Hey everyone! I'm happy to be taking part in the Deeper We Fall blog tour, hosted by Giselle at Xpresso Book Tours. I have an excerpt to share with you all. To see the full schedule, click here!
About Deeper We Fall
Genre: New Adult Contemporary
Publication date: January 24th 2013
Synopsis:
Two years after her best friend was involved in a car accident that caused a traumatic brain injury, Lottie Anders is ready to start her freshman year of college. Ready to move on. Ready to start forgetting the night that ripped her life apart. Her plans come to a screeching halt when not one, but both brothers responsible for the accident end up back in her life again. Zack is cruel, selfish and constantly rubbing what happened to her friend in Lottie's face. Zan is different. He listens to her awkward ramblings. He loves "To Kill a Mockingbird" as much as she does, and his dark eyes are irresistible. His words are few and far between, but when he does speak, she can't help but listen. The trouble is, Zan was the driver in the accident, and now Lottie's discovered he lied to her about what happened that night. Now she must decide if trusting him again will lead to real forgiveness, or deeper heartache.
About Faster We Burn
Genre: New Adult Contemporary
Publication date: April 20th, 2013
Synopsis:
The last thing Katie Hallman needs is another guy in her life, but Stryker Grant is there anyway. What starts out as just an escape from her previous relationship disaster soon turns into something more. Stryker gets under her skin the way no one has before, and soon she realizes she can't shake him, even if she wanted to. But is Katie ready to trust her already-battered heart to the guy who could shatter it into a million pieces?
ExcerptThis excerpt is from Faster We Burn.
I couldn’t find a good radio station, so
I picked up my phone and put it on speaker, setting it in a little clip on my
dashboard. I should have one of those headsets, but I thought they made people
look like assholes, so I’d never gotten one.
He picked up on the second ring.
“Hey, I’m driving back and I just thought
I would check in with my friend. How are you, friend?”
He sounded like he was in a room full of
people.
“I’m good, friend. How are you?” The
voices faded, as if he was walking away from them.
“You’re not in class, are you?”
“No, I was just getting something to
eat.”
“When’s your next class?”
“Not for a while. I’m all yours, friend.”
“Well that is good to hear, friend.”
He went on to tell me about all the
things that I’d missed on campus, from someone getting thrown out for setting a
couch on fire, to the frat that was on probation, to the professor who’d gotten
caught smoking pot on campus with a few students.
It was all silly and mundane and
distracting enough that I could get out of my own head for a few minutes. It
was a blessed relief.
He also filled me in on the crew. Lottie
was dying to have me back and had stocked up on ice cream in preparation for
lots of Law and Order marathons.
Trish had almost gotten fired from her
job for mouthing off to her boss, Will and Audrey had finally kissed in public
and Simon was trying to convince everyone to participate in some sort of
charity event that involved running around campus in your underwear.
“I’m not freezing my junk off, even if it
is for charity,” he said as I pictured his junk. It was pretty nice junk, and I
wouldn’t like it if anything happened to it, even if I wasn’t going to be using
it anytime soon.
It was all well and good to call
ourselves friends over the phone, but in person, I had no idea how it was going
to go.
“How’s your mom?”
“I guess she’s as good as can be
expected. She goes from sobbing to cleaning like the Queen is coming over, then
back to sobbing. I’m going back this weekend so Kayla can have a break.”
“Do you feel guilty?” Stryker always had
a way of asking the questions I didn’t want to answer.
“Yeah. How can I not?”
I waited for him to tell me that I
shouldn’t, but he sighed.
“You’re right.”
“Wait, what was that?”
He laughed.
“I said that you’re right. A little guilt
is okay. It’s the big, soul-crushing guilt I’m worried about.”
Happy reading, everyone!
Jen xx
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