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WILD WAVES EXCERPT - CHAPTER 10 (FINAL EXCERPT)
This will be the final excerpt from Wild Waves!!! The novel will be released on November 2, 2013 and I hope you will pick up a copy! You can also head on over to facebook and join our release party event! The support would be much appreciated. https://www.facebook.com/events/237890906334955/?ref_dashboard_filter=upcoming
“Can we sit for a bit?” he asked when they were near the Russian Orthodox Church that Vanessa had been dying to see.
WILD WAVES - EXCERPT CHAPTER 9
He walked over to the bed, sat down gently and kissed her awake. “I think I’m keeping you up too late,” Thomas said taking her hand in his. “I think I’ll put you to bed nice and early tonight so you can catch up on your sleep.”
“You’ll take me to bed tonight,” she informed him. “But there won’t be much sleeping going on.”
Thomas chuckled and kissed her hand. “You always get what you want don’t you?"
“Yep.”
“Well tonight I’m in charge. But once again you’ll get everything you want. Do you trust me?”
Vanessa sat up in the bed and looked into his eyes. “With my life,” she whispered.
He smiled, then kissed her. “Tonight, at least once, we’re going to take it slow - excruciatingly slow. I’m going to love you so thoroughly you’ll never forget me,” he whispered in her ear.
A shiver of anticipation tore through her. “Promise,” she whispered, unable to speak any louder.
“Definitely,” he smiled. “My name will be the only one you will ever call out again.”
**********
Her reverie was interrupted by the ring tone on her phone. Without disturbing Thomas, she reached over and bought the device in front of her. She opened her eyes and hit view on the picture message from her dad.
“I hate to admit it, but your mom was dead on with you and Tommy. Do you see that look on his face? It’s like he cherishes you more than life itself. Hope you are happy now. Love you baby girl.”
She scrolled down to look at the picture her dad had sent. It was of her and Tommy, just minutes before in the hot tub. He was holding her, resting his chin on top of her head. The look on his face was indescribable. She saw crazed fear, sincere hope, unending comfort, burning passion and the deepest, most unending love. She had never seen anything like it before and it took her breath away. But she knew it meant that he loved her. That at the moment the picture was snapped, she was his whole universe.
Tears stung her eyes. No one had ever loved her like that. She just knew it felt good to be cherished.
SHADES OF PINK - CHARITY ANTHOLOGY
I am so incredibly proud to be a part of this wonderful romance anthology to benefit fundraising and research for Breast Cancer
Shades of
Pink Charity Anthology
As you may know, October is Breast
Cancer Awareness Month. For this occasion, 33 authors have allied for 1
cause: fundraising
for research. Their gift to everyone who makes a donation? A romance
anthology (ebook) titled Shades of Pink,
totaling over 200.000 words / about 500 pages as a PDF.
The suggested donation is $5.
Funds are raised via Stayclassy.org and all proceeds go directly to the National Breast Cancer Foundation.
Readers can also donate to the charity organization of their choice (with a
focus on breast cancer) and email their receipt to receive their copy of the
anthology in either PDF, ePub or mobi (kindle).
Who: Kate Baum, Brei Betzold, Jean Booth, Catherine Bowman, Perci T.
Brooks, Rose Caraway, Bethan Cooper, Sarah Daltry, Vivien Dean, JJ Ellis, Rachel
Firasek, Sabrina Garie, Amber Green, T. Hammond, Lisa M. Harley, Susan Harris, K.
R. Haynes, Ellie Heller, Laura Hunsaker, Jennifer James, Torie James, Kallysten,
K.A. Linde, C. Deanne Rowe, DJ Shaw, Madeline Sheehan, Eden Summers, Gill
Taber, J Annas Walker, Matthew Welch, Kristin L. Wilson, Zoe York, Angela
Yseult
When: October through November 15th.
What: 33 short stories, including…
· 30 M/F, 1.5 M/M, 1.5 M/F/M
· 4 paranormal, 2 sci-fi, 19 contemporary, 3
historical, 1 BDSM, 9 fantasy, 3 YA (some stories have more than one genre)
· 4 spicy (ménage or kink), 15 sexy (explicit sex
scenes), 14 sweet (no sex)
· A handful of vampires, about four dozen
humans including fighters, cursed humans, reincarnated souls, footballers, time
travelers, bosses, secretaries, writers, rock stars, teens, witches, soldiers,
wives, husbands and fiancés, 1 succubus, 1 genie, 1 extra-terrestrial princess,
a few gods and goddesses, a pack of werewolves.
· Pink, pink and more pink, including cherry
blossoms, jewelry, flamingoes, silk, a
leather collar, assorted flowers, hair, a car, lip gloss, champagne, a hair ribbon,
a hippo, various clothing items, lemonade and a toy.
Where: Kallysten’s
blog
Here
you’ll find teasers for all the stories, interviews of the authors posted
during all of October, and of course the link where you can donate and help
this worthy cause.
WILD WAVES - EXCERPT CHAPTER 8
I finished initial edits on Wild Waves - The last three excerpts including this one don't include those edits. Just a reminder that these are very rough and are meant to give you an idea as to plotline. I really hope you enjoy these. I hope to have two more up in the next couple of days and that will be it for this book! Please feel free to comment, I love hearing from all of you!
“Most men would have lost faith in Vanessa with the way she treated you.”
“Not possible man. I love her too much.” Sometimes he'd thought he was losing faith, but he somehow never totally did.
“You mean you were obsessed?” Jackson teased.
“For a while, I probably was,” Thomas admitted. “But then…” He had recently realized how important it was to pursue what you wanted. Life was too short, he'd learned that the hard way.
“But then you screwed her and became soul mates,” Jackson deadpanned.
“Do you have to be so crude, Jack?”
“Oh sorry my friend. But then you made love, quickly, on the spur of the moment, in a pool house and became soul mates.”
“Jack, I’m going to kick your ass,” Thomas threatened as he took off after his best friend.
“No you won’t,” he called back, running full boar for the safety of town. “Vanessa wouldn’t like it if you hurt her one and only big brother.” At least he hoped that would be the case.
“Hell dude, she’d probably help me!” Thomas yelled after his friend.
When Sam caught up with them they were dancing around each other seeing who would get the advantage. Jack suddenly broke right but Thomas was too quick for him, still a jackrabbit. They wrestled each other to the ground until Paulson had him pinned. “Want me to call Vanessa?”
“No, just get off of me man, you weigh a ton.” He never remembered his best friend being that heavy.
“Now you’re calling me fat,” Thomas cried, faking tears.
Jackson tried to chuckle, then pushed his friend hard. "Seriously man, I can’t breathe.”
Thomas laughed as he let him go.“You’re getting soft in your old age."
“No, you just got huge!”
“Now you’re calling me fat again,” Thomas smirked. “I’m gonna tell your mommy that you keep being rude.”
“Are you two always like this?” Sam asked with a chuckle.
“Yeah, pretty much,” they answered in unison, smiles coloring their faces. Always had been, always would be.
“You seem more like brothers than some real brother’s I’ve met.”
“Thomas is the sixth Mannon child. Always has been always will be.”
“I was an only child. Seeing this large family dynamic is fascinating,” Sam told them.
“Don’t worry, soon enough, if Abby has her way, you’ll be a part of this large family dynamic and it won’t be quite so fascinating anymore,” Jack laughed.
“Yeah, once the Mannon's entice you in, you can’t escape.” Thomas warned. He’d stopped trying a long time ago. He didn’t want it to be any other way.
“Hopefully I won’t want to escape,” Sam replied with a grin.
WILD WAVES - EXCERPT CHAPTER 7
The first thing Vanessa saw as they approached the train was Thomas. He stood next to Jackson with a way too serious look on his face. A feeling of unease slipped over her. Maybe their argument had been more serious than she thought.
Putting a smile on her face she practically skipped over to them and kissed him square on the mouth. “How are you today?”
Thomas looked at her, shrugged, and walked away. When Vanessa turned to her brother he just smirked and held his hands in the air as if to say ‘Don’t ask me’.
It looked like she was going to have to bring on the major flirting to bring her stubborn man around. How could he still be so upset? She’d told him they would find him work in more of a general sense, not meaning that she would be taking over his job hunt. But maybe he didn’t want her that involved in his life yet? Or maybe he'd changed his mind about being with her. Hell, he probably only wanted to have a good time and she'd fallen for his love talk - hook, line and sinker. Vanessa sighed heavily. They needed to talk as soon as possible.
As the train rumbled through town, she slipped out of her seat next to her mother and Eleanor Blake, and into the one next to Thomas. “Hey, still mad at me huh?” she asked quietly.
“I don’t know,” he mumbled, looking out the window.
“Tommy talk to me. What’s wrong?”
He let out a long, loud sigh and turned to look at her. “Why can’t you, or anyone else for that matter, ever trust me to make the right decisions or even to make any of my own decisions. I’m always being second guessed or left out altogether. Nobody even trusts me to handle the truth in situations.”
"I trust you. I grew up with you, I know how smart and how capable you are.”
“Is that why you didn’t trust me enough to tell me what you did to our child?” he seethed, looking out the window.
WILD WAVES COVER REVEAL!!!
So, I let my friends help me with my cover reveal and they did a great job of it! So now that the 'day' is over I am going to share it with you on here. I really hope you like it and I can't wait to release the whole package!!! :)
Please visit my friends who helped me with my release day! These ladies have awesome book blogs that you really should check out. They do all sorts of features for other authors. Links to follow.
WILD WAVES CHAPTER 1&2 ON WATTPAD - READ FOR FREE
Hey everybody! Hop on over to Wattpad and read the first two chapters of Wild Waves! I will be coming back on here tonight to let you see the cover!!! I hope you enjoy the sneak peek!
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