Carver's Book Cravings: Release Day Blitz and Giveaway: Unconditional by Melody Grace

~ Synopsis ~

Fall in love with Beachwood Bay in Melody Grace’s USA Today and internationally bestselling series! "I’ve spent my whole life chasing perfection: perfect looks, perfect man, perfect home. But in one brutal moment, I realized it was all just a beautiful lie…" Carina MacKenzie is fleeing from her past. Picking up the wreckage of her shattered dreams, she seeks comfort in the only place she’s ever felt safe: Beachwood Bay. Garrett Sawyer isn’t looking to be anyone’s savior. Scarred by old betrayals, he’s sworn never to put his heart on the line again -- especially not for a damaged, high-maintenance girl like Carina. But passion knows no logic, and soon, their reckless chemistry is making him forget his bitter vows. Two damaged hearts. The hope of true love. As their passion blazes out of control, Carina and Garrett struggle to escape their legacies of hurt. But can you ever outrun the past? And when everything is on the line, can they trust enough to build a love that's unconditional? *This book contains adult situations and explicit content. 17+* iTunes Amazon Barnes & Noble

~ Review ~

4.5 Stars

This book was a fun, fast read. I love this series and how all the characters from previous books are still around.

Carina is trying to find her way in life. Everything she thought she wanted out if life has just been pulled out from under her. She is struggling with what to do. She feels guilty for the way she pushed her family away and is determined to make it up to her sister. She doesn't need the distraction of Garrett. She has heard about his manwhoring and isn't into that. But she can't get him out if her mind. Will she hook up with him? Or will she realize he can be more to her?

Garrett is hiding a secret that he has never told anyone before. He doesn't do relationships because of it. He doesn't want to go through the pain again. He doesn't go for woman like Carina. He sees glimpses of a woman he wants in Carina, but it isn't until she breaks down that he sees the real person she is. After that he can't stop thinking about her. Will he give in and have a fling? Or can he open himself up again to love Carina?

This is a nice read after reading some really emotional books lately. It's fun, lighthearted and a fast read. I recommend not only this book, but the series. The couples for book one and two are in this book also!!!

~ Excerpt ~

A noise comes. A shadow rears up in the dark. I scream. “What the hell?” Panic claws my chest and I scream again, reaching blindly for something to fight him off. Squatters and junkies and all kinds of dangerous men fill my mind as my hand closes around something solid on the hall table and I swing with everything I’ve got. “Goddamn!” The figure reels back, stumbling against the wall. “Get away from me!” I cry, shaking. My heart is racing so fast I think it might beat right out of my chest. I grip the object in my hand tighter. “Don’t touch me!” “I’m not trying to touch you!” The man roars, angry. “I just want to know what you’re doing breaking into my goddamn house!” The light flips on. I reel back, blinded by the sudden glare, but as the daze clears and my eyes flick back into focus, I see the man in front of me for the first time. I stop breathing. He’s half-naked, that’s the first thing I notice. Jesus, his body is like nothing I’ve ever seen before: tanned bronze and chiselled like a Greek god, but not like the guys I’ve dated, all waxed and pumped from hours at a fancy gym. This guy is real, raw, all muscle and power, with web of dark tattoos snaking over the bicep of his right arm. I feel a flush roll through me, hot with prickling awareness, but I can’t look away as I take in his tight, sculpted six-pack abs, and the trail of dark hair leading down to the waistband of his navy briefs... “Don’t mind me, darlin’.” his voice comes. “Any time you’re done looking...” I snap my eyes up to his face, blushing. Then I look at him for real and it all clicks into place. “Oh,” My heart clenches in my chest as I recognize him for the first time. “It’s you.” Unshaven face. Messy mahogany bed-head hair. And a pair of stormy ocean-blue eyes scowling at me like I’m the last person on earth he wants to see. And I can say, the feeling is entirely mutual. “It’s me.” Garrett Sawyer agrees in a low, Southern drawl. He strides over and snatches the vase from my hand, setting it down on the table with a thud. “Now, you want to tell me what the hell you’re doing creeping around my house at three in the goddamn morning?”

~ Author Bio ~

Melody Grace is the USA Today bestselling author of UNBROKEN and UNTOUCHED. A small-town girl turned SoCal beach-lover, she spent years with her nose in a book before deciding it was time to write them for herself. She loves bad boys, good books, and pistachio-flavored ice-cream.