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Kristen Ashley grew up in Brownsburg, Indiana but has lived in Denver, Colorado and the West Country of England. Thus she has been blessed to have friends and family around the globe. Her posse is loopy (to say the least) but loopy is good when you want to write. Kristen was raised in a house with a large and multi-generational family. They lived on a very small farm in a small town in the heartland and existed amongst the strains of Glenn Miller, The Everly Brothers, REO Speedwagon and Whitesnake (and the wardrobes that matched). Needless to say, growing up in a house full of music, clothes and love was a good way to grow up. And as she keeps growing up, it keeps getting better.
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Kristen Ashley was born in Gary, Indiana, USA and nearly killed her mother and herself making it into the world, seeing as she had the umbilical cord wrapped around her neck (already attempting to accessorise and she hadn't taken her first breath!). Her mother said they took Kristen away, put her Mom back in her room, her mother looked out the window, and Gary was on fire (Dr. King had been assassinated four days before). Kristen's Mom remembered thinking it was the end of the world. Quite the dramatic beginning.
Nothing's changed.
Kristen grew up in Brownsburg, Indiana and has lived in Denver, Colorado and the West Country of England. Thus, she's blessed to have friends and family around the globe. Her family was (is) loopy (to say the least) but loopy is good when you want to write. They all lived together on a very small farm in a small farm town in the heartland. She grew up with Glenn Miller, The Everly Brothers, REO Speedwagon and Whitesnake (and the wardrobes that matched).
Needless to say, growing up in a house full of music, clothes and love was a good way to grow up.
And as she keeps growing, it keeps getting better.
Nothing's changed.
Kristen grew up in Brownsburg, Indiana and has lived in Denver, Colorado and the West Country of England. Thus, she's blessed to have friends and family around the globe. Her family was (is) loopy (to say the least) but loopy is good when you want to write. They all lived together on a very small farm in a small farm town in the heartland. She grew up with Glenn Miller, The Everly Brothers, REO Speedwagon and Whitesnake (and the wardrobes that matched).
Needless to say, growing up in a house full of music, clothes and love was a good way to grow up.
And as she keeps growing, it keeps getting better.
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115 of 130 people found the following review helpful
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Natasha is a Book Junkie
on September 23, 2014
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“Not easy, fightin’ your pull. Wantin’ to be right here. Knowin’ I was no good for you. Prayin’ you’d get a man so when I’d come back I’d have a reason to stay away.”
Some fires don’t ignite at first contact, it might take some time and patience to get that first spark and see it turn into a bright flame, but once it starts burning, you feel its heat all the way down to your bones, seeping in, infusing you with its warmth, and making you wish it’d never lose its glow. That is the way I see the story of Cassidy and Deacon. A slow burning romance igniting over almost a decade in time, this is a love story that is not designed to set your pulse racing, or make you feel like your heart has gone through a spin cycle. This is a story to warm your heart, soothe it, give it hope, and it stands to show that the old saying “out of sight, out of mind” is not always correct.
“… cabin eleven was home to me for a few days every year, the only home I had, ‘cause you were there.”
We meet Cassidy in her early twenties—a young woman fresh out of college whose dream of living a quiet life and running a small group of cabins for hire in the midst of the Colorado wilderness has taken her away from her family in Oklahoma and made her invest all of herself into making her vision a reality. The cabins are run down, her live-in boyfriend is no help at all and a constant financial liability, her daily life revolves entirely around fixing the cabins up, improving them, caring for them and her patrons, leaving little time to do much else, and yet Cassidy never loses motivation.Read more ›
Some fires don’t ignite at first contact, it might take some time and patience to get that first spark and see it turn into a bright flame, but once it starts burning, you feel its heat all the way down to your bones, seeping in, infusing you with its warmth, and making you wish it’d never lose its glow. That is the way I see the story of Cassidy and Deacon. A slow burning romance igniting over almost a decade in time, this is a love story that is not designed to set your pulse racing, or make you feel like your heart has gone through a spin cycle. This is a story to warm your heart, soothe it, give it hope, and it stands to show that the old saying “out of sight, out of mind” is not always correct.
“… cabin eleven was home to me for a few days every year, the only home I had, ‘cause you were there.”
We meet Cassidy in her early twenties—a young woman fresh out of college whose dream of living a quiet life and running a small group of cabins for hire in the midst of the Colorado wilderness has taken her away from her family in Oklahoma and made her invest all of herself into making her vision a reality. The cabins are run down, her live-in boyfriend is no help at all and a constant financial liability, her daily life revolves entirely around fixing the cabins up, improving them, caring for them and her patrons, leaving little time to do much else, and yet Cassidy never loses motivation.Read more ›
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40 of 49 people found the following review helpful
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Gail H
on September 24, 2014
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I am so excited to be writing a five star review for a Kristen Ashley book, to be honest I didn't connect with her last four releases, and it left me feeling odd, as if I were book impotent, or that I had to watch out for a Cantu sister cutting my brake lines. In her latest release, Deacon, Ms. Ashley brings her A-game, and I love the end result. I suspected that Ashley was writing outside her comfort box when I read the disclaimer warning readers that the book was dealing with a dark romance, erotic scenes, anal sex, bondage, and ..........wait did I just read "anal sex" ....... in a K.A. book......SHUT THE FRONT DOOR!
Also another indicator that this book was going to be different is that the heroine, Cassie, is 5'5", that's petite in a K.A. book where nearly every female role is 5'7"-5'11". It isn't just Cassie's stature that causes her to stand out from the other K.A. female characters; Cassie is in charge and attempting to live her dream. Cassie doesn't need to be saved or rescued from a situation or a man, she is independent, capable, down-to-Earth, and I connect with her character. She doesn't lose herself in a man, and she doesn't lose her feminine qualities while being independent, she's as tough as nails when she needs to be, and she isn't scared of being alone. God, I can't tell you how much I love her character.
Deacon rolls in, and he isn't the typical alpha-male that I'm used to seeing in a K.A. book, he's dark, mysterious, and foreboding. He doesn't step in and immediately take over Cassie's life; in fact, it takes years before they are comfortable with each other. Deacon is enigmatic, he rolls into town every few months, and the reader knows that he has shadowy secrets, but just how dark is the question.Read more ›
Also another indicator that this book was going to be different is that the heroine, Cassie, is 5'5", that's petite in a K.A. book where nearly every female role is 5'7"-5'11". It isn't just Cassie's stature that causes her to stand out from the other K.A. female characters; Cassie is in charge and attempting to live her dream. Cassie doesn't need to be saved or rescued from a situation or a man, she is independent, capable, down-to-Earth, and I connect with her character. She doesn't lose herself in a man, and she doesn't lose her feminine qualities while being independent, she's as tough as nails when she needs to be, and she isn't scared of being alone. God, I can't tell you how much I love her character.
Deacon rolls in, and he isn't the typical alpha-male that I'm used to seeing in a K.A. book, he's dark, mysterious, and foreboding. He doesn't step in and immediately take over Cassie's life; in fact, it takes years before they are comfortable with each other. Deacon is enigmatic, he rolls into town every few months, and the reader knows that he has shadowy secrets, but just how dark is the question.Read more ›
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30 of 38 people found the following review helpful
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on September 23, 2014
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First, I need to say that Kristen Ashley is one of my all time favorite authors. Truly she is. Her books always leave me feeling as if I’ve just plunged into a warm pool at the end of a long summer day: soothed, relaxed, happy and sated. Few can do that. I mean, how many times do you close a book and think “What the heck was that?” I know what I am going to get when I start a KA novel: women that are strong, courageous and self sufficient; Alpha males that will be honest, caring, strong, and good in the sack. (winky face)
Deacon is no different. It’s about a young woman with goals and ambitions and all she wants is to share it with the guy she loves. That’s until she realizes he really doesn’t love her or her life plan the way that she thought he had. Amongst all this, a stranger shows up and keeps showing up for years. You see, she runs a vacation spot consisting of remote cabins. It’s quiet, peaceful, and just what Deacon needs.
If you are a KA reader, you’ve had brushes with Deacon before. The cold, dead eyed ghost of a man really needs to have a place to go when he has down time. For whatever reason, this is the place he keeps coming back to. It takes one Christmas Eve to change things and years later to figure out that that change is exactly what he needs.
I really don’t want to spoil it for you. Jump in the warm water and find out for yourself if a ghost can be resurrected.
A perfect end of summer read that will take you to the Colorado Mountains.
Deacon is no different. It’s about a young woman with goals and ambitions and all she wants is to share it with the guy she loves. That’s until she realizes he really doesn’t love her or her life plan the way that she thought he had. Amongst all this, a stranger shows up and keeps showing up for years. You see, she runs a vacation spot consisting of remote cabins. It’s quiet, peaceful, and just what Deacon needs.
If you are a KA reader, you’ve had brushes with Deacon before. The cold, dead eyed ghost of a man really needs to have a place to go when he has down time. For whatever reason, this is the place he keeps coming back to. It takes one Christmas Eve to change things and years later to figure out that that change is exactly what he needs.
I really don’t want to spoil it for you. Jump in the warm water and find out for yourself if a ghost can be resurrected.
A perfect end of summer read that will take you to the Colorado Mountains.
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66 of 87 people found the following review helpful
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Kelly W
on September 24, 2014
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I don't understand where Kristen Ashley has gone.
This book had a lot of the obvious KA trademarks...
1. An alpha badass (or so we're told as he never truly demonstrates his badassery in THIS book) who is incapable of uttering the letter G
2. A sweet heroine who is down to the bone beautiful and coasts thru life blissfully unaware of her appeal
3. Inexplicable acceptance of any alpha dog mood swings that the sugary sweet heroine bats away with a minimum of protest.
It also lacked, and lacked in a big way, any real point. It feels like this was a book that could have been adequately summed up in the blurb alone. There was no real grand arch. There was a definite lack of plot. There was no danger to the heroine. There was no danger to the hero. No suspense. No tense moments. Obvious moments the story could have developed a personality only to have it sputter away and be left to wander aimlessly, page after page.
KA has done better. Much better. Maybe I've just reached my saturation point for her style of writing. I hope not, I truly enjoyed her earlier books. I've got at least a half a dozen on my reread list and several more that I've read and read and read again. This, I'm sad to say, will not be among them.
She opened with a warning about what to expect, maybe that set my expectations higher than they should have been. I was expecting the heat and sizzle of a perfectly cooked steak. Instead I was served up a lukewarm hamburger from the vending machine, complete with a soggy bun.
This book had a lot of the obvious KA trademarks...
1. An alpha badass (or so we're told as he never truly demonstrates his badassery in THIS book) who is incapable of uttering the letter G
2. A sweet heroine who is down to the bone beautiful and coasts thru life blissfully unaware of her appeal
3. Inexplicable acceptance of any alpha dog mood swings that the sugary sweet heroine bats away with a minimum of protest.
It also lacked, and lacked in a big way, any real point. It feels like this was a book that could have been adequately summed up in the blurb alone. There was no real grand arch. There was a definite lack of plot. There was no danger to the heroine. There was no danger to the hero. No suspense. No tense moments. Obvious moments the story could have developed a personality only to have it sputter away and be left to wander aimlessly, page after page.
KA has done better. Much better. Maybe I've just reached my saturation point for her style of writing. I hope not, I truly enjoyed her earlier books. I've got at least a half a dozen on my reread list and several more that I've read and read and read again. This, I'm sad to say, will not be among them.
She opened with a warning about what to expect, maybe that set my expectations higher than they should have been. I was expecting the heat and sizzle of a perfectly cooked steak. Instead I was served up a lukewarm hamburger from the vending machine, complete with a soggy bun.
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