Smokin' Hot Reads: Release Blitz/Blog Tour: Stolen Soulmate by Mary Catherine Gebhard

Thursday, February 27, 2020

Release Blitz/Blog Tour: Stolen Soulmate by Mary Catherine Gebhard

STOLEN SOULMATE

by Mary Catherine Gebhard

Release Date: February 27th

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There’s a rule in Crowne Hall: never look a Crowne in the eyes.

It protects us more than them.

I broke it once, the night Grayson Crowne mistook me for his true love and stole my first kiss. I’ve regretted it every day since.

He hates me.

He torments me.

He won’t let me go, because that night he whispered a secret against my lips not meant for me. Grayson Crowne, heir to the Crowne empire and notorious playboy prince is… a virgin.

I signed a contract in my heart’s blood as much as ink: help him get back his love, repair what I broke. Give him my body, my soul, my heart, let him use all of me, so when the time comes to marry her, he won’t need me.

I shouldn’t need him.

But he’s my stolen soulmate, and I’m at his mercy.

Stolen Soulmate isn't exactly what I expect it to be. In some ways, it's more and in some less. A servant is attempting to make up for a mistake, and Grayson treats her like the dirt beneath his feet, but it doesn't end there. No, that is only the beginning for these two.

Honestly, I'm still trying to decide what I thought about this book. There were times when I got frustrated and wanted Story to be stronger and less of a pushover. Grayson was a jerk, and while there were times when he dropped his facade, it was not enough to make me not want to slap him. Now, this is where it gets complicated. I can't really say I liked these characters or this story, but it stuck with me, and I found myself turning page after page, anticipating the end. And once again, I'm not fully satisfied, but at the same time, I'm blown away. This is book two, and you don't have to read book one to read this, but after this one, I'm looking forward to book three and reading the first book in the series. See what I mean? I'm still trying to decide. I'm going to give this one 3.5 stars and recommend you one click and decide for yourself what you think.

Grayson Crowne is elite. You don't make eye contact unless you are on his level. Story Hale, a servant in the Crowne household, makes that mistake. A case of mistaken identity puts Story right in the middle of Grayson's sight.

Trying to make things right for Grayson puts Story's heart at risk. Grayson treats her like a dog, sometimes like poop on the bottom of his shoe and Story just takes it. (This is part of my issue with the story). But there are snippets where Grayson lets Story in, he reveals bits of himself that he heavily guards. (These parts are the ones that make me love the story).

But an arranged marriage means that Story and Grayson were doomed from the beginning. The ending just about broke me and it ends on a cliff hanger of sorts.

This is another book that the blurb gave a different vibe than the actual story. Parts I abhorred and then other parts melted my heart. Regardless, once I started it, I couldn't put it down and I am interested how this story will wrap up - if Story will get justice and/or HEA.

I started writing the moment I could read. My first characters were Wibbley and Squig and I used MS Word and clipart to bring them to life when I was a kid in elementary school. I started seriously thinking about being a writer in High School and I remember the day exactly, because it was such an epiphany. I was always so uncertain. You know how everyone was always asking what you wanted to be when you were older? Well I NEVER could decide.
I wanted to be a marine biologist.
An actor.
A FIRE FIGHTER (thank you Joaquin Phoenix in Ladder 49 for that phase).
One day it hit me—A WRITER. I could do it ALL. Then you couldn’t stop me from writing. I penned my first novel at fifteen (but don’t ask me to show it to you, because it’s like I was in competition to beat the thesaurus). When I was diagnosed with a chronic illness, writing became even more important, because it became my therapy. When I wrote my characters, suddenly I wasn’t so alone.
These days you can find me daydreaming about where to travel with my husband, singing in my car, or lost in the newest K drama. And planning my next novel, of course.