Undone

Blood Opal #1

by Livia Quinn

Undone - The setting: New Orleans and Pernambuco, Brazil. One year ago, Antiquities dealer Elektra Charpentier lost the rarest opal she'd ever almost owned, and the only man she'd ever loved.
Now he's back.
Aussie gem hunter Cass McKay spent the last year searching for Elektra's Blood Opal and a way back into her life and her heart.
Now he has it.
And he doesn't intend to lose her again, because without her, he's -- U n d o n e

“Flowing with passion…wow, what a great read.”
“A hot read…what more could a reader want?” Undone
“I could read this writer’s beautiful writing all day!” Storm Crazy

Fans of Moira Rogers, Chrissy Peebles, and Liliana Hart may enjoy Undone.

From the Author:
As a professional musician I’ve always found the music on my Ipod especially inspiring, but this was the first time a story and a hero came to me so fully formed. I was delivering the mail, listening to the strains of Jesse Cook’s flamenco guitar in “Breathing below Surface” and Bonnie Raitt’s “I Can’t Make you Love Me if you Don’t” and there he was - Cass McKay, leaning against the wall of Elektra’s shop, all tawny and golden, that last song making his heart bleed. He was desperate to win her back, and he asked for my help. What else could I do?
Read part of my favorite scene on the Fire Opal page at LiviaQuinn.com

Genres: Contemporary Romance, Romance, Contemporary

90 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 12, 2012

About the author

DC native, Livia Quinn moved to Louisiana where the weather and culture inspired her settings and her jobs as a mail carrier, plant manager, business owner and professional singer provided fodder for her characters. She finished her first novel the summer of Katrina. That was followed by many more hurricanes. Is it any wonder her Destiny heroine, Tempest, controls the weather. After the loss of her husband she moved to Virginia where she now enjoys the ancient beauty of the Blue Ridge Mountains

Reviews

[N.N. Heaven · Rating 5 out of 5]

Elektra hunts for the rarest opals around the world, so much so that she gave up the one man she’s ever loved for them. She’s tried to move on and just when she thought she’d never see him again, he appears at her doorstep.



Cass thought he and Elektra were made for each other, both adventurous souls and on the hunt for rare opals, that is until she broke his heart. But he’s found her coveted Blood Opal and he knows it’s his last chance with her. She’s even more beautiful than he remembers and after a night of passionate reunion sex, he tells her his plan to recover the Blood Opal.



Elektra is determined to go along with Cass to South America but everything is not as it seems and she vows to keep Cass from discovering the truth. Can these two lovers learn to trust in their love and each other or will the truth destroy them both?



All I can say is WOW! In the same fast-paced action as any Indiana Jones film with sizzling bedroom scenes so hot, it burned my fingers, Undone is a scintillating romance. Livia Quinn creates swoon-worthy characters with an adventurous plot that makes the time fly by. A quick read, Undone gets my vote for the one book I’d like to curl up to to stay warm.



I loved the chemistry between Elektra and Cass. They were realistic characters dealing with real issues. Cass is Australian and Livia Quinn did an outstanding with the Aussie slang, so much so that I could hear Cass’ accent while reading.



I look forward to reading more in this series (Livia leaked to me she’s writing two more books).



If you like your romance scorching hot, buy this book RIGHT NOW!



Favorite Character:

Cass. He’s a passionate man who loves one woman and will do anything it takes to be with her. In the year they were apart, he’d smell her perfume on another woman and it drove him mad with desire. He’s an Aussie (big plus), sexier than Indiana Jones and yet, sensitive. He’s every woman’s ideal man and will be the book boyfriend of the year. Trust me! winks



Favorite Quote:

“All the months of love and loss culminated in this one terrifying moment. She could lose him. Over a damned opal.”



My Rating: 5+ stars


This review first appeared: https://www.nnlightsbookheaven.com/si...

[Cadence Denton · Rating 5 out of 5]

You know how some hot books get a little repetitious and light on plot? Not this book. Undone is anything but under done. I’d call it well done! Cass and Elektra’s story is full of passion, sexual tension, misunderstandings, and hot sex. More than that, it’s a story about two people who love each other so much they will sacrifice their happiness, even their lives for the other. Okay, I’ve given way too much away. Read the book. You’ll be glad you did!

[InD'tale Magazine · Rating 4 out of 5]

Ms. Quinn’s vivid vocabulary will have readers clinging to this steamy love story from the very start.

Read full review in the 2014 November issue of InD’tale Magazine.

[Susan · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read Undone recently, and all I can say is wow!!! Cass is one sexy Aussie adventurer, and Elektra is the "one that got away". A year after their break-up, he comes back into her life like a hurricane!!! The sex and passion are still there. He wants her back and will do anything to do that. She has a few secrets that come out, and the Blood Opal is the way Cass will get her back. They travel back to Brazil to recover the Opa,l and realize that their mutual enemy, Vargas has it and wishes to sell it. They come up with a way to get it back. There is plenty of danger, passion, and intrigue though out this book. You are taken on an emotional roller coaster, and you won't be able to stop reading until the end. I highly recommend this to those readers who want adventure, romance and plenty of action. Loved it!!!!

[Kathryn · Rating 4 out of 5]

You know how you feel when you get off the dance floor, having danced 3-4 dances in a row? Those fast, thumping, heart pounding dances where you throw your hands up in the air, throw your head back and just feel the music? That's how this book reads. Fast, heart pumping, loose, wild and free.

Elektra knows she made the mistake of her life when she let Cass out of her life 11 months ago. Little did she expect for him to show up on the doorstep of her design studio and completely fall completely into his arms again.

Cass knew something was wrong when Elektra pushed him out of her life. Since then he's been a man on a mission. To get his woman back.

Deep in the jungles of Brazil, two people realize that love is what you live for..... if you can get through the rough and tumble of it.

[Marissa Garner · Rating 5 out of 5]

Hot, hot, hot! Did I mention, it's hot? Loved the scenes in Brazil. They were so real that I wonder if Ms. Quinn has actually been there. Strong characters. Tight, fast plot. Oh, and it's hot.

[Ann Sutphin · Rating 4 out of 5]

very good book! Lots of steamy scenes and a very good storyline.

[Kelly]

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