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<b>Title</b>: Game On<br />
<b>Author</b>: Collette West<br />
<b>Genre</b>: Romance<br />
<b>Publication</b>: October 17th, 2014<br />
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Pitching phenom Bruce "Jilly" Gillette has a hard time talking to women. His hulking presence of tattoos and muscles is what makes him an intimidating closer on the mound, yet off the field, he's painfully shy, uncomfortable in his own skin.<br />
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Desperate to revamp his loner image, the New York Kings hold a dream date contest, granting the lucky winner a night on the town with their surly reliever, doing whatever it takes to force Jilly out of his comfort zone.<br />
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Hailey Halpert enters the contest on a whim, looking for answers as to why her high school relationship with Jilly hit the skids. Now she’s a popular romance author writing under a pen name, and her reappearance in Jilly's life is no accident. It turns out that her novels are all about the sexy players on the Kings, and Jilly has no clue that he's about to become her new leading man.</blockquote>
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His clumsy attempt to show his feelings started off as something beautiful, something I'll never forget, and I want him to know that.</div>
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"Jilly…" I say tentatively, and his eyes instantly snap to mine. "The way you held me all through the night, felt so…right. The way you touched me, running your hand up and down my arm, and later when you were stroking the inside of my palm with your thumb. God…it felt so good. You didn't have to say anything. I could feel it."</div>
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"You don't know how long I'd wanted to do that," he whispers softly, his face turning red.</div>
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I smile, breaking eye contact because I'm completely overwhelmed. He's saying the words I've always wanted him to say. This is the talk we should've had a long time ago, and I want him to know everything that's in my heart.</div>
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I meet his eyes again. "What made it even better was that…you didn't have to touch me in all of those places…any other guy would have to make me want you. Your fingers on my arm were enough. I was in agony being so close to you and not being able to do anything more. I wanted you to take me somewhere, anywhere, to finish what you started—upstairs to one of the bedrooms, outside on the porch, in the back seat of the car—so I could kiss you everywhere I wanted to—but you didn't."</div>
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"I know neither of us got much sleep that night because all I could feel was your hand caressing my body from my neck to my fingertips. But the next morning, as soon as it got light, you couldn't wait to get out of there. You started muttering to yourself about being late for something, propped me up on the side of the couch, and left me there. You didn't even say goodbye. Do you have any idea what that felt like?" </div>
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He meets my eyes for a second before looking away. "If you were tightly wound, you can imagine how I felt. You don't remember what you were doing right before that, do you? How you were running your leg up and down mine? Your knee at my—” He stops, burying his head in his hands. “I had to get out of there because I—"</div>
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I swallow, realizing now why he did what he did. </div>
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"But I could've…" I stammer. "Helped you…with that."</div>
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He pushes himself away from the table, and I'm afraid he's going to leave me sitting there all alone again. "I didn't know what to do. I—"</div>
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"Jilly, I was yours for the taking." </div>
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"Are you still?" His gaze burns into me.</div>
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I look into his soulful, brown eyes, which are holding nothing back from me. He's taking a giant leap for me now, even if he couldn't do it back when we were kids. Things could've turned out so differently if he had, but here we are, in New York City, sitting across a table from each other, four years older, four years wiser. </div>
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I’d thought he was lost to me forever, never to be a part of my life again. But he's here, offering me a second chance at what I've always wanted—to be with him.</div>
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Collette West grew up as somewhat of a jock-nerd hybrid. Entering the world three weeks premature, her dad nearly missed her birth because he had seats behind the dugout for a sold-out, highly-anticipated match-up between two of baseball's biggest rivals. Not to be outdone, her book-loving mom taught her how to read by the time she was three. A love of the game coupled with an appreciation for the written word were instilled in Collette's impressionable brain from a young age. No wonder her characters believe in the philosophy: sports + romance = a little slice of heaven.<br />
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Splitting her time between the Pocono Mountains and Manhattan, Collette indulges her inner fangirl by going to as many games as she can from hockey to baseball and downloading every sports romance novel in existence onto her iPad. When she's not clicking away on her laptop, she enjoys walking her dog in Central Park, satisfying her caffeine craving at the Starbucks on Broadway and keeping an eye out for Mr. Right. But above all, she loves dishing with her readers. Email her at collette_west@yahoo.com.<br />
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She is the author of NIGHT GAMES, GAME CHANGER and GAME ON.<br />
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<b>Title</b>: Full Contact</div>
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<b>Author</b>: Sidney Halston</div>
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<b>Genre</b>: Adult, Contemporary Romance</div>
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<b>Series</b>: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/series/135224-worth-the-fight">Worth the Fight #2</a></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Expected Publication</b>: October 28th, 2014 by <a href="http://www.readloveswept.com/#">Loveswept</a></span></div>
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<b>Sidney Halston returns to steamy Tarpon Springs, Florida, where a hell-raising bad boy prepares to get down and dirty for the woman he loves.</b><br />
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How could she have been so stupid? When Jessica Cross decides to give her violently jealous boyfriend—the otherwise influential and charming Dennis Stavros—a second chance, she very nearly becomes a statistic. After weeks of healing from a broken rib and collapsed lung, and with Dennis behind bars, Jessica finally feels ready to come out of hiding. But will she ever be able to take a chance on love again with someone new?<br />
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Mixed martial arts fighter Slade Martin knows he has a bad reputation. Hell, he's probably earned it. So it won’t be easy to convince beautiful, vulnerable Jessica that she can trust him—that from the moment she walked into his life, she’s been the only one he’s wanted. Powerful and confident, Slade knows he can honor his vow to protect Jessica body and soul. Winning her heart will be another matter . . . but a woman like Jessica is worth the fight.</blockquote>
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<b>Author</b>: <a href="http://www.skyemalone.com/">SkyeMalone</a></div>
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<b>Series</b>: Awakened
Fate (Book Three)</div>
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<b>Genre</b>: Young
Adult Paranormal Romance<o:p></o:p></div>
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For Chloe, the ocean was supposed to mean safety and for a time, it almost did. She overcame the Sylphaen’s drugs. She discovered an unforeseen attraction to Zeke, one that he shares for her. A life underwater seemed possible, until she learned that nothing was as it appeared.<br />
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After an unspeakable betrayal shattered everything she thought she knew about Zeke’s world, she and Zeke have fled the ocean for the one place Chloe never expected to want to go.<br />
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Home.<br />
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But the challenge of living as a mermaid over a thousand miles from the ocean isn’t the only problem facing her. Home has changed. Enemies are waiting, ones she never saw coming. Her little Kansas town is full of surprises.<br />
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“…do it in Jeri’s old room.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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Earl’s words filtered through the
cotton stuffing in my head, barely making sense.<o:p></o:p></div>
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“Yeah, well, seemed fitting.” He
paused. “Listen, Richard, I called you as a courtesy, on account of how you
said one got away from you yesterday. But it took me an hour after the girl
collapsed to get the boy to finally conk out, and with that damn scum-sucker
metabolism of theirs, you know I can’t promise either of ‘em will be down for
long. You and your boys want any part of this, you better hurry up and get
here.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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Alarm struggled through me,
weighed down by an exhaustion that wanted to smother my mind back into sleep.
Scum-sucker? He…<o:p></o:p></div>
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“Hang on,” Earl said as though
interrupting someone. “One of them ain’t breathing the same as they were.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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My heart began to pound harder
while I fought to open my eyes. Breathing? He sounded so far away. How could he
hear anyone <i>breathing</i>?<o:p></o:p></div>
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Footsteps clunked on the hardwood
floor. Light pierced the blackness around me as I managed to lift my eyelids. I
was on the bed, facing the doorway. In the window seat, Zeke was slumped, his
head resting on the wall. The room was dark around us, though the hall light
was on.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Earl came to the door. In one
hand, he held a phone to his ear, and at the sight of me, he made an angry
noise.<o:p></o:p></div>
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“What’d I tell you? The girl’s
awake.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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He dropped the phone onto the
window seat as he strode toward me, and all my dull commands to my muscles
couldn’t make my body move. Striding past me, he retrieved something from the
dresser and then returned with a sports bottle in his hand.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I tried to pull away, but he just
reached down and grabbed my head from behind, lifting it toward him. With his
teeth, he popped open the top of the bottle and then shoved it into my mouth.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Bitter-tasting liquid flooded my
throat. I choked, the drink spewing from my lips, but he just dropped the
bottle and clamped an enormous hand over the lower half of my face.<o:p></o:p></div>
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“Swallow,” he ordered.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I stared up at him. His grip
tightened on my hair, tugging at my scalp.<o:p></o:p></div>
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“Now.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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Someone shouted angrily from the
tiny speaker of the cordless phone, their words indecipherable. Earl’s face
darkened and he glanced to the window seat.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Spikes crept from my forearms,
finally answering the frantic signals from my brain. As he turned back toward
me, I flopped my arm out like the dead weight it was, succeeding in catching
his side.<o:p></o:p></div>
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With a pained cry, he lurched
away, his hand leaving my mouth.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I spit the liquid out and
struggled backward, half-crawling and half-tumbling from the opposite side of
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“Zeke,” I croaked.<o:p></o:p></div>
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He didn’t move.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Earl made a furious noise while he
straightened, clutching at his side. Blood darkened his flannel shirt.<o:p></o:p></div>
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But he didn’t look startled. He
didn’t look surprised in the least by the tips of the iridescent knives
protruding from my skin.<o:p></o:p></div>
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“What…” I tried. “Why are you…”<o:p></o:p></div>
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He glanced from me to Zeke, and
then to the phone still laying on the window seat. Annoyance twisted his face.
He reached over, retrieving the bottle from the floor, and then he returned his
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Clutching the edge of the bed, I
trembled. “Please. I’m not your enemy.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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“Tell that to my daughter.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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My brow furrowed.<o:p></o:p></div>
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He started around the bed. I
scuttled backward, my legs still refusing to hold me, though the spikes
listened and grew longer. Half-sprawled on the floor with my back to the wall,
I lifted one of my arms in front of me like a shield.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Earl stopped.<o:p></o:p></div>
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“I don’t…” I managed, breathing
hard with the effort of keeping my arm up. “I don’t know your daughter.
Please.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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A snarl curled across his mouth.
“Please,” he repeated scornfully.<o:p></o:p></div>
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He kicked my legs, toppling me
sideways. His hand came down on my wrist, avoiding the spikes, and he twisted
it. I shrieked as pain shot through my arm. Dropping the bottle from his other
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Skye Malone is a fantasy and paranormal romance author,
which means she spends most of her time not-quite-convinced that the things she
imagines couldn't actually exist. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Born and raised in central Illinois, she hopes someday to
travel the world – though in the meantime she’ll take any story that whisks her
off to a place where the fantastic lives inside the everyday. She loves strong
and passionate characters, complex villains, and satisfying endings that stay
with you long after the book is done. An inveterate writer, she can’t go a day
without getting her hands on a keyboard, and can usually be found typing away
while she listens to all the adventures unfolding in her head.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Skye also writes YA urban fantasy as Megan Joel Peterson and
is the author of <a href="http://skyemalone.com/megan-joel-peterson-books/"><span class="VisitedInternetLink">The Children and the Blood</span></a> trilogy.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Title</b>: The Art of Love<br />
<b>Author</b>: A.B. Michaels<br />
<b>Series</b>: Sinner's Grove (Prequel)<br />
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With nothing but a strong back and a barrel full of ambition, August Wolff finds wealth beyond measure in the frozen goldfields of the Klondike. Success, however, comes at an unbearably high price. Now Gus walks alone, and all the money in the world can’t buy him what he needs.<br />
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In the late 1800’s, when women are largely seen and not heard, Amelia Starling longs for a life limited only by her imagination. Blessed with abundant artistic talent and an even bigger heart, she moves to the boom town of San Francisco, hoping to make her mark and living with the pain of a sacrifice no woman should have to make.<br />
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Two wounded yet defiant individuals meet at the dawn of a new century, discovering a passion eclipsing all they’d ever known. Longing to build a life together, can they overcome the dictates of a cruel and spiteful society?…The Art of Love is the prequel to the just-released contemporary romantic suspense novel, Sinner’s Grove. Sinner's Grove is available today and tomorrow only for 99 cents on Amazon.</blockquote>
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A startling discovery when she was 14 left San Francisco artist Jenna Bergstrom estranged from her family; unforeseen tragedy only sharpened her loneliness. But now her ailing grandfather needs her expertise to re-open the family’s once-famous artists’ retreat on the California coast. The problem? She’ll have to face architect Brit Maguire, the ex-love of her life.<br />
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Seven years ago, Brit spent a magical time with the girl of his dreams, only to have her disappear from his life completely. Now she’s back, helping with the biggest architectural renovation of his career. No matter how deep his feelings still run, Brit can’t afford the distraction of Jenna Bergstrom, because something is going terribly wrong with the project at Sinner’s Grove.<br />
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As Jenna and Brit struggle to keep their passion in check, unseen enemies close in, bent on destroying more than just her grandfather’s dream. Through the prism of ever-increasing danger, Jenna finally discovers what true family—and true love—is all about. But will it be too late? </blockquote>
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<span style="line-height: 25.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12.7272720336914px;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">Dressed in formal attire, Gus arrived an hour after the party had begun. No sense in milling around too long and having people think he actually <i>wanted </i>to be there. He talked to a few people he recognized and lingered at the back of the ballroom, watching the hoopla unfold. Turns out he’d made it to the Firestones’ Pacific Heights mansion just in time.</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 25.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">“And now, may we present <i>The Family</i>, a painting by Amelia Starling.” Edward and Josephine, Will’s parents, jointly pulled a silk cord and the curtain rose, so to speak, on a huge canvas.</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 25.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The guests erupted in a collective “Oh!” The painting was incredible, unlike any family portrait Gus had ever seen. He started to move through the crowd to see it better, but froze at what, or rather who, he saw next.</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 25.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">“And we are happy to introduce the creator of this brilliant work, Miss Amelia Starling.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 25.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The woman who stepped forward, smiling at the crowd, was none other than Ruthie … but not the sweet young girl Gus had met several weeks before. No. This woman was beyond beautiful, her eyes with some kind of color on them that made them seem even larger and more exotic than before, her gorgeous dark hair swept up with some kind of shiny netting woven through it, and glittery diamonds hanging from her delicate ears. And her body. Lord have mercy. Her body was encased in a long, deep-colored dress, a kind of red, he thought, that displayed her breasts and every other curve with elegance and grace. She was magnificent.</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 25.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Gus was furious.</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 25.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">He strode through the crowd but stopped so that she could see him as she talked to one admirer after another. At one point she saw him and her eyes grew wide. He continued to stare at her and she didn’t look away. The man she was talking to—a geezer with money, no doubt—finally had to touch her arm to get her attention. Good.</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 25.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">He waited, patiently, until the crowed had thinned and the Firestones had announced the buffet was open. Then he made his move.</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 25.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">“I take it this is what you meant by ‘a little of this and a little of that’,” he said.</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 25.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">She smiled awkwardly, looking around the room, probably for someone to come and bail her out.</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 25.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">“No one’s going to rescue you this time … Ruthie.” He stepped closer and noticed she was breathing rapidly; it was doing wonderful things to her cleavage. “Who is Ruthie, by the way? Did you just make her up on the spot?”</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 25.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">“No. It’s my middle name,” she explained in a quiet voice. “Look, Mr. Wolff …”</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 25.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">“Oh, so you know <i>my </i>name.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 25.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">“I knew who you were the instant I saw you.” Her chin rose. “Your … reputation precedes you.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 25.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">“Ah. Well, I’ll tell you what I tell everybody else: don’t believe everything you read.” He cocked his head. “Why did you lie about who you were?”</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 25.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">She shrugged her beautiful shoulders. “I don’t know. I guess I wanted to hear an honest opinion of my work. You would hardly have been straight with me had you known I painted it.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 25.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Gus leaned in to whisper in her ear. She smelled like lavender. “I assure you, Miss Starling, I would be nothing but straight with you.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 25.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The young woman stepped back and glared at him. “I’m sure you would be, Mr. Wolff, until the next distraction turned your head.” She made a point of looking around the room. “Speaking of which, where is the melodious Miss Lindemann? I don’t see her anywhere.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 25.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">This woman was a pip. Gus wanted more of her. He captured her gaze and answered calmly. “Miss Lindemann and I aren’t seeing each other anymore. I haven’t been with a woman since before you and I met.” He mimicked her perusal of the ballroom, even though most of the guests had migrated to the dining area. “Come to think of it, where is your swain—or swains, as the case may be? Let’s see, there’s Charles, from the other night, and then there’s your <i>live-in</i>. What’s his name? Sander? My my, how do you keep them all straight?” He smiled wickedly. “Oh dear, there’s that word ‘straight’ again.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 25.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Miss Starling’s delectable face, which had shown wariness before, now exploded into a storm of outrage. Apparently so mad she didn’t care who saw her, she pulled her arm back to slap Gus’s face. He caught her arm easily and wrapped it around his waist. Once again he pulled her close and nuzzled her. “I don’t give a damn who you’re with today, as long as you’re with me tomorrow.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 25.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">“That is never going to happen,” she hissed.</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 25.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">“Never say never,” he said, letting his breath caress her ear. He let go of her and stepped back, his voice rising to a normal level and his tone serious and heartfelt. “I am giving it to you straight, Miss Starling. I don’t know a lot about art, but I do know how something makes me feel. Your work is astonishing. You know how to capture the … what shall I call it? The <i>truth</i> of a given moment. That is rare and something to be very, very proud of.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 25.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The siren opened her mouth but no words came out. As they stared at each other, Will walked up. “Ah, I see you’ve finally met Lia,” he said. “Isn’t she spectacular?”</span></span></div>
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<b>Title</b>: The Fall<br />
<b>Author</b>: Stephen Cost<br />
<b>Publication</b>: September 16th, 2014<br />
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For thousands of years, Death walked behind the dark veil of the living, waiting to ferry the dead. That is, until the day that Death took a life for pleasure rather than duty. On that day, the first Reaper fell to Earth. Now, Reapers live among us, craving the taste of death, forcing them to kill to satisfy their immortal hunger.<br />
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Giles Reid fell more than 300 years ago starving for the taste of death, only to find himself drowning in a sea of the living and blinded by a hunger that forces him to kill. In the centuries since his fall he has tried to be more human, desperate to live a life that makes up for what he is and the wrong he has done. Driven by his guilt over killing, he has chosen to feed only on evil; humans that have never been a threat to him but who are always a danger to others. That is, until the day he tries to feed on a human as strong, fast and cunning as himself; a human who, it turns out, has been hunting him. Now he is being pursued by the very evil he has fed on for centuries, embroiled in a deadly cat-and-mouse game, where friends and other Reapers connected to him are simply pawns on a chessboard waiting to be sacrificed. Giles is left with a choice, save the life of the women he loves, the daughter of his mentor, or betray her for his own survival.<br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Minion Pro', serif;">People say they love the smell of fresh cut daisies, but I far prefer the scent of what pushes them up, the dead. You see, death has a scent all to itself, slightly tangy and bitter, pleasing and calming on the palate. Sure there are other aromas I love too, not just that of death, which can chase the chill from my heart, or would, if I had a heart; at least one that could beat and warm the night’s cold from my blood.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Minion Pro', serif;">Every day I crave the smell of death and evil, I have since my birth. But living in a sea of flesh and blood, I have developed an appreciation for other human and earthly scents; Like the ocean, its sea salt assaulting my senses with a clean, pure bouquet, quite unmatched by anything manufactured. Or the first morning smell of fresh-cut, wet grass and, of course, women. Women smell so much sweeter than men. They, over the millenniums, have refined their scents out of necessity as much as pleasure, each expertly adapting their sultry, seductive and secret combinations of body lotions and perfumes. Honing this craft throughout the ages, to tempt and seduce men out of their minds.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Minion Pro', serif;">But these are not the only olfactory delights to curl my toes and tickle my senses. For nothing—not the tangy stench of death, nor the sweet scent of a woman—compares to the most inspired aroma of all. <i>Coffee.</i> Nothing in my three-hundred-plus years of experience has compared. Sure, coffee itself has evolved, from non-filtered to filtered, from espresso to cappuccinos, and now from mochas to Frappuccinos, but the essence is the same. The intoxicating sweetness, the mild-to-bitter flavors that leave you wanting more—needing more. <u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Minion Pro', serif;">You see, that’s my drug. Some people need cocaine, others heroin, and some crave cigars or alcohol. I, on the other hand, have the most decadent, refined and expensive vice of all. And it’s because of this little addiction—or weakness—that I can be found most nights here, sitting on the dimly-lit, damp, covered balcony of Martin’s Books and Coffee.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Minion Pro', serif;">I sip my overpriced drug while the not-so-distant smell of the ocean creeps its way through the maze and tangled web of Seattle’s wet streets. The cars filing by below enhance the scent of the ocean sitting not too far from here, as the sound of their tires splashing through wet, potholed roads echoes that of the rush of a wave over a rock and the sound of ocean spray.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Minion Pro', serif;">On most days, Martin’s tends to be a good place to relax. One of the few independently-owned book stores left in Seattle, the atmosphere here is calming and the lighting muted. Not so dark that you cannot read a book and enjoy your coffee, but just dim enough so that someone of my, let us say <i>fair</i> complexion, can go unnoticed by the everyday person stopping by for a fix and a good book. <u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Minion Pro', serif;">The décor is modern contemporary, although the designer clearly relied far too much on his collection of old IKEA catalogs, with a thousand shades of tans and browns with brushed steel accents scattered throughout, for effect. I do think that they might have gone a little overboard with the alternating redwood and pine floor boards. The effect is still pleasantly calming if not somewhat dull.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Minion Pro', serif;">So, why so critical, you may ask? It’s an occupational hazard, I’m afraid. We all, Reapers and humans alike, must have a day job and mine happens to be that of a wine critic. The crème de la crème of critics, although, truth-be-told, I’m not a big fan of wine. However, I have been gifted with a palate most French chefs would give their sous chef’s right hand for. Not their own hand, of course. No French chef I have ever met, and I have met more than my fair share, would ever think of giving that much for their craft.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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Stephen Cost was born in Wexford Ireland and raised in a small seaside town not far from Dublin. From a young age he would spin dark tales and write them down for his own amusement. At the age of 13 he moved from his home in Ireland to America and his love of dark American cinema took root.<br />
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<b>Author</b>: Christy Sloat<br />
<b>Genre</b>: YA, Contemporary Romance<br />
<b>Publication</b>: September 15th, 2014<br />
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“Who we were had washed away with the summer. Who we are was yet to be seen.”<br />
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Summer school at Alcott High was only supposed to gain Sadie Peters extra credit, nothing more. Her goal wasn’t to make friends, or gain the attention of the most popular football player, yet she managed both. Her life was cruising along on course … until that summer.<br />
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Could a simple stint in a different school change her identity completely and introduce her to love for the first time? How would that affect her relationship with Lily, her best friend?<br />
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Hopefully their friendship was strong enough to make it through the tumultuous summer. Sadie learns that great things come with change, but sometimes memories of the past are hardest to part with.</blockquote>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 114%;">I entered
the lunchroom and met Nash at the same table as yesterday. He gave me a huge
smile, but that was all. No hug or kiss on the cheek. <i>Okay, fine.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 114%;">I set down
my lunch tray that held pizza, an apple and an orange juice. Not exactly
healthy, but I tried. Nash sat with me and ate his pizza, but he didn’t engage
in conversation with me. Instead he sat and talked to Oliver and some other kid
named Henry, who I learned played ball with them. I was secure enough to
realize that Nash and I weren’t a couple; we were just getting to know each
other. So, I would just need to cool it and not get upset by his ignoring me. I
mean really, was he ignoring me on purpose or perhaps just busy with his guy
friends? I chose the latter. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 114%;">“Oh, you sit
here too?” I looked up to see the shaggy haired boy sit across from me. I
scowled at him and said, “I was invited to sit here. Why are you here?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 114%;">I dropped my
pizza on my plate and realized I had an audience. All the boys at my table were
now watching me engage in a fight with this rude ass across from me.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 114%;">“Last I
checked this was <i>my</i> team’s table. Is that okay with you or should I ask
Nash for permission?” <i>What a complete jerk-face! <o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 114%;">“So I see
you’ve met Nolan, my brother.” Nash laughed. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 114%;">“Wait! What?
This kid is your brother?” I asked confused. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 114%;">Nolan
laughed and said, “The one and only Nolan Rylan at your service. Twin brother
of the oh-so-fabulous Nash Rylan. And before you say, ‘But you don’t look like
him,’ it’s because we’re not identical twins.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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myself with my mouth hanging open and closed it quickly. I couldn’t believe it.
Nash had a twin brother. The more I stared at Nolan, the more I noticed slight
similarities in their appearance. Nash had dark hair and so did Nolan. Their
smiles were the same, big white teeth grins.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 114%;">Their eye
color wasn’t the same though. Nash’s were crystal blue and Nolan’s were honey
brown. Nash dressed casual like his personality, easy going. Nolan was crisp
and clean. And from his personality, it didn’t seem to match. He really threw
me when he put on his glasses and pulled out our homework assignment right
there at the table. He leaned back, ignoring me with ease, and read. I couldn’t
help but stare at him. He wasn’t a football player. No way.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 114%;">“You play
football?” I inquired. He looked up from his book, and I felt a strange
sensation. The other guys went back to talking and ignoring me. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 114%;">“Why is that
hard to believe? Do I look like a nerd to you?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 114%;">I looked at
his body. No, not really. He was fit enough, but he was slightly nerdy. Between
his well-manicured nails to his brown high end shoes, it was hard to picture
him in a football uniform.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 114%;">“You just
dress so … so,” I struggled.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 114%;">“So, nicely
perhaps? Not like a jock, I know. But thanks for noticing.” He pulled his book
higher and did as the other boys did, ignored me. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Christy Sloat is a SoCal born girl who resides in New Jersey currently with her husband, two daughters and Sophie her Chihuahua. Christy has embraced the love of reading and writing since her youth and was inspired by her grandmother's loving support. Christy passes that love of reading, writing, and creativity to her daughters, family, and friends. When you do not find Christy within the pages of a book you can find her being mommy, wife, crafter, and dear friend. She loves adventurous journeys with her friends and can be known to get lost inside a bookstore. Be sure to venture into her Past Lives Series, The Visitor's Series, and watch for many more exciting things to come.</blockquote>
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<b>Author</b>: Valia Lind<br />
<b>Series</b>: Falling, #2<br />
<b>Genre</b>: Contemporary YA<br />
<b>Publication</b>: August 1, 2014<br />
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For Chance, there's always only been Dakota.<br />
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He's been in love with the girl since the day they met. He's tried everything to get her to notice him and nothing has worked. So when things suddenly start moving in the right direction, Chance can't believe his luck.<br />
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Kyle is like a new shiny toy and Dakota loves new and shiny. She falls for the tall, blonde and gorgeous fast and without looking back. Dating the summer before college wasn't in the plans, but come on, Kyle is perfect. So why does Chance and his snarky grin keeps popping up in her mind now that Dakota has found her happiness?<br />
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When Chance's world comes crashing down, Dakota proves the strength of their friendship, surprising herself and everyone around her, by helping him pick up the pieces. In return, Chance is finally able to crack her hard shell, discovering that not everything is sunny in Dakota-land. Her world is not what it seems on the outside, and together, they're able to pull each other to the brink of safety and sanity.<br />
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Dakota likes that things are simple with Kyle, so why does she feel more like herself around Chance?<br />
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<b>Title</b>: Daughter of Isis<br />
<b>Author</b>: Kelsey Ketch<br />
<b>Series</b>: Descendants of Isis #1<br />
<b>Release Date:</b> October 26nd, 2013<br />
<b>Genre</b>: Upper Young Adult Fantasy<br />
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“Her mouth parted slightly, waiting for Seth to breathe life into her own body, just like in the story. She wanted him to awaken her senses.”<br />
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Their worlds collide in California’s high desert.<br />
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The last thing Natara “Natti” Stone wants to do is to start anew at Setemple High School. She wished she had never left London. Yet the brutal murder of her maternal grandmother has made her life very complicated. The only clue related to her murder is an ancient, encrypted necklace Natti discovered after her grandmother’s death. And if trying to adjust to American life is not enough, Natti is being stalked by a mysterious, charming high school senior, Seth O’Keefe, who is annoyingly persistent in his attempts at seduction.<br />
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Seth O’Keefe is secretly a member of the Sons of Set, an order that worships the Egyptian god of chaos. Seth’s blessing from Set, his “charm,” never failed, except with one person: Natti Stone. Her ability to elude him infatuates and infuriates him, and he becomes obsessed with the chase. But the closer he gets to her, the more his emotions take a dangerous turn, and he risks breaking one of the most valued covenants of his order. The punishment for which is a fate worse than death.<br />
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The adventure this unlikely couple becomes engulfed in could cost them their lives and their souls.<br />
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“<i>Daughter of Isis is an addicting and enthralling read brimming with Egyptian mythology. Readers will be pulled into the story after simply reading a page!</i>” —Emily, Reader Rising<br />
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“<i>I always enjoy a good book about Mythology and Daughter of Isis brings a thrilling modern day spin to one of the tales. Kelsey Ketch wove the story perfectly and sucked me right into her magnificent world</i>.” —Naomi, Nomi’s Paranormal Palace<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">“Natti,
you need to relax,” Seth finally said.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">She
froze in her place and looked at him. “Relax! Are you mental? My best friend was
drugged!” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Seth
stood up from the long, ratty sofa, peeled apart her hands, and took them into
his. “You don’t know that for sure.” He brushed his thumbs over her skin in
soft, smooth strokes. “Just let the doctors worry about it.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">The calm,
soft tingle of his touch seeped through her skin, coursing lightly over her
nerves and releasing their tension. Her mind and body began to calm down,
making her realize how badly every muscle had been physically shaking. Slowly,
layer upon layer of fear and stress simply vanished until she felt nothing at
all. She looked up at Seth’s eyes, drawn to their warmth and comfort.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">“Okay .
. .” Natti spoke, almost breathless. “How do you do that?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">“Do
what?” Seth’s voice was seductive as he leaned his forehead against hers. His
scent of spice cologne, myrrh, and sandalwood consumed her senses, and his eyes
captured her soul. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">“This,”
she pressed. “The sensations of your touch. I’ve been feeling it all night and
even before. Ever since we met. And don’t try to lie. I know you’re doing it,
but how?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Seth
smirked at her question, his eyes turning their focus to her hands. “It’s
nothing.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Natti
couldn’t help smile as more of the tingling sensation slipped over her skin.
“Oh, it’s something. What is it?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">His
beautiful full lips tempted her with a smile. “You wouldn’t believe me if I
told you.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">“Try
me.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Silence
fell between them while he seemed to think it over, meanwhile massaging her
hands with his thumbs and fingers. The pressure, the release, each movement
slowly pulling her thoughts and focus onto his hands. “Touch is a magical
thing, Natti,” he explained. “It can comfort.” He raised one hand and stroked
her cheek, soft and gentle. “It can entice.” His thumb moved along her jaw and
applied pressure as it traveled down her neck, causing her to shiver with
delight. “And it can hurt. Whatever the intensions, it brings two people
together. It makes a certain . . . <i>connection</i>.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Though
there was no heaviness of a lie, she chuckled at his response. “You’re right. I
don’t believe you. Touch is just a sense. A tool the human body uses.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">“Yes,
and it’s a powerful tool when used the right way.” His honey voice teasing her,
tempting her. “Now come sit with me and relax. Wanda will be all right.”</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b>Title</b>: Gone<br />
<b>Author</b>: Anna Bloom<br />
<b>Genre</b>: Mature YA (intended for readers ages 16-19)<br />
<b>Publication</b>: July 28th, 2014<br />
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Rebecca Walters harbours a dark secret, and as the fifty-three bangles she wears on her wrists as a self-imposed sentence of guilt remind her, she can’t even begin to consider moving on. Not after what happened on that night six months ago… a night which she can’t remember and yet managed to change her life forever.<br />
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When Rebecca comes across Joshua Adams, man equally haunted by past tragedies, on a moonlit beach, both of their lives are destined to change forever, and when the girl made out of the sun meets the boy made out of the moon and sea, anything can happen… but will the knowledge of their murky pasts bring them together or drive them apart?<br />
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Will Rebecca finally be able to claim her freedom? Will she stay and fight to be the girl she found on the sandy beaches of Cornwall or is she destined to keep running and hiding from a past that won’t stay Gone? One thing’s for certain: either way, nothing will ever be the same again.</blockquote>
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down the lane from the pub I decide to take a detour to the beach. The light is
fading but the glimmer of light from the sun setting on the horizon is just
enough that I can make my way down the path without landing on my face. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; letter-spacing: -.1pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">I
spend a lot of time on the beach at night. This isn’t like the beach in Newquay
which is filled with drunks attempting to get it on under the cover of
darkness. Our quiet beach in St Agnes is perfect for a solitary ten minutes. If
I go home now I know Aunt May will be twitching around me like she has the last
half a year, ever since my life ended at the end of one drunken night. She
doesn’t know what to say to help my get out of the ‘phase’ I’m going through.
Six months in, I think we can rule out the chance of it being a phase. This is
just me. I’m a guy without a plan. Aunt May tries, but having her wandering
around wringing her hands, asking me every three minutes if I’m hungry and need
some food is not a relaxing way to spend an evening.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; letter-spacing: -.1pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">I
don’t know what people want. Do they expect that one day I will wake up and
suddenly be over the fact that I carelessly lost my girlfriend one night?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; letter-spacing: -.1pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">As
I walk down onto the beach I keep thinking of Faye’s words. “Bridge Cottage.”
“Painting.” “Mum and Dad.” They hammer inside my head. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">I know everyone is
waiting for me, for some resolution. They want to know that I’ve let go of the
past, and that if I can do it, they all can too. But I can’t. I want them to,
but I can’t do it myself. I can’t even acknowledge to myself what happened. I can’t
even think about it or let the thought enter my mind. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";"> Small steps, that’s what a counselor told me a
few months ago. “Just take small steps, Josh, and everything will work out.”
Today I have picked up a paint brush and drunk a pint of cider. That’s got to
be two small steps in the right direction. I’m not sure what direction those
things are taking me in, but it’s heading somewhere at least.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">As I tread over the dark
sand I can see someone sitting on my rock. That’s just plain rude. Everyone
knows it’s mine.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">Edging myself closer, I
slip off my flip flops and sink my toes into the cool sand as I walk down the
beach and try to get close enough to investigate without being seen.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">It’s <i>her</i>. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">My feet come to a
grinding halt.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">I want to move in the
opposite direction but my damn legs won’t listen. Instead I stand there,
looming behind her on the sand, like an axe murderer.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">“I can see your
silhouette in the sand.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">Busted.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">“What are you doing?” <i>On
my rock?<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">“Thinking. What are you
doing?” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">“Thinking too.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">“That’</span><span lang="DE" style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; mso-ansi-language: DE; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">s nice.</span><span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">“Yes it is.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">I stand there like an
idiot working out what to say next. “Nice bangles.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">“</span><span lang="NL" style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; mso-ansi-language: NL; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">Thanks. They make me walk like a percusssion instrument.</span><span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">“Why so many?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; letter-spacing: -.1pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">“None
of your business, dreadlock boy.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; letter-spacing: -.1pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">“Well
you’re a charmer aren’t you?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; letter-spacing: -.1pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">“I
was sitting here first. You’re the one with the stalking, stealth-like sand
walk.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; letter-spacing: -.1pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">“It’s
my rock.” <i>It’s my rock? It’s my rock? Really. . .?<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; letter-spacing: -.1pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">She
does not say anything. Let’s be realistic there is not much to say to that
comment. She just sits there looking out to the sea, and I stand there my feet
sunk into the cool sand.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; letter-spacing: -.1pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">“I
like your dreadlocks," she says after an age has passed.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; letter-spacing: -.1pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">“Thanks.
They're a lifestyle choice.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; letter-spacing: -.1pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">She
turns to look at me and for a moment, just one brief moment my mind swirls with
colours. The make-up is gone and the waning sun illuminates her skin. She look
different. So different. A better different.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; letter-spacing: -.1pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">I
should walk away. I don’t talk to holiday makers unless I’m taking their money
in the shop. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="FR" style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; letter-spacing: -.1pt; mso-ansi-language: FR; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">I don</span><span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; letter-spacing: -.1pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">’t.
<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; letter-spacing: -.1pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">Instead
I fold my legs and sit on the sand, my fingers automatically picking up a
splinter of driftwood as I cast my eyes up at the sun and then I start to draw.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; letter-spacing: -.1pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">“So
do you have a name girl with the bangles?” I’m trying to remember what the
young girl who was with her in the shop called her yesterday. Becca? Something
like that?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; letter-spacing: -.1pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">Turning
to me with a frown on her face she bites her lower lip. Jeez, I only asked her
name.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; letter-spacing: -.1pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">The
frown and the angry glare instantly make me recall her name. “Bex.” I answer
for her. The frown deepens.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; letter-spacing: -.1pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">“No
one calls me that, only my sister.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; letter-spacing: -.1pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">“Well
I don’t know what else to call you?” I prompt. Her feistiness is rather
amusing, it’s actually doing a good job of distracting me from the usual shit I
try to keep out of my head.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">Her top lip curls a
little in distaste at my goading. She really doesn’t want to tell me her name.
Who doesn’t want people to know their name? My eyes flick over her with a
little more interest. She is rather pretty. Hot, Dan would call it. But I would
go with pretty. Pretty is a more delicate sounding word, easy to pair with the
freckles and flame hair. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">Oh good god. I’ve
realized what I am doing? I’m looking at another girl. I try and turn myself
away from her a little. She must register the motion because she speaks, her
voice low like she is sharing a secret.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">“Rebecca.” She clears
her throat. “My name is Rebecca.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">Something about her low
tone makes me cast my eyes back over her. Well not exactly willingly, my eyes
just won’t damn behave themselves and head straight back to the smooth sunlit
skin.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">She looks nervous, her
fingers brushing over her overload of bangles. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">“Does Rebecca have a
second name?” My feet do this bizarre thing where they scoot over the sand
towards her toes. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">“No.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">“What no surname? So you
are Rebecca No Name?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">She scowls further. “Yes.
I am Rebecca No Name.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">Her tone and the death
stare she lays on me make me do something I am not expecting in the least. I
laugh. Fucking loud. I laugh like I never stopped. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">“Well Rebecca No Name. I
am Joshua Adams, it’s a pleasure to meet you and your bangles.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">I lean forward and shake
her hand my fingers grazing against hers, sand rolls between our connected
skin. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">Rebecca No Name digs her
toes into the sand, burying them deep. “Walters. It’s Rebecca Walters.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">“Bex Walters, now that
has a nice ring to it.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">“It’s Rebecca Walters.”
She spits her name out like it burns her lips to say it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">“Okay, okay.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">“So Rebecca Walters
where are you on holiday from?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">“Nowhere.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">Seriously. It’s like
talking to a wall. I don’t even know why I am still sitting here. This makes an
evening with Aunt May look like a social highlight.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">I get up and start to
brush the sand from my legs.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">The girl with attitude
stares up at me from the ground and I hesitate. “London. I come from London,
and I’m not on holiday. My family have moved into Bridge Cottage.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">Just like that the air
gushes out of my lungs. The girl with the attitude and the wrong clothes and
the frown lives in the house that I was fully expecting to move into one day.
The cottage I expected to grow old in.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">I sit back on the sand
with a bump. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">“I am leaving though, in
two weeks.” Her gaze is on the sea as she speaks. “Two weeks. I’ve just got to
get through two weeks.” She repeats almost to herself.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">Two
weeks of what?<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">“Who are you running
from?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">Rebecca, Bex, the girl with
the attitude turns to me, her eyes hidden in the shadows of the dipping sun.
“Myself.”<br />
And that I just don’t know how to answer, so I don’t. I pick my stick back up and start
to draw some more.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b>Title</b>: Facade of Shadows<br />
<b>Author</b>: Rick Chiantaretto<br />
<b>Genre</b>: YA, dark fantasy<br />
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Judas Iscariot (portrayed as the first of the undead), the gods and myths of ancient Egypt, and vampires all play a role in this novel of the clash between good and evil on Earth. In Façade of Shadows, the supernatural beings of Egyptian lore work together with modern-day vampire slayers to wage a pivotal battle against the dark powers of the underworld. A group of young slayers and their immortal Protector, the son of ancient gods, travel through time and space while struggling to save the population of an unsuspecting town—the first target for domination by the vampires—in a conflict that foreshadows the fate of the world. If you enjoy action, humor, tragedy, even romance involving the genre of vampires and their nemeses, this is a riveting read to add to your collection.</blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px;">When she got to class, Dominique was glad to find another new student; she always felt more comfortable when she wasn’t the only new one. The teacher seemed nice enough too. Dominique handed her the schedule to prove she was in the class and the teacher, anxious to begin, quickly made seating assignments for the two new students.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px;">“Why don’t you sit over there?” she suggested to Dominique, gesturing to a seat in the back corner. “And you can sit over here.” The teacher pointed out a desk to the other student. Dominique took one step toward her seat and noticed… her. The girl was paying strict attention, even though the teacher wasn’t saying anything that concerned her. Dominique wondered if she was taking notes on the new seating arrangement, as she feverishly moved her pencil. The other new student noticed the discomfort on Dominique’s face.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px;">“Don’t worry,” he said in a calm but confident tone, “I’ll sit there, and you can have the one by the window.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px;">Dominique felt a wave of relief. There was something about that girl that she just didn’t like. “Thank you,” she said to the student. She felt him brush her arm as he pushed past her; he felt like iron. This was the first time she had been able to get a good look at him. His arms were impressively muscular. He was dressed completely in black and looked back at her with stunning blue eyes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px;">“No, thank <i>you</i>,” he said.</span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px;">Maybe this class won’t be so bad after all, </span></i><span style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px;">Dominique thought, feeling herself melt under his gaze. He smiled, as if he knew what she was thinking.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px;">“I’m Lucas, but most of my friends call me Luke,” he said, pushing his hair out of his eyes with one hand and thrusting his other at her. She took it firmly.</span></div>
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<b>Title</b>: Breaking Away<br />
<b>Author</b>: Toni Aleo<br />
<b>Series</b>: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/series/116125-assassins">Assassins #5</a><br />
<b>Genre</b>: Adult Contemporary Romance<br />
<b>Publication</b>: June 10, 2014<br />
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BREAKING AWAY is a story of loss, healing, and love… where unexpected turns and heartache lead to passion.<br />
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To Nashville Assassins’ leading scoring center Phillip Anderson, playing hockey has always been easy… as natural as breathing. His life is no different. That’s until his world is turned upside down by the death of his sister. While mourning his loss, Phillip has to find a way to make his very angry sixteen-year-old niece, Claire, happy. Now, as her guardian, he discovers the only thing that seems to heal her lonely heart is dance class. But what he didn’t count on was the attraction he’d feel towards her drop-dead sexy dance teacher.<br />
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For Reese Allen, dancing has always been part of her soul. After having her heart broken in New York, she comes home with the determination to make her dance studio one of the best in Tennessee and succeeds. When she sees Claire dance for the first time, she knows the girl is bound for greatness and takes the troubled teen under her wing. Using dance as therapy, she suddenly finds herself bound to the young woman… and her hot-as-sin uncle.<br />
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However, Phillip and Reese are happy in their single lives. It’s simple. They do what they want, who they want, and how they want, but from the moment they meet, the attraction is undeniable. Soon, they are more than willing to spend just one night tangled in the sheets. But, one night turns into two, and two turns into three, until they find themselves in a repeated dance of “One Last Time” that has the potential to be something more… if only Reese and Claire allow it.<br />
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Can Phillip find a way to thaw the hearts of both the women in his life, or will he be forever trying to break them away from their pasts?</blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="font-family: inherit;">Toni Aleo</b><span style="font-family: inherit;"> is the author of the Nasvhille Assassins series: </span><a href="http://tonialeo.com/books/taking-shots" style="color: #6699cc; font-family: inherit; text-decoration: none;">Taking Shots</a><span style="font-family: inherit;">, </span><a href="http://tonialeo.com/books/trying-to-score" style="color: #6699cc; font-family: inherit; text-decoration: none;">Trying to Score</a><span style="font-family: inherit;">, </span><a href="http://tonialeo.com/books/empty-net" style="color: #6699cc; font-family: inherit; text-decoration: none;">Empty Net</a><span style="font-family: inherit;">, Falling for the Backup, and </span><a href="http://tonialeo.com/books/crossing-the-line" style="color: #6699cc; font-family: inherit; text-decoration: none;">Blue Lines</a><span style="font-family: inherit;">.</span></span></div>
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<b>Title</b>: Unstoppable<br />
<b>Author</b>: S. R. Johannes<br />
<b>Series</b>: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/series/69160-the-nature-of-grace">The Nature of Grace #3</a><br />
<b>Genre</b>: Young Adult<br />
<b>Publication</b>: June 3, 2014<br />
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After everything that has happened, Grace moves to the Everglades to live with her grandmother, Birdee, and hang out with old man Rex, Birdee's "friend with benefits". Grace quickly befriends Dylan, Rex's nephew, and Dylan's girlfriend, Sadie, who is a die-hard teen activist. Sadie spends her time leading protests against the roadside zoos that run rampant in Florida with a total disregard for animals or the flimsy law.<br />
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One day while out in the marshes of the Everglades, Grace and her friends rescue an abused—and endangered—Florida panther. She and Birdee spend time rehabilitating the animal. But when the panther runs off, Grace follows it toUncle Bob's, a large roadside zoo they all have been protesting. One that is illegally filled with a variety of endangered and exotic animals. Before she can rescue the panther, she and her friends are kidnapped by the ruthless owner and dragged deep into the Everglades for a hunting challenge.<br />
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Only this time, Grace is the prey.<br />
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During a sick game of cat and mouse, Grace and her friends are offered one chance at survival, but only if they reach civilization before being caught. With a small head start and very little supplies, only time and skill stand between the hunter and the hunted. But out in the Everglades, there may be more dangers than Grace realizes.<br />
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Against all odds, Grace must make it out alive and win, or everything she holds dear could be lost.</blockquote>
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S.R. Johannes is the award-winning author of the Amazon bestselling thriller series, the Nature of Grace (Untraceable and Uncontrollable). Unstoppable (book 3) is scheduled for May/June 2014. S.R. Johannes is currently repped by Lara Perkins at ABLA. For foreign rights on the Nature of Grace series, contact Jennifer Custer at AM Heath (London). <br />
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S.R. Johannes is the YA advisor of ALLi and a winner of the 2012 IndieReader Discovery Awards (Young Adult category) as well as a Silver medalist (2nd place) in the IPPY awards for YA Fiction. She was also nominated for 2012 Georgia Author of the Year (Young Adult category), a Finalist in The Kindle Book Review’s Best Young Adult of 2012, and a YA Finalist in the US Book News Best Book of 2012. <br />
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After earning an MBA and working in corporate America doing marketing for over 15 years (Spanx and Good hair Products were my fav because of the perks :), S.R. Johannes traded in her expensive suits, high heels, and corporate lingo for a family, flip-flops, and her love of writing. She lives in Atlanta, Georgia with her dog, English-accented husband, and the huge imaginations of their little prince and princess, which she hopes- someday- will change the world. <br />
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<b>Title</b>: Impostor<br />
<b>Author</b>: Susanne Winnacker<br />
<b>Series</b>: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/series/90066-variants">Variants #1</a><br />
<b>Genre</b>: Young Adult, thriller<br />
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<b>Can Tessa pose as Madison . . . and stop a killer before it’s too late? </b><br />
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Tessa is a Variant, able to absorb the DNA of anyone she touches and mimic their appearance. Shunned by her family, she’s spent the last two years training with the Forces with Extraordinary Abilities, a secret branch of the FBI. When a serial killer rocks a small town in Oregon, Tessa is given a mission: she must impersonate Madison, a local teen, to find the killer before he strikes again.<br />
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Tessa hates everything about being an impostor—the stress, the danger, the deceit—but loves playing the role of a normal girl. As Madison, she finds friends, romance, and the kind of loving family she’d do anything to keep. Amid action, suspense, and a ticking clock, this super-human comes to a very human conclusion: even a girl who can look like anyone struggles the most with being herself.</blockquote>
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I went over to the window and pried it open. The frame groaned but with a jerk the window slid up and cool air streamed in. The fresh smell of rain in the night was one of my absolute favorites.</div>
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A shadow shifted on the street. I poked my head out. Even in the rain, the hooded stranger waited on the other side, staring at my window. I grabbed my cell phone from the nightstand and the pepper spray from my purse, slipped into my ballet flats and rushed out of the room and down the stairs. Devon appeared in the hall, his eyes bleary. I didn’t stop to explain.</div>
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My feet carried me outside where the rain plastered my hair down and soaked through my clothes. The stranger turned the corner as I crossed our front yard.</div>
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I pumped my legs. I heard Devon’s steps behind me and his shouts of confusion, but I turned a corner and then another until it appeared that I’d lost him. I stormed into the forest at the edge of our neighborhood, where the stranger had disappeared just moments before.</div>
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Without streetlights, the forest’s darkness was absolute. Rain rattled the leaves, and twigs snapped under my shoes. Shape-shifting while running was difficult and straining, but with Madison’s short legs I’d never catch the guy. Who was he? The killer? And I was alone in a dark forest with him. Maybe not my best plan.</div>
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I let the rippling wash over me. Tearing, stretching, twisting, remodeling. My clothes strained and ripped. I stumbled a few times over my lengthening legs but then, with Alec’s body, I gained on the stranger. Wind howled in my ears and for a moment I lost my bearings as he disappeared from view.</div>
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Up ahead, something flashed in the blackness like a beacon. He’d turned around to check if I was still following. My breath rasped in my throat as I jumped over a fallen trunk. The forest was cloaked in mist, concealing the outline of the mysterious figure.</div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: large;">About Susanne</span></i></b></div>
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Susanne Winnacker studied law before she became a full-time writer. She lives with her husband, two dogs and two bunnies in Germany. She loves coffee (in every shape and form), traveling and animals. When she isn't writing, you can usually find her in the kitchen, experimenting with new vegan dishes.</blockquote>
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When Amberlyn Reilly loses her mother, her whole world comes crashing down. Having been caretaker to her for most of her teenage years, Amberlyn is inexperienced in many aspects of life. She hasn’t had time to live, have fun, or enjoy even the little things. It’s only when a letter from her mother, asking her to fulfill three things, sends her off to Ireland to live a life she never thought possible that she begins to heal.<br />
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Declan O’Callaghan was born and raised in Ireland and has his family’s legendary whiskey in his veins. He’s shy and not a fan of the pressure and spotlight that comes with his family name, or the title he was given at birth—the Whiskey Prince. Declan knows just what he wants and that is to take over the family dynasty, but when his father gives him an ultimatum, everything he’s worked for could come undone in the blink of an eye.<br />
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<b>Title</b>: Goji<br />
<b>Author</b>: Sara-Beth Cole<br />
<b>Series</b>: Reality Series #1<br />
<b>Genre</b>: YA, paranormal<br />
<b>Published</b>: May 9, 2014<br />
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After spending six years in hiding, Calista Barron is discovered, but not by her brutal adoptive parents who had caused her to flee.<br />
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Callie learns that her birth mother was a Moira, one of the three sisters who rule a hidden world of supernatural creatures. Callie discovers her new Reality with the help of a young clairvoyant named Shyla and her protector, a secretive Goji named Bale who has become Callie's own personal gargoyle.<br />
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“Close the door, Calista, and lock it until I tell you that you’re safe,” Bale ordered in a tone that terrified her.<br />
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“Calista, stay in your room,” Bale repeated. His voice darkened with anger.</div>
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Indignation mixed with curiosity. Callie unlocked her bedroom door and cried out at the wreckage. Three men lay dead on her living room floor. Bale stood above one of them, holding a large purple vial. The sound of her yell did not distract him from pouring a single drop of the liquid onto the first body before doing the same to the other two. Within seconds, the men were engulfed in a thick, acrid mist. The mist dissipated leaving nothing behind.</div>
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“I told you to stay in your room.” Bale capped the vial. He held it by the chain attached to the cap and placed it over his head, letting it dangle from his neck.</div>
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“Who-who were they? Why did you kill them?” Callie’s voice trembled as much as her body.</div>
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“Bloodhounds. If I didn’t kill them, they would have killed you.”</div>
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Sara-Beth Cole lives in Michigan with her husband, two children, dog, and cat. She loves reading and learning about biology. She is an expert coffee-drinker and collects local art.</blockquote>
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<b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">by </span><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/103615.Allison_Rushby" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Allison Rushby</a></b></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Fifteen-year-old Thea Wallis was born to entertain. Her mother, Oscar winning actress Cassie Hartley, thinks differently and has kept her daughter out of the spotlight since day one. Coming from showbiz royalty, it hasn't been easy to go unnoticed, but mismatched surnames, a family home in Tasmania and a low-key scriptwriter father has made this possible.</span></i></div>
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<i style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Just like her cousin Rory on the hugely popular TV show Saturday Morning Dance, Thea loves to dance. She learns the show's routines off by heart each week, despite her mother's attempts to convince her that dentistry would be a far more fulfilling career choice.</span></i></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">However, when Rory goes off the rails in LA, Thea's mother is suddenly left with no choice at all – Rory needs them and to LA they must go. Within forty-eight hours, Thea finds herself a long way from Tasmania and living her dream – on the road to Las Vegas with the Saturday Morning Dance team.</span></span></i></span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">It doesn't take long before Thea's talents are discovered and she's offered everything she's ever wanted on a plate, including the dance partner she's had a crush on forever. But, as her mother has always told her, Hollywood dreams come at a price. Thea soon realizes she will have to work out just how much she's willing to pay. And, ultimately, discover her own way to be Hartley.</span></span></i></span></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Allison Rushby is the Australian author of a whole lot of books. She is crazy about Mini Coopers, Devon Rex cats, <i>Downton Abbey</i> and corn chips. You can often find her procrastinating on Twitter at @Allison_Rushby or on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Allison-Rushby/189442837771168?ref=tn_tnmn" target="_blank">Facebook</a>. That is, when she’s not on eBay, or Etsy, or any other place she can shop in secret while looking like she’s writing…</span></blockquote>
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Sophie Fisher’s life is on fire. If she’s not ducking around corners or slipping out of windows to escape the debt collectors her father's death has left knocking on her door, she’s dealing with her rebellious, fifteen-year-old sister, Lilli. And, as if that’s not enough, Rafael Van Rees crashes into her life—literally—bringing with him a past the public has no idea of. Can she unravel his mysteries before he unravels her, or will his presence finally force her to face the demons she's trying to outrun?
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When she returns home to spend Christmas with her family, her perfect
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powerful, handsome attorney, Holden left town after his adoptive parents’
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back to Mantoloking, and back to Camryn.</span></blockquote>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Faced with a tragic past that they both wanted to
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Holden Patrick is a tall, dark, and handsome alpha male who will stop at nothing to protect the ones he loves. Holden's life began with him living in foster homes where he was abused until he was adopted by the Patricks, and his life was saved. Growing up, he never felt good enough and was always trying to prove to himself and his parents that he was worthy of the second chance at life they gave him. Holden met Camryn when he came to live with the Patrick’s and they became instant best friends. He knew he there was something special about Camryn since the moment they met, and she has always had his heart.</div>
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When I was first of thinking of the type of character I wanted Holden to be, I didn’t have a movie star in mind at all, it was more of a look, like the handsome fella above, only maybe a little salt and pepper mixed in with a few hidden tattoosJ When I was creating Holden I wanted to show a strong, intelligent man who could be sexy and demanding while not being a total jerk. The harder part was actually trying to make him also be able to lay everything out on the table for Camryn without seeming like a total wimp either. Camryn and Holden have a complicated relationship. When they were younger, Camryn was the light in his darkness, and now that they are adults, he wants to be that for Camryn.</div>
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Holden’s vices are his is extremely strong- willed and stubborn and can’t take no for an answer. He also is known to enjoy an old, smooth glass of scotch, pizza from Point Pleasant Boardwalk, ice-cream from Hoffman’s, and lots and lots of hot, steamy sex with Camryn.</div>
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Degree in Psychology from California State University Fullerton, and has a
Master’s Degree in Education.</span><br />
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novel in the Secrets of Shadow Hill Series, Secrets of Shadow Hill: Prophecy,
and is currently writing the third novel in this exciting series.</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b>by Mia Hoddell</b><br />
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<b>Genre:</b> YA Romance<br />
<b>Release Date:</b> 26th February 2014<br />
<b>Length:</b> Novella<br />
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Jenna Shaw ran away to escape her past. In fact, she jumped on a plane and flew to Portugal to try and forget it. However, it turns out leaving everything behind isn’t as easy as it sounds. <br />
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She thought she could move on and break free of her fears—that if she had some space the pain would stop. But as memories resurface due to an ill-timed joke, the past crashes into her present once more and she didn’t see it coming. <br />
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Jenna’s plans for normality are derailed by the charismatic Ethan Brooks. She sees him as an annoyance; he sees her as a challenge. But as he tries every trick known to him to impress her, they only serve to push her further away. He’s never faced this problem before and Ethan has to work harder than he ever has if he wants to win over and help his mysterious girl. <br />
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bloodied water that lapped at the li-lo beneath her chin. With every wave it
seemed to grow closer, making its way further up the yellow plastic to try and
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the edge. No matter how disgusted she was, she couldn’t stop staring; her eyes
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fourteen and since then hasn’t stopped writing. <i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Mia-Hoddell/e/B0093M18QQ/ref=ntt_dp_epwbk_0" target="_blank">Elemental Killers</a></i> is her second series and with an ever growing
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1255305325707041764.post-12605380723995170852014-03-02T03:06:00.000-05:002014-03-02T03:06:17.493-05:00Cover Reveal: Perfectly Messy<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">by <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7149579.Lizzy_Charles">Lizzy
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Popularity isn't everything it's cracked up to be. Justin Marshall
knows this better than most. For the captain of the basketball team, small business
owner, and son of Minnesota's next governor, life can get pretty overwhelming.
But Justin can handle anything as long as he has Lucy, the girl who fell for
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">But for Justin and Lucy, finding time together proves challenging. Stolen
kisses and whispered promises just aren't enough. That is, until scandalous
photos of the couple are leaked to a press intent on creating a juicy scandal
during Justin's dad's gubernatorial campaign. And when Lucy becomes fair play
for the tabloids and gossip pages, Justin does the only thing he can to protect
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">For Lucy, junior year is everything she hoped it would be: new friends, second
chances, and a boyfriend she can’t stop kissing. That is, until the boy she’s
pretty sure she loves chooses the life his family wants for him, over her.</span></span></i></span></span></i></div>
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Because for Justin, being who everyone needs him to be just might cost him the
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When Lizzy Charles isn’t scrambling to raise her two spunky toddlers or caring for premature and sick babies as a neonatal intensive care nurse, she’s in a quiet corner writing or snuggled up with a novel and a few squares of dark chocolate. Black tea keeps her constant and she loves guacamole. She married her high school sweet heart, a heart-melting musician, so it’s no surprise she’s fallen in love with writing contemporary YA romance novels.</div>
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