Blog Tour - He Belongs With Me by Sarah Darlington

Title: HE BELONGS WITH ME

Author: Sarah Darlington

Genre: New Adult Contemporary Romance

Identical twins, Maggie and Clara Ryder, both grew up with Leo Maddox, billionaire playboy, apparent alcoholic, and heir to his grandfather's world-famous Maddox hotel empire. Their roles were cemented long ago: Maggie, as his best friend and Clara as his childhood nemesis.

But when a simple twist of fate changes everything and both girls start to fall for the lean, mean, ridiculously sexy and seemingly spoiled Leo... which girl will win his heart?

Throw in a little mischief, drama, and one smoking-hot bartender and lines are sure to blur. But one thing's for certain, neither good-girl Maggie nor rebellious Clara will be satisfied until they each figure out where they belong. 

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I am stunned and delighted! This was such a good NA Contemporary Romance! First off we have Maggie and her quest to find a last minute date which was very fun to read by the way! Then we have smoldering hot bartender Dean... Yeah. Loved that part for sure. So the book begins fabulously drawing you in from the very beginning and drag you along through each crazy twist and turn. It had me laughing along the way and swooning in between.

The characters are great and well developed and easy to imagine too. I love Maggie but Clara is just my kinda bad arse chic! Though I admit in the very beginning I did want to wring her neck until everything got more complicated and we find out little miss "rich bitch" isn't made of stone. I loved the dynamic between Maggie and Leo alot. Best friends is always a fun relationship to read especially when things get all twisted hehe! Every character including dear old dad was believable and well written. I heart Dean to the moon and back, he was so wise I guess with his advice for Maggie but it left me stunned. 

I loved the entire Clara and dean thing because of their relationship prior to the very interesting turn things took! It is a twisted tale that surprised me time and time again. The plot was excellent and I thought for sure it was going to love triangle my brain to death but surprisingly that was not the case and it was refreshing! The storyline moves at a great pace and I can't tell you about some of my favorite parts because that would spoil your fun if you plan to read it but OMG I was in stitches for alot of this read!

I really would read this book again and definitely going to recommend it. 

My rating is five of five stars. I just couldn't see giving tit anything less!

I want to thank Sarah Darlington for including me in the tour and I just wanna say, if you wrote more about Maggie, Clara, Dean & Leo I wouldn't be mad at ya! LOL This was a really good read!

“Clara?” His eyes searched my face, screaming with unexpected vulnerability and fear. He seemed genuinely worried about me. “What's going on? Say something, please. Are you okay?”

I nearly lost my nerve. How easy it would have been to kiss him and fall into his arms all over again? A big piece of me wanted to do just that, but one moment of weakness was all I was going to allow myself for the day. “Am I okay?” I asked him, trying to sound indifferent and not angry. “What's that annoying code word you and Maggie used to say all the time? The two of you probably thought I was too dumb to crack that little language you created to use against me. Oh yeah, I remember now. Peaches. I'm just totally peaches.”

Standing tall, I reached my arm above his head and slowly poured the remaining contents of my beer on top of him. A shocked breath left his lips, but he didn't budge and took the beer shower like a man. “Real mature, Clara,” he grunted, glaring a shitload of hate-fire my way as the liquid coated his hair, face, and clothes. Angry as hell and soaking wet was a good look on him.

“That's for making me care,” I told him, setting my empty glass back down on the table. Then my hand swung hard and made stinging contact with his wet face. “That's for being a jerk to me since we were kids. And this...” I stood up on my tiptoes, grabbed hold of his handsome, shocked face, and planted one firm kiss on his wet lips. “That's so you know I'm not fucking around.” I held onto him for another moment. “Prove it to me,” I whispered. “Prove to me you aren't an ass and I'm all yours.”

Then I pulled away, turned on my heel, and left Leo standing there, soaking wet and stunned.

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MEET LEO MADDOX
FULL NAME: Leonardo James Maddox III
AGE: 21
NATIONALITY: American, of Irish descent 
GENDER: male
WEIGHT: 180
HEIGHT: 6'1"
EYE COLOR: steel blue
DISTINGUISHING FEATURES: Tattoos (most notable angel-wings spanning his shoulders) and his impeccable taste in fashion
HAIR COLOR: black
HAIR STYLE: thick, shorter on sides, longer on top
COMPLEXION: fair 
CURRENT RESIDENCE: New York City
OCCUPATION: Heir to the Maddox Hotel Corporation 
HOMETOWN: New York City, NY & Blue Creek, VA
PARENTS: Leonardo Maddox Jr. (Father) 
SIBLINGS: None
HOBBIES/PAST TIMES: baseball, fashion, skiing, sailing, traveling, drinking
TALENTS: golfing
FAVORITE TYPE OF MUSIC: country (believe it or not)
FAVORITE TYPE OF FOOD: Steak, lobster, anything cooked by Reed Ryder himself
FAVORITE TYPES OF DRINKS: Gibson Martini 

MEET CLARA RYDER

FULL NAME: Clara Anne Ryder

AGE: 21
NATIONALITY: American
GENDER: female
WEIGHT: 105
HEIGHT: 5'0"
EYE COLOR: gray
DISTINGUISHING FEATURES: changing hair color, snarky attitude
HAIR COLOR: ?  (Natural hair color: blonde)
HAIR STYLE: long, natural wave
COMPLEXION: fair 
CURRENT RESIDENCE: Blue Creek, Virginia
OCCUPATION: Student, Virginia Tech
HOMETOWN: Blue Creek, VA
PARENTS: Reed Ryder (Father), Carol Ryder (Mother, deceased)
SIBLINGS: Maggie Ryder (identical twin)
HOBBIES/PAST TIMES: partying, golfing, hanging out with her BFF Steph Mallory
TALENTS: golfing
FAVORITE TYPE OF MUSIC: Country
FAVORITE TYPE OF FOOD: Steak, lobster, anything delicious!
FAVORITE TYPES OF DRINKS:  whatever, she's a college student on a budget

MEET MAGGIE RYDER

FULL NAME: Maggie May Ryder
AGE: 21
NATIONALITY: American
GENDER: female
WEIGHT: 115
HEIGHT: 5'0"
EYE COLOR: gray
DISTINGUISHING FEATURES: impeccable style and social charm
HAIR COLOR: naturally platinum blonde
HAIR STYLE: long layers, straight
COMPLEXION: fair 
CURRENT RESIDENCE: Blue Creek, Virginia
OCCUPATION: Student, Virginia Tech
HOMETOWN: Blue Creek, VA
PARENTS: Reed Ryder (Father), Carol Ryder (Mother, deceased)
SIBLINGS: Clara Ryder (identical twin)
HOBBIES/PAST TIMES: shopping, traveling, cars/driving, working at her father's country club
TALENTS: golfing, math (she's a mechanical engineering major at Tech)
FAVORITE TYPE OF MUSIC: R&B, Pop, Top 100
FAVORITE TYPE OF FOOD: Sushi
FAVORITE TYPES OF DRINKS:  a dry white wine, or on occasion a margarita 

MEET DEAN HARVEY

FULL NAME: Dean Robert Harvey
AGE: 23
NATIONALITY: American
GENDER: male
WEIGHT: 215
HEIGHT: 6'5"
EYE COLOR: light brown
DISTINGUISHING FEATURES: muscular build, charming smile
HAIR COLOR: brown
HAIR STYLE: short
COMPLEXION: tan
CURRENT RESIDENCE: Blue Creek, Virginia
OCCUPATION: Bar Restoration/Bar Owner
HOMETOWN: Not applicable.  Previous residence: Tampa, Florida 
PARENTS: Dean Mitchel (Father), Monica Harvey (Mother)
SIBLINGS: None
HOBBIES/PAST TIMES: bar restoration, sports, building things/home projects
FAVORITE TYPE OF MUSIC: classic rock
FAVORITE TYPE OF FOOD: BBQ, hamburgers, apple pie 
FAVORITE TYPES OF DRINKS: sweet tea

Sarah Darlington lives in the DC metro area, is married to her high school sweetheart, and currently spends her time chasing around a very active toddler. As a former flight attendant, she misses the days of pantyhose, galley gossip with good friends, and traveling to new places. In the future she'd like to return to that career, but, just as flying gets into your bones, so does writing. Whenever she gets a free moment these days, she writes.

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