Grant is damaged, selfish, and undeserving of love…or so he thinks.
Jessa is happy, in love, and has overcome her past…or so she
thinks.
Grant and Jessa can’t stop thinking about one another since being
introduced at a party a month ago. And despite their differences,
they can’t seem to stay away from each other either. However,
both are hiding secrets of less-than-perfect pasts, fearing what will
happen when those mistakes come to light. As they grow closer,
they each battle their own insecurities, and neither believes that
they are worthy of the kind of love that they both still want. So if
it’s true that opposites attract, what happens when the similarities
begin to surface?
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Michelle Lynn has always been a reader, but her passion has become a full-blown addiction since her husband bought her a Kindle for Mother's Day. She's pretty sure that he regrets this on a regular basis. Especially when she has it propped up next to the stove while she cooks, which often results in a burnt dinner. Or when he loses sleep because the glow from the screen wakes him up when he rolls over at three in the morning. He does agree, however, that she uses this gift more than any other he has ever gotten her. She joking counters that, because of some of the steamy novels she reads, he also benefits more from this gift than any other he has gotten her. ;)
Michelle moved around the Midwest most of her life, transferring from school to school before settling down in the outskirts of Chicago ten years ago, where she now resides with her husband and two kids. She developed a love of reading at a young age, which helped lay the foundation for her passion to write. With the encouragement of her family, she finally sat down and wrote one of the many stories that have been floating around in her head. When she isn’t reading or writing, she can be found playing with her kids, talking to her mom on the phone, or hanging out with her family and friends. But after chasing around twin preschoolers all day, she always cherishes her relaxation time after putting the kids to bed.
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Excerpt #1
By
the time we get to the dance floor, we are packed in like sardines, barely able
to move, let alone dance. Rob places his
hands on my hips and tugs me to him while placing his leg between mine. This whole dirty dancing thing is throwing me
for a loop. What exactly are we doing
here and dancing like this? I stare up at him with confusion and he gives me a
cat-that-ate-the-canary look before pointing to the corner.
I
stop dancing and turn my body around but Rob grabs me again and brings me
against his crotch. Trying to search
where he was looking, my eyes scan the crowd but I don’t see anything except a
sea of drunken people making out with each other.
“Right
there, Jessa,” he whispers in my ear and I follow his finger. My stomach drops
when my eyes find Grant pressing some girl against the wall. He has her
cornered while his lips devours her neck and his hands hike up her dress.
“Wish
it was you?” he whispers and chills travel up my back. I automatically attempt to step away from
Rob, but he pulls me back. “Not the angel you thought he was, huh?” he
laughs. He twists me around to face him
and although he’s laughing his comment off, I can’t help but feel like he means
it. Panic arises as I wonder if Rob has seen something. God, did he see that
kiss on New Year’s?
Rob
keeps me wrapped in his arms when a slow song starts, but I can’t get my mind
to erase what I just saw. As Rob’s
breath tickles my neck while he sways me back and forth, I desperately want to
see what Grant’s doing. I knew he wasn’t
a monk, but I didn’t think he was the kind of guy who fucked a girl up against
a wall in the middle of a club either. After the song ends, I tell Rob that I
need to go to the bathroom. He places his hands on either side of my face and
starts to kiss me. Thrusting his tongue
into my mouth, he doesn’t let up. It
starts to feel possessive, as though he’s trying to prove to everyone I’m his.
Eventually I push him away and he laughs while I stalk off.
Excerpt #2
My
mind races as I’m leaving the lecture hall. Pulling my gloves and hat on, I
watch Grant’s large frame walk quickly in the other direction. How can your
heart and mind be in two more different places? My heart screams for Grant
every time we’re around each other, but my mind won’t let me take the step.
Make that a giant leap.
The
thing that scares me the most is that he doesn’t truly want it. I can feel his desire for me throughout my
whole body when he’s near, but then he pulls back just as fast. Then again, the
last thing I want is to stay with Rob just for the sake of having someone. I’m stronger than that and I know it.
Before
Jason, I wouldn’t have thought twice about breaking things off with Rob and
running toward Grant. Fuck Jason for making me doubt my self-worth. My
therapist’s words ring in my head from my last session: ‘You have to live
again, Jessa. Go, and be happy. You’ve done the work, now reap the reward.’ Dr.
Hinkle was the one who convinced me to leave Boulder and start fresh somewhere
else. And that’s exactly what I did last semester.
When I first met Rob, I was scared out of my
mind, but I pushed forward like Dr. Hinkle said and let him in. Things were so
great…at first. He took me home for
Thanksgiving and it felt as though we were really going somewhere. That he
could be the one and we’d fall in love and live happily ever after. Then he and
his band agreed to play Grant’s fraternity party and our relationship started
to shift. Dates stopped, the swooning disappeared, and suddenly, I’m being
rushed through drive-thru windows to eat and propped up against anything but a
bed to fuck.
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Don't Let Go
Synopsis:
Sadie Miller is attempting to change her ways and hide somewhere no one knows her former self. She only wants to finish her final year of college, obtain her degree, and get out from the hold of her affluent parents. Then she meets Brady Carsen, the lead singer of The Invisibles, a popular local band in the college town. She tries to stay away but quickly realizes that, although he might not be what she’s used to, he’s exactly what she needs and more importantly, everything she could possibly want.
Unfortunately, Sadie’s troubled past left her with insecurities that make her question Brady’s true intentions. And while Brady is convinced that Sadie is the one for him, he has his own secrets that he fears will be their undoing. If they want to be together, they will have to stand united and fight the outside influences that are threatening to tear them apart. Can they put their pasts behind them for good in order to secure their future?
Unfortunately, Sadie’s troubled past left her with insecurities that make her question Brady’s true intentions. And while Brady is convinced that Sadie is the one for him, he has his own secrets that he fears will be their undoing. If they want to be together, they will have to stand united and fight the outside influences that are threatening to tear them apart. Can they put their pasts behind them for good in order to secure their future?
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