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Title: A Little Too Far (A Little Too Far #1)

Author: Lisa Desrochers

Genre: New Adult

Release date: September 17th 2013 by HarperCollins

Hosted by: Love Between the Sheets

SYNOPSIS –

Have you ever gone just a little too far?

Lexie Banks has.

Yep. She just had mind-blowing sex with her stepbrother. In her defense, she was on the rebound, and it’s more of a my-dad-happened-to-marry-a-woman-with-a-super-hot-son situation. But still, he’s been her best friend and confidant for the better part of the last few years … and is so off limits. It’s a good thing she’s leaving in two days for a year abroad in Rome.

But even thousands of miles away, Lexie can’t seem to escape trouble. Raised Catholic, she goes to confession in hopes of alleviating some of her guilt … and maybe not burning in hell. Instead, she stumbles out of the confessional and right into Alessandro Moretti, a young and very easy-on-the-eyes deacon … only eight months away from becoming a priest. Lexie and Alessandro grow closer, and when Alessandro’s signals start changing despite his vow of celibacy, she doesn’t know what to think. She’s torn between falling in love with the man she shouldn’t want and the man she can’t have. And she isn’t sure how she can live with herself either way.

EXCERPT #1 - Lexie’s Confession

I breathe deep and pull myself to my feet, walking slowly to the open confessional. I hesitate at the door, but then remind myself that this is Italy … where they speak Italian. I can confess my worst of sins, and the priest probably won’t understand a word. I step in and close the door, then kneel in front of the thick red curtain separating the saint from the sinner.

“Nel nome del Padre, e del Figlio, e dello Spirito Santo. Amen,” a deep sandpaper voice says from the other side of the curtain.

I cross myself as the priest prays the Sign of the Cross, then bow my head and close my eyes. “Forgive me, Father, for I have sinned. It has been … well … a whole lot of days since my last confession. Probably a year or more. I accuse myself of the following sins. I … used the Lord’s name in vain at least … oh, God—” Shit! My hands fly to my face. “Like that … I just don’t think about it, and it comes out of my mouth. I’ve done it thousands of times. Maybe a million. Twice just since I walked into this church.” I shake my head at myself. “I’m terrible. But that’s not the worst. I’ve stolen from my friends. There was this scarf I got for Sam for her birthday that I decided to keep … so I guess it’s not really stealing, but it felt like it, and there were the flip-flops that Katie loaned me that I never returned—I even brought them with me to Italy. And I swore at my stepmother when she wouldn’t let me go out with my boyfriend until I cleaned the bathroom, but I knew he had this big romantic thing planned for our three-year anniversary and I was pretty sure we were going to have sex … which I guess I also need to confess … I had a lot of sex with my boyfriend before he turned into a douche—pardon my French … or English, I guess—but that was almost a year ago … when I still had a boyfriend … and, what else … I sort of cheated on a history exam last semester because Drake Mulhollan left his book open where I could see it, and during finals I wished my roommate dead one day when she was having sex with her boyfriend all freakin’ day so I couldn’t get into my room to get my books—she didn’t die, by the way … I mean, my wish didn’t come true or anything like that … but I wished it, which I’m pretty sure is a sin. And then there was the time I lied to Dad about the dent in the car … and the baggie he found in my backpack wasn’t really oregano … which, oh yeah, there was the pot thing too, but it was just a phase so …” I trail off, recognizing the fact that I’m babbling on to avoid the actual reason I’m here. I breathe deep and wipe my sweaty palms on my jeans. “And I stole my stepbrother’s T-shirt …” I swallow hard, “after we had sex,” I blurt, then I’m running downhill again, words tumbling out of my mouth before I even think them, “and it was truly mind-blowing. It’s all I can think about, and I want to do it again and, oh God—shit! See, I just can’t stop myself from saying oh God. But my stepbrother is so …” I growl in frustration and grab fistfuls of my hair. “ … incredible. He’s just fucking incredible—pardon my French. I’ve never felt the things he made me feel, you know … and God, I think I might …” I yank my hair as I shake my head hard. “I don’t know. It was just sex, right? I mean … as much as he made me feel, it was just …” I bury my face in my hands. “He’s my stepbrother. Why can’t I stop wanting him?”

“That is a question you will have to answer for yourself,” the voice says from the other side of the curtain.

“Oh God!”

“That would now be a million and seven, by my count. I hope you brought your rosary to Italy as well as your friend’s flip-flops.”

“You speak English!”

“I do, child. Is there more you are in need of confessing?”

“Hell, no!”

My Review:
3.5 stars

I liked it, but I did not love it. I found myself skimming over some parts in the beginning.

Have you ever gone just a little too far?

Lexie Banks has.

Lexie, On the rebound from her ex-boyfriend turns to the one person who always is there for her, who always listens to her and who she can always tell everything to Her step-brother/Best friend. One thing leads to another and they end up sleeping together.

Then Lexie leaves for Rome for a year for school. Once there she feels that what she did with Trent was totally wrong, but she can't seem to get him out of her head. They both feel what they did was wrong, and they fear what their parents will think.

Lexie decides to go to church and confess her sins. once there the Priest gives her something to do to redeem herself and get her mind off of the situation. A project with an up and coming priest Alessandro Moretti. Lexie is an art Major so she agree's to do it and she finds she is enjoying it and she is enjoying spending time with Alessandro. he is easy to talk to, he is a good listener, and the more time she spends with him she is discovering that she has feelings for him.

Alessandro, has always thought he needed to become a priest, it was god's will for him. Spending time with Lexie has him second guessing his path he has chosen.

Trent, Loves Lexie, wants to be with her, but fears what their parents will think of the two of them together.

Will Lexie stay in Rome with Alessandro or will Her and Trent give into their feelings and be together?

This is a love triangle, which I am not a big fan of, but I am glad I read this book. Both guys are sweet, lovable characters. I was a little conflicted as who I wanted Lexie to end up with, but in the end I was happy with her decision. I look forward to book #2 in the series.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Lisa Desrochers lives in central California with her husband and two very busy daughters. There is never a time that she can be found without a book in her hand, and she adores stories that take her to new places, and then take her by surprise.

Look for her New Adult novel, A LITTLE TOO FAR , courtesy of HarperCollins Sept 17, 2013, and companions, A LITTLE TOO MUCH (Nov 12, 2013), and A LITTLE TOO HOT (Jan 21, 2014). Also in stores is her YA PERSONAL DEMONS trilogy (Macmillan).

For more info, find me on-line at https://www.facebook.com/LisaDesroche..., or visit www.lisadwrites.com