{"id":46894,"date":"2019-10-23T09:30:09","date_gmt":"2019-10-23T13:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/?p=46894"},"modified":"2019-10-23T05:18:29","modified_gmt":"2019-10-23T09:18:29","slug":"blog-tour-arc-review-famous-quantum-8-by-marie-force","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/?p=46894","title":{"rendered":"Blog Tour & ARC Review: Famous (Quantum, #8) by Marie Force"},"content":{"rendered":"

Famous, the final book in the Quantum series, is now available!<\/strong><\/h3>\n

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

I thought I\u2019d finally met the man of my dreams\u2026<\/p>\n

Marlowe<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve planned this night for weeks, down to the last detail. I want it to be perfect. Bringing someone new into my private life is not something I do lightly, having learned the hard way over the years that celebrity has a dark downside that I go out of my way to avoid whenever possible.<\/p>\n

But he is different. We\u2019ve been together for months and the time is right to take this next step with him.<\/p>\n

It doesn\u2019t take long for me to realize I\u2019ve made a huge mistake trusting this man.<\/p>\n

Before things go from bad to worse, I have the presence of mind to know I\u2019m in big, big trouble.<\/p>\n

Marlowe Sloane\u2019s story, FAMOUS, is the thrilling conclusion to the New York Times bestselling Quantum Series.<\/p>\n

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

4 stars!<\/b><\/p>\n

The final book in the Quantum<\/i> series, this is a friends-to-lovers romance that is dripping with feels and sexual tension. It\u2019s the long-awaited story for movie-star, Marlowe Sloane, one of the Hollywood heavyweights that make up the core of this series, a part of the Quantum production group that she formed with her best friends, and part owner of the club that they started to meet their secretive BDSM needs.<\/p>\n

Marlowe has watched her friends fall in love one by one, and she thinks she may have finally met the one for her, but when she makes the huge step of bringing her partner into her private world and the secret she guards so fiercely, it all goes horribly wrong. Left battered and shaken, she is rescued by a friend who takes her into his home to care for her and hide her from the press, and it\u2019s while recovering that a long-buried attraction will be uncovered \u2013 one that will set her world on fire.<\/p>\n

The author has requested that the hero of this book remain a surprise, which is why I won\u2019t mention him by name, but I will say that Marlowe\u2019s hero is a man who is already deeply in love with her but who has kept his distance due to her celebrity and his not feeling worthy of her, so they have some pretty heartbreaking hurdles to overcome.<\/p>\n

I wish I had the right to brush the strand of red hair back from her face, but I don\u2019t have the right to touch her. Not that way. Not any way.
\nIt takes everything I have to keep my hands to myself when all I want to do is touch her, hold her and assure her that I\u2019ll always be here for her.<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

But as much as he may try to hold back, it\u2019s impossible to resist their intense feelings and the mad chemistry that makes every moment between them sizzle with intensity.<\/p>\n

As I look into eyes darker than midnight, I can see the fierce internal battle he\u2019s fighting to do the right thing, to be my friend and not take advantage of my fragile emotional state. Except, I\u2019m not feeling particularly fragile. I\u2019m feeling something else, something I can\u2019t put into words. Whatever it is, it\u2019s powerful and determined and the absolute opposite of fragile.<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

They both share the BDSM lifestyle, and that certainly plays into who they are together, but it\u2019s strictly in the bedroom and it\u2019s not too confronting. I love that in this series, the characters are all so open about their preferences, and I guess that\u2019s what comes from this type of relationship. You have to be honest and communicate with each other about what works and what doesn\u2019t work for you, and I really like that kind of openness between a couple. It works really well for these two, and the sexy times are both hot and incredibly intimate as they share that part of themselves with each other.<\/p>\n

And that intimacy leads them to open up about all that they are feeling, and the love story that develops is just beautiful as Marlowe finally finds the happy ending that she has been longing for.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve seen your heart, and I love your heart.\u201d
\n\u201cYou humble me.\u201d
\n\u201cYou thrill me.\u201d<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It all moves really quickly, and the relationship storyline unfolds beautifully alongside Marlowe confronting her demons and taking charge of her life, and I loved seeing her strength and bravery through it all, with her friends and family by her side.<\/p>\n

The other couples from the series all feature strongly and we get the chance to check in with each of them, with a section of the book giving us a chapter from each of the boys\u2019 perspectives, which I loved! It gives us a glimpse into their relationships so we can see where they are at and how they are living out their HEA. And there\u2019s an epilogue which provides a beautifully happy ending for the entire Quantum crew.<\/p>\n

I have loved this series, and I loved this book. Marlowe\u2019s journey closes off the series beautifully, and I look forward to many rereads of all of these books in the future.<\/p>\n

4 stars.<\/p>\n

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

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The Quantum series<\/strong><\/h4>\n

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Virtuous (#1)\u00a0<\/strong>(Flynn & Natalie)
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Valorous (#2)\u00a0<\/strong>(Flynn & Natalie)
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\nBuy:\u00a0Kindle Ebook<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Paperback<\/a><\/p>\n

Victorious (#3)<\/strong>\u00a0(Flynn & Natalie)
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Rapturous (#4)<\/strong>\u00a0(Hayden & Addie)
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Ravenous (Quantum, #5)<\/strong>\u00a0(Jasper & Ellie)
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Delirious (Quantum, #6)<\/strong> (Kristian & Aileen)
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Outrageous (Quantum, #7)<\/strong> (Emmett & Leah)
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\nBuy:\u00a0 Kindle Ebook\u00a0<\/a> |\u00a0 Paperback<\/a><\/p>\n

Famous (Quantum, #8)<\/strong> (Marlowe)
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About the Author<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Marie Force<\/b>\u00a0is the\u00a0New York Times<\/i>\u00a0bestselling author of contemporary romance, romantic suspense, historical romance and erotic romance. Her series include the indie-published Gansett Island, Treading Water, Butler, Vermont and Quantum Series as well as the Fatal Series from Harlequin Books.<\/p>\n

Her books have sold more than 9 million copies worldwide, have been translated into more than a dozen languages and have appeared on the\u00a0New York Times<\/i>\u00a0bestseller list 30 times. She is also a\u00a0USA Today<\/i>\u00a0and\u00a0Wall Street Journal<\/i>\u00a0bestseller, a Speigel bestseller in Germany, a frequent speaker and publishing workshop presenter.<\/p>\n

Her goals in life are simple\u2014to finish raising two happy, healthy, productive young adults, to keep writing books for as long as she possibly can and to never be on a flight that makes the news.<\/p>\n

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Famous, the final book in the Quantum series, is now available!     Amazon\u00a0 |\u00a0 Apple\u00a0 |\u00a0 Nook\u00a0 |\u00a0 Kobo\u00a0\u00a0 Order a signed paperback   Blurb I thought I\u2019d finally met the man of my […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":41765,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","yasr_overall_rating":4,"yasr_post_is_review":"","yasr_auto_insert_disabled":"","yasr_review_type":"Product","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[52,25,9,29],"tags":[59,889,70,48],"class_list":["post-46894","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-drama","category-friends-to-lovers","category-romance","category-steamy","tag-arc","tag-marie-force","tag-quantum","tag-review"],"yasr_visitor_votes":{"stars_attributes":{"read_only":false,"span_bottom":false},"number_of_votes":0,"sum_votes":0},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Famous.jpg?fit=200%2C299&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7gaNL-ccm","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46894","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=46894"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46894\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/41765"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=46894"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=46894"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=46894"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}