New Release!
Wasted Summer
January 13, 2014
New Adult Romance
When
Broken meets Beautiful. Melody Spencer has a plan: work hard, stay focused and
save enough money to get out of Stone Cliff and the rumors that surround her.
Wounded and distrustful, she’s learned the hard way that if a guy is nice to
her, it means he’s only after one thing. Until Ryeland Montgomery cruises back
into her resort town, beautifully protective as he insists they get to know
each other better. Ryeland’s future is in the palm of his hands. Problem is
it’s the future his hard-nosed father has chosen for him, not the one he wants.
Warned by his folks to steer clear of the local girls who will do whatever it
takes to escape the sleepy mountain town, he’s always played the good son and
kept his distance. Until he sees Melody, sweet yet tough, standing on the road
side, drenched and furious—a girl he knows he has to have. Soon this unlikely
pair find themselves lost in each other, and after a whirlwind summer of
passion and pleasure, he vows to protect her from everything and everyone. But
when secrets unfold, Melody is forced to make the toughest decision of her life
and Ryeland must determine whether he's wasted the summer on nothing more than
a beautiful lie, or if they can move past the deceit and rebuild the wreckage
that has become their lives.
“You okay?” he asked.
She wrapped her
arms around herself and stared at the sky. Ryeland followed her gaze and took
in the streaks of pink and purple bruising the horizon. She rubbed her hands
over her arms.
“Yeah, it’s just, the
sun is going down and the temperature is dropping.”
“We could always get in
the hot springs.”
“I don’t have a
suit.”
“We can wear our
clothes.”
“I guess it wouldn’t be
the first time you caught me soaking wet and fully dressed.”
“Then I take that as a
yes.” He jumped to his feet and pulled her up. She yelled when he scooped her
into his arms and carried her to the edge.
“No, I was kidding.” She
whacked him and wiggled to get free. Jesus, he wished she wouldn’t wiggle like
that.
“And we just ate.”
“Don’t care.”
He jumped, and she
wrapped her arms around his neck to hold on as the warm water enveloped them.
She pushed away from him and they both came up sputtering. Laughing, she swiped
her hair off her face and swam away.
“You’re crazy.”
“You think?”
“Yeah, I think.”
He moved closer
when she stopped swimming, watching the way the water dripped down her face,
making her look so sexy, so damn tempting. His cock thickened, need propelling
him forward and urging him to act on what he was feeling. Her smile fell and
her mouth opened slightly as his gaze dropped to her lips. He took a breath and
let it out slowly as he closed the distance between them, standing so close he
could feel the pounding of her heart.
“You want to know what I
think?”
She stared into his eyes
and he could almost hear her brain buzzing. She opened her mouth and closed it
again. When she finally spoke, her voice was so soft, so quiet he had to strain
to hear it. “Okay,” she whispered. With his heart picking up tempo, he ran his
thumb over her cheek then cupped her chin.
“What I think is I’d
like to kiss you.” When she didn’t flinch, he leaned forward and pressed his
mouth to hers. His lips moved over hers, reveling in the warmth, the
softness.
“Ryeland,” she whispered
into his mouth.
“Yeah?” he asked, barely
able to think straight as she melted against him. His body tightened, pleasure
racing through him. Her breath grew shallow, her chest rising and falling
quickly against his.
“What are we
doing?”
“We’re kissing.”
“Friends don’t
kiss.”
“Friends kiss,” he
murmured.
“No, they don’t.”
Breathing hard, he rested his forehead against hers, working to keep his shit
together.
“Do you want me to
stop?” he asked, his voice so tortured he barely recognized it. “If you want me
to stop, I will. Just tell me and I will.”
New York Times and USA today Best selling author, Cathryn is a wife, mom, sister, daughter, and friend. She loves dogs, sunny weather, anything chocolate (she never says no to a brownie) pizza and red wine. She has two teenagers who keep her busy with their never ending activities, and a husband who is convinced he can turn her into a mixed martial arts fan. Cathryn can never find balance in her life, is always trying to find time to go to the gym, can never keep up with emails, Facebook or Twitter and tries to write page-turning books that her readers will love.
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the book sounds great. I cant wait to read it :)
ReplyDeleteSounds like a wonderful book. Enjoyed the excerpt. Thanks for sharing.
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