Blog Tour + Review + Excerpt | The Redemption (Filthy Rich Americans Series #4) by Nikki Sloane --&g
“I excelled at many things, but the one thing I hadn’t mastered was losing with grace.” Macalister Hale
The Redemption, book four in the Filthy Rich Americans Saga by USA Today bestselling author
Nikki Sloane is LIVE!
TITLE: The Redemption
SERIES: Filthy Rich Americans #4 AUTHOR: Nikki Sloane
GENRE: Contemporary Romance
RELEASE DATE: March 31st, 2020
To the rest of the world I’m the villain, but to her? I’ll be the hero.
This is Macalister Hale's story.
Once, the name Macalister Hale was uttered in the boardroom with respect. Now, it’s whispered in disgrace at cocktail parties hosted by Boston’s elite.
Scandal nearly destroyed me, but the one thing larger than my infamy is my bank account, and I’ve learned money can solve anything.
Well—almost anything.
Sophia Alby’s preferred currency is secrets and the way she trades information puts Wall Street to shame.
This girl charges into my life and claims a partnership can restore my reputation. My downfall was swift, but with her, my climb to redemption will be greater.
Our arrangement is professional. Appropriate. It has to be, because she’s half my age. But it doesn’t stop me from wanting . . .
To move on. To control and indulge in her. To hear the name Macalister Hale echo in her breathy moans.
But I can’t. Giving in to temptation led to my undoing before, and I won’t survive it a second time.
To the rest of the world I’m the villain, but to her? I’ll be the hero.
*The Redemption is book four in the Filthy Rich Americans Saga and is Macalister Hale's story.*
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⭐️ 4.5 "I Wore This For You" Stars ⭐️
When I met Macalister Hale in the first three books of the Filthy Rich Americans Series, he was a man ready to win at all cost always using wicked tricks. It cost him almost everything: his company, his family and the respect of his community. The Redemption was the perfect setting for his resurgence in this wealthy world of pretense, secrets and manipulation. Sophia Alby, that we met briefly in the previous novels, as an agenda. She needs the help of Macalister to realize her secret goal, but she’s not the only one mastering the art of duplicity. Despite her few decades younger than the man, they share an intense physical attraction that soon turns emotional. The more time they spend together, the more they discover the true person under their own persona. The banter between them is playful and always charged with lust and power. Macalister is still the same vicious and dominant man, but he also shows signs of regrets for his mistakes. I enjoyed being in his head and reading his thoughts about his first wife he loved so much, or how he deplores his actions toward his sons. As much as this man is bad in some ways, he’s also very good and dreamy in others. I easily fell under his charm. Sophia was a very interesting heroine. She knows about Macalister’s past and wrong doings, but it doesn’t diminish her fascination with the man. Confronted to his very domineering ways, she just pushes back and it creates sparks. She’s fearless and sassy. I admired her personality that was the perfect complement to Macalister’s. The slow burn of their romance was flawlessly paced and made the anticipation for them to succumb to their desire so strong. They certainly share some pretty ardent sensual moments that burned up my kindle. Nikki Sloane penned another compelling story that I devoured. This couple had the most amazing connection and the revelations were unexpected and thrilling. The Redemption was exactly the kind of story I was expecting! Every amateur of age gap, steamy romances with trace of mystery should get a copy now!
** ARC received in exchange for an honest review **
Macalister’s head turned to the opera’s costume room, wordlessly commanding me to go inside, and I carried out his order immediately. He stepped in after me, pulling the door closed with a soft thud, and the tension between us drew taut. “How did you know about this place?” I asked. “The director gave me a tour before I wrote the check.” We were utterly alone in this room full of costumes. Slips of clothes that allowed people to become a completely different person, and as I stared at him, standing in the shadows between two tall racks, I wanted to be someone else. I wanted to be the woman he’d fall in love with and break the curse. In this seclusion, Macalister was safe to look at me however he wanted, and my heart pounded like fists against the side of a cage trying to break free. He was its captor, and he knew it. He stated it like it was an unarguable law. “I own you.” It was the truth, but it was hard to surrender. I’d given him everything else. Shouldn’t I hold on to this last thing and use it to bargain for his heart? I dug deep inside myself, gathering all the strength I had not to give in, and lifted my chin in defiance. I couldn’t say the word, but I hoped my expression told him no. Rather than look irritated or frustrated, a slow, pleased smile crawled along his lips. I’d challenged him as best I could, and he was excited I’d given him the opportunity to prove me wrong. It was sexy and terrifying when he charged toward me, and I turned and fled, running as fast as I could in my heels and dress through the maze of towering racks of clothes. It would only be a matter of time before he caught me, and I ran with no intention of escaping, anyway. At the end of the row, I turned blindly to my right and dashed past shelves full of shoes and hats in plastic bins. At the edge of the room, the wall was lined with cabinets, a seamstress station, and a bare dress form. There was a large mirror, and I caught a glimpse of myself running, my soft pink dress billowing around my legs, and Macalister behind me. He probably could have caught me sooner, but either he was enjoying the chase too much or was waiting to pounce until he had me exactly where he wanted. He grasped me by the elbow and jerked me to a stop, spinning me around so I crashed into his chest, and I let out a grunt of surprise. I’d worn my hair up at his request, and so the back of my neck was bare, and his palm slid up to hold me there, steadying me as he dropped his mouth to mine. His untamed kiss brought on delirium. It buzzed through my core, radiating outward. But he abruptly tore his lips away, like a possessive child throwing a fit and taking their toys back. “Say it.” Possession was nine tenths of the law, and I felt utterly possessed. “I’m yours.” His eyes widened. It wasn’t clear exactly how he’d wanted me to say it, if I was supposed to repeat it word for word, but I’d gone with the full truth.
THE FILTHY RICH AMERICANS SERIES
Book #1
The Initiation
Book #2
The Obsession
Book #3
The Obsession
NIKKI SLOANE
USA Today bestselling author Nikki Sloane landed in graphic design after her careers as a waitress, a screenwriter, and a ballroom dance instructor fell through. For eight years she worked for a design firm in that extremely tall, black, and tiered building in Chicago that went through an unfortunate name change during her time there.
Now she lives in Kentucky, is married and has two sons. She is a three-time Romance Writers of America RITA© Finalist, a Passionate Plume winner, a HOLT Medallion finalist, and couldn't be any happier that people enjoy reading her sexy words.
