*~*The Dumont Diaries by Alessandra Torre Blitz – Excerpt, Review & Giveaway*~*

A full-length book from the miniseries readers RAVED about!

Lust is a dangerous thing. It can make you believe things that are not real. It can seduce your mind and lead it blindfolded tothe cliff that will be its demise.

What would you do if you could leave your life? Wake up one day and be someone else?

I signed the contract. I left Candace Tapers and her slutty, strip club life behind, abandoned every part of that life with one hesitant swipe of my pen.

The contract was clear:
1. Sex
2. Public Appearances
3. No romance

“I need a wife. I am not signing up for romance, or affection, or a full time job. I will not love you. I will have no use for you other than sex and photo ops.”

Sex with Nathan was easy. More than easy. Panty-melting, can-never-get-enough HOT. I had begun to think that I could live this new life, showered in luxuries, orgasms, and diamonds.

Then, I started tripping over secrets.

Disclaimer: The Dumont Diaries contains a strong alpha male, super hot explicit sex, and twists and turns that might cause unnatural heart palpitations. This book does not contain BDSM elements.

*The Dumont Diaries was originally released, and is still available as a four-part miniseries. This book combines the four pieces of the miniseries into one, full-length novel.

Amazing news!  The Dumont Diaries is on sale for .99 cents right now!

 

I originally read The Dumont Diaries as a four part novella series, To Have, To Hold, Till Death, and Do Us Part…and I re-read it as The Dumont Diaries.  Both times I was blown away.

 

Want a glimpse into the mind of Nathan Dumont?  Trust me…you do!  Check out an Alternate POV here…but keep reading for an excerpt from The Dumont Diaries.

There are people that bring elegance to any environment. Our VIP room definitely needed some elegance, built with functionality and economy in mind: worn black couches surrounding a small stage, black curtains on ceiling tracks that could be pulled around the couches, dividing the room into four private spaces, each with a view of the pole. This man sat on a center couch, leaning back, his arms draped out and across the couch, his feet crossed casually at the ankles, a lit cigar glowing from his right hand. Behind the couch, two men stood, their features hid by the shadows, their silhouetted builds impressive. Between them, the cigar smoke drifted across the man’s face, and blue eyes glowed at me, a smug smile widening as I approached.

I masked my apprehension, holding my posture straight, tits out, stomach in, a smile across my face. I walked directly to him and stopped before him. “You asked for me?”

He brought the cigar to his lips, taking a slow drag on it, his eyes raking up and down my body unapologetically. His eyes flitted to the pole, then back to my face.

“Dance.”

I turned slowly to the pole, feeling the absence of Rick, the emptiness of the room. It was odd that we were alone, that no one else was in this space. Even the bouncer had left, leaving me alone with the three men. The house music was piped through this space, a DMX song playing. I strode up to the stage, gripping the pole with one hand and doing a slow spin as I exhaled, releasing my stress and apprehension in one slow breath. You are okay. You are beautiful. You will be fine. I rolled my neck, repeating the mantra, my long hair sliding over my skin as my head moved. I wished for the lights, the bright lights that hid everything from me. Then I took another breath and moved, gripping the pole and swinging my body up and out into the air, a swirling motion that spun the room out of focus, allowing me a brief, short moment of invisibility.

I am reckless on a pole, trusting my legs and arms in a way certain to cause damage. It is a lover I hate and I ride it relentlessly, caressing it in a sensual way that leaves nothing to the imagination. The beat moved through me and I got lost in its strength, pulsating against steel, spinning away only to return to it, my heels a blur of clear sparkle, my thoughts lost in the movement.

My bra was the first victim. One quick unclasp, the release of heavy breasts as I spun slowly downward, my legs suspending my body upside down above the hard floor. One outward fling, and sparkles and black sequins became airborne and joyful in their flight. I kept my panties on, the thin fabric the only thing between me and the pole.

When the song ended, I was panting, my eyes finally moving, traveling across the floor and then up to his. Sometimes the most terrifying thing is eye contact. It certainly was at that moment, when I was exposed, bare and gasping, on the stage before him. He had the cigar in his mouth and want in his eyes. It was a look I was accustomed to, conditioned to. But on this man the look was different. Hungry and possessive, he ate me with his stare, with the blatant desire that he made no attempt to hide.

“Come here,” he commanded.

I moved carefully, down the steps on the stage, my sky-high stilettos wobbling slightly on their downward descent. Then I was before him. I watched as his hand moved, adjusting himself, the hard line of his cock outlined in his pants. He glanced at it, and then at me. “Suck me.”

The Dumont Diaries by Alessandra Torre

My rating: 5 of 5 stars

*ARC Given to Blog for Honest Review*

4.5 “Blue Eyes” “Candy” “heartbreakingly lovable” “I was lost to him the moment I saw him…” Kisses

Wow…yeah, how do I talk about this book? I read it when it was four separate novellas (To Have, To Hold, Till Death, Do Us Part) and then I re-read it as The Dumont Diaries to get the full effect…because after each novella, I had to stop to write my reviews so I wouldn’t get confused. As a whole, all the emotions that I initially experienced in the four novella’s, I felt the same – times ten because there was no pause, no break – just a straight hit to my emotions. The plot, the characters, the writing – it’s all a mind fuck and I was 100% hooked.

Candace Deanna Tapers is living a shitty life. She graduated college with high hopes only to come to the realization that while you may have the best plans and intentions those don’t always work out. Candy is 26 years old and stuck working as a stripper, renting a disgusting room from an even more disgusting guy, barely living and struggling to make ends meet. But it’s thru those circumstances that leads her to her new life…because Candy no longer exists…in her place is Jennifer Kinsey…or Jennifer Ann Kinsey-Dumont. In the span of a few weeks her entire life has changed. While financially she doesn’t have a care in the world…emotionally that’s not so true. She knew what she was signing up for but I guess you never know what the real price will cost you. Candy…the more I read her, the more I like her. She’s got spunk and she’s throughout the book she got gutsier…I was definitely impressed. She grew and changed…in positive ways, in my opinion. Towards the end of the book she held my heart! Usually (and for obvious reasons) it is the guy that I’m 100% hung up on, but I was fist pumping every word she said, every decision she made – if there ever is a head cheerleader for the ‘I love Candy’ team – it’s me! This girl is aaaaamazing! Blew my socks off completely.

‘My view of love is an unfair one, created by Nicholas Sparks novels, Lifetime movies, and Michael Buble love songs. I recognize it for what it is – a fairytale fantasy, at least for a girl like me. Maybe I will be Julia Roberts, and a dashing, dignified Richard Gere will fall madly in love with me and whisk me away to a lifetime of diamonds, caviar, and True Love. But it is a long shot, and the last few years have proven that I carry poor odds.’

Nathan Bane Dumont…Mr. Blue Eyes. He’s an enigma. A man of very few words but the words he uses…Mmmm…he knows what he wants and he usually gets what he wants. And turns out…he wants Candy! He’s strong, silent, hot, demanding, alpha, brooding, mysterious and I want him badly. I don’t know what it is about him, maybe the fact that I had so many unanswered questions throughout the book and not knowing drove me insane! And every time I got answers to some, I would then have more! Why he is so closed off, why he needed Candy/Jennifer so badly, why all the walls…he’s a tough nut to crack. That’s part of the intrigue know…not knowing makes me crave it that much more. By the second half of the book he became more human, which scared me…a lot! I started to like him more…a lot more. More than I thought I would. I understand him more, which is tough…because I was enjoying thinking that he was just an ass hole! Lol He’s a very loveable ass hole…and I mean that as a compliment. And then, by the end…oh boy…I loved him, I wanted him, in my brain I molested him – but he liked it, so it’s okay, right? Then the last few chapters…I wanted to choke him…throttle him…cause him bodily harm for being a dumb ass…but I didn’t. Because I had faith he would pull his head out of his ass…and he did. Thankfully…he did have me worried for a little bit there.

‘I love his eyes. They are the only way I can read him. His body gives so little away; he controls his emotions so well. But his eyes are traitorous to his carefully maintained control. They blaze when he is angry, they soften when he is yielding, they grow heavy with need when he is aroused.’

I will mention Drew because…he piqued my interest from the beginning. He is one of Nathan’s bodyguards and basically watches over Candy since she arrives at Nathan’s house. Well…there were a lot of things about Drew that made me wonder…made me raise my eyebrow…I predicted early on there was more to Drew…that he was very important to whatever might be going on, and I was right. I call him the unforeseen complication, if you will. I can’t disclose more or else it will spoil things but he is a huge part of the story. If Nathan is closed off and surly, Drew is kind and open and patient. I really liked Drew…Nathan just gets me all fired up and Drew is this calming spirit. Hard to explain really, but I just get ‘good guy’ vibes from him. And honestly, at the end, I felt bad for him! And once again I don’t even know him that well but I guess it’s the whole ‘good guy’ thing…by default he’s got a soft spot in my heart. I do love his relationship with Candy though…I know I shouldn’t and it makes me feel all conflicted inside, but I can’t help it.

‘His whispered voice is so thick, so full of emotion and need. It matches the need in my heart. I need this so bad. I need to be held, to be protected, to be embraced. He nuzzles the skin on my neck, placing a soft kiss there before continuing. “I just…I couldn’t go to sleep without touching you.”’

This is a quintessential Alessandra Torre book for me. Gorgeous writing…captivating and alluring characters and a plot that keeps me on my toes the entire time. Another thing I have come to expect from Alessandra is completely delicious, eyes rolling in the back of your head fabulous, need to change your panties, hot sex. Super hot. Like…damn…I wish I wasn’t reading this book in public hot. I mean…yes this is an erotica but this book is more than just sex, it has substance and plot…works for me! And speaking of the plot, there is no way to explain this plot without spoiling it…but it’s an on the edge of your seat, white knuckling your kindle, never know what’s going to hit you next story line. There were so many huge twists that I did not expect, didn’t see coming or really how I felt about it! I’m was torn and my emotions were on high alert because every time I thought I knew how I felt about something…something else would happen and then I really didn’t know how I felt. It might sound very confusing…but I loved it! I remember thinking when I was reading each book separately how well each one built off the other…and it was the same here, if anything it might have been a little more powerful, because like I said with the four novella’s, I broke off between each book rather than reading straight through.

‘Even if he doesn’t fall in love, being with him, feeling his hands on my body, his eyes on my soul, his laugh on my lips…that will be enough.’

The characters and original story line of where the book was taken is what completely held my interest…it’s rare for a book to catch me so off guard but this one did it and did it very well. If there was anything that left me wanting more it would be two things, and it’s more a ‘resolution’ factor if you will…Drew and Cecile. I feel like the way things were left with Drew were very open ended – there was no final ‘talk’ and I think there should have been, just for closure. Now Cecile – I have soooooo many questions…I get the relationship, I understand the dynamics and all that but there are a lot of unanswered questions – the who, what, when, where and more importantly the why!!!! I am sad that I will never know that…would ease my poor little battered and bruised heart.

‘A woman’s desperation is most clearly spoken in a kiss. And I’m afraid, in this moment, that I bare my soul to him. Everything that I have contained, held back, lied to myself about, comes to the surface, all of my emotions revealed at once, both to me and to him.’

Still even with those two factors I completely loved this series. Alessandra has a knack for beautiful writing…it’s effortless and catches me off guard with how she can bring out such emotion and power with her words. I can’t explain it but she just has a way of taking something that would seem very mundane and making it amazing. I loved Candy and Nathan’s story…I will always hope for more and maybe someday we will get that – she did throw me for a loop at one point and gave me a tid bit from Nathan’s journal – would LOVE some more of Mr. Blue Eyes POV. A Drew spin off would be awesome too because he is another nut that needs to be cracked. The Dumont Diaries is a heart gripping, panty melting, and hands down fabulous series – an absolute must read!

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Alessandra Torre is a new author who focuses on contemporary erotica. Her first book, Blindfolded Innocence, was published in July 2012, and was an Erotica #1 Bestseller for two weeks. Alessandra has since published an erotic thriller (The Girl in 6E) and an erotic miniseries (The Dumont Diaries). The sequel to Blindfolded, Masked Innocence, will be released in early 2014.

Alessandra lives in a Florida beach town and is married, with one young child. She enjoys reading, spending time with her family, and playing with her dogs. Her favorite authors include Lisa Gardner, Gillian Flynn, and Jennifer Crusie.