Title: Escapades
Series: Trident Ink Book 1
Author: Lilly Atlas
Genre: Contemporary Romance/Erotic Romance
Release Date: January 30, 2018
Alyssa Jackson is one of the lucky ones. She has a thriving business, great friends, devoted husband, adorable daughter, and a scorching hot sex life that would be the envy of any married couple. Then, one tragic loss flips her world upside down. Floundering and unsure of how to cope with their grief, Alyssa and her husband drift apart until they are living as roommates instead of a deeply connected couple. Alyssa will do anything to get the intense passion back into her life and marriage, no matter how far out of the box she has to step.
If there is one thing tattoo shop owner Derek knows, it’s that once he set his sights on his wife, he never wanted another woman. Years together haven’t begun to put a dent in his desire for her. But everything falls apart when the anguish of loss barges into their lives. Adrift in his own suffering, Derek doesn’t realize how damaged his marriage is until his wife forces him to confront their issues. Now, he’ll do whatever it takes to get their lives back on track, even if the plan seems outrageous.
Barbara (Goodreads) – “OH MY – the feels! The story is Jam-packed with emotions.”
Konny (Goodreads) – “I started reading and was captivated from page one.”
AC Squared Book Blog – “As a whole I loved how different this book was. It wasn’t perfect, it wasn’t always happy, and it was just so real! We need more of this!”

Escapades was my first read by Lilly Atlas and I’m looking forward to more to come….
For me, this was an engrossing read, I read it in less than half a day and could barely put my kindle down.
I can’t even begin to imagine what feelings this couple would be going through after the tragedy that hit them but I could understand how they drifted apart and why Derek never realised how long there had been a problem. Let’s face it, married life can be hard without other life altering issues, but this pair had a love so deep that I couldn’t imagine them not being together and I could do nothing but hope things would work out for them.
Alyssa and Derek were prepared to try anything to get their marriage and lives back on track and gods, while it was hard they were smokin’ hot together.
My emotions were all over the place at points reading Escapades but it was worth it to see the couple bare their souls and battle the odds to get back to each other and by the end I was over the moon for how their lives had turned out.
I’m really looking forward to the next book in this series – I know who I’m hoping get together next!
An excellent, well written and definitely recommended 5* read from an author I’ll be checking out more of!


Lilly Atlas is a contemporary romance author, proud Navy wife, and mother of two spunky girls. By day she works as a physical therapist for a hospital in Virginia. Lilly is an avid romance reader, and expects her Kindle to beg for mercy every time she downloads a new eBook. Thankfully, it hasn’t happened yet, and she can often be found absorbed in a good book.
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