Captured Love
By Juliana Haygert
Release: November 10th 2014
Genres: Contemporary, New Adult, Romance
Synopsis:
It’s been four years since
twenty-year-old Jessica Hayes has been home, but when she discovers her father
is dying, she must return to her hometown in South Carolina and face her past.
Jessica thought patching up her relationship with her father would be her
biggest challenge, but when she runs into Ryan Dawson—the catalyst of all her
problems—she wonders if coming home was a mistake.
Ryan knows he screwed up.
Hell, he paid the price…with interest. But when he runs into his best friend’s
little sister, Jessica, he’s reminded that his debt will never truly be paid.
He may have turned his life around, but he can’t undo the damage. So, he does
what he should have done all those years ago. He stays away from Jessica, and
all the other personal demons that still haunt him.
Jessica thought she wanted
nothing to with Ryan, but something is different about him and she needs to
know why. When she discovers the truth behind his change, she puts her troubles
aside and tries to help him. But is putting her heart back in the line of fire
worth disrupting her stable life back in Ohio, or will the past repeat itself,
leaving her brokenhearted once again?
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Excerpt
Jessica
The girls stayed until four in the morning, and they only
left because, according to our neighbors, we were making too much noise, which
was true. We made chocolate popcorn, watched a tearjerker movie, and then sat
on the back porch and talked—and laughed and yelled—for a long, long time.
“Thank goodness, Ryan told you about what happened,”
Sophie said.
“Poor guy,” Rachel said. “He hasn’t been the same since
you left.”
Slimy, thick guilt took over my heart. It hadn’t left me
by Sunday evening or Monday morning, and it was because of that guilt that I
called Mama in the afternoon and asked her to bake a special Devil’s Food cake.
After work, I stopped by the house to retrieve it, and then drove back
downtown.
I parked the truck behind the Mustang. As I expected, the
garage was open and Ryan was leaning over the Harley in the same fashion he was
a week ago. Damp hair, bare back, jeans, and boots.
I swallowed. Maybe it wasn’t such a good idea to come
over after all. Before I could chicken out, Ryan turned around and saw me. His
eyes widened at first, then narrowed into thin slits. He stood from his crouch
as I opened the truck’s door and walked inside the garage.
“Hi,” I said, feeling incredibly lame.
“Hey.” He grabbed a towel from one of his toolboxes and
wiped his hands.
“I-I brought you this.” I extended the cake toward him.
His eyebrows shot up. “Devil’s Food cake.”
“Yes. It used to be your favorite.”
“It still is.”
“Good.” Seeing as he wouldn’t take it from me, I stepped
to the side, and left the cake on one of the worktables.
Ryan stared at me, his hazel eyes completely lost, and I
returned the stare. I wasn’t sure what I was doing, but I wouldn’t back down. I
would be here for him, even if he didn’t want me to.
I sat down on a stool next to his bike. “So, why haven’t
you finished this one yet?”
He picked up the black shirt over one of the toolboxes,
hiding his incredible physique, then crouched between the bike and me. “I did
spend quite some time away.”
Damn, couldn’t I have touched a lighter subject? “Sorry,”
I whispered.
Ignoring my apology, he continued, “Besides, I like
working on it. If I finish too fast, I’ll have to find another one to play
with.” My gaze shifted to the other bike, to his racing bike, destroyed against
the wall. “I didn’t fix that one after the accident. It’s a good reminder of
how stupid I can be.”
“Sorry,” I said again.
He shot me a hard stare. “Stop apologizing, Jessica.”
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About the Author
While Juliana Haygert dreams
of being Wonder Woman, Buffy, or a blood elf shadow priest, she settles for the
less exciting--but equally gratifying--life of a wife, mother, and author.
Thousands of miles away from her former home in Brazil, she now resides in
Connecticut and spends her days writing about kick-ass heroines and the heroes
who drive them crazy.
Co-founder and contributor
at NA Alley (www.naalley.com)
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