Synopsis:
Emma Walker was a writer who'd lost herself to someone else's anger--who had given up on ever feeling like herself again.
Evan Levesque was a rock-god--the one all the woman wanted, but he'd never gotten used to the loneliness between the stage and real life.
With just one cup of coffee they'll begin a journey of self-discovery at each others sides, but can Emma handle Evan's fame while dealing with her own demons? Emma's checkered personal past, a bad relationship that haunts the edges of her memories, threatens to make everything implode on them when Evan takes matters into his own hands.
Sticks and stones may break my bones, but your words...they'll destroy my soul--Can Emma handle being put back together and facing who she's become because of it?
GENRE: New Adult>Contemporary Romance
Mild to moderate sexual content
Excerpt:
I
traced the outline of the beads on his neck showing through his v-neck t-shirt.
"What does this symbolize?"
"Prayer
beads."
I
let my fingers follow the line of his vein down his shoulder, over the flowers
that dotted his upper arm and down to his forearm. I turned it so I could trace
the lion on the inside. "And this?"
"Lions
are bad ass."
"Seriously?"
He
shrugged. "Unfortunately, not every tattoo I have has a meaning."
"The
roses?"
"My
mom's favorite flower. I know it's not original," he commented as he took
my hand and put it over his heart where the roses were. "But after
everything my parents went through with me I wanted something to symbolize
them."
"Everything
they want through?" I asked as I let my fingers fan out across the shape
of his chest muscles before bringing them back up and playing with the tips of
his hair that were beginning to curl.
"I
left home when I was sixteen to record our first CD, went on tour at seventeen,
and started tattooing the crap out of myself at eighteen. I know I'm successful,
but I can't say I think this was what my parents wanted."
Evan
had moved his head so he was staring out at the ocean. I watched as the waves
reflected in his eyes and his chest heaved with a deep outlet of breath.
"I'm
sure they're proud of you," I tried to reassure him, but I could tell from
the way his jaw tightened that this was something he had been dealing with for
a long time.
His
eyes met mine and he reached up to touch my face. "I know...but it doesn't
change the fact I was their only child, and I abandoned them for a life they
never approved of."
"I'm
not an excellent poster child for things parents approve of either. There's so
much guilt I deal with day to day. I know that I hurt them," I explained,
my voice diminishing to a cracking whisper that was only just audible against
the sound of the waves. I closed my eyes, unable to bear the look on his
face as I admitted, "What's worse is the anger I feel at myself for
it."
I
felt Evan get up and kneel in front of me, pulling my face to his own. I
concentrated on the touch of his rough finger tips, the smell of his heady Axe
cologne and then the feel of his forehead as it pressed against mine while I
tried to calm my breathing.
"Tell
me something..." his voice drifted with the waves; "tell me why it
feels like you're a part of my soul?"
I
opened my eyes to look into his, watching as the yellow around his iris
darkened to a burnt orange and the brown faded to a muted green.
"Because you're a part of mine."Sunny's Thoughts:
This really looks like it could be a good book. I can't wait to get it and read it. Hopefully I will have some time soon!! The reviews on B&N look good so far. If any of you read it before I do LET ME KNOW what you think. I like to get your feedback too!!!
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