Author: Rachael Wade
Genre: New Adult,
Contemporary Romance
Tour Host: Lady
Amber's Tours
Book Description:
Love, life, and happily ever after? It’s all relative.
Marine biology student Emma Pierce lives in paradise—geographically speaking, anyway. Stranded on Sanibel Island, Florida, she works at a nursing home by day and spends her nights dodging the island's infamous bad boy, Jackson Taylor, at her favorite karaoke bar. Trying to heal from the loss of her sister and a failed relationship she rerouted her life for, she's ready to graduate and finally leave Florida behind.
When a run-in with Jackson and his rowdy crew goes sour at the bar one night, sparks fly and irreversible damage is done. It’s no secret that Jackson loves to get underneath her skin, but this time he's gone too far. Now all he wants is to earn her forgiveness before she's gone for good, but their ideas of closure—and the future—are enough to keep them worlds apart.
This is a stand-alone title but coordinates with The Preservation Series:
Preservation (Book One, Available Now)
Reservation (Book Two, Available Now)
Declaration (Book Three, Coming 2013
Marine biology student Emma Pierce lives in paradise—geographically speaking, anyway. Stranded on Sanibel Island, Florida, she works at a nursing home by day and spends her nights dodging the island's infamous bad boy, Jackson Taylor, at her favorite karaoke bar. Trying to heal from the loss of her sister and a failed relationship she rerouted her life for, she's ready to graduate and finally leave Florida behind.
When a run-in with Jackson and his rowdy crew goes sour at the bar one night, sparks fly and irreversible damage is done. It’s no secret that Jackson loves to get underneath her skin, but this time he's gone too far. Now all he wants is to earn her forgiveness before she's gone for good, but their ideas of closure—and the future—are enough to keep them worlds apart.
This is a stand-alone title but coordinates with The Preservation Series:
Preservation (Book One, Available Now)
Reservation (Book Two, Available Now)
Declaration (Book Three, Coming 2013
Rachael Wade is the Amazon bestselling author of The
Preservation Series, The Resistance Trilogy, and the upcoming sci-fi series,
The Keepers Trilogy. When she's not writing, she's busy learning French,
watching too many movies, and learning how to protect animals and the
environment. Visit her at www.RachaelWade.com
and www.LightsOnOutreach.com,
or come chat with her on Twitter via @RachaelWade.
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Buy Links:
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“Emma.” Jackson’s
breath stirred my hair. “Wake up, we’re home.”
“Hhhmmm?”
“Come on, I’ll walk you to your door.”
I sat up and stifled a yawn, moving to slide to the other
end of the seat. I reached for the door handle and glanced down at my feet,
struggling to see where I’d dropped my purse.
“Looking for this?” Jackson
stretched to the middle console and pulled out my small black clutch.
“Oh, yeah. Thanks.”
He handed it to me and gently caught my wrist, his eyes
finding mine in the dim parking lot light. “I had a good time with you
tonight.” I remained still, the air in the truck thick as the need in his
voice. It was a statement, but something in his tone made it sound like a
request. His other hand came up and cupped my thigh. He grasped hard and swung
my leg around to pivot my waist, then wrenched me back over the seat toward
him, the bare skin of my calves slipping around his hips until our bodies
collided. He moved so fast, I didn’t know where his breaths began or mine
ended, didn’t know when the space between our mouths disappeared.
All I knew was I intended to keep it that way.
His fingers threaded through my hair and his tongue slipped
into my mouth. I opened wide for him and moaned into the kiss, allowing all of
the night’s tension to melt there, gasping against him when he hooked one of my
legs tighter around his side, digging my high heel into his back. The pressure
coaxed a low growl from deep in his throat and he nipped my lip before drawing
it back to his tongue, inching his fingers beneath the back of my shirt to
smooth them over my spine. I was planted firmly on his lap now, my fingers
clawing at the back of his neck.
There were countless reasons to push him away. Too many
reasons to stop this—whatever this was—and go straight into my apartment before
we did anymore damage. But my insides were on fire, my skin singing from his
touch, and a vague ache deepened in the pit of my stomach, one that had wanted
to know what it would be like to kiss Jackson
again. This time without any reservations.
I squeezed my thighs tighter around him and sucked his
tongue. He was every inch as delicious as I’d remembered, and even more so. No
matter how desperately I tasted him, I couldn’t get enough. Unable to control
my hands, I slipped them under his shirt to trace the contour of his chest and
down the slope of his abdomen. Goose bumps shot up my arms when he leaned back
to let me feel him, dropping his hands to find my ankles, rubbing his fingers
against them in soothing, circular motions.
Sense dug its claws into me. I dragged my lips from his and
pushed off his chest, landing on the heels of my hands. “Jack—”
“Yeah, baby?” His voice was low, rough, fingers still
playing with the skin of my ankles. “Tell me what you want.”
“Will you walk me up? You can stay...we can put more ice on
that eye.”
He paused a beat and grazed his nose over mine and laughed,
the husky sound making my fiery insides flare, his hot breath tickling my
cheek. “Oh. Yeah, sure.” He drew his head back and cleared his throat. “Sorry,
but I couldn’t help myself, Em. I’ve been dying to taste you for so long. I
can’t get that night out of my head, you don’t even know, baby. I know you made
yourself clear with where we stand and all, but I can’t—”
I pressed my fingers to his lips and pinched down to silence
them. “Just come up. We don’t have to figure everything out tonight.” I dropped
my hand from his mouth and gave him a peck on the cheek. My mind flashed
forward to what would happen if I brought him upstairs, and my stomach
fluttered as I focused in on his heady, tropical scent and his firm, strong
body. Part of me wanted to play nurse, tend to his injuries, and keep a
distance between us. But another part of me, a part that was suddenly filled
with urgency, started to forget our friend/enemy status and steadily focus on
our attraction. This wouldn’t be a casual hook-up or a friends with benefits
deal, would it? What was Jackson
to me, anyway? A single memory sparked and reminded me of the one thing I knew:
he was the man with the blanket that night. The man with the strong arms,
empathetic face, and soothing voice.
He was Jackson.
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Amber, thank you so much for hosting this! And I just saw you have the image and link for Lights On here on your page...I cannot thank you enough for that. It means so, so much!
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