Sneak Peek of the soon-to-be-release This Time Around
Title:
This Time Around
Author:
Ellie Grace
Genre:
Contemporary Romance
Age Group: New Adult
Expected
release date: July 15, 2013
Book
Description:
Nora Montgomery left home and heartbreak
behind in South Carolina when she moved to New York City after her high school
graduation. Now, four years later, she returns home and is forced to confront
the past she left behind and the reckless boy who broke her heart. It’s not long before the pieces of her past
begin to blur with the present and she realizes that the feelings she had for
her first love never really went away. As old dreams resurface and new truths
come to light, she begins to question the future she's always planned on.
Jake Harris has spent four years
regretting the night he let her get away. When she finally reappears in his
life, he is determined to win her back and prove how much he’s changed. She
might never forgive him for that night, but if he tells her the truth about
what really happened it will shatter the world she thought she knew. If he doesn’t, he might not get a second
chance. He’s already lost her once and he won’t lose her again.
They come from two different worlds that
are threatening to tear them apart…can they make it this time around?
About
the Author
Nora hopped into the back and started handing me the
heavy boxes so I could bring it all into the house. When it was all unloaded
she stood on the tailgate and held out her hand so I could help her to the
ground. Instead of grabbing her hand, I wrapped my arms around her thighs to
lift her, letting her body slide down mine until her feet touched the ground. I
kept my hands on her hips and looked her right in the eye so she would know
exactly what was coming.
“Jake – don’t,” she stammered, but didn’t pull away.
“I have to,” I told her, as I leaned forward and
gently placed my lips on hers. I held them there for just a moment before
pulling back to look at her, and my heart felt like it was beating out of my
chest.
“I – I can’t do this, Jake.”
“Then don’t kiss me back.”
I leaned in to kiss her again and tightened my arms
around her. Cautiously I moved my lips against hers and brought my hand up to
touch her face. I heard her moan softly against my lips and it was all the
encouragement I needed. I pressed up against her and when I felt her lips part
for me, I let my tongue find hers and tilted her head as I deepened the kiss.
As my lips began moving more intensely, she wrapped her arms around my neck and
crushed her body against mine.
The need I felt for her turned me completely inside
out. I hadn’t planned on kissing her today, but when I looked up at her
standing on the tailgate, illuminated from the light of the setting sun, I knew
I couldn’t wait. I had to know what it was that I was feeling, and if it was
something real or if it was just remnants of the past clouding the present.
Still, I wasn’t expecting this. Instead of curbing my appetite for her, it only
intensified it. I’d never needed anything as much as I needed Nora.
When I finally pulled away, I brushed my thumb
against her cheek and tucked a loose strand of hair behind her ear. “God, I
missed you, Nora.”
“This doesn’t change anything,” she said
breathlessly, “I still have to go back to New York.”
“We’ll see,” I said simply.
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