Fated Always by Becky Flade (Spotlight, excerpt, review, and GIVEAWAY) GFT

Fated Always

ADULT title

by

Becky Flade

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GENRE: Romantic Suspense

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BLURB:

Friendship. Secrets. Murder.

When her best friend, Sawyer Gavin, roars into town on his motorcycle, Tala Gael thinks life couldn’t get any better. What she couldn’t have anticipated was his appearance heralding a time of change in her quiet, comfortable existence.

With her life turned upside down, Tala resists Sawyer’s advances, clinging to the familiar.

Tragedy changes her mind, but as she takes the leap of faith into Sawyer’s arms, they find themselves suspects in a murder investigation. And Tala learns she’s not the only person in Trappers’ Cove keeping an impossible secret.

Jealousy is when you worry someone will take what you have; envy is coveting what someone else has; and both can lead to murder.

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EXCERPT

 

“How’s the wine?” His lips feathered over hers in a whisper. Twice. On his third pass, Tala’s eyes drifted shut as her body molded itself to his and she deepened the caress. His world spun as she clung to him. I knew it. I’ve always known it. He stepped away, steadying her when she swayed, waited for her eyes to open. “Excellent.”

“What?”

He smiled. “The wine’s excellent.”

Her fingertips rose to her mouth. Her eyes widened, confusion blurred them. He smiled and pulled her into his arms. It was not a passionate embrace. He offered comfort and she held on, squeezing tighter when he placed a gentle kiss at her temple.

“Are you surprised?” he whispered.

“I have a boyfriend.”

“I wasn’t expecting that but it’s an easy enough fix.” He tugged her braid. “Come on, Tee. We’re meant to be.”

“No, we’re not.”

She reared out of his arms, panic skating across her features as though threatened. Her reaction struck him like a fist to the gut. He suspected she hadn’t taken him, taken them, from the box where she thought they belonged. She hadn’t considered them from any other perspective. I thought once she saw, once she felt, once she knew, the rest would click into place. “You know that we are.”

“Stop it! I. Have. A. Boyfriend.” She punctuated each word with a stab of her finger.

“Fine. I’ll wait.” It’ll kill me. “You’re worth it. We’re worth it,” he stressed before grabbing her wrist and tugging her back into his arms. He held her there, though she didn’t struggle. He kissed her again, pouring his impatience into the kiss. He let her go and strode to the door, pulling it open, letting the cool snap of air scented by forest file past him into her house, and paused.

“You want me to stop?”

She nodded.

“Then stop kissing me back.”

 

 

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AUTHOR Bio and Links:

When I was little I thought everyone had stories in their head. When I found out that wasn’t true and that only special people had stories to tell, I wanted to be one of the people who shared their stories with the world. Here I am, making my own dreams come true, one happily ever after at a time.

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My review:

 

 

3.75 stars

 

 

Fated Always by Becky Flade centers around Tala Gael, whose ordered life and plans for the future are upended by the return of her best friend, Sawyer Gavin. When their comfortable relationship shifts, plus a murder investigation threatens all who she cares about, she has to make a decision about how to deal with her most closely guarded secret.

 

 

This adult paranormal romance is part of the ‘Fated’ series and takes place some years after the events in “Fated Souls,” so young Tala is all grown up. The combination of a friends-to-lovers romance, a murder investigation, and the mystical connection that Tala has with those she’s grown up with makes this a story that will appeal to a broad spectrum of readers. I was delighted by the cameos by multiple folks from the previous stories and touched by some of the interactions between Tala and her childhood friends.

 

Although there were nice twists and turns with regard to the mystery, things felt a bit disjointed to me, and the antipathy displayed by the investigator was confusing, as were some of the relationships that are exposed. Thankfully, this is a romance, so I knew I’d get a happy ending, but patience was required! Although this can be read as a stand-alone story, reading the previous books will make the connections clearer.

 

 

 

A copy of this title was provided for review