Tuesday, February 3, 2015

Release Blitz & Review: Hayden's Verse by AC Bextor





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I’m known to my friends as a player; a user of women.

I don’t believe in relationships. They’re messy and confusing. They don’t last.
Lacey Wells walked into my life and ruined it. Although not in the traditional sense, we made the decision to be ‘exclusive’. We used each other to satisfy our bodies’ want of lust and attraction. And we had this…for a time.

When uncontrollable events altered the arrangement and life as we knew it had fallen to circumstance, my reactions weren’t only punishing, they were painful and cruel. I pushed her away, causing her heartache, but in return, she refused to break. Instead, she challenged my will at every turn. She was determined to make me see the person I always was, but had never been. I was desperate and searching for the answer I was so anxious to have…

Was I capable of falling in love?

Our path together was tumultuous and unforgiving. At times, it was full of anger and resentment. But it was also fun and sometimes downright ridiculous.

There’s no label to our story; tales of cliché pale in comparison. It just happened. It was us. It was crazy and it was exactly what we made it.

Note: There are no love triangles or cheating that takes place within this story. It’s a HEA; however, the road to getting there is full of angst, sadness, and regret. If you aren’t a reader who enjoys the element of angst or heartache, this book isn’t one you’d find enjoyment in reading.

Due to content, this book should not be purchased by readers under the age of 18.
Candi's 5* Review:
OMG I love AC Bextor and her beautiful mind. She makes it so hard for me to choose which one of her books is my favorite. From page one I was hooked, there was no putting it down. I had my husband yelling and the kids fussing but I blocked them all out and devoured this book!!
I loved Ace's Redemption. It's in that book you meet his friend the player Hayden Flynn. He loves women and doesn't plan on settling down anytime soon.......that is until his friend Travis's little sister Lacey comes to town.
By the time Lacey meets Hayden she has been warned about his playboy ways by her brother and his friends but the more time they spend together the more she sees in him.
My heart hurt for Hayden quite a few times in this book. I loved that Lacey see's him diffrently and even stands up to Travis when it comes to him. He is so used to his friends thinking bad about him that when Lacey actually does stand up for him he isn't sure how to act and she does it more than once. When he learns some information from his father......total heartbreak!! Oh my goodness my heart just hurt for him. It is then he really starts pushing everyone away, especially Lacey but she is determined not to give up on him but will Hayden wake up and see that before its to late?
I absolutely LOVED Hayden and Lacey together!!! The chemistry between the two was off the charts!! HOLY HOTNESS these two were SMOKING!!! That ending was absolutely perfect!!! I loved it!!! I didn't want it to end, I wanted more!!!!
I loved getting more on the whole gang.....Ace, Raegan, Travis, Sarah and Bean....OMG, I love Bean. She reminds me so much of my own grandmother and makes me miss her so much!!! I loved the relationship between her and Hayden!! AC you had me scared there for a minute but shewwww, thank goodness!!
AC you've done it again my friend!! You are absolutely amazing!!! I know I say it in every review but I really truly mean it....I love your face!!! (now I wonna go back and read The Lights of Peril series, lol) I am so excited Travis's book is next!!! I can't freaking wait to get my hands on it!!!! Will him and Sarah finally hook up because that tension between the two of them is killing me? If so, what will Ace have to say about that? I need to know NOW!!!!



“Say it, Travis,” she repeats, walking toward him. He flinches when he notices her getting closer.

“Fine. You wanna fuck the playboy, fuck the playboy.”

“That’s not exactly what we agreed to, is it?” Her hands are on her hips, her foot cocked to the side. She’s not backing down at all. Now that I sense things will be okay, I take a second to sum her up. 

I want inside her again.

“Hayden and I are friends, Trav. We’re friends who made an adult decision to sleep together, to have sex, to fuck.”

“He’s not who you think he is,” Travis mumbles, but I hear him as clearly as if he’s said it in my ear. The hurt is painfully difficult to swallow.

“Well, big brother, he has a big cock and I like it, so that’s enough for me, I guess.”

I let out a short laugh and look to the ground in attempt to hide my smile. Travis, letting this register, sits up on his elbows and although it takes him a few seconds, he finds me in the room still standing by the door. His whine echoes off the walls, “My sister?”

“Yes!” She slams the pillow she yanks off the floor and it hits his face with a bounce. He’s too drunk to deflect her quick action.

Finally, though, he concedes. “Okay! What the fuck ever. Just don’t come to me when he breaks your heart.” Forgetting I’m still standing in the same room, he continues explaining what he thinks he knows about me. “He will, Lacey. He’ll fuck you and leave you. That’s what he does.”

“God, you’re such an asshole!” she yells while throwing the other pillow at him and leaving him to sulk in his drunken state alone. 

“Lace, it’s okay.” I try to calm her but she’s coming right at me. 

“It’s definitely not okay, Hayden. Hope it’s all right ‘cause I’m staying the night. I’m not taking his drunk ass home and I’m not leaving him here alone with you,” she announces to the room, walking past me down my hallway. She has no clue where my bedroom is so she keeps opening doors along the way.

Before following her in, I walk to Trav lying on the couch with his eyes closed. “I like her, Trav,” I whisper, making this a confession to myself more than him. “We’re having fun.”

I start to walk away, but hear him call behind me, “Don’t hurt her, Hayden. I just got her. Please don’t take her away.”

His soft plea reaches out into the empty space between us. Locking the front door, I answer his return with one of my own. “It won’t be her who gets hurt in this, friend. It’ll be me.”


















AC Bextor lives in a small town in the Midwest. When she's not writing she can be found reading or watching her favorite sports teams. She enjoys spending time outside fishing, swimming, or camping.

Her first book, Holding On - Lights of Peril, published in October 2013.















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