This story was written by Jamie Blair a.k.a Kelli Maine (The USA Today Best Selling Author of Taken) a few years ago and I am  so glad that she is releasing it. I can't hide my excitement to read it. So while we're waiting it to be published, here's the beautiful cover of Leap of Faith and a few info about the book.

LEAP OF FAITH

BY JAMIE BLAIR

Release date: Sept. 3

Publisher: Simon & Schuster

Leah Kurtz has finally found a place to call home, a town where she and baby Addy can live in peace, far from the drug-infested place she grew up. Chris is one of the best parts of it, the only person who has ever made Leah feel safe. Now that she’s found him, there’s no way she can tell the truth:

Her real name is Faith, not Leah.

She’s seventeen, not nineteen.

The baby isn’t hers. She kidnapped her.

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Jamie Blair spent most of her teen years choreographing moves for her dance team routines, kissing boys on  he couch after her mom went to bed, and pondering the mood enhancement qualities of Lemon Heads when consumed with Diet Coke. Writing under Kelli Maine, she's the USA Today bestselling author of Taken. Leap of Faith is her debut New Adult novel. 

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Blurb:

Movie star Alistair Ingram strolled into Dolls & Doms private men's club in Las Vegas for his bachelor party and limped out with a torn shirt, red welts covering his chest and a broken engagement splashed all over the pages of every celebrity magazine in the country.

A session with club Dominatrix, Black Betty, will do that to a man.
                                                                                                     
With Alistair's manager breathing down his neck and Black Betty's abusive ex-husband alerted to where she's been hiding for the past ten years, there's only one thing to do:

Lie.

And get the hell out of Las Vegas.

But the real ruse is on Alistair and Black Betty, because despite both of their best efforts, they've gotten under each other's skin. Can their explicit dance of domination and submission end in anything other than disaster?                                                                                                                                                    
THE SUBMISSION OF ALISTAIR INGRAM is the first in a novella series from www.DollsandDoms.blogspot.com, where erotic tales from the Dolls & Doms private men’s club are told in weekly episodes.

Author Links:
Kelli's FB author page: http://www.facebook.com/kellimainebooks?fref=ts Kelli's blog: http://kellimaine.blogspot.com/

REVIEW:

I have loved this series ever since. A staple ingredient for my smutty Thursday menu, I would sit and patiently wait for the newest episode of Dolls and Doms, and having the complete recipe in one novella just literally blew me away!

Kelli Maine surely knows how to write a good book, interesting plot, great love scenes that will leave her readers begging for more. Not your usual DOM/SUB story, Kelli Maine has touched the issues of trust, lust and love between two lost souls, locked in their pasts and who definitely gets an “A” for playing an act their whole lives.

Will they be able to move past it  and finally have the power to control their own lives? That’s the million dollar question.

Black Betty works in a private club in Las Vegas as a female DOM who gives men the pleasure to submit to her wicked games. But behind this act is a seriously damaged woman who suffers from an abusive relationship. Until that one fateful night, when she finally meets someone who will change her life forever.

"I've been a bad bad girl," she whispered. "And you're a bad bad boy who needs broken." - Black Betty

"Maybe I don't want to be a nice guy anymore. Maybe I want you to teach me to be bad, Ms. Black. Maybe I want you to take me into the darkness." - Alistair

 Alistair Ingram is a cocky, arrogant, playful movie star but behind the facade is a gorgeous man with a heart of gold. Trying to make it big in Hollywood, Alistair’s life has become a cliché, letting everyone in the business control his life and happiness.

" I told you, you don't have to be afraid of me. I'd never hurt you." - Alistair

"What if I want vanilla with chocolate sauce? A sprinkle of nuts? Some whipped cream with a cherry on top?" - Alistair

Their connection was instant and real. Drawn to each other like magnets, Alistair sees right through Betty and she knows she cannot pull a fast one to him and lie, like what she always do.But Alistair was different, he felt the need to protect her and Betty felt safe with him, forcing her to finally break down her walls and start trusting again.

"Don't mistake attraction for trust. I don't know you. I don't trust you. You shouldn't trust me." - Bethany

"I want to give this to you because I can. Because you can trust me not to hurt you." - Alistair

Will they survive the push-pull relationship? The back and forth feeling of wanting to be close to someone and yet feeling the need to escape from potentially being hurt and abandoned at the end?

"There's no hero in this story, and no happy ending. You need to believe that." - Bethany

The story was short but it has everything I wanted and needed. Never a dull moment. It has a little bit of everything that will make you laugh, smile, cry and swoon at the same time from the romantic, smexy scenes that were tastefully written. I love how Alistair has shown Betty his pure love and affection. For a girl like Betty with a dark past, it would be very difficult to find someone who will genuinely love her for who she is and its really not easy for someone like Alistair to be trapped in that kind of situation. But he did a very good job in that department and I really really love him for that brave act.

You won’t believe that I actually read it 3 times! Yes! 3 times and I still get the same sweating chills and hot flashes. Unbelievable!

Oh! did I tell you about the shower scene? Well in case you didn't know, I'm a big sucker for anything with shower scene. I don't know but for me its one of the most sensual locations for a love scene. And this book didn't fail to give as such! makes me wanna sing this song...

This is an easy 5 star for me and I can’t wait to get my hands on the next one.
Kelli Maine, you are simply adorable!

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Blurb:

Movie star Alistair Ingram strolled into Dolls & Doms private men's club in Las Vegas for his bachelor party and limped out with a torn shirt, red welts covering his chest and a broken engagement splashed all over the pages of every celebrity magazine in the country.

A session with club Dominatrix, Black Betty, will do that to a man.

With Alistair's manager breathing down his neck and Black Betty's abusive ex-husband alerted to where she's been hiding for the past ten years, there's only one thing to do:

Lie.

And get the hell out of Las Vegas.


But the real ruse is on Alistair and Black Betty, because despite both of their best efforts, they've gotten under each other's skin. Can their explicit dance of domination and submission end in anything other than disaster?

THE SUBMISSION OF ALISTAIR INGRAM is the first in a novella series from www.DollsandDoms.blogspot.com, where erotic tales from the Dolls & Doms private men’s club are told in weekly episodes.

Release Date Feb 12, 2013

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About the Author:

USA Today Bestselling author, Kelli Maine, spends humid summers and frigid winters in Ohio glued to her laptop keyboard. Taken, a USA Today Bestseller, Nook Bestseller and Indie Reader Top Ten Bestseller, is the first in the Give and Take series and Kelli's debut erotic romance. No Take Backs: A Taken Novella is Taken's follow up. Taken By Storm will be next in the series, followed by Given. Additional books and novellas are planned for the series.

Where to find Kelli:

Personal Blog Page: http://kellimaine.blogspot.com/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/KelliMaine

FB Page: https://www.facebook.com/kelli.maine

Pinterest: http://pinterest.com/kellimaine/

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How can a respected, beautiful man be entirely crazy? 

"So you kidnap me?" You flinch at my words. 

"I'm detaining you until you choose to be here."

―Kelli Maine, Taken & No Take Backs

ABDUCTION.
You steal me away to a deserted island, to the one place I’ve dreamed of being—the one place I can’t go. 

SEDUCTION.
You’re used to buying whatever you want, but you can’t buy me...how do I resist the magnetism of your body, the longing ache deep inside me? I want you to take me—on my terms. 

DESPERATION.
Every attempt you make to love me only hurts me. How can we go on like this? 

This is the story of how I was TAKEN.

How can you resist that?

The moment I saw the covers, I decided I NEED TO READ THIS! Aside from the fact that the woman from her side view looks a lot like ScarJo (Scarlett Johansson who I really love!), the blurb says it all!

A very interesting story that left me flipping pages away till wee hours of the morning.

Yes! Two books in one sitting!!!

A misunderstood abduction that led two broken souls fall deep (when i say deep...its really DEEEEPPP!!!) with each other. A lot of ups and downs, a bundle of crazy scenes (it's killing me), a dose of hot sex, some twisted minds and little dirty secrets. It's everything rolled into one!

I'd say I've got my own level of love with my book boyfriends like Kellan, Travis, Gideon and Christian. But I gotta admit that I developed a different kind of fondness for Merrick! Broken, lost, dangerous but sweet and sexy as hell! What is there not to love about him?

I also like Kelli Maine's strategy. She wrote it as if someone is reading a love letter narrating the complicated love story of Merrick and Rachel. Depicting every single journey they had and how they are still surviving the tough love.

Then the story continues with No Take Backs, a taken novella...this one is short but that doesn't mean worthless. It was a prefect follow up for the first book and I was more than satisfied to see where the story was headed... bringing family and friends together, and understanding more the issues of Merrick with his father. The book only solidifies exactly how Rachel feels for Merrick and how she is bravely willing to overcome anything with him and for him. 

Talking 'bout a cliff hanger? Sure this is! Will only you breathless, desperately longing for the next book! So...

Would you dare to be TAKEN? 

Read the book and see for yourself! 

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books to watch out for:

Taken by Storm  ,    expected release end of 2012

Given, by 2013