{"id":41016,"date":"2019-03-13T08:00:55","date_gmt":"2019-03-13T12:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/?p=41016"},"modified":"2019-03-30T09:48:50","modified_gmt":"2019-03-30T13:48:50","slug":"arc-review-hold-on-play-on-2-5-kristen-proby-crossover-collection-big-sky-4-6-by-samantha-young","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/?p=41016","title":{"rendered":"ARC Review: Hold On (Play On, #2.5) (Kristen Proby Crossover Collection – Big Sky, #4.6) by Samantha Young"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Kristen Proby Crossover Collection features a new novel by Kristen Proby and by six of her favorite writers!<\/strong><\/h4>\n

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Hold On by Samantha Young<\/strong><\/h3>\n

She didn\u2019t believe in love at first sight. Until he collided with her on the slopes and pursued her with a determination that left her breathless\u2026<\/strong><\/em><\/h4>\n

Hold On, A Play On\/Big Sky Novella from New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Samantha Young is now LIVE!<\/strong><\/h4>\n

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Blurb<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Autumn O\u2019Dea has always tried to see the best in people while her big brother, Killian, has always tried to protect her from the worst. While their lonely upbringing made Killian a cynic, it isn\u2019t in Autumn\u2019s nature to be anything but warm and open. However, after a series of relationship disasters and the unsettling realization that she\u2019s drifting aimlessly through life, Autumn wonders if she\u2019s left herself too vulnerable to the world. Deciding some distance from the security blanket of her brother and an unmotivated life in Glasgow is exactly what she needs to find herself, Autumn takes up her friend\u2019s offer to stay at a ski resort in the snowy hills of Montana. Some guy-free alone time on Whitetail Mountain sounds just the thing to get to know herself better.<\/p>\n

However, she wasn\u2019t counting on colliding into sexy Grayson King on the slopes. Autumn has never met anyone like Gray. Confident, smart, with a wicked sense of
\nhumor, he makes the men she dated seem like boys. Her attraction to him immediately puts her on the defense because being open-hearted in the past has only gotten it broken. Yet it becomes increasingly difficult to resist a man who is not only determined to seduce her, but adamant about helping her find her purpose in life and embrace the person she is. Autumn knows she shouldn\u2019t fall for Gray. It can only end badly. After all their lives are divided by an ocean and their inevitable separation is just another heart break away\u2026<\/p>\n

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Review<\/b><\/h4>\n

\u201cWe stumbled onto something special … We would be fools to turn our backs on it when other folks aren\u2019t so lucky.\u201d<\/i><\/b><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

4 super romantic, swoony stars!<\/strong><\/p>\n

I loved this book!! It\u2019s a quick read, but it\u2019s a beautifully romantic, swoony love story that swept me off my feet with its sweetness and intensity. Grayson King is one helluva romantic hero, and I was lost in a world of swoon throughout this gorgeous little story \u2013 and with his sweeping declarations, I was highlighting madly, hence my quote-filled review.<\/p>\n

This is a novella in the Kristen Proby crossover collection. It\u2019s written by Sam Young and forms book #2.5 in her Play On<\/i> series, but it\u2019s set within Kristen\u2019s Big Sky<\/i> series. If you hadn\u2019t read either series, you would be fine to read this one as a standalone, but I\u2019m a big fan of the Play On<\/i> series, so I loved catching up with Autumn \u2013 sister of Killian from As Dust Dances<\/a>. And for Big Sky<\/i> fans, Killian is the brother of Noah from Soaring with Fallon<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Autumn is feeling lost and unmotivated. She\u2019s had terrible luck with men and has lost her job, and after a heartbreaking betrayal she decides that she needs some time away to figure herself out. So she heads off to a ski resort in Montana with some friends, determined to stay away from men and figure out what it is she wants from life.<\/p>\n

Her plan to avoid men derails when she literally crashes into ski instructor Grayson King on the slopes, and when they later meet in the resort bar he does nothing to hide his attraction to her, declaring his intention to sweep her off her feet.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat\u2019s your name, angel?\u201d
\nI didn\u2019t know why I gave it to him. I shouldn\u2019t have. \u201cAutumn.\u201d
\nHis lips parted as he studied my face and hair. Voice hoarse, he said, \u201cFuck, that\u2019s perfect.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n

\u201cWoman, you\u2019re the most beautiful fucking thing I\u2019ve ever seen in my life. Take the drink of leave the drink, I\u2019m not going anywhere until you say you\u2019ll have dinner with me.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Gray is a man who knows what he wants, and he holds nothing back from Autumn as he begins pursuing her. His confidence is sexy without being arrogant, and I love how honest and determined he is.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis isn\u2019t harassment. This is seeing something I want more than I\u2019ve ever wanted anything and doing what I can to get it.\u201d
\nShocked, I replied breathily, \u201cThat\u2019s insane. You don\u2019t even know me.\u201d
\nHe shrugged and said seriously (very seriously), \u201cI took one look in those gorgeous brown eyes of yours and knew I\u2019d do anything to get to know you. I need to take you out to do that so\u2026 are you going to help me out here and say yes?\u201d<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Autumn is doing her best to stay true to her goals, but she\u2019s helpless against Gray\u2019s persistence, and her growing attraction to him. The chemistry between them sizzles, and I love how open and honest they are about everything that is building between them.<\/p>\n

\u201cI live on the other side of a pretty big ocean and that\u2019s not a small problem. We should discuss what that means before we go any further.\u201d
\n\u201cNo.\u201d
\n\u201cNo?\u201d
\n\u201cNo. I want it so our hooks are so deep in each other it doesn\u2019t matter what problems we face, we\u2019ll do whatever we can to overcome them together.\u201d
\n\u201cThis is insane. We just met!\u201d
\n\u201cYeah, we did. And yeah, it\u2019s crazy.\u201d He leaned across the table again, his voice pitched low and sexy. \u201cBut tell me you don\u2019t feel like you\u2019ve known me forever. Tell me it\u2019s not just about sex. You feel it, I know you do. This is more than just amazing sexual attraction. There\u2019s a connection here, angel.\u201d<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It\u2019s intense and emotional, and yes, it\u2019s hot, but the attraction between Autumn and Gray is more than sex, it\u2019s a soul-deep connection that is just beautiful. And while they are happily exploring it all, Gray helps Autumn figure out her life and what she wants, as well as working through the issues that are holding her back from being all in with him. He is helpful, supportive, patient and gentle, opening his heart and sharing his feelings, while at the same time being a total alpha\u2026 he is basically the perfect man.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m scared.\u201d
\n\u201cDon\u2019t be. I promise you there\u2019s nothing to be scared of from me. This is the real fucking deal and I\u2019m going to protect it with everything I have. Just say you\u2019re with me \u2026 Give yourself over to this with me and I honestly believe it will all work itself out. Will you do that? Will you just hold on with me?\u201d
\nI stared into his face, a face that felt so strangely familiar to me now. My fears rode me but I knew as the warmth and excitement and thrill and peace exploded through me in opposing harmony that he was going to win over my fears.
\nI nodded, my hands tightening in his. \u201cI\u2019ll hold on.\u201d<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

*dreamy sigh*<\/p>\n

I loved watching them give themselves over to all that they are feeling and embrace their crazy connection, and I loved seeing them work through their issues and move forward. Yes, it\u2019s fast moving, but it\u2019s so freaking swoony that I didn\u2019t care, I just got swept right up with them both and enjoyed the epic romance that unfolded.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m going to hold you forever, Autumn O\u2019Dea.\u201d<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This is such a lovely read. It\u2019s a quick one, but still has lots of heart and had me completely invested in the story. I loved catching up with Killian and Skylar from As Dust Dances<\/i>, and thought this was a fantastic addition to the Play On<\/i> series, with a great connection to Big Sky<\/i><\/p>\n

I loved it \u2013 4 stars.<\/p>\n

An Advanced Review Copy was generously provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review.<\/i><\/p>\n

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As Dust Dances (#2)
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Hold On (#2.5\/Big Sky Crossover Novella)
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Black Tangled Heart (#3)
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About Samantha Young<\/strong><\/h4>\n

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Samantha Young is the New York Times, USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author of adult contemporary romances, including the On Dublin Street series and Hero, as well as the New Adult duology Into the Deep and Out of the Shallows. Every Little Thing, the second book in her new Hart\u2019s Boardwalk series, was published by Berkley in March 2017. Before turning to contemporary fiction, she wrote several young adult paranormal and fantasy series, including the amazon bestselling Tale of Lunarmorte trilogy. Samantha’s debut YA contemporary novel The Impossible Vastness of Us was published by Harlequin TEEN in ebook & hardback in June 2017.<\/p>\n

Samantha has been nominated for the Goodreads Choice Award 2012 for Best Author and Best Romance for On Dublin Street, Best Romance 2014 for Before Jamaica Lane, and Best Romance 2015 for Hero. On Dublin Street, a #1 bestseller in Germany, was the Bronze Award Winner in the LeserPreis German Readers Choice Awards for Best Romance 2013, Before Jamaica Lane the Gold Medal Winner for the LeserPreis German Readers Choice Awards for Best Romance 2014 and Echoes of Scotland Street the Bronze Medal Winner for the LeserPreis German Readers Choice Awards for Best Romance 2015.<\/p>\n

Samantha is currently published in 30 countries and is a #1 international bestselling author.<\/p>\n

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Check out our Samantha Young Author Spotlight<\/a> for more great reads!<\/h4>\n

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