Today we are celebrating the release of HIS by Brenda Rothert. This book is a contemporary romance, standalone, title. You won't want to miss this one! Readers are already raving about it. Check out the prologue below for a taste!

HIS by Brenda Rothert

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Book Blurb:

Quinn I’d say I’m down on my luck, but that’s an understatement. I’m flat on my ass. Homeless, hungry and in hiding with my little sister at the age of twenty-one, I’ve never been so desperate. I’ve hit rock bottom when I get an offer I can’t refuse. Sell my body to save my sister? There’s nothing I won’t do to keep her safe. I make the rules and I’m not afraid to defend myself if this rich guy crosses the line. But once I see beneath his cold, calculating façade, the lines aren’t so clear anymore.

Andrew She’s an intoxicating mix of tough and vulnerable I’ve never known before. This homeless woman who fits right into my upper-class world is running from someone powerful, and I’ll do whatever it takes to protect her. But Quinn isn’t meant to be controlled, so I’m forced to choose between owning her and loving her. I’ve finally met my match, and I’ll do whatever it takes to make her truly mine.

EXCERPT

Prologue September 28, 2001 Andrew

Seventeen days ago, my life caught fire. Two planes. Two towers. Nothing will ever be the same.

The fire at Ground Zero is still burning, and somewhere inside the smoky piles of rubble is my father. Do I want them to find him? For the first week, I did. I stayed home from school every day and stared at the TV, praying I’d see them pull my dad from what’s left. I told myself over and over that he couldn’t be gone.

David Wentworth was too strong to be taken down like that. He’d show them all. My dad would come crawling out of the pile of debris, still wearing his dark suit. He’d probably pull other people out, too. My dad is like that. He does things people say are impossible. But the second week, my mom said I had to go back to school.

When I told her I wouldn’t go because I was waiting for my dad to be rescued, her shoulders fell. “He’s gone, Andrew.”

“You don’t know that. Dad’s a fighter.”

She shook her head. “I know it’s hard for a thirteen-year-old to wrap his head around. I know. You want him to be here, and I do, too. But he’s gone. It’s just you and me now.”

I glared at her, my throat burning. How could she give up on him like that? I’d never give up on my dad. I went back to my spot in his favorite leather chair in our living room and turned up the news on TV. But after two weeks, my school counselor came to our house to see me. He frowned and told me no one could survive for two weeks in there. Then he gave me a pamphlet titled, “It’s Okay to Cry.” I crumpled up his advice on grieving and threw it in the trash. I wasn’t going to cry. My dad wouldn’t want that. He’d always told me a man’s true measure was his strength. “Chin up, Andrew. You’re a Wentworth. We’re made of steel.”

Today we’re having a memorial service for him. My chin will stay up, and my back will stay straight. When I look at the family pictures of my parents and me on a long table at the funeral home and my eyes start to feel watery, I pinch my leg through the pocket of my suit pants. The burning sting in my thigh makes me angry instead of sad. Better. Dad used to yell at people from his company sometimes, so I know he wouldn’t mind me being angry. At night, when I’m staring up at the stars me and Dad stuck on my ceiling when I was little, my stomach twists and hurts with the anger I feel for the men who killed my dad. They murdered thousands of people. I’m not the only kid without a dad now.

Everyone is scared. Nothing will ever be the same. My mom covers her mouth with her hand, crying as one of her friends squeezes her arm and talks to her. They did that, too. They made my mom cry. My dad wouldn’t stand for that. Since he’s gone, I have to be the strong one now. I have to take care of my mom like he would. I have to think about what dad would want for us. I have to hold on tight to my need for those men to pay for what they did to my dad. The firefighters will eventually extinguish the smoldering fire at Ground Zero, but the fire burning inside of me will never go out.

You all think you would say no. Wouldn't sleep with someone for $500 and a night in a hotel for your sister. And a long time ago Quinn would have thought she would stick to her morals too. But now she's cold, hungry, and needs to take care of her younger sister. So when she's propositioned to sleep with a wealthy man, she accepts. And her life changes from there.

It was supposed to be one night, sex and that's all. But when Andrew met the mysterious Quinn, he wanted to get to know her. Not just in bed, but every secret she seems to be keeping. So his offer went from a one night deal, to a six month one. All she has to do is agree to stay with him, get to know him, and not fall in love with him. Easy, right?

Quinn and Andrew are both survivors in their own way. Both going through traumatic events that set the course for how their life will be. The amazing thing about them is that they both fought for their life to be better. Admittedly, Andrew was having a much easier time in life when he met Quinn, but he was surviving in his own way after a tragedy changed his life. I loved that about both of these characters, they never gave up. They would get knocked down and stand right back up without hesitation, and I couldn't not admire that about them.

I really enjoyed getting to know these characters and finding out all their secrets. There were questions that I had throughout most of the story and it kept me very intrigued as I was reading. Quinn and Andrew were a great couple, and I liked how there relationship was kind of slow moving, while at the same time there was a lot going on in the story that kept it interesting. And when they finally got together, I fell in love with them ten times more.

Bottom line, Quinn and Andrew have a relationship that you do not want to miss out on reading about. They both had a hidden depth to their character that you had to read until the end to figure out fully, and it will keep you captivated with them. Their story is highly recommended by me.