in "The Ruins of Emblems" series. This is Tristan Mulligan and Cadence Gentry's story.
Tristan knows Cadence from his brother. His brother married Cadence 's older sister . The few run ins that Tristan had with Cadence left him with the impression that she was this brat. Now Cadence is a teacher at Emblem High and she runs into Tristan at the local bar. Far from him thinking she's a brat now- sparks fly and there's this electric chemistry between them.
Tristan has had a rough life and the author has done a great job by showing how far he has come but still that he's a work in progress. He wasn't a real bad person but he did some not so nice things because he was rebellious at that time in his life. Cadence is this sassy, sweet woman who has both parts of her parents in her. She determined to be the best at her job and truly cares about the kids she teaches.
When it comes to Tristan and Cadence's relationship, it a push/pull. Its one where they learn about each other while pushing the other's buttons. There's heat, steam, humor, angst, twists, passion- it was beautiful to read because Tristan and Cadence were meant for each other. Not to say there wasn't bumps because yeah- life definitely got in the way and caused issues. I enjoyed book 1 and cannot wait for book 2.


My Rating: 4.7 stars *******