Spotlight & Giveaway: The Younger Man by Karina Halle

Posted December 11th, 2019 by in Blog, Spotlight / 39 comments

Today, HJ is pleased to share with you Karina Halle’s new release: The Younger Man

 

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Starting over was her only option.

 
Forty-years old and still reeling from a public and painful divorce, Thalia Blackwood is looking for a fresh start, somewhere far away from her upside down life. When she’s offered a new job as the sports therapist for a football (soccer) team, she jumps at the chance. This is just what she needs to leave the heartbreak and shame of Manchester behind, trading it in for the warmth and hopeful vibrancy of Madrid.
 
He was her only desire.
 
Twenty-three year old Alejo Albarado is rising up the ranks in his career. As the charming forward for the Real Madrid team, Alejo’s life revolves around women, parties, and being a tabloid darling, that is until the new sports therapist joins the team.
 
Their passion could not be ignored.
 
What starts out as a strictly professional relationship between Thalia and the young Spanish player, slowly evolves into something more. Much more.
 
Their relationship was forbidden.
 
But their combustible chemistry and simmering sexual tension can only go so far—should Thalia give into Alejo’s advances, she’s at risk of not only losing her job, but succumbing to a much younger man will drag her through the spotlight again.
 
Alejo might be worth that risk.
 
Unless he breaks her heart in the process.
 
The Younger Man is a full-length standalone romance. Characters from Love, in English make a cameo in this book, however The Younger Man is intended to be read as a STANDALONE. This book will be approximately 400-500 pages or more.

 

Enjoy an exclusive excerpt from The Younger Man 

He laughs bitterly. “You took advantage of me? No one took advantage of anyone. We both wanted that. We both needed that. And I’m not going to let you just push me away again, not after what happened. That was the most intense fuck of my life and I dare say it was the same for you. Maybe rules were broken, but they were rules worth breaking.”
My eyes close as the word fuck conjures up so many images. I try to bat them away. “No, they weren’t. It’s not worth it.”
“That’s a lie,” he ekes out, practically seething. “This isn’t over between us. It’s just beginning. I’ve had a taste of you. I’m not going to want anything else.”
The way he says taste make my legs squeeze together, the heat building in my stomach.
I take in a shaking breath. “Alejo…”
“You’re mine.” He reaches over and grabs my chin, making me look him in the eyes.
God, he’s mad.
“Yours?” I volley back, bringing my head back out of his grasp. “You have no right to be possessive over me.”
“And you have no right to tell me how to feel!” he practically shouts that last part. It’s enough to give him a warning look. We need to shut up.
I rub my lips together, at a loss. “I don’t know what to do, okay? I’m just doing what I think is best for the both of us. We need to move on and put this past us. It’s not a big deal. We’re two consenting adults. We’re both attracted to each other, we both like each other. We got carried away with our…desires and now, well, it’s time to put a stop to it before it becomes a big deal.”
“You’re playing games with me,” he says, jaw clenched.
“I’m not playing games with you!” I cry out softly.
“Yes you are. You touched me and you pulled back, told me it couldn’t happen again. You let me kiss you and again, the same threats. Now you fuck me and you’re pulling away, telling me that we can’t. But we can. We just did!”
“It’s not a game…it’s,” I can’t even find the words. “I don’t know. I just know that I keep doing these things and they are the wrong things. I don’t know why…I don’t know what’s happening to me.”
Okay, I need to hold it together. Tears are starting to burn behind my eyes and I’m on the verge of a minor breakdown here.
I stare down at my hands, my hands that were healing Alejo one minute and holding onto him the next. I shake my head, feeling small and vulnerable. “I need to figure myself out. And I’m sorry that you’re being dragged into this mess. I really am. I don’t mean to lead you on, if that’s what I’m doing. I guess I just…”
“You need me,” he says softly. “You like me. I know both those things are true.”
I want to tell him I don’t need him, but that would be a lie.
I think I do need him.
I need him to set me free.
Give me that green light to move on.
But the scariest thing is, what if I end up moving onto him?
What if it turns into something more?
What if it turns into something that can never ever be?
We’re the impossible.
What if all my fear about Alejo has nothing to do with my job or his age at all but the very fact that he might end up breaking my heart one day?
I close my eyes and take a steadying breath through my nose. I need to make sure this doesn’t happen again.

Excerpt. ©Karina Halle. Posted by arrangement with the publisher. All rights reserved.
 
 

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Meet the Author:

Meet Karina:
Karina Halle is a former travel writer and music journalist and The New York Times, Wall Street Journal and USA Today Bestselling author of The Pact, Love, in English, The Artists Trilogy, Dirty Angels and over 20 other wild and romantic reads. She lives on an island off the coast of British Columbia with her husband and her rescue pup, where she drinks a lot of wine, hikes a lot of trails and devours a lot of books.
Halle is represented by the Root Literary and is both self-published and published by Simon & Schuster and Hachette in North America and in the UK.
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39 Responses to “Spotlight & Giveaway: The Younger Man by Karina Halle”

  3. gemiinii90

    I already read and love this book! I especially loved how possessive Alejo was in this book. Karina is one of my all time favorite authors (I read 30+ of her books), and she always comes up with the best characters.

    – Betul

  9. Juli Huber Hall

    Loved the excerpt. Can’t wait to read the book. Love Karina’s books

  11. dbranigan

    The excerpt was great. This sounds like an enjoyable read. Best wishes to the author on the release.

  13. Latifa Morrisette

    This excerpt was amazing. I definitely need to know what happens.

  14. laurieg72

    I love sport’s heroes. Interesting May /December relationship along with work client scenerio.

  15. Pammie R.

    I am intrigued. You don’t often see a May/December romance with the woman being older.

  18. Kathleen Bylsma

    Well, certainly knows how to draw characters with characters! Must see how this comes out!

  35. Tina Alicea

    The excerpt was great making me want the whole story. I’ve not read many (if any) books with an older woman/younger man…sounds intriguing.