BLURB:
Ryan Cosgrove
and Liliana Delgado are on a collision course with destiny. They don't know it
yet, but before the night is over their lives will be forever changed.
Spending
Valentine's Day at a burlesque bar, hadn't been Liliana's ideal way of spending
a Friday night. She'd much rather be back at campus, doing homework... until
she meets Ryan. Tall, athletic, and gorgeous, Lili can't keep her eyes off him,
and despite his gruff manners and drunken disposition she's intrigued.
Ryan's got
demons, and they're deep, dark, and eating him alive. Regardless of his
attraction to the petite brunette he's tired of fighting, of pretending the
last fifteen years haven't been a daily struggle just to get out of bed every
morning. That night he decides to end his pain, to leave it all behind and
float away into the blessed darkness of oblivion. But fate has other plans for
him, Lily finds and rescues Ryan, determined she'll not only save his body, but
his soul too.
This is their
moment...
EXCERPT:
I
don’t like seeing Ryan drink, not that it’s any of my business, but I just
don’t.
“I
know what you’re thinking. It’s all over your face?” he says.
I
scrap my nail along the rim of my empty cup. “No you don’t.”
He
purses his lips and I know my face is blushing, I can feel the heat spreading
through my cheeks. He’s torturing me on purpose, I know he is.
“This
isn’t beer. See.” He tips his cup, showing me a red liquid inside. “It’s juice,
Alex is good about making sure I don’t drink except on very special occasions.”
What
does that mean?
Does
he consider what he’d done a special occasion?
Tongue
feeling two sizes too big in my mouth, I shrug like he hadn’t just pegged me.
“I wasn’t thinking that.”
“Sure
you weren’t.” His smile is short and mysterious as hell, it makes my body burn.
Clearing
my throat, I arch a brow. “Anyway. You do this all the time?”
“What’s
that?” He takes another sip of his juice.
“Come
to frat houses on the weekends? Awfully cliché, wouldn’t you say?”
“I
think that’s the pot calling the kettle black, wouldn’t you?”
He
had a point, I laugh. “Whatever.”
“Nah.”
He shifts again, but this time he’s moving away from me and I don’t like that.
Yeah, I know, it makes me one of those females that just can’t make up their
minds, but I can no longer deny my attraction to him, especially when he’s
trying to do exactly what I’ve asked and just be friends. It only makes him
more sexy.
“This
is Alex’s thing. I just come with him to keep him honest.”
“Then
what do you usually like to do on the weekends?”
His
brows gather as he seems to consider it. “I don’t know, you mean besides
watching porn?”
I
stick my tongue out and he clamps down on the edge of his lip, rolling it
between his teeth in a way that makes me hot and twitchy. This man is dangerous
and I want him. I mean, I really do. I want to drag him up the stairs, find a
room and not come out until morning.
Licking
my lips, I cross my legs.
He
grins. “I watch movies, read--”
“You
read?”
Narrowing
his eyes, as if not sure whether I’ve just insulted him or not he pauses and I
shake my head. “That’s not what I mean, I just meant, it’s nice to find a guy
who admits to that. Most guys don’t. And if they do, it’s like some shameful
secret.”
Chuckling,
he nods. “I guess. I’m kind of into the classics. War and Peace, A tale of two
cities, started reading Moby Dick last night. Call me Ishmael.”
Not
at all what I’d expected. I hate judging books by their covers, but Ryan seems
more like this guy. The one sitting in a frat house on a Saturday night, the
one drinking beers and sleeping with as many women as possible. And maybe he’s
just blowing smoke up my butt, but I don’t really believe that because he knows
he’s got nothing to gain with me.
I’m
off limits, so maybe this is the real him and I’ve had him all wrong.
He
must have noticed my look, because he smirks. “Yeah, not what you expected,
huh?”
“You
know it’s really annoying when you read my mind.”
He
laughs and I can’t help but respond. He has a nice one, sexy… it shivers across
my body and makes my breasts feel full and achy.
“At
least you’re honest.” Tipping his cup, he takes another sip.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
AUTHOR Bio and Links:
Marie Hall has always had a
dangerous fascination for creatures that go bump in the night. And mermaids.
And of course fairies. Trolls. Unicorns. Shapeshifters. Vampires. Scottish
brogues. Kilts. Beefy arms. Ummm... Bad boys! Especially the sexy ones. Which
is probably why she married one.
On top of that she's a confirmed
foodie, she nearly went to culinary school and then figured out she could save
a ton of money if she just watched food shows religiously! She's a
self-proclaimed master chef, certified deep sea dolphin trainer, finder of
leprechaun's gold at the end of the rainbow, and rumor has it she keeps the
Troll King locked away in her basement. All of which is untrue, however, she
does have an incredibly active imagination and loves to share her crazy
thoughts with the world!
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