Title: The Pairing
Author: Katie Ashley
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Length: 309 pages
Released: February 17, 2014
BLURB
After her former boyfriend left her pregnant and alone, Megan McKenzie swore off men. She spent the last eighteen months focused solely on her son, Mason, along with finishing nursing school at the top of her class. Although she’s not ready to complicate her life with a long-term relationship, a nice no-strings attached hook-up is just what she needs. At her godson, Noah’s, baptism, she finds the perfect candidate in the soft-spoken godfather, Pesh Nadeen. After all, the widower could use a good time too. But after drinking too much, the night doesn’t end the way she thought it would. Forced to leave Pesh’s house through a walk of shame, Megan hopes to never, ever see him again.
For Pesh Nadeen, the very sight of Megan sends him into an emotional tailspin. Since she reminds him too much of what he has lost, he wants to be out of her sight…at first. But the more he gets to know her, there's something about the diminutive blonde that causes his protective side to go into overdrive, and he finds himself wanting more. When Megan is assigned to work in his ER to complete her nursing clinicals, he sees it as fate, but she’s having no part of it. She only wants a physical relationship while he wants far more.
What happens next is a sexy game of cat and mouse to see who will break first or if both of them will eventually get more than they ever bargained for.
EXCERPT
“So,
will you have dinner with me?”
Pesh
leaned forward expectantly as Megan opened her mouth. They were interrupted by
the sound of Emma’s voice. “Oh thank God. I’m so glad you two are on .”
Her
anxious tone was the only thing that could have torn Pesh’s attention away from
Megan. He glanced from Emma to Aidan, who was grimacing and rubbing his head.
“What happened?”
Emma
replied, “He fell and hit his head,” at the same time Aidan grunted, “Nothing.”
Megan
stepped forward and went over to Aidan. She gasped as she surveyed him. “Ankle,
your pupils are huge!”
Pesh
took his penlight out of his coat pocket and went to Aidan. As he flashed the
light into Aidan’s eyes, he grimaced. “Yeah, they are. What exactly happened?”
He made sure to direct his question to Emma since she appeared to be the only
one being honest.
“We
were at my OB’s for our first ultrasound.”
Pesh’s
eyes widened. “Ultrasound…you’re pregnant?”
“Again?”
Megan questioned by his side.
The
concern for Aidan on Emma’s face washed away and was replaced with a beaming
smile. “Yes, I’m eight weeks.”
“Why
didn’t you say something at dinner Sunday?” Megan asked.
“Well,
I only found out two weeks ago, and we wanted to wait to tell everyone until we
had the first ultrasound.”
Megan’s
blonde brows creased. “So what does the ultrasound have to do with Ankle
hitting his head?”
Emma
pursed her lips and cut her gaze over to Aidan. “Would you like to tell them?”
When he shook his head and then winced, Emma sighed. “When they hooked me up to
the fetal monitor, they thought they heard two heartbeats. At the word ‘twins’,
Aidan passed out and hit his head on the counter and the floor.”
While
Pesh quickly turned a laugh into a cough, Megan wasn’t so tactful. She burst
out laughing. “You seriously passed out during the ultrasound?”
Aidan
scowled at her. “In my defense, it wasn’t quite the ultrasound yet.” At Megan’s
continued laughter, he shrugged. “It was pretty mind-blowing news.”
“Oh
Ankle, honestly.”
Aidan
turned to Pesh. “So am I going to stand around all day getting shit, or are you
going to examine me?”
Pesh
nodded. “Of course. Your pupils are definitely a matter of concern.”
Glancing
at Emma, Aidan said, “Just wait for me here.”
“Okay.”
Pesh
motioned for Aidan to go into the first examining room. As soon as the door
closed behind him, Aidan lunged for him, grabbing the lapels of his white coat.
“I need a vasectomy. Today.”
Pesh
fought the urge to laugh at the absurdity of the situation as well as Aidan’s
desperation. “Okay, let’s get you to sit down. You’ve obviously been through a
lot of trauma in the last hour.”
Aidan
plopped onto the examining table. He buried his head in his hands and groaned.
“What a fucking nightmare of a day.”
“Does
your head hurt?” Pesh asked.
“A
little.”
“Any
nausea?”
“Maybe.”
Pesh
furrowed his brows. “What do you mean, maybe?”
Aidan
raised his head. “If you’re asking if I’m nauseated now, the answer would be
no. I’m not. But on the other hand, if you’re asking if I get nauseous thinking
about the fact that Emma could have been pregnant with twins, and I would have
had three kids under two and in diapers…” Aidan shuddered. “Then yeah, I get
really fucking nauseous, and the room starts to spin a little.”
REVIEW
A slow burn... full of anticipation and passion. That is how I describe in a nutshell this book.
If you did not already have a spot in your heart for Pesh Nadeen from book #2 in this series, you definitely will now. He is that man we all dream about who is gentle, trustworthy, in control, with a heaping spoonful of mischief in the bedroom. He is that steadfast lover and friend you can entrust your happiness to, knowing full well he will never fail you.
Megan has been hurt before. It is no wonder she is reluctant to enter into any kind of relationship with Pesh. She has a child without a father, whose gentle feelings must be protected. Pesh comes into her life at a time when she is determined to focus on her career and her son. Pesh and Megan are controlling themselves, but there is no denying how perfect they feel about each other. Chemistry is sparking off the walls when they are together. There is no denying what is between them... a passion that burn slowly until the fire hits a combustion level of a three alarm happening.
As usual, Katie Ashley delivers a resounding hit with this book. I was not able to put this book down. The author's gentle and straightforward words will grip your heart and not let go. We have a new boyfriend in town and his name is Pesh!
If you did not already have a spot in your heart for Pesh Nadeen from book #2 in this series, you definitely will now. He is that man we all dream about who is gentle, trustworthy, in control, with a heaping spoonful of mischief in the bedroom. He is that steadfast lover and friend you can entrust your happiness to, knowing full well he will never fail you.
Megan has been hurt before. It is no wonder she is reluctant to enter into any kind of relationship with Pesh. She has a child without a father, whose gentle feelings must be protected. Pesh comes into her life at a time when she is determined to focus on her career and her son. Pesh and Megan are controlling themselves, but there is no denying how perfect they feel about each other. Chemistry is sparking off the walls when they are together. There is no denying what is between them... a passion that burn slowly until the fire hits a combustion level of a three alarm happening.
As usual, Katie Ashley delivers a resounding hit with this book. I was not able to put this book down. The author's gentle and straightforward words will grip your heart and not let go. We have a new boyfriend in town and his name is Pesh!
Katie Ashley is a New York Times, USA Today, and Amazon Best-Selling
author. She lives outside of Atlanta, Georgia with her two very spoiled
dogs. She has a slight obsession with Pinterest, The Golden Girls,
Shakespeare, Supernatural, Harry Potter, Designing Women, and
Scooby-Doo.
With a BA in English, a BS in Secondary English Education, and a Masters in Adolescent English Education, she has spent the last eleven years teaching both middle and high school English. As of January 2013, she is a full-time writer.
With a BA in English, a BS in Secondary English Education, and a Masters in Adolescent English Education, she has spent the last eleven years teaching both middle and high school English. As of January 2013, she is a full-time writer.
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