A GIRL TRYING TO LEAVE HER PAST BEHIND
I was a normal teenager who loved music and dancing, until
the day I was attacked in my favorite record store. A few years later when my
mom succumbed to depression and took her own life, I couldn’t stay in my
hometown with all the memories and the curious stares. I decided to get in my
car and just go – except my car decided it was done going outside a tiny place
called Evergreen Grove. That’s where I found Jake. Or I guess Jake found me.
A GUY WHO CAN’T LET HIS GO
For the last eight years, all I can think about
is the day I ended another man’s life. Then I manage to save Cassie’s, and I
feel like maybe I’ve got some kind of second chance. To do what I couldn’t
before, or maybe even for something bigger. Something like love. If only I
could feel like I deserve her...
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Cover Photography by Michael Stokes
Cover Model – Adam Von Rothfelder
Cover design by Babski Creative Studios
About Elisabeth:
Elisabeth Staab loves passionate stories and happy
endings. Her books have been called “emotionally delicious,” “action-packed,”
and “gloriously snarky.” When not writing romance, she enjoys date night with
her husband, reading Harry Potter with her kids, and marathoning her favorite
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Excerpt:
“So nobody should get close to you? I thought
the same thing about myself. It’s lonely though, right?” She looks worried
about me now. That’s worse than when she looked like she wanted to kiss me.
I tug on a strand of that hair one more time.
An excuse to touch her without really touching her. “There’s no need to worry
about me. I’m great.”
I’m not looking at her when I say those last
few words. I’m jingling my keys and looking back toward my truck, the universal
symbol for “I really gotta get the fuck out of here.” This conversation is
getting more touchy-feely than I know how to handle.
So I’m busy thinking about getting back to
the truck. I don’t see it coming when she reaches up to brush her lips across
mine.
It’s not an aggressive kiss. It almost
doesn’t even qualify as a kiss at all, compared to what I’m used to. Her lips are
as soft as I figured they would be from looking at them, and they fit so easily
against mine. The way she throws her arms around my neck though, I’ve got this
armful of Cassie and the only thing I want to do is hold on. Anyway, she could
fall backward if I let go. I can’t let her fall.
I open my mouth to remind her why this is all
a bad idea, and instead of words I hear a low, strangled sound come out of my
throat. She uses the chance to slip her warm tongue against mine. She’s a great
kisser—an amazing kisser—soft but
firm, and insistent. I don’t know why I didn’t expect her to be good. It means
she’s kissed other guys, and right now I can’t think about her and other guys.
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