Iris Blobel
Snippet Sunday - FRESH BEGINNINGS 28/06/2015 #romance #Mustread #Route66
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FRESH BEGINNINGS
We continue with Fresh Beginnings, Jared's story as he travels through five states
in the US in a Motorhome. I used our itinerary from our US travels two years ago
and wrote a romance story around in.
Jared has just arrived in the US.
Enjoy!
in the US in a Motorhome. I used our itinerary from our US travels two years ago
and wrote a romance story around in.
Jared has just arrived in the US.
Enjoy!
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Ivy Bennett stormed into the back of the trailer. She'd had enough. More than enough. For the last five years, she'd lived in this small, forsaken place outside Las Vegas, surviving on the edge of existence. Her job as a waitress at the local bar paid well, but it was hard-earned money, and she was sick of her boyfriend drinking away almost every penny."What are you doing, Ivy?"
Her eyes narrowed furiously. "I'm leaving Dylan. I need more than this." She waved her hand in a circle around the inside of the trailer. "I deserve more than this," she added with emphasis.
"Honey," Dylan said gently as he reached out for her. "Let's talk about this." With a hardly noticeable move, he chucked the can of beer in the bin. "I'm having a bit of a low, but I need you to get through this."
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May I introduce: Kayelle Allen "Tarthian Empire Companion" #MFRWAuthor @kayelleallen
Book:
Tarthian Empire Companion, an illustrated World-Building Bible and Guide to Writing a Science Fiction Series
Blurb:
Revealing the worldbuilding magic that makes Kayelle Allen's Tarthian Empire tick, the Companion shares 10k years of future history, offers peeks at scene and character creation, lays out a quick tour of the empire, and dishes up a surfeit of secrets for fans, all in one illustrated volume. Includes tips for writers, and how to create a Science Fiction series. Original art by Jamin Allen and Kayelle Allen.
Bio:
Kayelle Allen is a best-selling, multi-published, award-winning author. Her unstoppable heroes and heroines include contemporary every day folk, role-playing immortal gamers, futuristic covert agents, and warriors who purr.
Author Links:
Unstoppable Heroes Blog http://kayelleallen.com/blog
Twitter http://twitter.com/kayelleallen
Pinterest http://pinterest.com/kayelleallen/
Buy Links:
Available March 16, 2015
Author site http://kayelleallen.mobi/companion/
Excerpt:
As an author of any genre, you build worlds. You create a setting for characters and make it realistic for them. Whether you write Regency, Medieval Fantasy, Futuristic, or pure Science Fiction, you build worlds. While I don't claim to be an authority on the subject, as a reader and as a writer I have strong opinions, and I'm willing to share them. I'll also share tips on how I created my worlds and make recommendations for you to create yours. I hope they'll prove helpful.
The number one suggestion I have for you is to be organized. If you don't take time to do this, you risk mistakes, repeating details, losing information, and contradicting your own story. If you give a character a scar over his left eye, and later it migrates to over the right eye, you might miss that. But will your readers? If an event occurred prior to the great war of (fill in the blank), but you mention later it happened twenty years after the war... will your readers notice? Too many of these things and readers give up on finishing the book. The best way to make sure you keep details straight is to record every detail of your story world and its characters.
How do you record those kinds of details and keep them straight? That's what this book is all about.
From the Tarthian Empire Companion, an illustrated World-Building Bible and Guide to Writing a Science Fiction Series by Kayelle Allen.
Get hooked on "New Beginnings" 24/06/15 #MFRWHook #romance #99cents
Happy
"Book Hook" Day
Let's have some
"New Beginnings"
"New Beginnings"
is set in Australia, in the wonderful State
Tasmania.
I hope you get hooked by this Snippet
Blurb:
Twenty-two-year-old Sophie Levesque has been guardian to eight-year-old
sister Mia since their mother's death a few years ago. Luck comes their
way when they inherit a small house in Hobart. Problem is though, they
don't know or have never heard of Clara Bellinger, the testator, and
Sophie is afraid it's all been a mistake.
As Mia settles well into her new school and life in general, Sophie is not only occupied by her search of what connected her to Clara, but also her new studies and the two men, who suddenly have become part of her daily life - Mark O'Connor, the lawyer representing Clara's estate, and Zach, the hunk from across the road.
As Mia settles well into her new school and life in general, Sophie is not only occupied by her search of what connected her to Clara, but also her new studies and the two men, who suddenly have become part of her daily life - Mark O'Connor, the lawyer representing Clara's estate, and Zach, the hunk from across the road.
Today's hook :-)
“Just making conversation.”
He checked the traffic as he moved into another lane, but their gaze met again in the mirror. His expression told her that he was still waiting for an answer.
Good grief.
“I have already told you. Considering what we’ve inherited we brought along everything.”
Mr. O'Connor cleared his throat. “So what are the suitcases all about?”
Taken by surprise by this sudden start of a conversation, Sophie looked
up and gazed back at him through the mirror. She wondered how old he might be.
Even though Mr. O’Connor was dressed up neatly in a grey suit with a matching
tie, his tousled blond hair gave him a casual look. But then her gaze went down
to her hand in Mia’s lap, holding onto her sister.“Just making conversation.”
He checked the traffic as he moved into another lane, but their gaze met again in the mirror. His expression told her that he was still waiting for an answer.
Good grief.
“I have already told you. Considering what we’ve inherited we brought along everything.”
only 99cents
4 Stars:
An interesting introduction to these two sisters. Their relationship is
gorgeous, and they care for each other fiercely. Set in Southern Tasmania,
what a wonderful place to start a whole new life and find out just how your
life got to be the way it was and begin to heal. I enjoyed the story and
the setting very much.
4 Stars:
This was a very enjoyable read and it left me wanting just a little bit
more. I highly recommend it.
4 Stars:
Sophie and Mark are an irresistible match from the beginning. While getting
closer and connected to them individually as the story progressed, I
couldn't help but want them to be together. This author has a way of
endearing her characters and it is easy to fall in love with them. An
intriguing story with emotion, love and hope. A very enjoyable read! I
received a copy in exchange for an honest review.
Snippet Sunday: FRESH BEGINNINGS 21/06/2015 #travel #Route66
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FRESH BEGINNINGS
We continue with Fresh Beginnings, Jared's story as he travels through five states
in the US in a Motorhome. I used our itinerary from our US travels two years ago
and wrote a romance story around in.
Jared has just arrived in the US.
Enjoy!
in the US in a Motorhome. I used our itinerary from our US travels two years ago
and wrote a romance story around in.
Jared has just arrived in the US.
Enjoy!
~~~
Jared
was able to follow the GPS and make it out of Los Angles alive and in one
piece. Not that hard, he thought. Somewhere close to San Bernardino, he stopped
to stock up for food and then made his way up through the San Bernardino
National Forest towards Vegas. He knew it'd be a long drive on the first day,
but he was sure he'd make it. He felt a bit weary, but the excitement of
driving through America for four weeks in the little motorhome kept him
wide-awake in anticipation.
The
library staff had provided him with piles of books and website addresses to
find out where to go and what to see. Vegas hadn't been on many of those lists,
but had always been mentioned as a You're there, you might as well go and
have a look. And that was what he was going to do. He drove along, humming
along to the American country music blaring from the radio. There wasn't much to see in this
vast part of California, and Jared was pleased when he finally made it to Vegas
later that afternoon, found an RV Park and checked in.
Jared
paid and was about to leave when he turned and asked, "Mate, what on earth
is PedXing?"
The
guy chuckled. "Pedestrian crossing," he replied.
Jared
laughed. "Yeah, I don't think I would've guessed that one. I'm glad they
told me to look for RV and not caravan park."
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#Bookreview: Nora Roberts "Northern Lights"
Publisher: Putnam AdultISBN: 978-0399152054
My rating: 3/5
Lunacy was Nate Burke's last chance. As a Baltimore cop, he'd watched his partner die on the street-and the guilt still haunts him. With nowhere else to go, he accepts the job as Chief of Police in this tiny, remote Alaskan town. Aside from sorting out a run-in between a couple of motor vehicles and a moose, he finds his first weeks on the job are relatively quiet. But just as he wonders whether this has been all a big mistake, an unexpected kiss on New Year's Eve under the brilliant Northern Lights of the Alaska sky lifts his spirit and convinces him to stay just a little longer.
Meg Galloway, born and raised in Lunacy, is used to being alone. She was a young girl when her father disappeared, and she has learned to be independent, flying her small plane, living on the outskirts of town with just her huskies for company. After her New Year's kiss with the Chief of Police, she allows herself to give in to passion-while remaining determined to keep things as simple as possible. But there's something about Nate's sad eyes that gets under her skin and warms her frozen heart.
And now, things in Lunacy are heating up. Years ago, on one of the majestic mountains shadowing the town, a crime occurred that is unsolved to this day-and Nate suspects that a killer still walks the snowy streets. His investigation will unearth the secrets and suspicions that lurk beneath the placid surface, as well as bring out the big-city survival instincts that made him a cop in the first place. And his discovery will threaten the new life-and the new love-that he has finally found for himself.
My thoughts
I picked up this book purely by the fact that it's set in Alaska ... and I wasn't disappointed in that regards.
Nate Burke takes the job as Chief of Police in a little place called Lunacy. As fate has it, they find a dead body, which has been missing for 16 years, and have another death soon after. Instincts kick in and Nate starts investigating.
I would've liked the story a lot more, a whole lot more, if the characters had been better developed. They seemed all to be of extremes, except Nate. I wasn't able to warm up to any of them.
May I introduce: Kari Fisher "Through Glass"
Kari Fisher "Through Glass"
Lauren Blue wants to leave her small town and start over in a big city… Fleeing from her shameful past, Lauren finds an apartment and realizes that making ends meet isn’t as easy as it seems.
Then she meets Oliver Fallon, a handsome, mysterious man who owns a local coffee shop…
He offers her a job at his café, and drawn in by the promise of a clean slate, she begins her new life as a struggling artist working as a barista.
Although she has immersed herself in the fast-paced heart of the city, she soon realizes her old life isn't easily outrun…
Available on Amazon
Author:
Kari Fisher is an author, poet and dog groomer who has made Northern Ontario her home. She is a fan of many different types of literature and music, and spends her days shaving dogs or writing while sipping coffee, which she is hopelessly addicted to. She holds a blue belt in Taekwondo and has run a marathon.
Get hooked on "New Beginnings" 17/06/15 #MFRWHook #romance #99cents
Happy
"Book Hook" Day
Let's have some
"New Beginnings"
"New Beginnings"
is set in Australia, in the wonderful State
Tasmania.
I hope you get hooked by this Snippet
Blurb:
Twenty-two-year-old Sophie Levesque has been guardian to eight-year-old
sister Mia since their mother's death a few years ago. Luck comes their
way when they inherit a small house in Hobart. Problem is though, they
don't know or have never heard of Clara Bellinger, the testator, and
Sophie is afraid it's all been a mistake.
As Mia settles well into her new school and life in general, Sophie is not only occupied by her search of what connected her to Clara, but also her new studies and the two men, who suddenly have become part of her daily life - Mark O'Connor, the lawyer representing Clara's estate, and Zach, the hunk from across the road.
As Mia settles well into her new school and life in general, Sophie is not only occupied by her search of what connected her to Clara, but also her new studies and the two men, who suddenly have become part of her daily life - Mark O'Connor, the lawyer representing Clara's estate, and Zach, the hunk from across the road.
Today's hook :-)
“Thank you, Mr. O’Connor,” she replied as she blew out a breath. “What about our stuff?” Mia whispered to Sophie. Sophie moved her head to look down at her sister, but before she had a chance to say anything, he beat her to it. “What stuff?” he asked as he opened the door.
“Considering what we inherited here, we brought all our things,” Sophie explained without looking at him. The attorney stopped in his tracks. “All, as in all your clothes?”
He frowned and seemed taken aback by her words. “No
offence taken.” And then he let out a deep breath. “You’re right. I apologise.
As I said, I’ll find out details and let you know.”
“Thank you, Mr. O’Connor,” she replied as she blew out a breath. “What about our stuff?” Mia whispered to Sophie. Sophie moved her head to look down at her sister, but before she had a chance to say anything, he beat her to it. “What stuff?” he asked as he opened the door.
“Considering what we inherited here, we brought all our things,” Sophie explained without looking at him. The attorney stopped in his tracks. “All, as in all your clothes?”
Sophie’s eyes
met his. She emitted a small sigh, but tried to keep her composure. It was
something she had learnt over the last few years. Standing straight, she
corrected him. “All, as in all our belongings.”
only 99cents
4 Stars:
An interesting introduction to these two sisters. Their relationship is
gorgeous, and they care for each other fiercely. Set in Southern Tasmania,
what a wonderful place to start a whole new life and find out just how your
life got to be the way it was and begin to heal. I enjoyed the story and
the setting very much.
4 Stars:
This was a very enjoyable read and it left me wanting just a little bit
more. I highly recommend it.
4 Stars:
Sophie and Mark are an irresistible match from the beginning. While getting
closer and connected to them individually as the story progressed, I
couldn't help but want them to be together. This author has a way of
endearing her characters and it is easy to fall in love with them. An
intriguing story with emotion, love and hope. A very enjoyable read! I
received a copy in exchange for an honest review.
Snippet Sunday: FRESH BEGINNINGS 14/06/2015 #travel #Route66
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FRESH BEGINNINGS
We continue with Fresh Beginnings, Jared's story as he travels through five states
in the US in a Motorhome. I used our itinerary from our US travels two years ago
and wrote a romance story around in.
Jared has just arrived in the US.
Enjoy!
in the US in a Motorhome. I used our itinerary from our US travels two years ago
and wrote a romance story around in.
Jared has just arrived in the US.
Enjoy!
~~~
It took
half an hour or more to finally get a taxi, and Jared was on his way.
Jared
looked out the window towards the sky. But it wasn't the sky he knew from home.
It looked a bit like Hobart's sky on a hot summer's day with a nasty front
approaching. Like there had been a fire, and the smoke was still lingering.
He'd asked the taxi driver to get him to the
motorhome company in Hawthorne. He shook his head at the idea of having flown
over the Melbourne suburb of Hawthorn twenty-four hours earlier, only to end up
in a place called Hawthorne again. The drive was surprisingly short and
pleasant. The traffic he had expected wasn't there, but nonetheless he stared
in amazement at the amount of lanes on the freeway. There were four on each
side. And they still had traffic jams! His tired eyes took in the surroundings,
the suburbs, the houses, and the many things that were so similar to Australia…
yet so different.
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May I introduce: Barbara White Daille "Honourable Rancher" #MFRWAuthor @BarbaraWDaille
Thank you to Iris for inviting me here to share a peek at Honourable Rancher, onHone of my Flagman's Folly stories, now available in electronic format in Australia!
Honourable Rancher
A Best Friend's Vow
The hero of Flagman's Folly has been gone more than a year. But he still stands between Ben Sawyer and what he desires most—Dana Wright, the love of Ben's life.
When soldier Paul Wright left for the last time, he made his best friend promise to look after his wife and kids. Ben—good, steady Ben—is honoring that promise. And it's burning him up inside.
Because Dana is shutting Ben out. She wants him—so much—but she can't afford to give in. If she does, she'll spill her secret, and the betrayal will hurt everyone she cares about—her children, who loved their daddy; her town, which loves its hero; and Ben, who loved his friend. She'll do anything to protect her secret—even give up her second chance at happiness.
Excerpt:
Ben and Dana are both members of their friends' wedding party. At the reception, a chance encounter in the garden of the banquet hall soon has Dana running away and Ben longing to follow her.
She had grown quiet again, and Ben gestured toward the fountain. "What brought you out here? Wanting to make a wish?"
She shook her head. "No. Those are for people who aren't willing to work hard to get what they want."
"I can't argue with you there." Still, he felt tempted to toss a coin into the water for a wish of his own—that for once, she'd let him make things easier for her. "But there's such a thing as working too hard, you know."
"Ben, please." She gathered up her dress and stood. "You called the truce yourself, remember? I know you only want to help. For Paul. And because we're friends." Her voice shook from her stress on the word. "We've had this conversation before. Now, once and for all, I'm doing fine." As if to prove her point, she smiled. "And I have to go inside. Tess will be tossing her bouquet soon. I wouldn't want to lose out on that."
A tear sparkled at the corner of her eye.
Missing the chance to catch a handful of flowers couldn't upset her that much. He knew what she really missed—having a husband by her side. Her husband.
His best friend.
But neither of them would have Paul back in their lives.
Before he could get to his feet, she left, running away like that princess in the fairytale his niece asked him to read to her over and over again.
No, not a princess. The one who took off without her glass slipper—Cinderella.
Dana was no Cinderella. She hadn't left a shoe behind. Hadn't even dropped a button from that pink dress as something for him to remember her by. As if he could ever forget her.
She'd been the heroine of a story he'd once created long ago, a story he'd had to write in his head because he hadn't yet known how to spell all the words.
How did it go? Like in his niece's storybook...
Once upon a time, that was it.
Once upon a time, in the Land of Enchantment—otherwise known as the state of New Mexico—Benjamin Franklin Sawyer had high hopes and a huge crush on the girl who sat one desk over from him in their classroom every day.
No other girl in town, Ben felt sure, could beat Dana Smith, and most likely no other woman in the world could compare to her, either. In any case, without a doubt, she was the cutest of all his female friends in their kindergarten classroom.
Unfortunately, when the teacher moved his best friend, Paul Wright, to the desk on the other side of Dana's, Ben saw his hopes dashed.
The crush, however, continued. For a good long while.
Honorable Rancher can be found at:
Amazon (Australia) http://www.amazon.com.au/Mills-Boon-Honourable-Harlequin-Collection-ebook/dp/B00WS8549Y
Author Bio
Barbara White Daille lives with her husband in the sunny Southwestern U.S. Though they love the warm winters and the lizards in their front yard, they haven't gotten used to the scorpions in the bathroom.
When she was very young, Barbara learned from her mom about the storytelling magic in books—and she's been hooked ever since. She hopes you will enjoy reading her books and will find your own magic in them!
Her latest release is The Cowboy's Little Surprise, the first in a new series, The Hitching Post Hotel, about a matchmaking grandpa determined to see his three granddaughters wed. Upcoming books in the series are A Rancher of Her Own in July and The Lawman's Christmas Proposal in December.
Find Barbara at the following locations:
Release Day Blitz ~~ Amy Reese "Dreamer" @AReeceAuthor
✢✢✢ THE SEEKER SERIES ✢✢✢
Author: Amy Reece
Publisher: LIMITLESS PUBLISHING
Publisher: LIMITLESS PUBLISHING
Genre: YA | Paranormal | Romance | Suspense
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Author: Amy Reece
Series: The Seeker Series, #2
Series: The Seeker Series, #2
Genre: YA | Paranormal | Romance | Suspense
~ SYNOPSIS ~
Meet Ally, a 17 year-old who also happens to be psychic. Oh, and she’s getting more psychic with every passing day, so much so that she’s been sent to Ireland to check in with the Seer Council to see what’s up with her freaky new powers.Jack is her 19 year-old boyfriend, a former trouble-maker who is back on track and trying desperately to graduate. His plans did not include falling in love with psychic trouble-magnet.
Just last month they worked together to save a friend in deep trouble and ended up exposing a steroid ring at their school. Now there’s a new guy at school who seems just a little bit too interested in Ally for Jack’s liking. And why does Ally keep dreaming about a kidnapping? Last month seems like a cakewalk compared to this semester. Ally's trying to solve a mystery, but Jack is just trying to keep her alive.
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~ EXCERPT ~
SEEKER
~ ABOUT THE AUTHOR ~
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Amy Reece lives in Albuquerque, NM, with her husband and family. She loves to read and travel and has an unhealthy addiction to dogs. She loves wine and friends, in that order. Stay tuned for the rest of The Seeker Series, coming Summer and Fall 2015
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~ TEASERS ~
~ EXCERPT ~
“Ally? Hey, what’s up?
You got real quiet all of a sudden. Not a good quiet, either. What are you
thinking?”
I shook my head. “No,
it’s nothing. I get it. I understand.”
He looked at me for
minute and then sighed. He got up and came around to my side of the booth and
took me in his arms and kissed the top of my head. “You’ve got that look on
your face. You know, the one that says you think I’m not going to be able to
handle any more weird stuff and this is it for us. Huh? Admit it—it’s what you
were thinking, isn’t it?” I nodded, trying to keep the tears in. “Okay, look at
me.” He pulled my face up to look directly in my eyes. I could stare into his
beautiful, deep brown eyes all day. “First, and most importantly, I love you,
Ally. I’m in this for the long haul, no matter how freaky things get. If it
means I get you, then count me in. You gotta start believing in us, babe.” He
stopped to kiss me briefly and thank the waitress for refilling our coffee
cups. “Secondly, you’re giving me, and all guys in general actually, way too
much credit for deep thinking. When I say ‘what the hell is an oracle?’ that’s
all I mean. No hidden meaning. I just want to know what it is. Guys are
actually pretty simple and we tend to say exactly what we mean.” He kissed me
again and then returned to his side of the table, placing a napkin in my hand
so I could mop my face. Poor guy: it seems like all he ever did was watch me
cry. I was such a girl. “Now let’s finish eating while you tell me all about
this oracle stuff, okay?”
So I wiped my eyes and
told him about how the Seer Council had tricked me into believing they were simply
a group of innocent little old lady gardeners, but they actually held my fate
in their hands. I told him about the last Oracle being stolen away from her
people by the Gaulish clan, never to be heard from again. And I told him how
the council was very interested in my abilities to see the future and seemed to
think it was possible evidence of my oracle-ness or whatever. I finished with,
“And they didn’t want to even let me go. They made me promise to come back over
spring break and in the summer.”
“Spring break? Ah,
Ally, no. I can’t stand not having our last school vacation together. You gotta
tell them no, querida. I’ll probably go nuts if you’re gone.”
“Don’t worry. There is
no way I’m going back over spring break. I’ll go in the summer as long as it’s
while you’re gone to basic training.” I grabbed his hand across the table and
rubbed my thumb over his knuckles. I told him what the council had told me
about oracles, how they were messengers between worlds or something.
“Ally, what do you
think? Do you think you could be this oracle?” He looked at me with concern.
“I don’t know, Jack. I
think there’s a lot more to the story than what they’re telling me. I don’t
trust those little old garden-seer ladies. I can’t even think about being an
Oracle before I know what’s really going on.”
“That was a very
Oracle-like thing to say,” he said with a laugh.
“Shut up.” I smiled. “Does this lunch include
pie?”SEEKER
Author: Amy Reece
Series: The Seeker Series, #1
Series: The Seeker Series, #1
Genre: YA | Paranormal | Romance | Suspense
~ SYNOPSIS ~
Ally Moran has always just known about things—things she shouldn’t really be able to know…
Suddenly when she starts having vivid visions about a former friend who is in desperate trouble, the adults in her life think she might hold the key to an ancient mystery.
Jack Ruiz has a troubled past, but is trying to make a fresh start at a new high school…
He just wants to keep his head down and graduate, hopefully before he turns 20. The last thing he needs is to get involved with a feisty redhead and her psychic visions.
While Jack valiantly attempts to keep Ally at arm’s length, she is equally determined to be a part of his life. Who will win this battle of wills?
More importantly…
Can this unlikely couple work together to find answers to Ally’s visions before someone gets killed?
Suddenly when she starts having vivid visions about a former friend who is in desperate trouble, the adults in her life think she might hold the key to an ancient mystery.
Jack Ruiz has a troubled past, but is trying to make a fresh start at a new high school…
He just wants to keep his head down and graduate, hopefully before he turns 20. The last thing he needs is to get involved with a feisty redhead and her psychic visions.
While Jack valiantly attempts to keep Ally at arm’s length, she is equally determined to be a part of his life. Who will win this battle of wills?
More importantly…
Can this unlikely couple work together to find answers to Ally’s visions before someone gets killed?
The Seeker is Book One is a Series
It was time to pull myself together and slink out of this bathroom to face Jack; if he was even waiting for me. He most likely lost interest and retreated back to class. I splashed water on my face and tried vainly to tame my obnoxious, curly red hair and exited the bathroom. To my surprise, Jack was leaning against the wall with his hands in his pockets, staring at the ground. He looked up and smiled slightly at me, one corner of his attractive mouth inching higher than the other. His big, nearly black eyes were full of concern as he asked, “You feeling better? I thought maybe you were gonna puke all over the place back there.”
Perfect. Exactly what I wanted him to think of in connection with me: the girl who looked like she was going to puke. “No, I’m fine. I needed to get away from the Wikipedia re-hash, that’s all. Thanks for the escape.” I tried to scoot by him.
He laughed a bit under his breath and reached out, gently grabbing my arm as I passed. “Hey, don’t run off. You looked really upset. I want to make sure you’re all right. Besides, Ms. Gonzalez thinks we’re at the nurse. No need to rush back for more coma-inducing book reports. I’m Jack, by the way. Jack Ruiz.” He pulled me directly in front of him and again examined my face. An intoxicating aroma wafted to me from his warm skin; a sort of warm, spicy scent that instantly became my new favorite. I might have swayed toward him a bit.
“Yeah, I know, Jack. I’ve been handing your papers back all semester.” I struggled to sound unaffected.
He nodded. “You still look really pale, Ally. And you seem a bit unsteady. Sure you’re not gonna puke?”
Really? Why me, God? I stood up straight and gently shrugged off his hand. “Yes. I had a, uh…a moment. I’m okay. Thanks for getting me out of there.” His dark eyes looked like melted dark chocolate. Life is so not fair. On the bright side, he actually knows my name. I wouldn’t have bet on that. I’m not the kind of girl who stands out—well, except for the crazy red hair—or attracts much attention. I’m short and small, wear really plain clothes, and I don’t say very much at school. I have a few good friends and we pretty much fly below the radar and try to stay out of the limelight. I like it that way. High school seriously sucks and I just want to get through it quietly and without a lot of drama. Please, God, life will be better in college.
“So, this is gonna sound pretty weird,” Jack started hesitantly, “but, uh, when it got really hot in the classroom, it, well it kinda felt like it was, uh, emanating from you.” He laughed once, quietly. “That’s crazy, huh?”
Wow. Did he just use the word “emanating” in a sentence? Who does that? I mean, in high school? I wonder what he got on his ACT? I had always had the sense there was more to him than meets the eye, and this cemented that feeling.
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