Reading Write Now: Only For You by Genna Rulon with Giveaway

Title: Only for You (For You #1)

Author: Genna Rulon

Genre: New Adult

Publication Date: September 24, 2013

Event organized by: Literati Author Services, Inc.

Synopsis

“In its purest form love is self-sacrificing, eternal, selfless, enduring, truthful, forgiving and indulgent. It also feels an awful lot like a kick to the stomach when you try to fight it!“

All Everleigh Carsen wanted to do was complete her final semester at Hensley University and begin the life she carefully planned.

When a wave of violent crime seizes campus, Everleigh is persuaded to attend a school sponsored self-defense seminar by her best friend, where she meets volunteer instructor, Hunter Charles. After Everleigh’s biting sarcasm induces Hunter to eject her from class, a tempestuous relationship is born.

Everleigh is determined to forget the striking man, but fate–that fickle shrew–continuously intervenes. Unable to escape him, she declares Hunter an enemy combatant. The only complication… Hunter is resolutely pursuing vindication…by any means necessary. Verbal warfare ensues, and despite Everleigh’s ingenious efforts, in Hunter, she has finally found her equal.

Only For You is a compelling tale of friendship, desire, and redemption--brimming with intelligent characters, witty dialogue, unexpected twists, profound sorrow, unfettered hope, and love’s unassailable perseverance.

Note: Although this is series, each novel can be read as a stand alone.

Add to Goodreads

Kota's Review

Only for you takes us on a journey through the later college years with Everleigh and Sam. Unfortunately, grim and heinous crimes are occurring on campus, and this leads to the girls feeling extremely vulnerable.

Sam talks Everleigh into taking a free campus sanctioned self defense course, and this is where we meet Hunter Charles for the first time. What an introduction!!!

Only for you follows Everleigh as she learns about life, love and unconditional care and support. Everleigh is a witty, loveable character who is full of sass. For me Everleigh is very personable because we share an addiction of sorts - her love of coffee, and desperate need for it before she even begins to function had me feeling her!!

Together Everleigh and Sam are perfect friends, they are BFF's in the true sense, they support each other and they overshare in the best possible ways. Only For You was almost as much about Sam as it was about Everleigh, which perfectly sets the scene for book 2 in this series.

Hunter is a gorgeous martial arts expert who while spending all his time with Everleigh is still closed off. The warning alarms sound - what could he be hiding? But Everleigh doesn't listen. Their journey is fraught with many obstacles in their way to a Happy Ever After.

This was Genna Rulon's debut novel i do believe. It is a full novel at almost 390 pages. It is a page turner - Genna's tone, style and prose are complementary to the reader - with no fault in the seamless storytelling. Genna enabled enough detail in the characters backstory for you never to assume the depths of a relationship and how it connected. The secondary characters were fabulously written, enabling the reader to develop an affinity with them all. I am excited to see where Griffin and Sam head in Pieces For You (due for release in December 2013).

The storyline while grim was intriguing, and more about the dynamics of relationships than the horrors that unfolded. The humour and sarcasm was perfectly inserted, keeping a sense of lightness when needed, and some laugh out loud moments. My only complaint with this story - was i found the plot outcomes predictable. There was likely one element - in a number of twists - that i didn't predict, and that disappointed me slightly, because i really wanted that adrenaline to build and my heart to race, such was the talent of Genna's writing, but it didn't.

This is a new adult romance/thriller and it perfectly fits that genre. The sexual tension is palpable, but the sexual details sparing. This didn't detract from the story - but man i would love to meet Hunter all 'grown up' if you know what i mean!!!!! Congratulations Genna on a well written, entertaining novel.

Links

Amazon US | Amazon CA | Amazon UK

About the Author

Genna Rulon is an up and coming contemporary romance author.

During her 15 years in the corporate world, Genna, inspired by her love of reading, fantasized about penning her own stories. Encouraged by her favorite authors, many of whom are indie writers and self-published, she committed to pursuing her aspirations of writing her own novels.

Genna was raised in Long Island, New York, where she still resides, surrounded by the most amazing family and friends. Married to a wonderful man, who patiently tolerates her ramblings about whichever book she is currently working on, even feigning interest relatively convincingly! Genna is blessed with two little boys who do their best to thwart mommy’s writing time with their hilarious antics and charming extrapolations.