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Love Redeemed ~ Book Blitz
Title: Love Redeemed
Life is simple.
Cassie is content with what she has, a great job and wonderful friends. Everything is perfect…until Ryder appears. She still has not forgiven him for choosing music over her eight years ago.
Ryder is a rock star, living the life he had always dreamed of. He is not searching for love because who has time for that when you're constantly on the road. But then his tour ends and he decides to go back home and visit an old friend.
When those old feelings resurface, will they be able to forgive and start anew?
Cassie is content with what she has, a great job and wonderful friends. Everything is perfect…until Ryder appears. She still has not forgiven him for choosing music over her eight years ago.
Ryder is a rock star, living the life he had always dreamed of. He is not searching for love because who has time for that when you're constantly on the road. But then his tour ends and he decides to go back home and visit an old friend.
When those old feelings resurface, will they be able to forgive and start anew?
The
club owner announced the upcoming band but she was too busy laughing to hear
the name. Once again, the place vibrated
with thumping music. She froze as her
mind registered what she was hearing.
She knew that song, she had played it every day when she was
younger. She stopped dancing, slowly
turning to face the stage.
His
voice boomed over the speakers, that deep throaty voice that she knew all too
well. “Panic hits but it’s too
late. Too late to say what you needed to
hear. You needed to hear just how much I
need you. And now you took the better
part of me.”
Pushing
through the crowd was tough but she had to see for herself. When she had a clear view of the stage she
lifted her eyes to meet the lead singer.
Ryder.
As
if sensing her eyes on him, his eyes traveled over the sea of faces until they
landed on her. He still looked the same
as he did the last time she saw him eight years ago, his messy dark brown hair,
faded blue jeans, and that ugly black fingerless glove on his right hand. She couldn’t believe that he still wore that
thing.
In that one moment, with just one look into his
eyes, all those feelings that she had finally buried deep within,
resurfaced. The love they once shared
and the heartache she suffered when he walked away. She couldn’t do this, couldn’t be in the same
room with him. If she didn’t get out of
there and away from him then that wall she worked so hard to build around her
heart would crumble to the ground.
Tich is an Oklahoma resident and the mother of
five. Her passion for reading started at an early age when her Aunt Vicky
gave her the novel Heidi for Christmas. She didn’t start writing until
middle school, after being inspired by her best friend’s short stories.
“Genny’s stories weren’t just great but they inspired me to put my pen and
paper to good use.” Tich never thought of publishing her works until
working with Teresa on the Royal Blood series.
Saturday, July 11, 2015
Wisteria by Bisi Leyton ~ Spotlight
Blurb/Book Description:
Sixteen year old Wisteria Kuti has two options—track the
infected around the Isle of Smythe or leave the only known safe haven and face
a world infested with flesh eating biters. But even with well-armed trackers,
things go wrong and Wisteria ends up alone facing certain death, until she is
rescued by the mysterious Bach. Uninfected, Bach is able to survive among the
hordes of living dead.
Eighteen year old Bach, from a race known as The Family, has
no interest in human affairs. He was sent here to complete his Great Walk and
return home as a man—as a Sen Son. The Family regard humans as Dirt People, but
Bach is drawn to this Terran girl, whom he has never seen before, but somehow
knows.
Hunted by flesh eaters, cannibals, and the mysterious blood
thirsty group called Red Phoenix, Wisteria and Bach make their way back to the
Isle of Smythe, a community built on secrets and lies.
Purchase Links:
Amazon – Kindle: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B008XRI3BA
Paperback: http://goo.gl/90mIF
Book Trailer: - http://goo.gl/ZXY14
Audiobook Excerpt: http://youtu.be/ajkVrlUDrx4
Excerpt:
As she walked back to the ridge of the roof, Bach’s heart went
with her. Someone had tried to hurt her. Tried to damage what belonged to him,
and who he belonged to.
He started to feel dizzy from the volumes of strangle weed
planted in the front of her house.
“Thank you so much for coming and for the guitar. It’s perfect.”
She gave it back to him.
“No, it is yours, Wisteria.” He refused to take it. “Do you
not like it?”
“No, I love it. It’s so beautiful.”
“Then keep it.” He kissed her neck. Knowing—hoping—his touch
would soothe her pain, but he hadn’t come here to comfort her.
“Bach.” She used her instrument as a shield as she moved
away from him. “It’s a bad idea. You won’t understand.”
“You are right. I do not get why you would refuse something
you apparently love,” he whispered while rubbing her forearms and taking in her
scent.
“If I accept your kindness, then I’ll have to face the
consequences. I don’t know if I can face those.”
“You cannot face accepting my kindness, or is it accepting
me that you cannot face?”
“Um…?”
“Tell me that you do not feel the same,” he whispered. “That
the moment you first saw me that I did not get inside your head. Tell me that
you do not think about me all of the time when we are not together?”
The dark-eyed girl did not answer.
Wishing he could will her to speak, he pressed her against
his chest. Briefly, he noticed a black spot at the base of her neck, where he
had kissed her, and then it was gone. “Okay, Wisteria. Then tell me that you
want me to leave, and that you do not care if you never ever see me again.” He
felt like someone else was speaking for him, once again. The questions became
pointless as he found himself still planting kisses along her neck and the
sides of her face.
“I can’t tell you that, Bach,” she replied softly, her voice
breaking. “Because it’s not true.” She wrapped her arms around him and held him
tightly.
Desperately wanting to kiss her luscious-looking lips, he
leaned into her.
Wisteria reached up to him, tugging his head down as she
stood on the very tips of her toes, seemingly just as eager to taste his lips.
“Wisteria, I cannot.” He broke away before it happened. “I
do not want this.”
* * * * *
Wrapping her arms around herself, she moved away from him.
Once again, humiliated and feeling foolish. “Goodnight, Bach!” She strode
angrily to the side of the roof in order to climb down.
He grabbed her and held her back
The guy came here just to tease her, yet again! Didn’t he
know he was hurting her? Didn’t he care? “I’m tired of all this nonsense. I’m
actually tired and need some sleep. I’m done with this. All of this!” She
should’ve left the roof when she saw him appear. “Let go, so I can go.”
“Wisteria, it is not that.” Exhaling heavily, he released
her. “My people could kill you if they knew I wanted you.”
This wasn’t at all what she’d expected him to say. “What?”
“I am in love with you. I do not know why, but I am. And it
is selfish, because I just want you for myself.” Sadness filled his eyes as he
spoke.
“Why would they do that to me?”
“Because you are human and because we see humans as Terran,
or dirt people.”
“And you believe that too? So why are you here, living among
us, if we’re so disgusting?”
“You are not disgusting. You are beautiful.” Rubbing his
temples, he seemed troubled and bewildered. “I came to Terra as a rite of
passage. To be considered a man, to take a journey and experience the wild.”
“The wild?”
“I chose Terra, or Earth, because I came here as a child.
Your people treated me so badly in the past. When I learned about the Nero
disease, I wanted to see your world.” He paused. “You were right when you said
there was something wrong with me.”
“Bach, it cannot be that bad.” Stepping up to him, she
stroked her fingers along his biceps.
The sweet motion made him smile at her, but he still looked
distressed.
“Like about Garfield, you let him live with you. And now
you’re here with me.”
“You are not like the rest.”
“Neither are you. You’re not so cold and cruel like Enric or
patronizing like Felip. They think they’re better than us. You just hate people
because you’re a jerk, Bach.”
“Ha.” Bach laughed. “A jerk?”
“You’re a big jerk.” As the final word rolled from her lips,
he kissed her.
She was stunned for a second. His lips tasted like a
strange, tantalizing spice.
He squeezed her against his larger frame and rested his
right hand on the small of her back.
She fidgeted, unsure about what to do with her hands. She
tried to kiss him back, but she struggled because she was so short.
Audiobook Excerpt: http://youtu.be/ajkVrlUDrx4
Author Bio:
Bisi Leyton was born in East London in 1978. She grew up in London, Nigeria and the States, listening to the stories life and love from aunts, cousins and big sisters. She lives in London, but has worked around Europe including France, Germany, Ireland, Belgium and the Czech Republic. She has a fondness for reading graphic novels.
Author web links: (web, blog, twitter, facebook, goodreads, etc)
Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/Wisteriabooks
Current Blog: http://bisileyton.blogspot.com/
Old Blog: http://bisileyton.wordpress.com/
@bisileyton
http://www.goodreads.com/Bisileyton
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