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Spliced
For ten years, Avery Easton has quietly lusted after her twin brother's best friend, Ridge Gates. When the cruel, cold hand of fate takes her brother's life, Avery and Ridge turn to each other in grief and share a night of ecstasy. But mind-blowing sex with the man of her dreams can't push away Avery's reality. Violent and terrifying events have followed her brother's body home and introduced Avery to another man...one who's willing to give her everything she needs. And then there's the secret she harbors that could tear her and Ridge apart even as it connects them for the rest of their lives. A promise on the battlefield led Ridge straight into the arms of the woman he knows he has no business being with, but can't stay away from. If he fails to come to terms with his broken body and Avery's revelations, he could lose her forever-if not to another man, then to the violence that brought Ridge and Avery together.
358 pages, Paperback
First published December 9, 2011
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Robin Leigh Miller
17 books41 followersRobin Leigh Miller resides in central Pennsylvania with her husband, three children, German Shepard Tae' and mutt hound Bailey. She now lives a quiet, subdued life in comparison to her younger years of dirt track racing in stock cars. An adrenaline junky, these days she enjoys putting her characters through their paces.
Action, adventure and a touch of paranormal can be found in her books. "Enter a world where anything can happen... and usually does" is her motto and reflects her writing style. Sometime the mundane can become insane. Take a walk on the wild side and join her heroins as they muttle through the twists and turns life throws at them. And of course, there's always the hunky guy to catch them when they fall.
Action, adventure and a touch of paranormal can be found in her books. "Enter a world where anything can happen... and usually does" is her motto and reflects her writing style. Sometime the mundane can become insane. Take a walk on the wild side and join her heroins as they muttle through the twists and turns life throws at them. And of course, there's always the hunky guy to catch them when they fall.
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December 22, 2011
3.5 Stars
This has been another really hard review for me.
I am a fan of Robin Leigh Millers writing style. Her writing is sexy as hell and even dirty in enjoyable doses.
In Spliced, I was completely gobsmacked by the first half of the book. It starts off with Avery loosing her twin brother while fighting in Afghanistan. But the pain doesn't stop there - you are taken on the extremely emotional journey of her brothers final trip home. Every single little detail had my heart bleeding for Avery.
"It was our honor to bring your brother home, Miss Easton."
It was heart wrenching, absolutely, undeniably, upsetting and to explain just how emotional it was - I cried. I gawd damn cried! I far-king CRIED!!! I do not cry in books people. And let me tell you another thing, if my husband wasn't in the same room as me for the majority of the first half of the book I would have bawled like a baby.
Not only did Avery loose her brother, but his best friend was there when he died. Which brings in the love interest - Ridge.
I felt like their reunion was going to be all kinds or sweet and romantic and it sure as hell was sexy. Their first sexual encounter had me smiling. They played a little bit of 'hard to get' which I really enjoyed.
"I guess you don't want to come - that's okay. I'll just lick all that cream away on your thighs while I jerk off and then I'll leave. That's what you want, isn't it, for me to get the hell out of here?"
The playful fighting was enjoyable....at the start. But it continued throughout the book and made the love between them a little less convincing by the end IMO.
Even now I am still wondering if it would have been better for her to go for the second love interest - Stone. Now Stone was a sweetie. He was so damn kind, hung like a horse too - which always comes in handy (no pun intended.
So as a quick round up of my thoughts - I lOVED the first half, 4 out of 5 stars, but the ending didn't hit me as hard as the start and I would give it a 3 out of 5.
Still a great book, well written and damn saucy.
This has been another really hard review for me.
I am a fan of Robin Leigh Millers writing style. Her writing is sexy as hell and even dirty in enjoyable doses.
In Spliced, I was completely gobsmacked by the first half of the book. It starts off with Avery loosing her twin brother while fighting in Afghanistan. But the pain doesn't stop there - you are taken on the extremely emotional journey of her brothers final trip home. Every single little detail had my heart bleeding for Avery.
"It was our honor to bring your brother home, Miss Easton."
It was heart wrenching, absolutely, undeniably, upsetting and to explain just how emotional it was - I cried. I gawd damn cried! I far-king CRIED!!! I do not cry in books people. And let me tell you another thing, if my husband wasn't in the same room as me for the majority of the first half of the book I would have bawled like a baby.
Not only did Avery loose her brother, but his best friend was there when he died. Which brings in the love interest - Ridge.
I felt like their reunion was going to be all kinds or sweet and romantic and it sure as hell was sexy. Their first sexual encounter had me smiling. They played a little bit of 'hard to get' which I really enjoyed.
"I guess you don't want to come - that's okay. I'll just lick all that cream away on your thighs while I jerk off and then I'll leave. That's what you want, isn't it, for me to get the hell out of here?"
The playful fighting was enjoyable....at the start. But it continued throughout the book and made the love between them a little less convincing by the end IMO.
Even now I am still wondering if it would have been better for her to go for the second love interest - Stone. Now Stone was a sweetie. He was so damn kind, hung like a horse too - which always comes in handy (no pun intended.
So as a quick round up of my thoughts - I lOVED the first half, 4 out of 5 stars, but the ending didn't hit me as hard as the start and I would give it a 3 out of 5.
Still a great book, well written and damn saucy.
May 19, 2012
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Ridge Gates is a broken man. After his tour through Afghanistan came to a devastating end, he's forever scarred, body and soul. The loss of innocent lives plagues him with nightmares and the guilt haunts him during the waking hours. However, it is the promise he made to his dying best friend that keeps him sane. The promise that would mean getting close to the one woman who could do fatal damage to his heart. Ridge knows that although he may be a scarred man now, he's the right man when it comes to taking care of her, even if it kills him to be near her.
Avery Easton knew the moment her brother’s life ended. The pain and heart-wrenching emptiness was all too real and signified a future of loneliness. The presence she recognized as her twin’s spirit complete with emotions was ripped away from her and then replaced by the man who forever ignored her. Unfortunately, someone has invaded her home and Ridge is bound and determined to see to her safety, but now Avery feels even less safe as her desire takes charge.
Intensely emotional and erotically thrilling, this story follows Ridge and Avery's relationship as it develops past friendship, but under terrible circumstances. The profound sadness early in the story sincerely moved me and with it came an instant connection to the main characters. Sex was used to cope with the loss of a best friend and brother and when that wasn't enough Ridge and Avery's misconceptions and insecurities got the best of them. Ridge became distant in the light of day, but at night his dominance is secured. While Avery thrives under Ridge's command in the bedroom, she's realistic in knowing that it can't last if Ridge doesn't open his heart to her. Another man stands between them, though, and I found this character to be a pivotal part of the storyline in helping them get past the stubbornness and work towards healing and understanding.
There were quite a few errors in the text that made it hard to read smoothly and the threat to Avery's life seemed a little anticlimactic when all was finally revealed. However, the romance is hard-won and the story is captivating. Even the character and relationship developments are satisfying for their realism. I would recommend this story to a wide range of romance readers, but most especially to those who want their romance sizzling.
Ridge Gates is a broken man. After his tour through Afghanistan came to a devastating end, he's forever scarred, body and soul. The loss of innocent lives plagues him with nightmares and the guilt haunts him during the waking hours. However, it is the promise he made to his dying best friend that keeps him sane. The promise that would mean getting close to the one woman who could do fatal damage to his heart. Ridge knows that although he may be a scarred man now, he's the right man when it comes to taking care of her, even if it kills him to be near her.
Avery Easton knew the moment her brother’s life ended. The pain and heart-wrenching emptiness was all too real and signified a future of loneliness. The presence she recognized as her twin’s spirit complete with emotions was ripped away from her and then replaced by the man who forever ignored her. Unfortunately, someone has invaded her home and Ridge is bound and determined to see to her safety, but now Avery feels even less safe as her desire takes charge.
Intensely emotional and erotically thrilling, this story follows Ridge and Avery's relationship as it develops past friendship, but under terrible circumstances. The profound sadness early in the story sincerely moved me and with it came an instant connection to the main characters. Sex was used to cope with the loss of a best friend and brother and when that wasn't enough Ridge and Avery's misconceptions and insecurities got the best of them. Ridge became distant in the light of day, but at night his dominance is secured. While Avery thrives under Ridge's command in the bedroom, she's realistic in knowing that it can't last if Ridge doesn't open his heart to her. Another man stands between them, though, and I found this character to be a pivotal part of the storyline in helping them get past the stubbornness and work towards healing and understanding.
There were quite a few errors in the text that made it hard to read smoothly and the threat to Avery's life seemed a little anticlimactic when all was finally revealed. However, the romance is hard-won and the story is captivating. Even the character and relationship developments are satisfying for their realism. I would recommend this story to a wide range of romance readers, but most especially to those who want their romance sizzling.
February 21, 2012
Soldiers and team-mates, Ridge Gates and Cale Easton are closer than brothers and serve together in the army, watching each others backs. When Cale is killed in a mortar attack in Afghanistan, Ridge wishes he could have died instead. However, he made a promise to the dying Cale to look after his twin sister, Avery, and he intends to honour that. He’s been in love with Avery for years – as long as he’s known Cale – and he’s long since accepted that Avery deserves better than a Grunt. Especially one as damaged as him. He has no idea that Avery is in love with him.
The night Cale’s body is brought back the US is hard for both of them and they meet up in a hotel. Avery needs Ridge, and no longer as just a friend.
Everything he’d ever wanted was right here in front of him and he’d be a bastard for taking it, or a bastard for refusing.
Avery looked at him. “Pretend I’m someone else if you have to. Just give me this.”
After possibly the best night of sex ever, for both of them, Ridge slips out and leaves while she’s asleep, starting a pattern that lasts throughout the story.
She’d thrown herself at him, practically begged him to take her and God, she’d had to force him with her thoughts.
Shame. What she’d done to him was shameful and degrading. She’d even told him to pretend she was someone else if he had to. Did she really believe he’d want her after all these years of him basically ignoring her? What a pathetic dope she was.
“He used you, Avery.”
“No, she said. I used him.”
Their feelings for each other are complicated by a strange psychic connection that Avery shared with her twin – one that seems to have now transferred to Ridge. It takes her a while to tell him about this, during which time he thinks he’s losing his mind.
“I can’t believe this,” he muttered, looking as though he wanted to run. “So you can invade my head at any time?”
Invade, the word cut through her like a hot knife. He made her sound like a villain in some science fiction movie… it wasn’t like that.
“I don’t invade your head,” she answered calmly.
“Then what the fuck do you call it?”
Their on-off relationship is complicated by the addition of local cop, Kevin Stone, who takes a liking to Avery – and an instant dislike for Ridge. He joins the story when Avery’s house is broken into and all her belongings smashed up. Avery’s life is suddenly in danger and it has to be connected to the final, doomed mission in Afghanistan. Ridge’s memories are hazy – had Cale done something – or found something – that he shouldn’t?
This story engaged me and annoyed me in equal parts. Avery and Ridge grieved and loved and fought, with buckets full of emotion, but it became a little repetitive. They’d make up, have sex, then Ridge would run away again. True, he had his reasons, but I’m annoyed with him for behaving like that – and for Avery putting up with it. Even more irritating was when she played with Stone, dangling him and his interest to boost her bruised ego. Stone made the situation plain to Ridge:
“That woman is hurting, and most of the hurt is coming because of you. Either cut her loose and stop dangling her or step up and be a man. As of now, she has options. Keep that in mind.”
It bugged me that Stone fell for Avery so quickly, he seemed too rounded a character to fall head over heels in love with a woman on Day One. And while his dislike of Ridge seemed genuine enough, it was obvious they’d become friends.
So… It was a good read, but not brilliant. 3.5 out of 5.
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The night Cale’s body is brought back the US is hard for both of them and they meet up in a hotel. Avery needs Ridge, and no longer as just a friend.
Everything he’d ever wanted was right here in front of him and he’d be a bastard for taking it, or a bastard for refusing.
Avery looked at him. “Pretend I’m someone else if you have to. Just give me this.”
After possibly the best night of sex ever, for both of them, Ridge slips out and leaves while she’s asleep, starting a pattern that lasts throughout the story.
She’d thrown herself at him, practically begged him to take her and God, she’d had to force him with her thoughts.
Shame. What she’d done to him was shameful and degrading. She’d even told him to pretend she was someone else if he had to. Did she really believe he’d want her after all these years of him basically ignoring her? What a pathetic dope she was.
“He used you, Avery.”
“No, she said. I used him.”
Their feelings for each other are complicated by a strange psychic connection that Avery shared with her twin – one that seems to have now transferred to Ridge. It takes her a while to tell him about this, during which time he thinks he’s losing his mind.
“I can’t believe this,” he muttered, looking as though he wanted to run. “So you can invade my head at any time?”
Invade, the word cut through her like a hot knife. He made her sound like a villain in some science fiction movie… it wasn’t like that.
“I don’t invade your head,” she answered calmly.
“Then what the fuck do you call it?”
Their on-off relationship is complicated by the addition of local cop, Kevin Stone, who takes a liking to Avery – and an instant dislike for Ridge. He joins the story when Avery’s house is broken into and all her belongings smashed up. Avery’s life is suddenly in danger and it has to be connected to the final, doomed mission in Afghanistan. Ridge’s memories are hazy – had Cale done something – or found something – that he shouldn’t?
This story engaged me and annoyed me in equal parts. Avery and Ridge grieved and loved and fought, with buckets full of emotion, but it became a little repetitive. They’d make up, have sex, then Ridge would run away again. True, he had his reasons, but I’m annoyed with him for behaving like that – and for Avery putting up with it. Even more irritating was when she played with Stone, dangling him and his interest to boost her bruised ego. Stone made the situation plain to Ridge:
“That woman is hurting, and most of the hurt is coming because of you. Either cut her loose and stop dangling her or step up and be a man. As of now, she has options. Keep that in mind.”
It bugged me that Stone fell for Avery so quickly, he seemed too rounded a character to fall head over heels in love with a woman on Day One. And while his dislike of Ridge seemed genuine enough, it was obvious they’d become friends.
So… It was a good read, but not brilliant. 3.5 out of 5.
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January 18, 2012
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WARNING - The reading of this book will cause some side effects, including, but not limited to: crying, screaming (both in pain and pleasure), sighing, laughing, and, most importantly, the overwhelming need to sneak off for some “alone time” and take care of all the built up...tension Be warned—it's probably best not to read Spliced in public, unless you wish to be asked by random strangers why you are sweating, panting, and crossing your legs! (Not that I would know...)
Avary Easton has a secret—well, okay two. First, she has a special connection with her twin brother, Cale that allows her to feel what he's feeling, as well as send and receives simple thoughts. Her other secret? She's in love with Cale's best friend, Ridge—and has been for the last 10 years, though he doesn't seem to see it.
Ridge Gates is a grunt, a mere soldier fighting for his country. But as honorable as his job is, in his mind he will never be good enough for the one woman he wants—Avary. From the moment he met her, he's wanted her—and not just for a one-night stand either, which scares the hell out of him. But she's his buddy's sister, and therefore off limits, not to mention the fact that she deserves better. He would give anything to be good enough to claim her, but instead he keeps his distance.
That is until one night in Dover. After a mission goes south, leaving Ridge broken (mentally and physically) and Cale dead, Avary needs someone to turn to—and the only one she has is Ridge. Finally, after a decade of unfulfilled wanting, the two come together in a night of scorching passion, bringing each other the comfort they need as well as the pleasure they've desired.
Upon waking the next morning, Avary finds herself alone in the hotel room. Ridge, unable to deal with his nightmares from the day of the bombing—and his guilt over not being good enough for Avary—leaves during the night, even though the only thing he wants to do is stay with Avary and never let her go.
Avary can't deal with the loss; she's just buried her only family, her beloved brother, and now she's been pushed aside by the one man (she thought) she had in her life: Ridge. After the best sex in her life, nonetheless! A woman, no matter how strong she is, can only take so much, and this proves to be too much. She refuses to fall for Ridge again. She may love him, heart and soul, but until he can handle it and stay by her side when she needs him the most, she isn't going to put her heart on the line…Again. Nope, she may sleep with him (in the dressing room of a store, in the shower, against the wall...) but she won't beg him to stay.
As if their tangled emotional relationship wasn't enough to contend with, there is someone after Avary. They won't stop until they find what they think she has—and they want her dead when it's over. Can Ridge push past his personal demons and prove to himself, and Avary, that he can be there for her? Or will he push her away instead...and risk losing her…Forever.
Wow. I'm speechless—literally speechless. Spliced was, quite simply, one hell of a roller-coaster—and easily my favorite book of 2012. Maybe of all time—ever! Within the first few pages, I was hooked, and I couldn't walk away even if I had wanted to. And believe me: I didn't want to.
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WARNING - The reading of this book will cause some side effects, including, but not limited to: crying, screaming (both in pain and pleasure), sighing, laughing, and, most importantly, the overwhelming need to sneak off for some “alone time” and take care of all the built up...tension Be warned—it's probably best not to read Spliced in public, unless you wish to be asked by random strangers why you are sweating, panting, and crossing your legs! (Not that I would know...)
Avary Easton has a secret—well, okay two. First, she has a special connection with her twin brother, Cale that allows her to feel what he's feeling, as well as send and receives simple thoughts. Her other secret? She's in love with Cale's best friend, Ridge—and has been for the last 10 years, though he doesn't seem to see it.
Ridge Gates is a grunt, a mere soldier fighting for his country. But as honorable as his job is, in his mind he will never be good enough for the one woman he wants—Avary. From the moment he met her, he's wanted her—and not just for a one-night stand either, which scares the hell out of him. But she's his buddy's sister, and therefore off limits, not to mention the fact that she deserves better. He would give anything to be good enough to claim her, but instead he keeps his distance.
That is until one night in Dover. After a mission goes south, leaving Ridge broken (mentally and physically) and Cale dead, Avary needs someone to turn to—and the only one she has is Ridge. Finally, after a decade of unfulfilled wanting, the two come together in a night of scorching passion, bringing each other the comfort they need as well as the pleasure they've desired.
Upon waking the next morning, Avary finds herself alone in the hotel room. Ridge, unable to deal with his nightmares from the day of the bombing—and his guilt over not being good enough for Avary—leaves during the night, even though the only thing he wants to do is stay with Avary and never let her go.
Avary can't deal with the loss; she's just buried her only family, her beloved brother, and now she's been pushed aside by the one man (she thought) she had in her life: Ridge. After the best sex in her life, nonetheless! A woman, no matter how strong she is, can only take so much, and this proves to be too much. She refuses to fall for Ridge again. She may love him, heart and soul, but until he can handle it and stay by her side when she needs him the most, she isn't going to put her heart on the line…Again. Nope, she may sleep with him (in the dressing room of a store, in the shower, against the wall...) but she won't beg him to stay.
As if their tangled emotional relationship wasn't enough to contend with, there is someone after Avary. They won't stop until they find what they think she has—and they want her dead when it's over. Can Ridge push past his personal demons and prove to himself, and Avary, that he can be there for her? Or will he push her away instead...and risk losing her…Forever.
Wow. I'm speechless—literally speechless. Spliced was, quite simply, one hell of a roller-coaster—and easily my favorite book of 2012. Maybe of all time—ever! Within the first few pages, I was hooked, and I couldn't walk away even if I had wanted to. And believe me: I didn't want to.
…
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March 13, 2013
The most unexpected and sad fates can draw to people together. That's truth for Avery and Ridge. The two had secret feelings for one another, brought together by her brother and his best friend after his life ends sadly. The emotional element of this book will have you in tears, good and bad. It's written so well, the story grabs your attention and if you're an emotional reader, you might want to have a tissue handy. I found myself so involved in the story that the outside world just had to wait. I just had to know how things would work. The tension builds and builds until it all explodes with one captivating climax.
Spliced is a contemporary read that delivers, hands down.
Spliced is a contemporary read that delivers, hands down.
January 20, 2012
Spliced was an unexpected story for me. I can honestly say I wasn't expecting this story to hold the amount of emotion that it did. I can't remember the last time I cried so much while reading a book. The author did a brilliant job of describing the emotions that loved ones go through when someone they care for dies during war. I felt like I was right there, seeing everything first hand.
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August 9, 2012
Oh, well! It didn't disappoint, I certainly found it enjoyable. Stirring and thrilling on some level.
The plot was somehow predictable, nothing special.
The characters were well developed. I would give the writing style 3 points.
All in all, I liked it!
The plot was somehow predictable, nothing special.
The characters were well developed. I would give the writing style 3 points.
All in all, I liked it!
February 14, 2012
So far, my favorite book of 2012. Could not put this one down after reading the first few pages, I was hooked. What a steamy, emotional and gripping read!
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