Blog Tour: SIDE EFFECTS by LJ Greene

 

Side Effects

by LJ Greene

 

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GENRE:   Contemporary Romance

 

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BLURB:

 

Who can you trust?

Ally Michels is fresh out of her MBA program at Cal and has landed her dream job at hot, up-and-coming video game developer, Jet Stream Studios, all thanks to her uncle, Jet’s largest venture capital investor. She’s feeling pretty good about her future until an inadvertent blurt in a company meeting brings down upon her the dangerous attention of Jet’s co-founder and chief developer, Marcus Abby.

Beautiful, brilliant, and vicious, Marcus is every bit the arrogant, deceitful founder her uncle warned her about. But in the power-fueled world of venture capital investing, things aren’t always what they seem. When Ally finds herself caught up in a play for corporate control, she must work with Marcus to save the company and an ideal she believes in, while navigating perilous family loyalties and fighting to hold onto her own integrity.

For Ally, there’s just one rule: never, ever trust Marcus Abby. Because the one man she needs to stop a high-stakes plot is the one man who has every reason to want her gone.

SIDE EFFECTS is an adult contemporary, twisty, underhanded, certainly unscrupulous . . . romance.

 

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Excerpt One:

 

When I turned, Marcus was leaning against the white laminate table, resting his weight on the edge. His arms were crossed over his chest, and the rolled-up sleeves of his black shirt revealed the sinuous muscle of his forearms.

 

He was handsome. It wasn’t the first thing you noticed about him because you were always dealing with a razor-sharp mind. Somehow the physical aspects took a step back.

 

But having seen him in a real moment when he wasn’t totally in command of everything around him, I found it easier to view him objectively as the young man he was, standing in front of me now, watching warily.

 

He had perhaps the most flawless facial features I’d ever seen. Almond-shaped eyes that were outlined in naturally graceful brows, and an elegant nose. There was always just the shadow of a mustache over his lip and it made you wonder if shaving had a place in his daily routine. Still, with all of that, his best feature was his hair. It was a plentiful mass of dark waves and disobedient curls that ebbed in a carelessly boyish way off his forehead and behind his ears, showcasing a strong jawline.

 

It seemed wasteful of the universe to have bestowed those looks on someone whose character was so unpleasant. He was like a golden goose, best viewed out of spitting range. But just for a moment, looking at him standing there, beautiful almost beyond words, I forgot about everything else.

 

And then he spoke.

 

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Review: “Nepotism meant only one thing to most people. Privilege. Not skill.”

Ally, a finance clerk, was shunned right off the bat at the up-and-coming gaming company she worked for, especially by the chief developer. His cold animosity toward her made it hard for her to show up at work, thinking any minute she would be fired.

The writing was smart and witty with a charming narrative. It takes a while for the story to get going. Mostly you hear Ally’s depressing whine about how she’s being treated. Then we shift direction and get the POV of her boss. It can be rather long and slow. The ultimate point was: she can either give up or prove to everyone that she belonged there.

The story immerses the reader in the cruel and calculating spectrum of the gaming industry. It’s a relatively easy read, rich in detail, and full of drama, tension…and side effects.

A fairly nice read.

 

Rating: 3 stars

 

 

AUTHOR Bio and Links:

 

LJ Greene is a self-professed obsessive multi-tasker who writes boring stuff by day and lets her inner romantic fly by night.  This California native is married to the most amazing man and has two beautiful children, now old enough to read her books but still not interested because of the ew, gross factor. She’s an avid reader of all genres with an embarrassingly large ebook collection, and a weird penchant for reading the acknowledgements at the end of a novel.  She’s also a music lover with no apparent musical talent, a travel enthusiast, and a cheese connoisseur.

 

Website: www.ljgreenebooks.com

Twitter: @authorljgreene

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100009405693070

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Side-Effects-L-J-Greene/dp/0998271632/

 

The book will be $0.99.

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GIVEAWAY:

 

LJ Greene will be awarding a $50 Amazon or Barnes and Noble GC to a randomly drawn winner via rafflecopter during the tour.

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