Rachel’s lying, embezzling ex-fiancé Trick Masters has some nerve showing up now—full of accusations and looking so hot.
Rachel Grant worked her fingers to the bone after her fall from society’s grace, thanks to her sudden poverty and connection to ex-fiancé Trick Masters who was convicted of embezzlement. How dare he show up after being released and accuse her of framing him. How dare he look … accuse her of framing him. How dare he look so good, so put-together, so (i>infuriatingly handsome.
For the last three years Trick Master has been consumed with revenge–for whoever set him up, for losing his investment banking career, for almost losing his mind in prison. Now free, he’s getting his life back on track, first by finding Rachel and second, by discovering the truth—which turns out neither of them has or ever did.
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Tough Road is a well written tale of a love that started hot and got burned by a lack of communication and maturity but is finding a second chance. This is a sexy, dirty tale of love and redemption.
Tough Road is 0.5 is a novella and I read it in at the most a couple of hours.
Things were going so well for Rachel Grant and Trick Masters. Rachel is heading to Hospitality School and Trick is an Investment attorney. All was looking up for the two of them. Until Trick was convicted for embezzlement and went to prison now Trick is back. All he can think about is revenge on the person or persons that framed him. Did he do it? He blames Rachel and Rachel blames Trick.
There is nothing like passionate angry sex and they stay in melt down mode throughout the story!
I enjoyed this novella and I am anxious to start reading Tough Luck. It’s the first full book in the Shakedown series. 4.5 stars
It’s really funny how sometimes no matter how much time has passed or what someone had done to hurt you, you can’t seem to forget them. That’s what this story was about with Rachel and Trick. They shared a connection that even a 3 year absence couldn’t brake.
As a introduction to the series it was a great way to meet people that will be the MC in the next book.
***Review copy requested and reviewed on behalf of OMGReads Blog***
“Is this seriously the prequel of a series? Wow! If this is just the beginning I cant imagine how good the series is going to be. There are so many aspect of this plot that I want remark but praising them without giving details is so complicated. Trick and Rachel are the kind of characters that you can’t help but fall in love with every aspect of them. When Trick hurt her and then left there were secrets hide that no one really know but they made me remember the phrase that says ‘Don’t believe everything you see and only half of what you see.’ Now Nathan is back and he’s willing to protect and win back Rachel. Their story was a total page-turner with lots of hot chemistry and undeniable attraction. Highly recommended!”
Tough Road by Elizabeth SaFleur is book 0.5 in the Shakedown Series. This is the story of Trick Masters and Rachel Grant. This was a second chance at love story with Trick going to prison and is out looking for revenge. Trick thinks Rachel was the one that put things in motion for him to go there. Now they are back together finding out things were not as they seemed. Enjoyed this story.
Tough Road is a prequel in the Shakedown series. This novella was previously published but was expanded. After reading this I am glad that I did not get to read previously published version because I cannot imagine any parts of that left out.
I could feel the hatred between the Rachel and Trick from the first moment they saw each other. One of my favorite tropes is second chance romances and this was a good one. I totally understand how they both felt about each other. They were so in love the last time they saw each other and to think that either one had betrayed the other would be devastating. Their attraction never went away because the first time they were alone they could not keep their hands to themselves.
While I would not have minded this being longer, I really enjoyed this book. I am anxious now to read Nathan and Declan’s stories. Great job Elizabeth Safleur!
Elizabeth Safleur you have out done yourself again!! What a wild ride, Trick’s out of jail looking for Rachel and her brother Jay, he finds her but not Jay, what comes next for Trick and Rachel will she believe what Trick says about her brother or will the two of them butt aheads over it? Do you believe Trick embezzled money from Rachel and Jay or will Rachel finally know the truth?
Trick Masters and Rachel Grant have been through the ringer
…and jail
…and heartbreak, oh yeah, and betrayal, but not in the way they both think.
This is their second chance story.
Welcome to Shakedown, the place where second chances are given freely and everyone there has a story to tell.
I love this place, I love these characters and Elizabeth SaFleur is the queen when it comes to novellas. I’ve never read an author that can put so much story into shorts like she can!
This is a fabulous start to a new series and seriously, not to be missed.
Elizabeth SaFleur is one of my go to authors when I want a great story. This expanded story was one I read several years ago but Ms. SaFleur has added and revised it and it’s so much better. Rachel and Trick have a past and after 3 years in prison, Trick has come to seek revenge. But all is not what it seems. This is a beautifully written second chance at love and I fell in love all over again! Do yourself a favor and pick this little gem up. Even if you’ve read it before, you’ll love this story with more added on.
Tough Road in book one in the new Shakedown series. This is Trick and Rachel’s book. I was hooked on this book from the first page. I loved the chemistry between Trick and Rachel. I’m excited for what’s in store from this series.
What a great first book in a new series by Elizabeth SaFleur. Tough Road is a second chance love story between Trick and Rachel that brings this chemistry and attraction that neither of them can ignore despite their feelings towards the other. The author has given us a book that draws you in with the story, the suspense, the attraction and denial, and the club. I loved reading this story and can’t wait to see where this series will go.
What an incredible start to this new series! I can’t even express how much I loved this story. Trick and Rachel are two characters you will completely fall in love with. Years prior these two were in a relationship until one day Rachel couldn’t be with Trick anymore. He did something to her and her brother she could never forgive. But does she know the real truth? Years later they meet up again. By chance? Accidentally? One will never know, but while the attraction is still there, so is the hurt and anger, on both parts. As these two navigate around each other, will the truth come out? There is no denying the chemistry between these two. It’s so sizzling, the pages burn your finders as you turn the pages!
There is just so much about this story that I loved, it’s hard to put it all into words! What I can say is you need this book in your life. You will find yourself emotional as you read about the hurt, the betrayal, the anger and still possibly the love between these two. Please, don’t hesitate, go ahead and read this book and beginning to a brand new series!
I always, always enjoy an Elizabeth Safleur romance. She creates such marvelous characters. They’re intelligent, driven and sexy. The cast of characters that she introduced in Tough Road are an iintriguing lot and I look forward to reading their stories in subsequent Shakedown series books.
How do you feel when you lose everything and your fiancé is the suspect?Betrayed. How do you feel when you spend three years of your life behind bars for a crime you didn’t commit and you fiancée set you up? Betrayed. Trick Masters and Rachel Grant both believe the worst of each other. Yet, the chemistry between them is still electric. Accusations fly before they start putting together the truth. A truth that is devastating for one of them. It poses the question, just how sweet is revenge?
This was a sweet second chance story to establish a new series by Elizabeth Safleur. The burlesque club Shakedown is the setting for the series and it is full of interesting characters. Alexander Rockingham is mentioned so maybe there will be a connection? There are a lot of intriguing suggestions and I am really looking forward to the rest of the series.