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~**~ Blog Tour for The Varlet & The Voyeur (Rugby #4) by L.H. Cosway & Penny Reid w/ Review, Excerpt & Giveaway ~**~

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The Varlet and the Voyeur, an all-new standalone in the USA Today bestselling Rugby Series from Penny Reid and L.H. Cosway is available NOW!


He kept his salacious secret for years. But soon, everyone is going to be reading about it in their morning paper…

THE VARLET (and the VOYEUR)

William Moore is a long way from home. A farm boy from Oklahoma, he’s now the most well-respected member of the Irish rugby team. But appearances are often deceptive, and Will isn’t the clean-cut, all-American good-guy everyone imagines him to be. He’s got a secret, one that will tarnish his reputation forever.

THE VOYEUR (and the VARLET)

Josey Kavanagh is a self-proclaimed mess, but she’s finally get her shi…uh, act together. She’s set her sights on becoming a veterinarian, but there’s one teeny tiny road bump. Her living arrangements are coming to an abrupt end, leaving Josey homeless and in need of a job to pay her way through college.

THE PLAN

What he needs is a companion to keep him on the right path.

What she needs is an apartment with free rent.

Will is convinced Josey will make the perfect companion, since she’s brutally honest and basically ‘just one of the guys.’  Josey is convinced she can ensure Will doesn’t succumb to his voyeuristic proclivities by keeping a scrupulous eye on him.

Except, what happens when the varlet is tempted by the voyeur, and vice-versa?!

Perchance something very, very volatile. And vexing.

The Varlet and the Voyeur is a full-length romantic comedy novel, can be read as a standalone, and is the 4th(and last) book in the USA TODAY bestselling Rugby Series.


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***5 ‘Everything Was Coming Up Josey’ Stars***

Even without knowing the title I was making grabby hands at this one because I’ve loved each book in the series and couldn’t wait to dive back in and see what the characters I’ve come to love and adore (#TeamSean) have been up to.

And then the title was revealed.

I swear my eyes went cartoon character huge and made me want it even more.

I mean a Voyeur?? Ummmm. Yes. Please. Because, seriously, how can you not be totally intrigued? You can’t and when a slight title change came, I was even more intrigued ~ especially after I looked up the definition for Varlet. And I have to say that I loved and adored this one. It’s all kinds of quirky, adorkable, frustrating and funny with a good dose of smexyness tossed into the mix and a lot of heart.

Josey...I will readily admit that it took me a minute to get a handle on the woman because she definitely took me by surprise with her huge personality in the beginning. But once I saw where it all came from, she grew on me. She definitely had her moments, but everything she does comes from a good, though slightly nervous and overly curious, place. She’s sweet, honest ~ sometimes too honest ~ and has a good heart, that combined with how comfortable in her own skin she actually was made it easy to adore her in the end.

William. This man. I adored him. I did. I loved how conscientious he was with how he did things. He strove to take the honorable and morally correct path in life and it made it hard to not fall in love with based on that alone. He’s sweet and has an alphaness to him that is quite addictive. But, he was so, so...structured in certain aspects of his life that drove me a tinsy bit batshitcrazy, just a bit. I understood why, I did, but the need to reach through the Kindle and give him a little shake was strong.

Josey and William’s journey to their HEA was all kinds of fun, adorkable, quirky, sweet, smexy and frustrating. These two. I tell you. They definitely took me on a ride, but it was an awesome one. The situation they were in was definitely unique, which made the slow burn of their relationship totally work for me. I loved watching them get to know each other, accept who the other was and find that they truly liked each other, quirks and all. Their interactions were fun and the when the smexy happens, it’s all KINDS of HOT! The little sinkhole in their journey was frustrating, but I thoroughly enjoyed how they finally pulled themselves out of it and got the HEA they so richly deserved.

I am sad that this is the last book of the series, but it is because of this series that I found two authors I love and for that I will always be thankful. We do get to catch up with everyone and while Sean & Lucy will always be my favs, I still love Ronan & Annie and Bryan & Eilish and I loved watching as all of their relationships have evolved throughout the series. Though I am curious if there may be a spinoff, maybe?? Because there were a couple of characters in here that I think deserve to have their stories told...just sayin’.  But when all is said and done, this was a fun ride overall and that epilogue was perfect!

~ Copy provided via Social Butterfly PR & voluntarily reviewed ~


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*Will*

When I saw how spotless the shared living space was, I allowed my curiosity to get the better of me and peeked my head into her bathroom, Rocky dancing around my feet as I entered the space. The counters were covered in woman-products, but the marble surface and sink were free of water spots, and the glass of the shower had been wiped clean.

I glanced at Rocky. He glanced at me. Bemused, I chuckled to myself, about to turn back to the door, and that’s when I spotted it.

A dildo.

A big, Pyrex dildo.

With ridges.

In the shower.

I froze, blinked, and I stared at it, my brain sluggish. Oddly, I had to remind myself to breathe. Likely because I was . . .

I was—

I was shocked.

I shook myself, tearing my eyes from it and rubbing my chest where an odd kind of pang was spreading mild warmth up my neck.

But why was I shocked?

Why should I be surprised?

Despite my never seeing her that way, Josey was a woman and women have needs.

Don’t they?

I hadn’t grown up around women—any women. My mother died when she had my youngest brother. My grandmother died before I was born. I had no sisters. We lived on a farm, way out in BFN Oklahoma.

Girls—women—and their bodies were sacred lands of the unknown to us Moore boys.

Unbidden—completely unbidden—an image of Josey flashed through my mind’s eye. Her full lips parted, her big eyes closed, causing her thick black lashes to catch droplets of water before they dripped over her sharp cheekbones. Her head would be lolled back as shower spray melted bubbles of slippery soap, sliding down her bare skin as they dissolved. Her legs would be parted, and maybe one hand would be braced against the wall of the shower while the other moved in a steady rhythm.

Holding that huge, glass dildo.

I swallowed a sudden rush of salvia and, unable to help myself, I leaned closer to the sex toy, examining it and comparing its size against my own.

I was bigger.

But not by much.

And for some reason, this realization made me instantly hard.

Crap.

Of course I knew Josey was a woman, but until this moment, I’d never really thought of her that way. Not even the tampon-mountain drove the point home. Up until this point, she was someone I liked as a person, someone who made me laugh, who was smart and compassionate, someone around whom I felt completely comfortable. A good—no, a great companion.

She was still all of those things, except—

Except now I’ve pictured her naked.



Meet Penny Reid:


Penny Reid is the Wall Street Journal and USA Today Bestselling Author of the Winston Brothers and Knitting in the City series. She used to spend her days writing federal grant proposals as a biomedical researcher, but now she just writes books. She’s also a full time mom to three diminutive adults, wife, daughter, knitter, crocheter, sewer, general crafter, and thought ninja.

Connect with Penny:
Twitter: @ReidRomance

Meet L.H. Cosway:



L.H. Cosway has a BA in English Literature and Greek and Roman Civilisation, and an MA in Postcolonial Literature. She lives in Dublin city. Her inspiration to write comes from music. Her favorite things in life include writing stories, vintage clothing, dark cabaret music, food, musical comedy, and of course, books.

She thinks that imperfect people are the most interesting kind. They tell the best stories.

Connect with L.H. Cosway:
Twitter: @LHCosway
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