Title:
When The Sun Goes Down
Author:
Erin Noelle
Genre:
Contemporary Romance
Release Date: 25th March, 2014
Trina is a quiet, reserved music teacher
at an inner-city elementary school. Because of the traumatic events of her
childhood, she’s skittish of people in general, but men especially frighten
her. However, when Lucca Ellis appears in her life, he refuses to take no for
an answer. Will he be able to help her overcome the past that has kept her a
prisoner for over eight years?
Kat is a woman scorned and out for
revenge. Wronged by the men in her life, she thrives on belittling and
dominating all men that she comes in contact with. Her end goal is to make the
one man, the one who stole her life away as a child, pay for his actions, and
she doesn’t care who she has to destroy to get there.
These two lives that both thrive on
control, were never supposed to overlap, but anything can happen… When the Sun Goes Down.
Excerpt:
When the Sun Goes Down
~ Trina ~
“A sexy woman, eh?” I close my eyes
as that deep, male voice that has been playing in my mind for the last four
days calls out to me from the doorway.
I pivot on my heel to see Lucca
leaning against my door frame with a smirk spread across his face. He’s wearing
dark jeans and a plaid button down shirt with the sleeves loosely rolled up to
just below his elbow. He causes the strangest feeling inside of me when he
looks at me; I hate it and like it all at the same time. I really don’t have
time for this distraction in my life.
“I have no idea what my dear friend
is talking about,” I say, acting aloof. “She’s desperately trying to make my
life exciting, and unfortunately, that’s just not happening.”
He wanders into the room, my body
temperature rising with each step that he takes closer to me. “So if you don’t
like sexy women, then men are your thing?”
Rolling my eyes, I sigh
overdramatically. “People aren’t my
thing. I’m fine by myself, thank you.” I move around him to rearrange the
instruments that really don’t need rit.
“I don’t buy that, Miss Foster.
Everybody wants to feel wanted.” His eyes follow me around the room, the heat
from his stare causing my entire body to flame.
Standing upright, I turn to face
him as his words slice to my core. “I know what it’s like to feel wanted, Mr.
Ellis, and believe me, that’s not
what I want. Feeling wanted and being loved are two completely different
things.” I stop before I say anything else to reveal information that I don’t
want anyone else to know, especially the guy that enlivens things inside of me
I didn’t even know existed. “My students will be back from lunch soon, so
please excuse me as I set up.”
“You’ll never know what being loved
feels like if you don’t allow anyone to get close to you, Miss Foster.” Running
his fingers through his messy hair, he walks out of the room. “I’ll see you
around.” His voice is calm and collected, and the words he speaks are true. I’m
just not ready for anyone to be close to me. I know if I let someone in, they’d
run away scared once they found out who I really am, and my heart would break
all over again. I just can’t.
Playlist
When the Sun Goes Down Playlist
Mysterious Ways ~ U2
The Only Time ~ Nine Inch Nails
In the Fade ~ Queens of the Stone
Age
Destrokk ~ MGMT
My Same ~ Adele
Ain’t No Sunshine ~ Bill Withers
Addicted to Love ~ Skylar Grey
Sail ~ AWOLNATION
Can’t Get You off My Mind ~ Lenny
Kravitz
Better Living Through Chemistry ~
Queens of the Stone Age
Head Full of Doubt/ Road Full of
Promise ~ The Avett Brothers
Been Caught Stealing ~ Jane’s
Addiction
Calm Like a Bomb ~ Rage Against
the Machine
S&M ~ Rihanna
Glad You Came ~ The Wanted
November Rain ~ Guns & Roses
The Woman in You ~ Ben Harper
Never Say Never ~ The Fray
Chances ~ Five for Fighting
Secret ~ Maroon 5
Fix You ~ Coldplay
Enjoy the Silence ~ Breaking
Benjamin
Breathe Me ~ Sia
Goodbye My Lover ~ James Blunt
Bleeding Out ~ Imagine Dragons
Dreaming with a Broken Heart ~
John Mayer
Soldier ~ Gavin DeGraw
Patient Love ~ Passenger
Secrets ~ One Republic
My Body is a Cage ~ Arcade Fire
Arms ~ Christina Perri
All These Things That I’ve Done ~
The Killers
River of Deceit ~ Mad Season
Happy ~ Pharell Williams
Fireflies ~ Ron Pope
You Found Me ~The Fray
Kiss Me ~Ed Sheeran
Never Stop ~ SafetySuit
Time of Our Lives ~ Tyrone Wells
Forever and Always ~ Parachute
Review
Wow! This story was woven together perfectly. When I started reading, I wasn't sure how this book would play out. It has POVs from Kat & Trina. I got to meet Trina Foster, an elementary school music teacher, who doesn't let anyone get close to her. She keeps to herself and doesn't have any close friends, but she does have a female co-worker at school that she talks to. She doesn't have any relationship with her outside of school. While at work one day, she meets Lucca Ellis, who's filling in as a substitute teacher. I loved him right from the beginning. There was just something about his character, mannerisms & personality that was hard to resist.
Then there's Kat. I was a little confused as to how she fit into the story, but figured it out as I read more. Kat is dealing with a childhood tragedy & still hasn't gotten through it. She's determined to deal with it her way outside of the therapy she's had. And she's trying to heal anyway she can. She doesn't have anyone outside of Leo, her driver, etc. and his mother who have both been in Kat's life since she was young.
When the Sun Goes Down has hidden secrets, suspense, men that offer comfort, the feeling of being safe & will do anything to protect the women they care about. From the beginning, I felt the troubled emotions these women were going through. It didn't have a cliff-hanger, per se, but I'm wondering if there will be more to this story in the future.
Reviewed by Jessie
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Erin Noelle is a Texas native, where she
lives with her husband and two young daughters. While earning her degree in
History, she rediscovered her love for reading that was first instilled by her
grandmother when she was a young child. A lover of happily-ever-afters, both
historical and current, Erin is an avid reader of all romance novels. In 2013,
she published the Book Boyfriend Series, which included books Metamorphosis,
Ambrosia, and Euphoria. Her books have been a part of the USA Today Bestselling
list and/ or the Amazon and Barnes & Noble overall Top 100. You can follow her on Facebook @ www.facebook.com/erin.noelle.98,
her blog @ www.erinnoelleauthor.com, and on Twitter @authorenoelle.
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