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The Revenge Game - Book Tour and Giveaway

11/4/2019

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The Revenge Game
by Alice Gaines
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Print Length: 156 pages
Publisher: Entangled: Indulgence
Publication Date: September 23, 2019

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Adam Morrow is a self-made millionaire. But one night with her could ruin everything…
I’ve worked my ass off for what I have, and I’m damn proud of it. I started off with nothing and now I’m filthy rich. Let me tell you, there’s nothing like revenge to help you get your ass in gear. And that’s what I’m taking, with every exclusive resort I open—sweet, sweet revenge…on her.
Nicole Westmore was my first love. The poor little rich girl stole my heart with her sweet smile, hot body, and irresistible innocence. The summer I worked for her father was the best time of my life…until he drove me away. Even then, I thought Nicole would wait for me. She didn’t.
And so, I decided to get even, opening rival hotels, slowly driving them out of business. The old man is gone now, but Nicole is still running the company that’s about to collapse. All my hard work will soon pay off.
And then I catch sight of her at a wedding, and all those feelings come rushing back--for both of us. Still, she doesn’t know what I’ve done—yet—and she seems more than willing. What will one night in her bed hurt?
The sex is hotter than ever, and I can’t help wondering if I’ve made a mistake. Until I get up the next morning…and realize I’ve been kidnapped!



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​Adam sat at the table in their cottage on the cove and watched Nicole prepare dinner. It was exactly the sort of scene he’d fantasized about when he’d been young and in love. And for once in a very long time, he faced an inner struggle.
Did he still hate her? No. Did he still hate her father? Sure, but what was the point? The man was dead, and Adam was having sex with his daughter again. That in itself would have the bastard spinning in his grave.
Did he still want to sink Westmore Hotels? Getting rid of the competition was a good business move, revenge or not.
But the most important issue involved his own emotions. If he was having honeymoon sex, would he be able to walk away when he’d had enough? Hell, would he ever have enough of this woman? Sometime soon, he’d have to return to the office. And she’d have to go back to work. They’d leave here, and then what? Could he do without her, or was he already in too deep?
He’d tried just about everything one body could do with sex, and it had all been fantastic for him and for all his partners. But none of it compared with being with this woman, even in the most ordinary of ways. Emotion—feelings—had to account for the difference. You had honeymoon sex with someone you loved. Grant hadn’t said that, but he’d implied it. Was he falling in love with Nicole all over again? Good God in heaven.
She glanced over her shoulder at him. “You look pensive.”
“I was only wondering if you’ve become domesticated,” he lied.
She laughed. “Not likely. I love to cook, but I’m happy to have someone else clean up.”
“Spoiled little rich girl.”
“There are some good things about being spoiled and rich.” She picked up a colander full of greens and a bowl and approached the table.
“Here,” she said as she put both in front of him. “How good are you at tearing up lettuce for a salad?”
“I promise you, I can tear up anything you want.”
She laughed again. She seemed to do it easily, quite in contrast with the tense woman who’d confronted him at Grant’s sister’s wedding. They were getting along now…more or less. As long as she didn’t find out about Vivian.
She went back to work near the sink, shelling shrimp for a Cajun dish. An array of spices and fresh herbs stood all around her cutting board. This promised to be quite a feast.
He had to end the honeymoon before he lost control of his emotions completely. They were competitors, and he might still end up taking over Westmore Hotels. If he did, she’d hate him, and they’d end up back at square one. No. He had to get back to New York and get some distance from her so he could clear his head and figure out where to go from here.
But first, he had a little treat in store for her, if she liked that kind of thing. He’d made a detour to the resort gift shop and had liberated a few silk scarves. Long ones. Long enough to tie wrists and ankles to the posts at the corners of their bed.
She was wearing shorts that snuggled against her butt in a particularly tempting way. They weren’t super tight, allowing movement, but they still showed off her curves. He’d cupped her buttocks with his palms as he drove himself into her, so the mere act of staring at her aroused him. She might not go for the silk, but he’d definitely have sex with her. One last indulgence before he got her to agree the time had come to return to the real world.
“Why don’t you take a break and come over here?” he said.
She turned and cocked her head, staring at the lettuce she’d put in front of him. “You haven’t touched that.”
“I don’t feel like cooking right now.”
“But dinner…”
“It can wait for a while,” he said.
She put down her knife, turned, and rested her backside against the counter. “What on earth could you possibly have in mind?”
He gave her a grin—that came more easily now, too—and he turned in his chair and patted his knee. “Why don’t you come over here and find out?”
She sauntered toward him. “You’re a sex fiend, you know?”
“I’ve been called worse.”
She sat on his knee and draped her arms around his shoulders. Being this close to her, he could get lost in the emerald gleam of her eyes. They definitely held a wicked twinkle.
“I had a really nasty thought as I watched you on the elliptical today,” he said.
“You were watching me?”
“You know I can’t take my eyes off you,” he said.
“That’s nice.” She pressed her lips against his, just long enough to give him a taste of her. “Really nice.”
With her butt on his thigh, her legs sat near his crotch. Her kisses and the scent of her perfume had already warmed his libido, and his sex thickened and hardened in anticipation of having her yet again. If she’d been a drug, he would have been addicted long before now. This was exactly why he needed some distance. But not quite yet.
“So, anyway…my wicked thought,” he said.
She moved her mouth to his ear and blew into it. “Do tell.”
He shuddered as a bolt of lightning slashed through him. Holy crap, she could turn him on. “A little exotic play, maybe. But only if it excites you.”
She straightened. “Exotic? How?”
“Trust. I’m going to prove to you that I trust you completely.” For now, they’d leave aside the question of whether she could trust him.
She leaned back and looked at him out of the corners of her eyes. “You’re not going to fall backward and trust me to catch you, are you?”
“Nothing quite that innocent,” he said. “I’m going to let you tie me up.”
She hooted. “You’re kidding, right?”
“Only if you want to. It’s your call.”
She stared into his eyes. “You’re serious.”
“There’s a bag from the hotel gift shop in the bedroom. It has enough silk scarves to tie me pretty securely to the bed.”
“I did see that bag.” She bit her lip. “Silk scarves, huh?”
“You wouldn’t hurt me, of course,” he said.
“But I could tie you up, and…”
“Do whatever you want to me.” The more he thought about this plan, the hotter he got. Imagine, her crawling all over him. Getting naked but not allowing him to touch her. He couldn’t do anything for his own pleasure unless she allowed it. If she toyed with him for a good, long while and then finally allowed him to climax, the orgasm would tear him apart. What a way to go.
“Would that really turn you on?” she asked.
“It already has. Touch me if you want proof.”


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Alice Gaines lives in the San Francisco Bay Area in a fixer-upper house she never fixed up. Aside from writing and reading hot, hot romance, she loves cooking, knitting and crocheting, and her church. She has a pet corn snake named Casper and she's insanely passionate about the funky soul band, Tower of Power.


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Can you, for those who don't know you already, tell something about yourself and how you became an author?
My entire life, I’ve made up stories in my imagination and played them out in my head. One day in high school, I was having such an intense conversation with one of my imaginary characters, I pour us two glasses of juice. My parents told me when I was a toddler, I made up a playmate named “Merm.” The world as it is was never big enough or colorful enough. I had to make up my own.

I’m also lazy. I didn’t have the discipline to sit down and start writing books when it was a lot of work. Mark Twain had to write his books longhand. My parents’ generation had typewriters and carbon paper. Too hard for me. But when personal computers became available, I sat down and gave it a try. I was 75 pages into a story when I realized I might actually do this crazy thing. I met another romance author who invited me to her critique group. That year, Romance Writers of America had their convention near my home, and I was able to attend. That got me started, and I’ve never stopped.

This was back in the days before self-publishing or even e-books. There were probably a dozen or so publishers, and you had to go through them to get your books into print. I wrote and wrote and submitted to agents and editors, receiving rejection after rejection. But I kept writing. I’d finished five books and a novella when the novella was accepted by a small press—Red Sage. Then the fifth book was accepted by Leisure Books. I wish I could say that was the beginning of a stellar career, but in reality, my career has gone in fits and starts. I’ve published with an impressive list of publishers, and I’ve dabbled in self-publishing. I hope I’ve found my home now in short contemporary romance.


What is something unique/quirky about you?
I’ve always written hot, hot, even erotic, romance, but I’m an old lady of 70 now. People look at me and think that sweet thing must write cozy mysteries like Miss Marple. They do a double-take when they see my covers. Also, I’m a devout member of a very open-minded church. My pastor’s wife reads my books. Again, people don’t expect that.

​Describe yourself in 5 words or less! 
Lazy, happy, loyal, intelligent, funky.

Tell us something really interesting that's happened to you!
Last year, I was blessed to go to the Galapagos Islands on a National Geographic Cruise. The people of Ecuador have preserved this treasure for the world. Most of the islands are uninhabited by people, but the animal life is amazing. I got to spend a half-hour with a tortoise, just watching him while he grazed. From time to time, he’d look up, notice I was still there, and go back to grazing.



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54 Comments
Bea LaRocca
11/4/2019 03:04:04 am

Thank you for sharing your guest post and book details. I have enjoyed reading about you and your work
The cover is gorgeous and the synopsis and excerpt intriguing. This sounds like a must read for me.

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Alice Gaines link
11/4/2019 01:18:55 pm

Thanks. I hope you enjoy the book.

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James Robert
11/4/2019 04:54:04 am

Thanks so much for sharing a book description and giveaway also. Sounds great!

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Alice Gaines link
11/4/2019 01:19:40 pm

Thanks for reading my post!

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Janet W.
11/4/2019 07:32:23 am

Sounds like such a good read! Love the cover!

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Alice Gaines link
11/4/2019 01:20:18 pm

I love the cover, too. :)

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Shirley Ann Speakman
11/4/2019 08:06:06 am

I enjoyed the excerpt the book sounds really good and the cover suits the story too.

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Alice Gaines link
11/4/2019 01:20:48 pm

Glad you like the excerpt.

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LYNN CLAYTON
11/4/2019 08:14:40 am

nice cover

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Alice Gaines link
11/4/2019 01:21:16 pm

I think so, too. :)

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rana durham
11/4/2019 10:50:36 am

i love the cover so unique

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Alice Gaines link
11/4/2019 01:21:51 pm

It is a pretty cover.

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Rita Wray
11/4/2019 11:23:02 am

Sounds like a good book.

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Alice Gaines link
11/4/2019 01:22:16 pm

I hope you like it.

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Calvin
11/4/2019 12:38:14 pm

Cool them to the book.

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Alice Gaines link
11/4/2019 01:22:39 pm

Thanks!

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Elaine G
11/4/2019 12:47:16 pm

This sounds good. Thanks for sharing the excerpt.

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Alice Gaines link
11/4/2019 01:23:06 pm

Thanks for dropping by.

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Kelly D
11/4/2019 02:40:14 pm

I like the cover. The character looks interesting.

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wendy hutton
11/4/2019 03:10:19 pm

great cover, thanks

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Deborah D
11/4/2019 05:29:30 pm

Very nice cover.

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Sherry
11/4/2019 06:25:43 pm

I really like the cover.

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Mary Cloud
11/4/2019 08:07:05 pm

No questions - I like the cover - it's interesting

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Dale Wilken
11/4/2019 10:01:36 pm

Sounds really great.

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Debbie P
11/4/2019 10:50:10 pm

This book sounds like an awesome read.

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Beyond Comps
11/5/2019 06:23:06 am

Nice cover!

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Tracie Cooper
11/5/2019 02:11:08 pm

I am so excited to read this book!

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Amy F
11/5/2019 05:49:25 pm

This book sounds amazing! Great cover too!

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Mood Reader
11/5/2019 11:36:12 pm

Looks great!

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Melissa
11/6/2019 11:41:32 am

i like the cover, makes me want to know more.

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Kelly Nicholson
11/6/2019 03:13:19 pm

What do you think of the book or the cover?

i hate anything to do with revenge...thats just me

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Sarah L
11/7/2019 12:47:46 am

Looks like an interesting book.
Thanks for the contest. 

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Tiffany Greene Elliott
11/8/2019 10:58:26 am

I think the cover of The Revenge Game is nice! Can’t wait to read this!

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Wanda B
11/8/2019 02:09:53 pm

Such a handsome man on the book cover!

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Marcy Meyer
11/9/2019 01:30:44 pm

Great cover! Sounds like a great contemporary romance.

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Peggy Salkill
11/10/2019 10:36:23 am

Love a good book with a glass of wine!

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Ann Fantom
11/10/2019 10:53:27 am

I like the cover. It is very cute!

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Shirley Emitt
11/10/2019 12:38:49 pm

The book sounds really good and the cover looks great.

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Lydia Goodman
11/10/2019 05:39:14 pm

Great cover, sounds like an interesting read

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Terri Quick
11/11/2019 10:02:52 pm

Great cover

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Barbara Montag
11/13/2019 05:13:33 pm

This is a down to earth romance - gotta love that.
With a fitting cover.

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Catelyn
11/14/2019 05:56:39 am

This book sounds hot

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Mya Murphy
11/14/2019 10:57:09 am

This book sounds SO sexxxxxxy!! And very hot cover! 😛

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Brittany Raisor
11/14/2019 03:48:29 pm

The cover is beautiful and the book sounds sexy!! Love it!

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Daniel M
11/14/2019 07:12:25 pm

like the cover

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Heather Kaufman
11/15/2019 01:32:01 pm

The book sounds enticing.

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Crystal M
11/15/2019 06:10:05 pm

That excerpt makes me hate Adam because he sounds like the stereotypical asshole man who only cares about getting in girls' pants.

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jan
11/16/2019 05:05:51 pm

simply cover and I cannot see the guy, but it still manages to be hot

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Richard Brandt link
11/18/2019 06:03:43 am

"They say before you set out on revenge, dig two graves."

"Oh, I'm going to dig a lot of them."

I'm still waiting for someone to use that line.

I like the excerpt...sweet and racy. But a self-made millionaire seeking revenge on a woman just seems...petty. Revenge is a sucker's game, I've learned. At some point you really have to forgive people or else the rancor just festers inside you.

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Lauren Becker
11/18/2019 12:07:15 pm

I really like the cover. I love that people don't expect the author to write racier books. :)

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Francine Anchondo
11/18/2019 12:25:57 pm

I like the cover

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Elizabeth H.
11/18/2019 03:21:43 pm

The cover looks nice and the excerpt sounds really good!

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Robyn Bellefleur
11/18/2019 09:40:43 pm

The cover is really nice, very intriguing.

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Jerry Marquardt
11/18/2019 11:45:10 pm

I would like to give thanks for all your really great writings, including The Revenge Game, and wishing the best in keeping up the good work in the future.

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