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A Way With Words
Kalina Santos went to Nashville to lick her wounds and regroup. A random encounter with a stranger leads her to adventure and a new career opportunity.
Country star, Drew Kendall, was jaded and worried about losing his band. The last thing he expected was to be intrigued by a brown-eyed beauty with no idea who he was.
Drew never intended to hurt his bandmate, Ty. But carelessness has consequences and some things can’t be undone.
One woman. Two bandmates. Will Kalina come between them, or is between them where she’s meant to be? If love is a song, what happens when the tune of your heart sounds more like a trio? Will outside forces generate discord and sharp notes, or can three unique souls blend to create the perfect harmony? You won’t want to miss a beat of this love ballad.
Country star, Drew Kendall, was jaded and worried about losing his band. The last thing he expected was to be intrigued by a brown-eyed beauty with no idea who he was.
Drew never intended to hurt his bandmate, Ty. But carelessness has consequences and some things can’t be undone.
One woman. Two bandmates. Will Kalina come between them, or is between them where she’s meant to be? If love is a song, what happens when the tune of your heart sounds more like a trio? Will outside forces generate discord and sharp notes, or can three unique souls blend to create the perfect harmony? You won’t want to miss a beat of this love ballad.
355 pages, Kindle Edition
Published December 14, 2019
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Kitt Crescendo
4 books50 followersI've always been an avid reader with a vivid imagination, cementing my role as family story teller and librarian. As a military brat, I told stories to my younger siblings to keep them entertained while we travelled the world. Following my mother's lead, poetry was my first medium for writing. With my love of all things steamy and romantic, it was only a matter of time before I began to write my own sexy stories.
I live with my best friend who I'm also lucky enough to call my husband, and my two dogs. Despite living in Florida, I'm a Midwestern girl at heart. I'm passionate about music, coffee and chatting it up with people who share my passions.
I live with my best friend who I'm also lucky enough to call my husband, and my two dogs. Despite living in Florida, I'm a Midwestern girl at heart. I'm passionate about music, coffee and chatting it up with people who share my passions.
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August 22, 2022
Wow! What a wonderful story. Starts out smoking hawt and all of a sudden you're falling in love. In love with every character. Or you want to be their best friend. Kalina is the perfect heroine, smart, funny, and gorgeous. Drew is the All American boy next door, how can you not fall for him. The person I didn't see coming was Ty. He's my favorite, noble, true, the glue to everything while letting the others shine. I can't wait to see what this author writes next!
January 26, 2020
Sweetly emotional
While heavily emotive in a sweet and tender way, there are also some fantastic sex scenes. Like, super hot. This is a ménage between two men and one female and I adore so much that the men are together and love each other as well; it makes the relationship so much more solid and complete, imo.
Kalina has a healthy, solid friendship in Jude, and I so appreciate the totally positive relationship the author gave these women. Too often, a female other than the main character falls into the tramp or evil witch category, and that’s just not fair or accurate. So kudos on the strong, beautiful friendship! And I can’t wait to read Jude’s story next!
While heavily emotive in a sweet and tender way, there are also some fantastic sex scenes. Like, super hot. This is a ménage between two men and one female and I adore so much that the men are together and love each other as well; it makes the relationship so much more solid and complete, imo.
Kalina has a healthy, solid friendship in Jude, and I so appreciate the totally positive relationship the author gave these women. Too often, a female other than the main character falls into the tramp or evil witch category, and that’s just not fair or accurate. So kudos on the strong, beautiful friendship! And I can’t wait to read Jude’s story next!
December 17, 2019
Kalina picked up her life after her fiance cheated on her. She makes a complete break, moves away and goes to stay with her friend, Jude. Once on the plane Kalina makes friends with a sexy cowboy named Drew. The flirtatious banter between them was so much fun. One thing leads to another and I'll never know how they didn't get caught! They never even exchanged names by the time they got off the plane when it landed.
So when Kalina gets a job as a song writer where Jude works and Drew spots her, he's more than a little surprised. Their second meeting doesn't go as well as the first one but things quickly get better once they start talking. Drew is a country singer and Ty is the drummer for the band.
Ty is engaged to a conniving shrew of a woman who Kalina finds to be desperate to sink her claws into a man who can shower her with gifts and money. When Ty finally comes to his senses and calls off the engagement he's left emotionally vulnerable but is up for a threesome with Drew and Kalina when the opportunity arises. Ty's ex doesn't leave easily and makes more trouble for him before finally going away.
Ty and Drew have been best friends for a long time but now they have more intense feelings for each other as well for Kalina. It was fun watching them learn to have a relationship between the three of them and watch the guys figure out what they're new relationship was. They were stronger together so when a problem appears for them and it involves all of them, they lean on each other to get through it.
Kalina is a strong, funny character who fits in really well with both of these guys. Ty and Drew are so much fun to watch, I really liked them and they are sexy as hell together as well when they're with Kalina. While Drew is the smooth talking charmer, Ty is a bit of a dominant alpha male. They make for quite the fun threesome.
So when Kalina gets a job as a song writer where Jude works and Drew spots her, he's more than a little surprised. Their second meeting doesn't go as well as the first one but things quickly get better once they start talking. Drew is a country singer and Ty is the drummer for the band.
Ty is engaged to a conniving shrew of a woman who Kalina finds to be desperate to sink her claws into a man who can shower her with gifts and money. When Ty finally comes to his senses and calls off the engagement he's left emotionally vulnerable but is up for a threesome with Drew and Kalina when the opportunity arises. Ty's ex doesn't leave easily and makes more trouble for him before finally going away.
Ty and Drew have been best friends for a long time but now they have more intense feelings for each other as well for Kalina. It was fun watching them learn to have a relationship between the three of them and watch the guys figure out what they're new relationship was. They were stronger together so when a problem appears for them and it involves all of them, they lean on each other to get through it.
Kalina is a strong, funny character who fits in really well with both of these guys. Ty and Drew are so much fun to watch, I really liked them and they are sexy as hell together as well when they're with Kalina. While Drew is the smooth talking charmer, Ty is a bit of a dominant alpha male. They make for quite the fun threesome.
December 31, 2019
This book was bloody brilliant!! It was the perfect mix of everything. It was absolutely panty melting, need a cold shower, scorching hot.....plus it had a sweeter, softer, more emotional side then to top it all off, it had some real LAUGH OUT LOUD moments!! I was honored to have a chance to read this one.
February 14, 2020
Hot! Hot! Hot! I thought this would be like a lot of other books that get you set up for action and then drop you, but no, this book definitely delivers some steamy, graphic sex. So be prepared for that! It's good to read when you have time to enjoy it. The only part I found unbelievable was that the airplane was mostly empty. Other than that, it was a captivating read.
January 22, 2020
AWWW is about former English teacher, Kalina, who is looking for a new life while chasing her dreams. In the midst of her new life, she meets Drew and Ty, both of whom only make her adventure more interesting, to say the least. I loved the characters, the banter exchanged between them, the wit, I laughed a lot, and the sex was HOT. Whew!! So hot. The dialog was a bit too wordy at times which felt exhausting over the course of the book, IMO, which is why it's a 4 instead of a 5 star. Great book.
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September 24, 2020A little excerpt share...
She stood up with the force of her anger, causing him to shift backward, lose his balance, and lay sprawled at her feet, staring up at her in shock. Quickly, he tried to regain some semblance of dignity and get up.
“Lie?” Drew squawked as he rumbled back up to his feet, trying with no success to slap the dirt off his jeans, but only managing to spread mud stains instead. Hurt turned his eyes a honey brown. “I never lied to you.”
“Oh no?” Her eyes narrowed as she poked him hard in the center of his chest. “You said you weren’t a country star. What the hell are you if not the country star?”
His eyes warmed, remembering her and that moment fondly, even as he wrapped her delicate hand in his for self-preservation. “Now darlin’.” He was afraid if he didn’t stop her she’d poke all the way through his ribs, right into his bruised heart. “That’s not exactly how that went down. If I recall correctly, your exact words were, ‘don’t tell me you’re a country artist’. What I said was, ‘okay, I won’t’. An omission, for sure. But not a lie.”
Damn him. She could already feel herself softening. Getting pulled into the vortex that was Drew. She didn’t want to talk this out. Angry was easier. Angry hurt less. Made her less vulnerable. Because if this is how she felt now, when she barely knew him, she wasn’t sure she’d survive being invested in him.
“Semantics,” she snapped. “You knew what I thought.”
Drew put his hands up in surrender. “Okay, yeah, I did. But to be fair, it was a little white lie. I was just agreeing with you, but honestly, did you really think we were ever going to see each other again?” He raised an eyebrow. “I know I didn’t. Hell, if I had, I’d have done so many things differently.”
“Like?” She crossed her arms over her chest, curious against her will. He had a point. She was self-aware enough to admit, at least to herself, that there were a lot of things she’d have done differently, too.
“Well, I’d have at least asked for your name.” The beginnings of a grin began to spread across his face. “And maybe told you mine. Well, my first name, anyway. Honestly, part of the appeal for me was that you didn’t seem to know who I was. You treated me like I could’ve been any hot, charming stud.”
Her snort turned into a belly laugh. Damn him. He was still funny. “All that, and you sing, too? Why ever are you single?”
“I ask myself that every day.”
She stood up with the force of her anger, causing him to shift backward, lose his balance, and lay sprawled at her feet, staring up at her in shock. Quickly, he tried to regain some semblance of dignity and get up.
“Lie?” Drew squawked as he rumbled back up to his feet, trying with no success to slap the dirt off his jeans, but only managing to spread mud stains instead. Hurt turned his eyes a honey brown. “I never lied to you.”
“Oh no?” Her eyes narrowed as she poked him hard in the center of his chest. “You said you weren’t a country star. What the hell are you if not the country star?”
His eyes warmed, remembering her and that moment fondly, even as he wrapped her delicate hand in his for self-preservation. “Now darlin’.” He was afraid if he didn’t stop her she’d poke all the way through his ribs, right into his bruised heart. “That’s not exactly how that went down. If I recall correctly, your exact words were, ‘don’t tell me you’re a country artist’. What I said was, ‘okay, I won’t’. An omission, for sure. But not a lie.”
Damn him. She could already feel herself softening. Getting pulled into the vortex that was Drew. She didn’t want to talk this out. Angry was easier. Angry hurt less. Made her less vulnerable. Because if this is how she felt now, when she barely knew him, she wasn’t sure she’d survive being invested in him.
“Semantics,” she snapped. “You knew what I thought.”
Drew put his hands up in surrender. “Okay, yeah, I did. But to be fair, it was a little white lie. I was just agreeing with you, but honestly, did you really think we were ever going to see each other again?” He raised an eyebrow. “I know I didn’t. Hell, if I had, I’d have done so many things differently.”
“Like?” She crossed her arms over her chest, curious against her will. He had a point. She was self-aware enough to admit, at least to herself, that there were a lot of things she’d have done differently, too.
“Well, I’d have at least asked for your name.” The beginnings of a grin began to spread across his face. “And maybe told you mine. Well, my first name, anyway. Honestly, part of the appeal for me was that you didn’t seem to know who I was. You treated me like I could’ve been any hot, charming stud.”
Her snort turned into a belly laugh. Damn him. He was still funny. “All that, and you sing, too? Why ever are you single?”
“I ask myself that every day.”
March 17, 2020
At the center of this dynamic erotic romance is a feisty, gorgeous extroverted heroine who is intelligent, creative and, charismatic. A heartbreaking discovery and breakup at the beginning of the story doesn't dampen her spirit. Her passionate choices drive the story. She's making a new start in a new city. She meets two sexy country musicians and is almost instantly drawn into their world. They are intrigued by her beauty and then later beguiled by her creative talents. Gradually, they navigate the complexities of a MMF ménage love affair. But will it be more than an affair?
Snappy dialogue between the characters reveal their internal worlds as much as their actions. The smoking hot erotic scenes come early in the story and intensify the plot. More tender emotions develop in a believable fashion as the relationships deepen. Interesting secondary characters provide a richness of emotional support, deep friendship and warmth. A sizzling hot, fun contemporary erotic romance that is filled with wit, banter, country music, poetry and love scenes that are emotionally and psychologically satisfying.
Snappy dialogue between the characters reveal their internal worlds as much as their actions. The smoking hot erotic scenes come early in the story and intensify the plot. More tender emotions develop in a believable fashion as the relationships deepen. Interesting secondary characters provide a richness of emotional support, deep friendship and warmth. A sizzling hot, fun contemporary erotic romance that is filled with wit, banter, country music, poetry and love scenes that are emotionally and psychologically satisfying.
December 18, 2019
Kitt Crescendo has outdone herself with this witty, heartfelt, and smoldering story of three people who find love in the most unexpected way. The banter between these three characters is so sassy and smart, with a fresh and fun spin on some classic good ol' boy charm. I dare you not to fall-in-love with either, or both, of these swoon-worthy men.
Kalina is the perfect representation of a strong heroine. She embarks on a new adventure, looking for a fresh start from a past she's trying to forget. The last thing she expects is to find the man of her dreams, and another who steals her heart. What's a girl to do with two rugged and virile men vying for her affections?
Drew and Ty are best friends and bandmates. They're used to sharing a stage, but neither expect the vulnerable and beautiful Kalina to challenge their beliefs about love. They are soon sharing far more than a friendship between them.
I loved every WORD of this story and the WAY Kitt Crescendo delivered it. A great romantic read.
Kalina is the perfect representation of a strong heroine. She embarks on a new adventure, looking for a fresh start from a past she's trying to forget. The last thing she expects is to find the man of her dreams, and another who steals her heart. What's a girl to do with two rugged and virile men vying for her affections?
Drew and Ty are best friends and bandmates. They're used to sharing a stage, but neither expect the vulnerable and beautiful Kalina to challenge their beliefs about love. They are soon sharing far more than a friendship between them.
I loved every WORD of this story and the WAY Kitt Crescendo delivered it. A great romantic read.
February 28, 2020
Fantastic read!
Great storyline and I couldn’t put it down! Can’t wait for the next in the series! Proud of you, girl!
Great storyline and I couldn’t put it down! Can’t wait for the next in the series! Proud of you, girl!
May 16, 2020
A Way With Words is a great series starter. The characters were well round. There were plenty of steamy scenes without taking away from the story. Looking forward to the next Lovers & Lyrics book.
December 24, 2019
Wow, a decent story and a hot threesome to boot! Girl catches fiancee doing someone else, on a flight to see her bestie she meets a cowboy who raises her core temp like no other. In business class seats she receives an intro to the mile high club.
When reality sets in 24 hours later things could be worse. Read and enjoy I know I did!!
When reality sets in 24 hours later things could be worse. Read and enjoy I know I did!!
January 20, 2020
What a great story! Finding love with one person is incredible but with two ppl is simply amazing! I thoroughly enjoyed this hawt exciting read!!!
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December 19, 2019
All I can say is WOW!
I was hooked from the first sentence. The way Kitt manipulated the characters and was able to bring them all together has me excited for book 2!
I was hooked from the first sentence. The way Kitt manipulated the characters and was able to bring them all together has me excited for book 2!
November 29, 2020
Blew me away
Wow!! Don’t know what to say... it’s a great story well written but wish there was more back story and it didn’t end! lol If your squeamish about threesomes or M/M it’s not a book for you...
Wow!! Don’t know what to say... it’s a great story well written but wish there was more back story and it didn’t end! lol If your squeamish about threesomes or M/M it’s not a book for you...
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