Blog Tour & Signed Giveaway - Abel (5th Street #4) By Elizabeth Reyes

TITLE: Abel (5th Street, Book #4)

AUTHOR: Elizabeth Reyes

GENRE: New Adult Contemporary Romance

RELEASE DATE: August 13, 2013

TOUR HOST: As the Pages Turn

Coming off the worst divorce in the history of marriages, Nellie Gamboa’s looking to let loose and make up for years of neglect. When months of building sexual tension between her and the young hot boxing stud, Abel Ayala, finally peak, she makes him an offer no man would refuse.

No promises. No demands. Just pure unrestrained passion.

Abel’s training for the biggest fight of his career. He has no time for a social life, much less a relationship. So this arrangement couldn't be more perfect. A beautiful woman asking him to help her alleviate her neglected desires—no strings attached. What more can he ask for?

As the lines between lust and something much deeper, begin to blur, Abel finds himself in an even bigger fight.

The fight to regain control of his now demanding heart.

★★★★★STARS!!!

I feel like we have waited forever for this book and with Elizabeth being such a tease and giving us teaser after teaser it drove me crazy insane, all I wanted was to be brought back to the 5th Street Gym and hang out with the guys that we have all grown to love. But like the saying goes good things come to those who wait and is that ever true when it comes to this book. Abel lived up to my every expectation and was without a doubt well worth the wait and all the steamy teasers!

"I'm game if you're game"

"Hell yeah, I'm game"

Well what can I say other than the elusive-broody-heavyweight finally shares and bares it all for us! It's safe to say that the tension between Abel and Nellie started in the first book and continued to build slowly with each book from there. Now we're here on the cruise, book number 4 and their hormones have reached the boiling point. Since neither of them wants a commitment at this time - Abel because he is about to begin his training camp for the biggest fight of his career, and Nellie because she has been royally burned in the past they come to a no strings attached, friends with benefits agreement.

This seems to be the perfect solution for both of them and works out great for the last bit of their cruise but can you really have that type of relationship with someone you have been secretly lusting over without those pesky feelings getting in the way? And can an alpha male really tolerate seeing the woman he's with- with anyone else no matter the circumstance...

" The question now begged to be asked. Was it too late to pull back? As much as he hated to admit it, he had no choice now...Would he be able to get a grip if he heard about or saw Nellie with someone else? Not a chance in hell."

This was so well written, I loved how Elizabeth took a character like Abel who was always in the background, one that we got to know as the love'em and leave'em bad boy. One that was not too impressed when his boys started dropping like dopey love sick puppies around him, and not only completely transformed my view of him but also showed us in depth just how loyal and caring this alpha bad boy truly is.

"The tears ran freely down the side of his face, and he was certain of one thing. Never-not in all the fights he'd been in or even the ones Hector had ever been in, which made him more nervous than his own- had he been so terrified in his life"

Nellie, I must admit that Nellie's character pleasantly surprised me. Again like Abel she is someone that we have gotten to know throughout the previous books and with everything she went through and at the stage in her life that she was at...I don't know I guess I didn't have very high hopes for her in the 'like' department. Was I ever wrong, I found myself actually really really liking Nellie. Finding out about the person she is on the inside, and getting a clear picture of everything that she actually went through with not only her douche ex-husband but also her sister- my heart broke for her, and even through it all hearing of how she handled that situation and the amount of love and forgiveness that she had within herself after everything, it was just written to perfection. I wanted nothing more than for her to get that HEA that she didn't get the first time around.

"Despite everything that's happened I still love my sister. Aside from my parents... she's the only family I have"

This book like all of Mrs. Reyes' other books took me through a whirlwind of emotions. When Abel and Nellie come to terms that this arrangement isn't working- for either of them, and agree to go the relationship route, if you can believe it things get even more complicated. With his fight just around the corner, the paparazzi lurking behind every wall to snap a picture and fluff a story about the heavyweight contender, his opponents team looking for the slightest crack in the Aweless Ayala to ensure their victory in this championship bout, and him and Nellie just trying to see through the fog of lies, most definitely my favorite 5th street book to date!

"This close to the big day the media starts grasping for anything...Prepare yourself for not only the media to stop at nothing but McKinley's camp to pull some kind of stunt just to rattle you"

There's something simple yet tasteful in Elizabeth's writing that just seems to effortlessly captivate me time and again. I have read every one of her books and none have fallen short for me. I love picking up a book and knowing that no matter the ride my journey will end in absolute satisfaction, and this book did just that. It's has everything we love the fiercely protective alpha male- and not the jerk kind either but the tough on the outside soft on the inside kind. Angst, suspense, and romance, all written flawlessly while also giving us a look into the lives of the other character's we have missed and grown to love throughout this series, and a peek at ones to come ;) I would recommend this book to anyone, but if you haven't read this series yet start with the first book (Noah) and work your way up to Abel, that way you get to know all the characters and nothing is spoiled for you.

USA Today Bestselling Author, Elizabeth Reyes continues to answer to her calling on a daily basis. Since releasing her debut novel Forever Mine (Moreno Brothers #1) in 2010 she has now published 9 full length novels total and fast at work on the next. The excitement her Moreno Brothers, 5th Street, and Fate series have garnered has far exceeded her wildest dreams. It is with as much excitement that she'll continue to put out books related to these series as well as introduce brand new ones very soon.

In 2014 she will take her next step in the exciting world of writing and publish her first traditionally published book with Simon & Schuster/Atria. But she will continue putting out self published books as well.