BLOG TOUR STOP~ THE PERFECT DISTRACTION by Melissa Rolka

 

Title - The Perfect Distraction (Book #1)

Author - Melissa Rolka

Genre - New Adult Romance

Release Date - October 1, 2013

Hosted by - Love Between the Sheets Promotions

Synopsis

When Katherine “Kate” leaves for her freshmen year at college, a grounded and stable piece of her is missing. She pushes away the ghosts of her past, determined to start her college life single, carefree and distracted. Throughout high school Kate was reserved and shy, with little experience. Now, on her own, with little holding her back, Kate is ready to branch out. She bonds with a tight knit group of friends and even starts casually dating. What starts out as innocent flirting on the tennis courts slowly turns into a friendship and eventually something more complex. Reed comes into her life giving her the distraction she craves more than anything; but is she ready to give her heart away so easily? Things get complicated when Kate’s ex-boyfriend and first love continues to pursue her. Kyle deeply regrets breaking her heart when he left for college the year before and is now on a mission to reclaim her. Kyle’s persistence and relentlessness is nothing short of obsessive. He will stop at nothing to win her back and prove his love. Kate finds herself torn between her past and the unknown of the future. Her determination to stay distracted may just be her downfall or the beginning of something new and wonderful.

Review

Katherine ( Kate ) starts collage single and carefree after her boyfriend of two years dumped her before starting college himself a year before.

Kate makes friends with a great bunch of people and even starts dating, Reed catches her eye - the hot blue eyed tennis player come lady player . Kate's old boyfriend Kyle realises he made an error when finishing their relationship and wants her back.

He is persistent bordering on obsessive in his fight to win her back, he is also manipulative and very controlling and Kate is not strong enough to say no especially when she is back home away from collage.

This was Melissa Rolka's first book and she done a great job In developing the characters. I really liked Derek and Marco and liked the way they all remained friends even though Kate did not continue a relationship with either of them.

I also love how she takes you back in time at certain points in the book.

A cliffhanger ending with Reed's P.O.V -would love to know what the letter said.

Looking forward to book two

4.5 stars from Sarah

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About the Author

 

  Melissa Rolka grew up in the Chicagoland area all of her childhood and has always had a love of writing. She started by keeping a journal at a young age and then in high school she started writing poetry. A couple poems were published anonymously. Then in college she majored in Philosophy, which required lots and lots of writing. After graduating from Marquette University she traveled west to Los Angeles. There she worked for the Writers Guild of America and found herself submerged in the writers world. She worked on small writings, but never pursued them. On the side she became involved with a small theater group. Eventually she made her way back to the Midwest, where her heart belongs, and worked in business for several years. She found love, got married and has two beautiful children. Being at home has allowed her to keep following her love of reading and writing.The Perfect Distraction is her first full length novel. A second continuation of this story is in the works with hopes for a third. When Melissa is not writing she is caring for, playing with and loving her two kids. In between taking care of her family and writing she almost always has her nose buried in her Kindle.

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