STEAL MY BREATH AWAY (Havencrest U 2) by Sarah Castille-review tour

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date June 17, 2025

Emotions run high, but the tempo thrums higher as music, heat, and angst collide between a singer and her bodyguard.

Haley Chapman has struggled against rules all her life. As the daughter of a senator, she’s expected to finish her college degree, but music is her one true love—the only outlet she has for her wild, impulsive feelings.

When Haley becomes the target of a brazen kidnapping attempt linked to her mother’s high-profile Senate career, the Senator insists on round-the-clock protection. Having a security detail follow her around college feels like overkill, but the Senator has the perfect solution.

Ace Murphy was her brother’s best friend, and a former Air Force pilot, now working in personal security as a celebrity bodyguard. He was also Hailey’s teenage crush and the man who abandoned her when she needed him most, breaking her fragile heart.

Now, as Ace poses as her boyfriend on campus, their personalities clash. He may be her protector but to Haley, Ace is just another obstacle to her freedom and a painful reminder of the past. But as the threats escalate, their forced proximity ignites a connection they can’t ignore–one that could either save them or break them all over again.

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REVIEW: STEAL MY BREATH AWAY is the second instalment in Sarah Castille’s contemporary, adult, HAVENCREST U erotic, romance series. This is twenty-four year old, former US Air Force pilot turn security specialist Ace Murphy, and twenty-one year old, college student/ singer/ radio DJ Haley Chapman’s story line.STEAL MY BREAK AWAY can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty. Any important information from the previous story line is revealed where necessary

Told from dual first person perspectives (Haley and Ace) using present day and memories from the past, STEAL MY BREATH AWAY follows in the wake of an attempted abduction of our Haley Chapman. Haley’s mother is running for state senator, and the fall out is affecting our story line heroine. In an effort to protect her daughter , Haley’s mother hires Ace Murphy, the young man who was once her son Matt’s best friend, a young man with a lifetime of guilt who sees Haley as more than an assignment.

The world building focuses on the past and the present. Ace’s struggle with what was and what will never be, and Haley’s need to be independent in the face of the danger threatening her life. From college campus to cafes and nightclubs, Haley is determined to not let anything upset her normal routine, often in the face of threats against her life. TSTL, her need to defy Ace Murphy finds Haley a target, a victim, and a survivor all at the same time.

The relationship between Haley and Ace is a best friend’s younger sister relationship but years earlier, just days before Ace and Matt deployed, Haley was humiliated by the young man who starred in all of her fantasies and dreams, and in the ensuing time, Haley struggled to forgive the man she had always loved. Ace believes he is unworthy of his best friend’s sister, and in this, the push and pull of their relationship often forces Ace to run when his heart gets involved. The $ex scenes are intimate and provocative without the use of over the top, sexually graphic language and text.

There is a large ensemble cast of secondary and supporting characters from both the past and the present. We are introduced to Haley’s best friend Paige; Dante and Skye (The Sound of Us 1) as well as Haley’s parents; personal security guard Maverick; several co-workers, and fellow students at the local college radio station.

STEAL MY BREATH AWAY is a story of second chances; of heart break and grief; family and friendships, relationships and love. The premise is emotional and captivating; the romance is seductive ; the characters are energetic and determined .

Click HERE for Sandy’a review of book one THE SOUND OF US

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Reviewed by Sandy

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New York Times and USA Today Bestselling author, Sarah Castille, graduated with a B.A Honors degree in History and an LL.B. (law degree) and practiced law on the West Coast for several years before succumbing to the lure of foreign travel. She obtained a Masters Degree in Law from the University of Edinburgh and then practiced at one of the world’s largest law firms in London, England during which time she traveled extensively, wrote moderately, and developed a taste for tea, European footwear and Greek cuisine.

She traded in her life of European glamor for the comforts of the frozen North and the excitement of home renovation, during which time she wrote extensively, never traveled, and developed a taste for beef jerky, Tim Horton’s coffee and Sorels.

After her first book, Legal Heat, won prizes in nine Romance Writers’ Association chapter contests, including the Grand Prize in the Valley of the Sun Hot Prospects Contest, Sarah decided to take a break from high heels and legal practice to write about red-hot alpha males and the women who tame them. Her second book, Against the Ropes, was named as one of Publishers Weekly’s Top Ten Picks for Romance & Erotica for fall 2013, and her third book, Unraveled, hit the New York Times Bestseller’s list. Sarah’s current release, Barely Undercover, was named as the “Must Read Erotic Romance of the Year” in the Sneak Peek Reader’s Choice Awards (2013). She hasn’t dusted off her briefcase yet!

Sarah lives with her husband, munchkins and a family of owls in the shadow of Canada’s Rocky Mountains, where she is currently working on her next novel.