tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63518281088841433042024-03-05T09:50:46.689-05:00♥ Story Time Book Magic ♥Books, Reading, Indie Authors, Romance, Hot Guys! Like us on facebook! Alex @ Storytime Book Magichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10003254725129258236noreply@blogger.comBlogger372125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6351828108884143304.post-32197099791230202652017-05-12T17:34:00.000-04:002017-04-29T21:08:36.021-04:00hook ups & hang-ups<div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;">
<span style="color: #fc5bb9; font-family: "lucida handwriting"; font-size: 24.0pt;">Hook-ups & Hang-ups </span><span style="color: #fc5bb9; font-family: "lucida handwriting"; font-size: 16.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #fd9d1a; font-family: "times"; font-size: 24.0pt;">Swamp Bottom Novella #3 </span><span style="color: #fd9d1a; font-family: "times"; font-size: 16.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: green; font-family: "times"; font-size: 16.0pt;">A romcom novella <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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sisters’ to-do list: <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times"; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;">Return
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<span style="font-family: "times"; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;">Sabotage
current relationship because it’s going too well…of course. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times"; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;">Wake
up beside the one person you should never hook-up with, under any
circumstances…oh, hell no. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times"; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;">Adelaide
and Savannah find that a fresh start in New Orleans doesn’t necessarily mean
old flames and old habits intend to stay behind. The thrill of the chase is
half the fun, but when self-sabotage is the catch of the day, trust issues and
hang-ups may end the game before it begins. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times"; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;">Because
when you’re a Dubois, you don’t just hide your crazy… <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times"; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;">You
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a small cliffhanger. However, a new novella is published every 5-7 weeks, so
you don't have to wait long for your next installment of these sassy Southern
sisters! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times"; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;">K.A
Ware is an indie author living in Portland, Oregon. Her days consist of working
at her real-life job in the financial field and taking care of her young
daughter. Writing is not her only passion, K.A. also serves on the Board <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times"; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;">of
Directors for a local non-profit and spends way too much time reading. She
believes in the power of words, alpha females, and that special escape you get
when you hunker down into a good book. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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she’s not busy mothering, working, writing, or reading she enjoys spending time
with family and friends and embracing the weirdness that is Portland. K.A.
loves music, so if you find yourself at a metal show in Portland —take a look
around— she’s the crazy redhead head-banging at the front. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times"; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;">Cora
Kenborn writes romance novels full of danger, snarky banter, lovable bad boys,
and damsels NOT in distress. She loves delving into the twisted mind of a dark
villain while shocking readers with unpredictable plot twists. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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is a true Southern girl from Eastern North Carolina, who grew up on sweet tea
and front porches. She says “y’all,” “fixin’ to,” and should you deserve it
will “bless your heart.” She’s the mother of three hyperactive and occasionally
adorable children and the wife to an understanding husband who tolerates her
chaotic writer’s cave. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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shows, effectively freaking out everyone in the room. A domestic rebel, Cora
admits to being a horrible cook, swears she's allergic to laundry, and believes
she's more dangerous with a hot glue gun than any weapon on earth. Oh, and she
and autocorrect are mortal enemies. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Title: Begging for Bad Boys</b></span></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Genre: Romantic Suspense</span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Release Date: March 28, 2017</span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">My world is caving in on itself; the scars of my past threatening to consume
me. I was ready to fall from the top of my empire and I didn't give a damn. But
then she showed up; falling back into my life and into my bed. My sweetheart. I
should let her walk away again; I'm a bad man, but I'm too selfish. This time,
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">It's time to collect on the biggest debt anyone in the city owes me. Jacob
Waters, the bastard that killed my father. He's an abusive prick and he'll pay
the ultimate price. But before I take him down, I'm taking his most prized
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Brendon. My best friend's brother. The smoking hot tattoo artist miles and
miles out of my league. He wants me. He wants me bound. I've had a crush on him
since I can remember, but can I really handle him like *this*?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Robin - I bump into the bad boy who broke my sister's heart nine years ago, and
everything changes. I never expect forbidden fireworks, secrets and danger at
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #990000;"> </span>A passionate one-night-stand ends in heartbreak. Five years later, and he's
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">World-weary ex-soldier Sam isn’t expecting to find beautiful, broken Kat in the
snow. When he takes her back to his hunting lodge and cleans her bruises, she
tries to flee. Scared for her life. Sam is determined to protect the delicate
blonde from the world, even if that means putting his life on the line. Now
that he’s found her, he won’t let her go…</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Wealth. Power. Wood. Three things I had more of than anybody else until Hazel
showed up to protest my latest project. She won’t take my money. She doesn’t
care about my family’s influence. Maybe a little wood is what she needs... and
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #990000;"> </span>Once upon a time, he was my prince not-so-charming. But there are no happy ever
afters with life in the Dark Saints Irish mafia. I swore I’d never come back to
Boston after he pushed me away six years ago. But that’s before there was a
price on my head, and I needed protection. I won’t fall for him again. Giving
in to temptation this time around doesn’t mean a broken heart. It means we’re
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I thought it'd be an easy job when my friend asked me to "babysit"
her out-of-control brother — her playboy, arrogant, *sinfully sexy* older
brother. As the bassist in the rock band Cherry Lips, Gael's had more than his
fair share of women. But his dirty, sexy words ignite my body, just as his
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I'm Jameson O’Leary. When I find a sweet Irish babe on the side of the road,
it’s time to get down and dirty—on and off my bike. I just pray baby girl
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Heather Blair was only going to check up on her assistant. To see how the
wedding was going. She hadn’t planned on being snowed in or make a night of it
with a tall, dark and sexy billionaire. Have a one night stand her assistant
told her! When she finds out who he really is, the question is, will she run
out the door or into his arms?</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 18pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Blurb</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">She was my nightmare. Every time I closed my eyes, I watched her fall into that inferno. Over and over, I failed to save her.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #3a3e44; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I hadn’t been able to reach her, and the guilt only burned hotter over time. Four years later, I was the unreachable one.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Heroes aren’t always saints. Sometimes, we’re nothing more than jaded sinners driven by sleepless nights and hearts full of darkness.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">And then I met her. She was a dreamer who managed to soothe my scars and heal my wounds.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 18pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Chapter One</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 18pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Jude</span></div>
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<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3800000000000001; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: 14pt;">
<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Tomorrow, it’s on me,” I said, standing up off the barstool.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Behind the bar, Carmen waggled her eyebrows, seductively calling out, “Funny, I could be on you tonight if you stayed awhile longer.”</span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3800000000000001; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: 14pt;">
<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I laughed at her innuendo and tossed her a wink. “I gotta get home, babe. Seven a.m. comes way too early.”</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Well, offer’s on the table,” she purred.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">It always was with her. And, if I wasn’t careful, I’d eventually take her up on it.</span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3800000000000001; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: 14pt;">
<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Not that sleeping with Carmen wouldn’t have been good. But, when you find a cheap bar only five minutes from your house, you don’t fuck that up by dipping your cock into the bartender.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Later, Carmen,” I called, pushing the door open and heading to my car.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I wasn’t out of the parking lot before I heard, “Officer Levitt? We’ve got an alarm going off in Park Hill. You mind taking a look on your way home?”</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Banging my head back against the headrest, I groaned to myself. Park Hill was about as “on my way home” as swinging past California on the way to Maine.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Switching my radio to my other hand, I complained, “I’m off the clock, Jocelyn.” I had been for several hours, even if I hadn’t made it home yet.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> She laughed. “I’m sorry, but you’re the only one remotely close. I had to send two cars out to the Laslows’ to break up another argument between Cam and his old man.”</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“They at it again?” I asked.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Apparently, Cam told Lindsey he didn’t want the baby. Lindsey told his dad. Old Man Laslow lost his mind.”</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I chuckled, putting my blinker on and then doing a U-turn in the middle of the empty road. “Christ. I bet he did. I know the man’s seventy-five, but I sure as hell wouldn’t want to go toe-to-toe with him.”</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“I’m with you on that. So…you gonna head out to Park Hill?” she asked in a sugary-sweet tone.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I grumbled deep in my chest. “You’re gonna owe me some of that banana bread for this. I missed it the other day when you brought it up to the station.”</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“I don’t owe you anything.” She giggled. “However, as a personal thank-you from the state of Illinois, Park County, and the owners of Park Hill, I’ll bring you in a loaf on Friday. Deal?”</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Deal. I’m en route now.”</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Stay safe, and radio in with your report.”</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Yes, ma’am,” I replied, knowing exactly how much thirty-year-old Jocelyn loved being called ma’am by a twenty-five-year-old man.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Don’t you—”</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Gotta go.” I turned the volume down to mute her, grinning to myself as I flipped my lights and siren on.</span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3800000000000001; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: 14pt;">
<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I’d been a cop for two years. And, in that time, I’d been out to the privately owned Park Hill estate at least a dozen times. It wasn’t unusual for the alarm on the mansion to get triggered. It never amounted to anything. The expansive estate was on the very edge of the county, and trouble didn’t usually travel that far out. More often than not, a bird at a window or a bumbling new member of the grounds crew would accidentally trip the alarm. Truth was, no one actually lived in Park Hill. The owners visited sporadically. But, for the majority of the time, it remained empty.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Some minutes later, I cut my siren as I pulled up to the entrance. The cold air assaulted me as I stepped out of my patrol car with my flashlight in hand and aimed at the keypad on the massive security gate that blocked the driveway off. That damn thing alone had to have cost more than I’d make in a lifetime. Forget about the house inside.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The smell of wood burning in a fireplace wafted through the night air. I guessed someone was home for a visit.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I typed in the emergency code on the gate panel and then climbed back in my car and made my way down the tree-lined driveway. I’d spent the day on patrol, and, with the exception of some minor vandalism across town, it had been a slow one.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Though, in the blink of an eye, that would change.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Along with my entire life.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Oh fuck,” I breathed as the main house came into view on the top of the hill.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">After throwing my car in park, I jumped on the radio at my shoulder. I could barely get the words out as I slung my door open and took off at a dead sprint.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“This is Officer Levitt! I need fire support at Park Hill immediately!”</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">And then I froze as a wave of adrenaline crashed into me like a tsunami.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">An inferno roared in the night sky, but it was the small silhouette of a woman perched outside a third-floor window, smoke pouring out all around her, that knocked the breath out of me. My heart stopped, but my feet continued to pound against the pavement.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Jocelyn’s voice caught me. “What’s going on?”</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“I need medical too!” I barked as I got closer. “The whole damn place is in flames and there’s a woman trapped!”</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The woman’s long, black hair blew out behind her like a battered flag whipping in a storm. I couldn’t make out her face or her skin color or even guess at her age for the black soot covering her, but her fear was unmistakable.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">And unforgettable.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Hang on!” I yelled up to her.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Oh my God!” she screamed before it turned into a fit of coughing. “Help me!”</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Hang on! Don’t let go!”</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Frantically, I searched the perimeter for a way in, but it wasn’t only her house that was on fire. Flames were encompassing her. The yard and all the surrounding flowerbeds. Top to bottom. The first and second floors were completely engulfed, and if the sound of shattering windows was any indication, it was quickly making its way up to the third floor—to her.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“No! Don’t leave me!” she screamed, panic thick in her garbled voice, as I started around the side of the house.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">A wall of heat stopped me in my tracks. Throwing an arm up, I did my best to block my face while scanning the building for any possible entry—or, in her case, exit.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">But there wasn’t a surface of that house that wasn’t ablaze.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Except the roof.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Son of a bitch.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I spoke into the radio. “I need an ETA on fire.”</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Jocelyn replied, “They’re on their way. Five minutes out.”</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I didn’t have one minute, much less five.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Fuck.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">My pulse quickened, sending blood thundering in my ears. I was a cop. I’d trained for chaos. I should have been able to come up with a solution for a situation like this, but they didn’t teach you how to conquer the impossible at the Academy.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">And, as I took inventory of the flames dancing beneath her, I knew that was exactly what I was up against.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">My gut wrenched as I helplessly sped back around the house. She appeared almost childlike, hovering barefoot on that narrow brick ledge, but her long-sleeve top and her loose-fitting pants clung to the body of a woman.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Jesus Christ! Where was that fucking fire truck?</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Is anyone else in the house?” I yelled up to her.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Not that I could have helped them, either. Short of running into a burning building, on what would surely be a suicide mission, there was not one thing I could do. And didn’t that little reality feel like a wrecking ball to the chest.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“No!” she cried, a loud sob lodging in her throat. It turned into more coughing, her body shaking violently with every heave.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I fisted my hands at my sides as my anxiety spiraled higher.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Please. Do something!” she begged.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I ground my teeth together and once again glanced around as if a water hose and a ladder were going to suddenly appear out of nowhere. “Hang tight, okay? Fire trucks are on their way.”</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“I can’t hold on much longer!” she cried.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Yes, you can,” I demanded.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“I…I think I need to jump,” she coughed out.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I assessed the massive fire below her. I’d never be able to reach her before it swallowed her. But there was no way I’d be able to stand by and watch her burn.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">No. If she jumped off that ledge, she was going to get us both killed. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Don’t you dare,” I barked. “Don’t even think about it. Two minutes. They’ll be here.”</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Two minutes,” I repeated. “Hold—”</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Suddenly, a window to her left exploded, shooting glass and flames in all directions.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I covered my face as she screamed in a paralyzing mixture of fear and agony. It cut me so deep that I knew I’d bear the scars for the rest of my life, and that had nothing to do with the glass and everything to do with the heavy weight of my failure already lingering in the smoke-filled air.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">When I opened my eyes again, I caught a glimpse of orange flickering in the window behind her. Panic built in my chest.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“You need to move!” I yelled.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">She shook her head and continued to cough and cry.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">But it wasn’t an option. I couldn’t help her. Though I damn sure refused to watch her die.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Please. Just listen to me.” I swallowed hard. “You can’t stay there.” I looked to the roof.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Sending her higher seemed wrong and went against everything I’d learned in my limited fire training. But fuck, my options were having her jump into a conflagration or scale up the side of a building in hopes of buying us the precious minutes needed for the fire department to arrive.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Drawing in a smoke-filled breath, I made a decision that would haunt me for the rest of my life. “You need to climb up to the roof.”</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“I can’t!” she shrieked.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">My stomach twisted, but I gentled my voice. “Look, I know you’re scared. But I’m right here. I’ll help guide you up, but, sweetheart, it’s bearing down on you. You gotta move, and I mean now.”</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">She choked on a mouthful of smoke as she attempted to look over her shoulder.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“You’re going to be fine. I swear to you,” I lied. “But you have to move.”</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“I’m not going to make it!” She had to have yelled it in order for me to hear her, but I felt her defeat slither over my skin like a whispered goodbye.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I took a long step forward, too focused on her to feel the heat singeing my skin. “Yes, you are!” I declared. “Move your ass up to the roof and we’ll both be out of here in time for breakfast.”</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Her gaze landed on mine, tears forging paths down her soot-covered cheeks, her disbelief obvious even from yards away. “Are you sure?”</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">It was a ridiculous question. It wasn’t like I could make any guarantees. It was fire, for God’s sake. But that didn’t stop me from covering my heart with my palm and vowing, “I swear on my life you’re going to make it through this.”</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Her hesitation was evident, but with one last sob, she inched her small body farther out onto the narrow ledge, reaching the tips of her shaking fingers out for the windowsill above her.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Good girl,” I praised, a fraction of relief washing over me.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">And then I sucked in a sharp breath as one of her shaking legs slipped out from under her.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“No!” I yelled.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">On instinct, I rushed toward the flames, my arms stretched out in the air as though I could catch her.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">A scalding heat blistered my face and forced me to stop, but the real pain was in my chest. I watched in horror for what felt like a lifetime as she fought to right herself, her dainty arms flailing like a wounded butterfly frantically trying to catch the wind.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">My heart lurched into my throat, and my breath seized in my lungs.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">And then a deep, guttural sound tore through me, shredding me from the inside out, as I watched her fall.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I woke up in a cold sweat. It wasn’t exactly something new. I’d been dreaming of Butterfly for over four years. She always flew directly into the flames, screaming as I stood helpless to save her.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Swinging my legs over the side of the bed, I cradled my head in my hands and tried to pretend I was okay. That wasn’t exactly something new, either. I could still feel the heat on the back of my neck. My lungs were still thick with smoke. The pressure in my chest never left me.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The distance while I was living in LA had helped. But, in the week since I’d been back in Illinois, I’d woken up every morning at that blazing house. I didn’t even have to be asleep for the memories to assault me.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I should have gone back to sleep. It was my first day at my new job, and the last thing I needed was to show up haggard and sleep-deprived. But, as I’d learned over the years, another fiery butterfly awaited me on the other side of REM. No way I was volunteering for that. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I pushed myself off the bed and tugged a T-shirt on, preparing to head down to the hotel gym with hopes that I could outrun the mental fog that had been hovering over me since I’d returned. There was a reason I’d thrown all of my shit in my car and driven as far as I could all those years ago.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Yet, somehow, I’d come full circle.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">But I’d come back a different man.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">At least that’s what I’d told myself as the deafening roar of doubt had overwhelmed me the moment I’d driven across the state line.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 18pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><img alt="Aly.jpg" height="150" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/6vwsIJbr3edCOH6GgHfiAum6F_QrHCpSaTm5v6jzTCm1GNxOuN2psLE7xWG77gHMC18PCTJcYaa2C78ggFIcsQFEhBnSgtxs8W2RxYKz-pK88WlwLlX-VBjWo0Vq1ySe2lN2sTdS" style="-webkit-transform: rotate(0.00rad); border: none; transform: rotate(0.00rad);" width="200" /></span></div>
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<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/26083341-singe" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px;"><img alt="Singe (Guardian Protection, #1)" border="0" src="https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1484751862m/26083341.jpg" /></a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/26083341-singe">Singe</a> by <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7374424.Aly_Martinez">Aly Martinez</a><br />
My rating: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1911657819">4 of 5 stars</a><br />
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Fans of Aly Martinez will not be disappointed with Singe! <br />
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Singe is definitely one hot rollercoaster of a read. If you love a good alpha male then you are going to be head over heels for Jude. This story will really pull on your heartstrings as both main characters are deeply affected by a shared tragedy that alters their lives for years to come. My heart broke for the both Jude and Rhion from the beginning and I immediately hoped that someday these two would find a way to have their own happy ending whatever that might be. There were so many emotions that became my own as I read this book, there were times when I could feel fear that Rhion felt, the guilt Jude felt and then the love that grew between them. This is just another one of these great epic love stories that Aly is so skilled at writing. I just loved how perfect Rhion and Jude were for one another and I felt they got the ending they deserved. I can’t wait to read more about the Guardian Protection guys.<br />
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Cooper James is no stranger to loss. He hit rock bottom before climbing his way back to the top… </span><br />
<span style="color: #990000;">After losing his dad, Cooper’s life spiraled out of control. He didn’t want to face the reality of life without his father, and drinking became his escape. Music was the only thing that saved him. Songwriting and playing guitar changed his life, and he is able to sober up and take control of his father’s bar. His mother still struggles with their loss, though, and Cooper knows he has to be strong for her.</span><br />
<span style="color: #990000;"> Emma isn’t looking for love, but it isn’t something you can plan…</span><br />
<span style="color: #990000;"> Emma Harris is a simple girl. She loves country music, her friends, and her family. She hasn’t had the best luck with men, but that doesn’t hold her back from going out and having fun. When she has a chance encounter with Cooper at a concert, the connection is instant, and their mutual passion for music draws them together. When Cooper offers to teach Emma how to play guitar, her love for him only grows deeper.</span><br />
<span style="color: #990000;"> Everything seems perfect, but every love song has a sad verse…</span><br />
<span style="color: #990000;"> Cooper’s commitment to helping his mother takes up a lot of his life. Emma wants to be there for both of them, but when tragedy strikes, the music that held their love together suddenly stops, and Cooper must fight to not fall into old habits. Emma has to show him how to keep the music playing in himself, even when nothing else seems to matter. </span><br />
<span style="color: #990000;">Music brought them together and sang within them. In the end will it be strong enough to keep their hearts dancing? </span></div>
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London Tweed will protect herself at all costs, even if it endangers her heart…</div>
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London has achieved a thriving writing career, but her social life could use some work. She doesn’t have many friends and can’t even remember the last time she went on a date. If only the memories of her previous relationship would let her enjoy a little of the success she’s earned. London fears she’s lost the ability to feel anything, until she meets the cover model for her new book.</div>
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Blake Foster is proud of his career—and his reputation…</div>
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When the after party gets out of hand, London finally lets the walls around her heart down and starts to have fun again. All thanks to Blake. She wants to take a chance on him, but the fear of everything she left behind still follows her.</div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px; letter-spacing: normal;"><i style="color: #666666;"><b>Bio:</b></i><br /><span style="font-size: 12px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #444444;">Heather Dahlgren writes Contemporary Romance, sprinkling each book with a bit of humor, a lot of naughty and true love. She self-published her first book in 2014 and continues to do so today. Her over active mind promises the stories are in no short </span></span></span><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12px; white-space: pre-wrap;">supply. </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Heather grew up and still resides at the Jersey shore. She loves being so close to the Atlantic Ocean and the Pine Barrens. She is surrounded by the best of both worlds.</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12px; white-space: pre-wrap;">She is married to her high school sweetheart and has three kids. There is nothing more important in the world to her then her family. </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12px; white-space: pre-wrap;">When Heather isn’t writing you can find her getting lost in a great book, spending time with family and helping her fellow authors. </span></span></div>
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<p><strong>Behind the Book </strong><br><strong>Heather Dahlgren</strong><br>(Sexy, #2)<br>Published by: Limitless Publishing<br>Publication date: December 2016<br>Genres: Contemporary, New Adult, Romance</p><blockquote><p><span id="freeText12757791592976869136"><b>London Tweed will protect herself at all costs, even if it endangers her heart…</b></span></p>
<p>London has achieved a thriving writing career, but her social life could use some work. She doesn’t have many friends and can’t even remember the last time she went on a date. If only the memories of her previous relationship would let her enjoy a little of the success she’s earned. London fears she’s lost the ability to feel anything, until she meets the cover model for her new book.</p>
<p><b>Blake Foster is proud of his career—and his reputation…</b></p>
<p>Blake is a model who loves the ladies as much as they love him. He’s got great friends, a successful career, and definitely no lonely nights. He can’t understand why anyone would want to settle down. Then London Tweed chooses him to be on her next book cover and invites him to attend a signing with her. He has a great time at the event and makes it his mission to get London to loosen up.</p>
<p><b>Temptation has never felt so right…</b></p>
<p>When the after party gets out of hand, London finally lets the walls around her heart down and starts to have fun again. All thanks to Blake. She wants to take a chance on him, but the fear of everything she left behind still follows her.</p>
<p>Can the past stay in the past? Blake’s ready to give up his playboy lifestyle for London, but can he convince her that his love is stronger than the world around them?</p>
<p>Judging a book by its cover may not be fair, especially when you don’t know what’s going on…</p>
<p><i>Behind the Book.</i></p>
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<p>Heather Dahlgren writes Contemporary Romance, sprinkling each book with a bit of humor, a lot of naughty and true love. She self-published her first book in 2014 and continues to do so today. Her over active mind promises the stories are in no short supply. </p>
<p>Heather grew up and still resides at the Jersey shore. She loves being so close to the Atlantic Ocean and the Pine Barrens. She is surrounded by the best of both worlds.<br />
She is married to her high school sweetheart and has three kids. There is nothing more important in the world to her then her family. </p>
<p>When Heather isn’t writing you can find her getting lost in a great book, spending time with family and helping her fellow authors.</p>
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My rating: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1816332425">4 of 5 stars</a><br />
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I love a good romance involving a fighter, who doesn’t? This book will fulfill all of your needs in that department. I don’t like to give any spoilers so I will keep my review short and sweet. This book is excellently written; the author writes with such talent that you will just feel like you are sucked right into the story so much so that you become a part of it. This is definitely a story that pulls you in right from the very beginning. The main characters will take you on a rollercoaster ride of emotions but you will ultimately enjoy every minute of it. There isn’t one thing that I didn’t like about the main characters either. Ryker is this fierce and sexy, yet sweet and loving alpha that has kind of hit his rock bottom until Rebecca comes into his life and changes it. Rebecca is a great spitfire of a heroine and the perfect match to Ryker’s character as she is the one who breaks through his shell. While there is no storyline giveaway here I want you to know that it is definitely a big must read book!
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Alex @ Storytime Book Magichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10003254725129258236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6351828108884143304.post-66344903655946682682016-11-01T08:00:00.000-04:002016-10-31T21:37:23.998-04:00Happy Release Day!~Behind the Lens~ Heather Dahlgren~<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAv5NOgpWWdDbA_HO1kIl0JBnWWjhyphenhyphenCREneycmSeszwfX5vIORuO5p0K5f6deOzH4gXnwnipKnZIYHvy_KsnwjNfRmgHZxIv3KHmeVfZtcY4ehowqJkhzN_DQ0oY9W0i_TZDF8-b5Io-eJ/s1600/14642507_1780057138876813_2430011240019645204_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="color: #888888; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center; text-decoration: none;"><img border="0" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAv5NOgpWWdDbA_HO1kIl0JBnWWjhyphenhyphenCREneycmSeszwfX5vIORuO5p0K5f6deOzH4gXnwnipKnZIYHvy_KsnwjNfRmgHZxIv3KHmeVfZtcY4ehowqJkhzN_DQ0oY9W0i_TZDF8-b5Io-eJ/s640/14642507_1780057138876813_2430011240019645204_n.jpg" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="640" /></a><br /><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-4444247821749000735" itemprop="description articleBody" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 666px;">
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 24px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Between Here and the Horizon is an Epic Love Story </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Get back, Fletcher! Get back! The tank’s gonna blow!”</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I was running. Behind me, seven miles of desert stretched out toward Kabul city, glowing in places where burned out military trucks were being devoured by fire. Twisted metal rained down from the sky, on fire and sharper than a razor’s edge, impacting in the dirt. </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Thud. Thud, thud.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Thud</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. Shrapnel whistled through the air, striking the ground a few feet away from me as I weaved my way through the wreckage. Smoke was biting at my lungs, acrid and burning, making it hard to breath.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Fletcher! What the fuck, man!”</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Behind me, Specialist Crowe was losing his mind. Alternating between shouting into his radio and shouting at me, he couldn’t seem to decide which course of action to take. I’d ordered him to follow, but I could understand why he hadn’t. The situation was more than unsafe; charging headlong into the fire and destruction was a suicide mission, and I knew it. I also knew that my men were trapped inside the upturned vehicle still a hundred feet ahead of me, however, and I knew the truck was going to blow any second. They were going to burn to death if I didn’t help them. I wasn’t going to abandon them to that fate.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Captain! God, man, stop!”</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">My heart was surging, my veins overflowing with adrenalin. My boots hit the dirt</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, left, right, left, right, left, right,</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> my fists pumping back and forth as I sprinted toward the truck that was laying on its roof up ahead. Through the fractured windshield, I could see Hellaman and Wicks still strapped into the front seats of the vehicle, upside down and unmoving. They were either unconscious or dead. Hopefully they were just out for the count, but there was a lot of blood splattered on the inside of the glass. A lot of blood.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Black smoke curled upward from the underside of the truck, and I could already hear the hissing sound of fuel burning and sizzling somewhere. Groaning. I could hear groaning, too.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I reached the truck just as something inside the engine caught fire, and Hellaman came to. His eyes were wide with pain and fear as I dropped down onto my belly next to the driver’s side window, which was smashed out, small cubes of safety glass scattered into the dirt.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Captain? Captain Fletcher. Shit, I can’t breathe. I can’t…breathe.” His face was deathly pale, and his hands shook violently as he tried to claw at the seatbelt that was digging into his chest.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“It’s okay. It’s okay, Private. We’re gonna get you out of there, okay? Just hold on a moment.” My bowie knife was in my hand. I took it and made quick work of slashing through the webbing holding Hellaman in place. There was nothing I could do to cushion his fall. Slamming into the roof of the truck, Hellaman groaned weakly, and then passed out again, either from pain or from the shock, I didn’t know. I stowed my blade and grabbed him by the shoulders, then wrestled him free through the window. His face was cut; his arms were striped with blood and running rivers of crimson out onto the ground. No time to be gentle, though. No time to be safe. I hooked my hands under his arms and I quickly jogged backwards, dragging him away from the wreckage. Twenty feet was enough.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I ran back to the truck. Flames were visibly licking at the underside of the vehicle now, snaking upward toward the night sky. Wick was still out cold. I ran around to the back of the truck and tried to force the loading doors open, but they were jammed closed, bent and warped, refusing to budge.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Shit</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">.”</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Clang.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Clang.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Clang.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">There was someone alive inside. Running out of time. Almost no time left. I positioned myself by the truck’s rear right window, thanking god the thing was already splintered. The bulletproof windows on military trucks were no joke. You could take a semi automatic to them and it would take longer than I had to smash them. The impact of rolling three times had obviously been enough to compromise the glass, though.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Shield your faces,” I hollered. “</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Glass, glass, glass!</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">” Bracing, I spun around and smashed the sole of my boot against the window as hard as I possibly could. The glass groaned, fracturing some more, but it didn’t shatter. I kicked again, and again, and again. Finally, the window exploded in a shower of bright shards, giving in under the force of my boot.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Captain, there’s fuel in here,” someone inside yelled. “Get back!”</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I ducked down and lay flat on my stomach again, crawling in through the now empty window frame. Inside the truck, gasoline hung heavy in the air, burning my nostrils and my eyes. Next to me, Roberts was dead, his head twisted at an odd angle, eyes staring, unseeing into the abyss.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">On the other side of the truck Private Coleridge, Sam, a nineteen-year-old kid from Houston, was lying on his back on the roof, holding his rifle in both hands, his body convulsing wildly. His eyes swivelled to look at me, but his head remained locked in position, his teeth grinding together.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“What…what happened, Capt’n?” he asked. “We were drivin’ along, and then…everything was…spinning.”</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“IED,” I told him. “Desert’s full of them. Come on, let’s get you out of here.”</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“I can’t…move. I can’t feel…anything.”</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">He wasn’t paralyzed. If he were, he wouldn’t be shaking the way he was right now. He was just in shock. A sharp slap to the face would probably go a long way to getting him moving, but there simply wasn’t time for that kind of motivation. Grabbing him by the webbing stitched onto the strap of his pack, which was still on his back, I hauled him to me and then backed out through the window as quickly as I could. The fire was raging now. I dragged Sam back to where I’d left Hellaman and was about to run back to the truck when a loud metallic crack split the air apart, and then a ball of fire rocked the truck, a wall of heat and pressure slamming into my body, sending me reeling back into the dirt.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Oscar</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">!” Sam yelled. “Oscar’s still alive in there!”</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Fuck</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">.” I was up on my feet and running. The heat was intense—so intense that I had to shield my face as I grew closer to the wreck. The fire had consumed the underside of the truck, the tires blazing, the gas roaring as the fuel line was engulfed. And I could hear screaming. The kind of blood curdling, awful screaming of a man being burned alive.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">My radio headset crackled with static, and then Colonel Whitlock’s voice barked out through the speaker. “Fletcher, do </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">not</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> go back inside that vehicle. Do you hear me? Do not go back inside that vehicle.”</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Disobeying a direct order from a colonel was an offence worthy of court marshal. I ripped my headset from my ears and threw it to the ground, ignoring it. Ignoring the consequences. Another blood curdling scream reached me, and that was it. I was on my stomach, crawling into the mouth of hell.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">My side pressed up against the frame of the window, and pain tore at me, sinking its teeth into my skin. Heat. The heat was overwhelming, so fierce and violent that there was no oxygen inside the truck. Only smoke and confusion. Only death.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Oscar!” I called out, reaching with both hands, trying to find him. “Where are you, man?” The truck was only a six-guy transport, but the billowing, rolling clouds of black smoke hid everything. I went by touch until I heard him cry out again, weaker this time, voice riddled with agony. He was at the very rear of the truck. A few seconds was all I had. Any longer and I would either suffocate or burn up myself. My head was pounding, my lungs begging for clean air, and I could feel myself start to drift.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The journey to the back of the truck took an eternity. One hand over the other, I pulled myself around an upturned transport box, and jammed my body in between the narrow gap at the right hand side of the vehicle, reaching out, groping, searching, until I found what I was looking for. A leg. A foot, to be precise. I grabbed hold of it and pulled. An agonised yell filled the truck.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Ahh, my leg. My leg. It’s fucked!”</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“I know. I’m sorry, man. I can’t get you any other way.” I gritted my teeth, and I pulled. In any other situation it would have been a crime that I was handling an injured man this way. The clock was running down, though, and if causing more pain, causing even more damage meant the difference between one of my guys being injured or being dead, then I was going to do what I had to do.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I somehow managed to maneuverer myself so that I was over Oscar—I couldn’t even see his face, the smoke was so thick—and then I started shoving. Six hard pushes and I managed to drive him through the gap in the window frame, out onto the desert floor. His body was ripped away, pulled free by someone else, and then he was gone. I was almost too tired to heave myself free, but I scrounged up my last scrap of energy and I crawled forward, determined to make it out before the entire vehicle was enveloped. Halfway out, my fingers clawing in the dirt, my body lit up with pain. Indescribable. Unbearable. A pain so sharp and breathtaking that I couldn’t even cry out. It felt like something was ripping my body in two. I spun around and looked up to see a burning line of fuel pouring down on me, hitting my side, burning into me. I was on fire.</span></div>
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<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31949230-between-here-and-the-horizon" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px;"><img alt="Between Here and the Horizon" border="0" src="https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1473698606m/31949230.jpg" /></a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31949230-between-here-and-the-horizon">Between Here and the Horizon</a> by <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7771953.Callie_Hart">Callie Hart</a><br />
My rating: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1793334388">4 of 5 stars</a><br />
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Let me start by saying that I love Callie Hart. Each time I read a book of hers I think there is no way she can write anything better and then bam, she blows me away again. I absolutely loved everything about this book. The storyline is original and bewitching, there is just the right amount of twists and turns, and it will just suck you right in. The characters are incredible, Callie writes in such as a way that really brings her characters to life. The emotions flow from the pages, you will feel them as if they are your own. Good, bad, happy, or sad you would have to be made of stone to not feel what these characters go through. Romance fans will not be disappointed with the steamy scenes found in the story; there was lots of good sexy fun! I am completely passing over the plot here because I don’t want to give anything away, what I will say is that is definitely a book that is not to be missed.
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Alex @ Storytime Book Magichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10003254725129258236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6351828108884143304.post-31377043028144216472016-10-20T09:00:00.000-04:002016-10-20T09:00:08.039-04:00~Grand Slam~Heidi McLaughlin~Cover Reveal, Excerpt and Pre Order links<b id="docs-internal-guid-50f51f93-df94-6a52-9038-2fa65616254c" style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></b>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The one I’m eyeing for the night bends at her waist and lines her pool stick up with the cue ball. She slowly pulls the wooden rod through her fingers, until the felt top finally connects. The hard white plastic ball rolls toward her target, hitting it perfectly and stalling as the blue-striped ball rolls into the pocket. I let out a massive sigh and lean on my stick, waiting my turn. I should’ve known better when she approached me, asking if I wanted to play a game or two of billiards with her. I know better than to let a good-looking woman hustle me out of money but I wasn’t thinking with my right head. I never am, and once again I’m getting my balls get busted, no pun intended, by a pool shark. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Sweetheart, are you going to let me play? My balls are getting lonely.” If she thinks I’m crude, she doesn’t say anything. In fact, she looks at me from over her shoulder and winks before shimmying her ass toward my crotch. My internal groan is epic. I’ve been watching her bend, lick her lips, show me her ample cleavage, and shake her ass for almost an hour. Not to mention, she brushes against me each time she passes me. And the touching isn’t subtle. I can read her loud and clear, all the way from her tight as-sin jeans to her plunging neckline. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Do you?” I ask, stepping in behind her. My crotch is lined up perfectly with her ass, earning me another hair-tossing look over her shoulder.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">She stands and turns to face me, resting her ass on the edge of the table. “What do you have in mind?” Her finger trails down the front of my shirt until she reaches the buckle of my belt. The tug is slight, but definitely felt. Message received loud and clear. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“What’s your name?”</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Are names important?”</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Of course. When I demand that you come for me, I need to know what to call you.”</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Demand?” she questions. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“I’m greedy like that,” I tell her, placing my cue stick against the table as I step closer to her. I lean in and try to get a whiff of her perfume, but a mix between the stale air from the bar and the beer on her breath makes it hard to tell what she’s wearing. I do love a woman who takes the time to dabble the perfect scent on her skin though. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Blue.”</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“My balls aren’t blue, darling, and haven’t been in years.”</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“No, my name is Blue.”</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“That’s a very unique name,” I say as my hand rests on her hip. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“What can I say? I’m a unique woman, Travis.”</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Ah, she knows my name. That’s usually how things go for me. Rarely am I given the opportunity to introduce myself. Everyone knows who I am, and while I enjoy the fruits of my labor, sometimes anonymity would be nice. One day, I’d like to talk to a woman who doesn’t know that I’m Travis Kidd, right fielder for the Boston Renegades and one of the town’s most eligible bachelors. “You know who I am?” </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Doesn’t everyone? I’m a Boston girl; I know my Renegades.”</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I nod and reach for my beer. It’s the off-season, and technically I shouldn’t be here. I usually head south for the winter but opted to stay home this time. After a long season, one that saw my former managers die and one of my closest friends on the team become a dad to twins, I thought I’d stay around and see what the winter had to offer. Aside from the cold, I haven’t found much, except Bruins hockey and Celtics basketball. Those games have been the highlight of my time off.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The pickings for women have been slim. Without trying to bag on the female population, it’s evident that they’re seasonal as well. Right now, the puck bunnies, gridiron groupies, and court whores are in full effect, and the cleat chasers are resting like the rest of the baseball world. Maybe I should’ve been a dual-sport athlete. This way I would’ve had the best of both worlds. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“What?” I ask, mentally shaking the cobwebs out. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Where’d you go? It’s your turn?” Blue nods toward the table, and I look over her shoulder to see the cue ball sitting there. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Why don’t you help me?” I know how to play the game of pool, but since she seems to be a pro, why shouldn’t she show me? I would’ve happily slid up behind her and taught her how to handle her stick but she took the fun out of it. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Instead, she’s off to my side and leaning into me, giving me a perfect sideways glance down her shirt. I smirk, ignoring everything she tells me, and watch as her mounds of flesh move each time her hand does. They’re real, that’s for sure. None of that fake silicon shit on this chick. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“And that’s how it’s done,” she says, righting herself. She continues to slightly lean over the table though, jutting her chest out for me to ogle. I cock my head to the side and wink before taking aim at the cue on the table. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">My first shot goes in, and the second quickly follows. I line up the third, and that is when I see a raven-haired beauty nursing a drink at the bar.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Saylor Blackwell is off limits to anyone her agency represents. That includes me. Although I wish it didn’t. Saylor is the one I would’ve switched agents for if she told me to, but I fucked that up much I like I screw everything up. When she needed me, I wasn’t there. And I haven’t spoken to her since. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">It’s my dumb luck that she’s sitting at the bar with her long, slender legs crossed, and she’s dressed like she recently got off work. Her eyes are set on the television, ignoring the gaggle of men staring at her. I remember that she was a hard nut to crack back when I wanted to know her better. I can’t imagine what she’s like now that she’s more successful. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">My last shot is sunk into the corner pocket. “Eight ball, right side,” I say, nodding in the same direction I plan to send the black ball in order to finish this game. I’m in a rush now, eager to speak with Saylor. I know I shouldn’t but I can’t help myself. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Where ya going?” Blue calls out. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“To the bar. Rack ‘em,” I tell her. It’s not a lie. I am going to the bar but with the intention of speaking to another woman. I’m smooth though, and I can easily play it off while I order another round of drinks. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Two please.” I put up two fingers as I motion toward the bartender. Leaning in, I know I’m blocking Saylor’s view of the television, which is all in my game plan. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Hey Saylor.”</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Travis,” she says coldly. We have a history. A small one, but it’s there. I often remember the night we spent together and the regret that was on her face when we were done. I had never been kicked out of an apartment before that night. Usually, once I’m satisfied, I leave. With Saylor, everything was backwards. It’s like she used me to scratch an itch, and once I took care of that, she didn’t need me anymore. “What brings you in?”</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">She looks everywhere but at me. “I’m meeting a client.”</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“And nursing your what?” I take her drink from her hand and sniff. “Scotch? When did you start drinking the hard shit?”</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“I know enough.”</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“You don’t know shit, Travis Kidd. Go back to your booty call. She’s looking at me like she’s ready for a cat fight, and I assure you, you’re not worth fighting for.”</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Saylor turns, giving me the cold shoulder. If I weren’t so stunned by her outburst, which I did not deserve, I’d tease her. But I have a feeling that there’s something bothering her, and I’m the last person she needs making shit worse. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">With the bottles of beer between my fingers, I go back to the pool table where Blue is indeed throwing daggers at Saylor’s back. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“We good? Wanna go back to kicking my ass at pool?”</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">She looks over at the table and nods. “You rack, and I’ll break.” Blue saunters away, giving me space to watch Saylor, who turns and makes eye contact with me. I wish I could tell what she’s thinking. Is she second-guessing her harsh words? I am. I want to go back over and offer to pick her tab. Or ask how she’s getting home. It’s late, and the roads are shit. If she’s driving, she shouldn’t be drinking. She has a kid that depends on her. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“I’m ready,” Blue says, thrusting the stick in my face. Her words catch me off-guard. Is she ready to play another game or two of pool? I hope so because I have no intention of leaving as long as Saylor is at the bar. Or is she ready for me to fuck her and never ask for her number? Because that is bound to happen as well. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I break, sending the balls off in every direction. Four drop. Two of each giving me the choice of what I want to be. Blue is yammering in my ear about the set-up and which would be the best. Her angles only work for her though, and I see that I can run the table on her if I line up correctly.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“We should’ve bet,” I tell her as I walk around the table. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Well would you look at that,” I say, taking a bow. Blue pushes me lightly and falls into my arms. Her lips are on mine before I can push her away, and doing so now would be embarrassing for her so I kiss her back and find myself opening my eyes to watch Saylor watch me. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">It didn’t strike me as odd earlier when she said she was meeting a client, but it does now. I’ve never met anyone from the agency at a bar, let alone this late at night. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Travis,” she draws out my name and then drops her head into her hands. Without thinking, I pull her into my side. “Come on, Saylor. It’s a ride. Nothing else.”</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Shaking my head, I push my hands into my pockets for a bit of warmth. If I knew Saylor would be out here when I returned, I’d run in and grab my jacket. “It’s not like that.”</span></div>
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Alex @ Storytime Book Magichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10003254725129258236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6351828108884143304.post-79074361372208502122016-10-18T09:00:00.000-04:002016-10-18T09:00:22.640-04:00~Blog Tour with Review~Tonic by Staci Hart<img alt="SBPR-TONIC-BT.jpg" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-4541" height="630" src="https://thereadreportblog.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/sbpr-tonic-bt.jpg" width="1702" />
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<span style="color: black;"> Release Date: October 13<sup>th</sup></span>
<span style="color: black;"> Genre: Contemporary Romance</span></h1>
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<span style="color: black;">Joel Anderson doesn’t take anything seriously.</span></div>
<span style="color: black;"> Not his relationships, which have been few and far between since his brutal divorce. Not the drama of working in a tattoo parlor, which seems to be around every corner. When things get him down, he smiles and cracks a joke. But he’s not the kind of man you cross, or you’ll find yourself at the wrong end of his fists.</span>
<span style="color: black;"> Annika Belousov takes everything seriously.</span>
<span style="color: black;"> Like her job as a reality television producer, given that she typically has something to prove. Or her love life, which is defined by a series of requirements — affluent, ambitious, accomplished, to name a few. Definitely her family, who worked their whole lives to afford her every opportunity, a sacrifice she doesn’t take lightly. When she’s tapped to produce a reality show at Joel’s shop, she doesn’t think twice, just goes in for the kill, as if there were any other way.</span>
<span style="color: black;"> The second Annika walks into Joel’s shop, he makes it his mission to crack her open, but she’s not having it. He’s all wrong — too crass, too hairy, too un-serious. But it doesn’t take her long to find out there’s more to him than smirks and tattoos. And what she finds could put her career and his heart on the line.</span>
<span style="color: black;"> Not that Joel cares. Because for the first time in a long time, he’s found his tonic.</span>
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<span style="color: black;">“Let me see it.”</span></div>
<span style="color: black;">“What?” I blustered, caught off guard. </span>
<span style="color: black;">“Stand up and turn around. I want to see it.” I was too surprised and caught up in the moment to refuse, so I stood and turned, laying my palms on the armrests as I faced the back of the chair. </span>
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<span style="color: black;">One hand rested on my hip. </span></div>
<span style="color: black;">My heart stopped as I wondered what the hell I’d gotten myself into. </span>
<span style="color: black;">I glanced over my shoulder, my gaze bouncing between his face —turned down too much to read —and his reflection in the speckled, antique mirror, which I couldn’t see much of either. His free hand moved to the waistband of my tailored pants, and his fingers hooked and tugged, pulling the band down low. </span>
<span style="color: black;">His thumb ran over where I knew the tattoo was, and I felt his breath. Every place where we connected spoke to me of ownership. </span>
<span style="color: black;">“You got this done here? In New York?” His voice was rough. </span>
<span style="color: black;">Mine wasn’t much better. “Yeah. In Brooklyn.” </span>
<span style="color: black;">“Let me cover it up for you. Give you something you’re proud of. Your skin …” He paused, and I wished I could see his face, read his mind. “This shouldn’t be here, not on you. Let me … I want to …” He had moved closer, his hand on my hip pulling me back into him slightly enough for me to not have noticed that the backs of my thighs were touching his, my back arched just enough, his breath hot. </span>
<span style="color: black;">And then, he disappeared. I stood, finding my hands were trembling, wondering where I was and how I’d gotten there. The shop was mostly empty —no one had seen, not that it would have looked like much from the outside. But from where I stood, I felt every single deliberate move like a telegraph, telling me exactly what he wanted to do without him having to finish the sentence. </span>
<span style="color: black;">His back was to me when I turned around, his face down —I couldn’t see it in the mirror over his cabinet of ink and needles as he dug around in the drawers, seemingly for nothing in particular. </span>
<span style="color: black;">“Let me know if you want me to draw something up.” </span>
<span style="color: black;">“Okay, I will.” I paused, not knowing what else to say, feeling like I should say something. But there was nothing that I could say. “Well, have a good night, Joel. I’ll see you tomorrow.” </span>
<span style="color: black;">He nodded, glancing at me in the mirror. “See you, Annika.”</span>
<span style="color: black;"> I tried not to bolt out of the shop, but once outside, I admit it —I took off. I hauled up the stairs and into the office to grab my bag, grateful that Laney was already gone, and I texted my driver, asking him to pick me up a few blocks away so I could walk, put some distance between me and Joel, get the energy out of my body, through my legs and feet, into the pavement.</span>
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<span style="color: black;">Staci has been a lot of things up to this point in her life -- a graphic designer, an entrepreneur, a seamstress, a clothing and handbag designer, a waitress. Can't forget that. She's also been a mom, with three little girls who are sure to grow up to break a number of hearts. She's been a wife, though she's certainly not the cleanest, or the best cook. She's also super, duper fun at a party, especially if she's been drinking whiskey. </span></div>
<span style="color: black;"> From roots in Houston to a seven year stint in Southern California, Staci and her family ended up settling somewhere in between and equally north, in Denver. They are new enough that snow is still magical. When she's not writing, she's reading, sleeping, gaming, or designing graphics.</span>
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<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31549928-tonic" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px;"><img alt="Tonic" border="0" src="https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1474900638m/31549928.jpg" /></a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31549928-tonic">Tonic</a> by <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6937037.Staci_Hart">Staci Hart</a><br />
My rating: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1784727425">5 of 5 stars</a><br />
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I don’t think I’ve ever read any of this authors other books and after reading this I am wondering why the heck I haven’t. This author really knows how to write a story that just pulls you right in. I found myself addicted to reading the story of Joel and Annika, it was so, so good! The author really gives us an original storyline here. The way in which the story is written, in how perfect it is executed lets the reader know that the author really put her heart and soul into it. I love books that make you feel and this book does just that, the good, the bad, the happy, the sad, all of the emotions flowed from the pages.<br />
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Joel and Annika were like each other’s yin and yang. They were complete opposites and yet at the same time were perfect for one another. From the get go the sexual tension that quickly develops between Joel and Annika is off the charts, you’ll feel it as if you were one of the characters. They had great and intense chemistry and passion, there was lots of sexiness sprinkled throughout this book!<br />
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What can I say about Joel other than that I love him! Joel is this sexy/sweet yet alpha who knows what he wants, and that is Annika. I also enjoyed Annika’s character, she was a strong, independent woman who thought she knew what she wanted, until Joel comes along.<br />
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I don’t like spoilers so I am not going to give any of the storyline away. I will say that this was an addicting read, the story ended in a way that warmed my heart. Five stars all the way!<br />
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Alex @ Storytime Book Magichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10003254725129258236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6351828108884143304.post-34785048579500951422016-10-14T22:08:00.000-04:002016-10-14T22:08:00.086-04:005 Stars to Tonic by Staci Hart<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31549928-tonic" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px"><img border="0" alt="Tonic" src="https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1474900638m/31549928.jpg" /></a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31549928-tonic">Tonic</a> by <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6937037.Staci_Hart">Staci Hart</a><br/>
My rating: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1784727425">5 of 5 stars</a><br /><br />
I don’t think I’ve ever read any of this authors other books and after reading this I am wondering why the heck I haven’t. This author really knows how to write a story that just pulls you right in. I found myself addicted to reading the story of Joel and Annika, it was so, so good! The author really gives us an original storyline here. The way in which the story is written, in how perfect it is executed lets the reader know that the author really put her heart and soul into it. I love books that make you feel and this book does just that, the good, the bad, the happy, the sad, all of the emotions flowed from the pages.<br><br>Joel and Annika were like each other’s yin and yang. They were complete opposites and yet at the same time were perfect for one another. From the get go the sexual tension that quickly develops between Joel and Annika is off the charts, you’ll feel it as if you were one of the characters. They had great and intense chemistry and passion, there was lots of sexiness sprinkled throughout this book!<br><br>What can I say about Joel other than that I love him! Joel is this sexy/sweet yet alpha who knows what he wants, and that is Annika. I also enjoyed Annika’s character, she was a strong, independent woman who thought she knew what she wanted, until Joel comes along.<br><br>I don’t like spoilers so I am not going to give any of the storyline away. I will say that this was an addicting read, the story ended in a way that warmed my heart. Five stars all the way!<br>
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Alex @ Storytime Book Magichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10003254725129258236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6351828108884143304.post-69369299069627850322016-10-13T09:00:00.000-04:002016-10-13T09:00:30.753-04:00~Excerpt Reveal~ Boondocks ~ Casey Peeler<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">From the first beat of the song, I begin to sing every dang word to her, and she begins to laugh as I put on the bad boy front that everyone already believes. As verse two starts, I move in closer to her, and when he references the bad toy in the parking lot, I point to where my bike’s parked. She takes a step toward me, and I hope and pray that her dad is not looking because it’s about to get hot in here… quick. Chauna begins to sway her hips in rhythm with me and sing right along with me. As the final chorus plays, she looks over her shoulder and smiles as she turns to whisper into my ear.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The devil sat on my shoulder from my first breath, he watched my every move, and with the first strike of lightnin' I was pulled under.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">Tonic by Staci Hart</span>
<span style="color: black;"> Release Date: October 13<sup>th</sup></span>
<span style="color: black;"> Genre: Contemporary Romance</span></h1>
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<span style="color: black;">Joel Anderson doesn’t take anything seriously.</span></div>
<span style="color: black;"> Not his relationships, which have been few and far between since his brutal divorce. Not the drama of working in a tattoo parlor, which seems to be around every corner. When things get him down, he smiles and cracks a joke. But he’s not the kind of man you cross, or you’ll find yourself at the wrong end of his fists.</span>
<span style="color: black;"> Annika Belousov takes everything seriously.</span>
<span style="color: black;"> Like her job as a reality television producer, given that she typically has something to prove. Or her love life, which is defined by a series of requirements — affluent, ambitious, accomplished, to name a few. Definitely her family, who worked their whole lives to afford her every opportunity, a sacrifice she doesn’t take lightly. When she’s tapped to produce a reality show at Joel’s shop, she doesn’t think twice, just goes in for the kill, as if there were any other way.</span>
<span style="color: black;"> The second Annika walks into Joel’s shop, he makes it his mission to crack her open, but she’s not having it. He’s all wrong — too crass, too hairy, too un-serious. But it doesn’t take her long to find out there’s more to him than smirks and tattoos. And what she finds could put her career and his heart on the line.</span>
<span style="color: black;"> Not that Joel cares. Because for the first time in a long time, he’s found his tonic.</span>
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<span style="color: black;">Staci has been a lot of things up to this point in her life -- a graphic designer, an entrepreneur, a seamstress, a clothing and handbag designer, a waitress. Can't forget that. She's also been a mom, with three little girls who are sure to grow up to break a number of hearts. She's been a wife, though she's certainly not the cleanest, or the best cook. She's also super, duper fun at a party, especially if she's been drinking whiskey. </span></div>
<span style="color: black;"> From roots in Houston to a seven year stint in Southern California, Staci and her family ended up settling somewhere in between and equally north, in Denver. They are new enough that snow is still magical. When she's not writing, she's reading, sleeping, gaming, or designing graphics.</span>
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Alex @ Storytime Book Magichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10003254725129258236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6351828108884143304.post-2837946754755963002016-10-10T19:23:00.002-04:002016-10-10T19:23:48.612-04:00Between Here And The Horizon~Callie Hart~ PRE-ORDER BLITZ & EXCERPT<b id="docs-internal-guid-506af1bb-b0e8-5a5b-73c5-42b9acd77a27" style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></b><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The door flew open before I’d even had a chance to climb out of the car, and he stood there, one hand resting on his stomach, the other braced against the door jamb, staring at me with the wide-eyed look of someone about to encounter aliens for the first time.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“You tell me,” I mouthed back. I didn’t want to get out of the car now that I’d seen the shitty expression on his face. His hair was crazy, standing on end, and his jaw was marked with dark stubble that made him look both unkempt and well put together at the same time somehow. He was wearing a tight, gray, long-sleeved shirt, sleeves rolled up to his elbows, and yet another pair of scruffy black jeans. He was pale and there were shadows under his eyes, which made him look haunted.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Slowly, still pressing one hand to his stomach, he hobbled out of the doorway and came and stood in front of the driver’s side door, looking at me through the window. When I didn’t buzz down the window, he lifted his hand and rapped a knuckle against the glass.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">He turned and walked away. “I’m not taking that shit.”</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“I </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">don’t</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> need it. How do you know they’re pain meds anyway?” Slowing, he looked back over his shoulder, frowning. “You been snooping in my shit?”</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“I was surprised they weren’t anti-psychotics actually,” I snapped. “And no, I wasn’t </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">snooping in your shit. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Gale offered up the information before she handed over the bag.”</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Ha! </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Gale</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">.”</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Yeah. Your girlfriend isn’t the brightest bulb in the box, huh?” I got out of the car and followed after him.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Over his shoulder, I could see a room in disarray, and a television on a stack of books, its screen turned to static. White noise popped and crackled, rustling low. I should have just left. I shouldn’t have come in the first place; as soon as I’d found out he’d refused treatment at the medical center and gone home, I should have left him to his own devices. But he looked terrible. A clammy looking sweat had broken out across his forehead, and his hands were shaking. He hadn’t taken any of his damn pain medication, and now he was telling me he had four broken ribs. God, how the hell was I meant to just drive away now? It would be easy enough to do. It’d feel great slamming the car door and speeding off, leaving him behind in the dust. I wouldn’t get further than a mile before the guilt set in, and I had to turn back, though.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Damn it, Sully. Just let me inside so I can fix you up with something to eat and something warm to drink. Set my mind at ease. Then I’ll be on my way, I promise.”</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Sully cocked his head to one side. His breathing was shallow. Shallower than it should have been. “You’re quite the little do-gooder, aren’t you? What was the chick’s name from The Sound of Music again? The nun that wouldn’t quit that infernal singing? You know, the one who saved those children from the Nazis? You’re just like her. So…</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">sunny</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">.” He used the word as if it were an insult.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I folded my arms across my chest. “I’m nothing like her. Can we please just go inside? You’re right, it is freezing, and I don’t feel like catching hypothermia right now.”</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Both his eyebrows lifted at once. “That’s funny.”</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Okay, so that was a pretty dumb thing to say on my part, but there was no need for him to be such an ass. “Fletcher. Come on. Please.” Lord, I was begging him to let me inside his house so I could take care of him? How had this come about? Really, it categorically, </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">absolutely</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> made zero sense.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">He sighed, allowing his arm to fall. “All right. You can come in. On two conditions.”</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Which are?”</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“If you step foot inside my house, do not even think about trying to tidy anything. Move one book, one plate, one mug, and you’ll be back out of the door quicker than you can say </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">supercalifragilisticexpialidocious</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">.”</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">He looked so damned pleased with himself that I couldn’t help wipe the smile from his face. “That’s from Mary Poppins, not The Sound of Music.”</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“I don’t care what it’s from. You mess with my shit, you’re gone. Copy?”</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I held my hands up. “Fine. I won’t tidy.”</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Second condition. There won’t be any of that hot tea bullshit. If you’re coming in here, you’re drinking whiskey.”</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“What? Why am I drinking whiskey?”</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Because </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I’m</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> drinking whiskey. And that’s just the way it is.”</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“I have to drive.”</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">He shrugged</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. “Take it or leave it, Lang.”</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">How much would it hurt him if I jabbed him in the ribcage right now? A lot, probably. Enough to make him behave himself? I wasn’t going to hold my breath. “Okay. Fine. Whatever. Just let me inside already. My feet are going numb.”</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 24px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><img alt="Between Here.jpg" height="336" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/qy6BxTdGIDyMJtCXJtJp1cOgEcwfB5HhWrwNXBuwlXKHYcDZhXbJlzGEnHKt3-WPHPr-9d8ws3u0r4bOsw2WGpSRr_ZHjT03ODW6X88ynHXDk8QdXDqDzeKHTTEgFHh0HtIOUEdd" style="-webkit-transform: rotate(0.00rad); border: none; transform: rotate(0.00rad);" width="218" /></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 24px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Blurb</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Ophelia Lang needs money, and she needs it bad. Her parent’s restaurant is going under, and ever since she lost her job teaching third grade elementary, scraping enough cash together to pay the bills has proven almost impossible. Her parents are on the brink of losing their home. The vultures are circling overhead. So when Ophelia is offered an interview for a well-paid private tutoring gig in New York, how can she possibly say no? </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Ronan Fletcher is far from the overweight, balding businessman Ophelia expected him to be. He’s young, handsome, and wealthy beyond all reason. He’s also perhaps the coldest, rudest person she’s ever met, and has a mean streak in him a mile and a half wide. A hundred grand is a lot of money, however, and if tolerating his frosty temperament, his erratic mood swings and whatever else he throws at her means she’ll get paid, then that is what Ophelia will do. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Her new boss is keeping secrets, though. Awful, terrible secrets. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The ghosts of Ronan Fletcher’s past are about to turn Ophelia’s future upside down, and she can’t even see it coming. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Note: Between Here and The Horizon is a brand new standalone contemporary romance novel from USA Today bestselling author, Callie Hart. Between Here and the Horizon does contain some scenes of violence and sexual content, and so is directed at audience 18+.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0e0e0e; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Railyn Stone, author of The Christmas Tree Guy and A Secret to
Keep, lives in North Carolina with her husband. When she's not behind the
screen of her laptop, she's usually enjoying time with her family. The only
child of two educators, she learned early on just how magical words can be.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">Facebook: </span><a href="http://www.facebook.com/railynst"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">www.facebook.com/railynst</span></a></div>
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<br />Alex @ Storytime Book Magichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10003254725129258236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6351828108884143304.post-31835796724986947372016-09-28T11:00:00.000-04:002016-09-28T11:00:23.728-04:00Cover Reveal~Boondocks by Casey Peeler<b id="docs-internal-guid-078667a7-68cc-6bca-d666-a94d0add44e7" style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></b>
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<br />Alex @ Storytime Book Magichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10003254725129258236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6351828108884143304.post-5017464895238422762016-09-23T19:43:00.002-04:002016-09-23T19:43:46.997-04:00~Live Early~ Taking Tessa by Aria Cole<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;">
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Alex @ Storytime Book Magichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10003254725129258236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6351828108884143304.post-40772503350764715552016-09-21T09:30:00.000-04:002016-09-21T09:30:16.279-04:00~Excerpt Reveal~27 Lies~ MJ Fields<b id="docs-internal-guid-f75ca090-4a77-3ab6-0443-21f988c76e2f" style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></b>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I was young and naive. I thought I could save the world. I thought that protecting those around me from hurt and pain was what I was born to do. She made me feel that way. Ava Links, the little girl who was too fucking stubborn for her own good. The little girl who absorbed the hurt and pain of everyone around her and tried to bring sunshine to them all. The little girl who didn’t give a damn if people picked on her about wearing a crown and tutu every day. A little girl who somehow looked at me, expecting—no, damn near demanding—I protect her. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I had to get away from everyone who pulled at me in order to claim myself. When I became the man I was destined to be, I began to live. Then, one drunken night, Ava Links, no longer a little girl, said the right damn thing to me, and everything changed. After seven years of fucking her while home on leave with no expectations, now my life is out of control… </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Outside, Sandman screams and chants as we hurry him down the pre-planned route. Trigger is on the phone, giving coordinates to the guys in the sky for evacuation as he and Killshot go back inside the building we were occupying to grab our equipment.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The ringing in my ears is horrific. The pain I feel as brick and metal hit me is allowed for five, four, three, two, one, and now I dismiss it.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Sandman easily pushes away from the grip I have on him because, lucky for him, he was covered by my body. When I grab him, I quickly realize my shoulder is dislocated, but fuck if I let him go. Not when we spent years looking for him.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Trigger is a mess. Blood is everywhere as he pushes parts of the building off of him. But I don’t see Killshot. I am caught in a moment of needing to help my men, yet not wanting to release my captive.</span></div>
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<strong>50 Shades meets Gone Girl in this immensely erotic, deliciously dark, and psychologically twisted new novel</strong></h3>
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Whether by free will or fate, Luna’s encounter with Nico provokes a storm that shatters her perceptions of identity, duty, morality, and self-worth. The storm didn’t blow in from the outside. She was the storm. Its turbulence within her, forcing her to confront the darkness, uncovers her secrets and her pain.</div>
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Luna Saint Claire has a loving husband and an enviable career as a Hollywood costume designer. Still, something is gnawing at her. Bored with her conventional and circumscribed existence, she feels herself becoming invisible. When she meets Nico Romero, a charismatic yoga guru, his attentions awaken her passions and desires. Dangerous, but not in a way that scares her, he makes her feel as if anything is possible. Infatuated, she becomes entangled in Nico’s life as he uses his mesmerizing sexuality to manipulate everyone around him in his pursuit of women, wealth, and celebrity. </div>
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Immensely erotic and psychologically captivating, The Sleeping Serpent is the compelling story of a woman’s obsession with a spellbinding guru and the struggle to reclaim her life. At its heart, it is a painfully beautiful exposition of unconditional love that makes us question what we truly want.</div>
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Luna Saint Claire is a costume designer and author residing in Los Angeles with her husband, a philosophy professor. She loves blues rock and Indie music, often setting her Pandora station to Damien Rice. Her personal style can best be described as eclectic bohemian. Though she now enjoys running and yoga, she spent years of her youth in the ballet studio. Her part Native American heritage informs her work as a designer and influences her storytelling.</div>
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<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27353462-the-sleeping-serpent" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px;"><img alt="The Sleeping Serpent: A Woman's Struggle to Break an Obsessive Bond With Her Yoga Master" border="0" src="https://d2arxad8u2l0g7.cloudfront.net/books/1446053167m/27353462.jpg" /></a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27353462-the-sleeping-serpent">The Sleeping Serpent: A Woman's Struggle to Break an Obsessive Bond With Her Yoga Master</a> by <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/14551692.Luna_Saint_Claire">Luna Saint Claire</a><br />
My rating: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1758210501">4 of 5 stars</a><br />
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So I must admit that this isn’t usually the type of book that shouts out to me that I must read it but that being said it was actually a good book. I was unfamiliar with this author before being contacted and asked to review this book so I wasn’t sure what to expect. I will tell you that the writing is excellent, very descriptive and full of sophistication. The characters and their story are very well developed. To say that this book is a bit of a mind**** is an understatement, it is full of twists and turns that will hook you right in. Nico is definitely a character that you are going to find easy to dislike, deep down he is just this terribly rotten guy that thinks nothing of using women, not only that but he has these women so into him that they don’t even realize how they are being used. I really felt bad for the way these women were being treated and I almost wanted to jump into the pages and break them free of his spell. To actually intensely dislike a character I think you have to be invested in the story, the writer has to make you feel like you are a part of it and I feel like Luna does that here. I won’t say much more about the characters or storyline because I don’t like to give out any spoilers, what I will say is that it’s definitely not a light read, it gets deep and dark, it is full of substance and will mess with your mind but it is worth it! 4 stars to The Sleeping Serpent.
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