{"id":11331,"date":"2014-04-14T09:11:22","date_gmt":"2014-04-14T13:11:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theseasonforromance.com\/wordpress\/?p=11331"},"modified":"2022-10-15T23:49:41","modified_gmt":"2022-10-15T23:49:41","slug":"giveaway-giving-in-by-maya-banks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/2014\/04\/14\/giveaway-giving-in-by-maya-banks\/","title":{"rendered":"Giveaway: Giving In by Maya Banks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Win an advance copy of the second book in <em><strong>Maya Banks&#8217;<\/strong> Breathless Trilogy<\/em>, <span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>GIVING IN<\/strong><\/span>. <strong>Comment to enter to win!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>*Click cover to access buy links and link to author&#8217;s website.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/theseasonforromance.com\/2014\/contemporary\/may-giving-in-maya-banks.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-11333\" style=\"margin-left: 15px; margin-right: 15px;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/givingin.jpg?resize=183%2C275\" alt=\"givingin\" width=\"183\" height=\"275\" \/><\/a><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>In her sensational Breathless Trilogy, New York Times bestselling author Maya Banks tested the boundaries of desire. In her new trilogy, there\u2019s only one thing left to do: cross them. Now, the story continues as one woman, haunted by the shadows of the past, explores the possibilities of a new beginning in ways she never could have imagined\u2026<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Kylie sees the way Jensen looks at her. The dark promise in his eyes. That rough edge of dominance she knows he possesses. But dominance is the one thing that frightens her above all else. She and her brother barely survived a childhood steeped in violence and abuse. She could never give up total control and submit to a man. Especially a man like Jensen. Could she?<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Jensen sees the shadows in Kylie\u2019s eyes. Knows he has to tread very carefully or risk losing any chance he has with her. 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