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Happily ever after
doesn’t come easy. But for love, it’s
always worth the fight.
Olivia finds bliss unlike any she’s
ever known in Cash’s arms. He sets her
skin on fire and melts her heart right inside her chest. Unfortunately, their happily ever after is short-lived
when a shadow from Cash’s past threatens to turn their world upside down.
Dangerous people from his father’s world have discovered that Cash holds
information that could put them away for a very long time. And they’re willing to do anything—and hurt
anybody—to get it back. Giving it up
means Cash must choose between the life of his father and the life of Olivia.
Having nearly overcome her wariness of
bad boys, Olivia’s trust is shaken when this new threat arises. Now she finds that Cash is not only a danger
to her heart, but his family has associations that are a danger to her life as
well. She soon discovers that there are
some situations in life where trust is a girl’s only option. And this is one of them. If she’s to live, she must trust Cash with
her life. But to Olivia, that’s much,
much easier than letting go and trusting him with her heart.
Excerpt
“It’s hard as hell to
keep my hands off you. And my eyes. I didn’t want to make you uncomfortable.”
Olivia’s cheeks turn
a pretty pink. “Really?’
“Really what?”
“You really can’t
keep your eyes off me?”
“God, to be so smart,
you’re thick-headed. Have I not made the
way I feel about you abundantly clear?”
I thought I had, but
maybe what’s clear to me isn’t so obvious to her. If that’s the case, I’ll have
to make a point of being very…forthcoming.
Olivia shrugs and
shifts her eyes to the side. I move in
closer and bend until she looks at me.
“Hey, I know this is
all new and I know how you feel about guys like me.” She starts to interrupt, but I stop her with
a finger across her lips. “But I hope
you’re starting to see that there’s more to me than you first thought. Than what you first assumed. You have to remember that I’m playing a part,
too. One that would be even trickier if
I didn’t make each one so extreme. But
you know the real me. You know that in
some ways I’m both guys and in some ways I’m neither.”
“How will I ever know
the real you then?”
I can see the worry
in her eyes; I just don’t know what has happened in the last little while to
put it back in there. I thought we’d
moved past all this.
I brush her satiny
cheek with the backs of my fingers. “You
already do.”
Here's my 5 star reviews of Down To You and Up To Me.
About the author:
New York Times and USA Today
Bestselling Author, M. Leighton, is a native of Ohio. She relocated to the
warmer climates of the South, where she can be near the water all summer and
miss the snow all winter. Possessed of an overactive imagination from early in
her childhood, Michelle finally found an acceptable outlet for her fantastical
visions: literary fiction. Having written over a dozen novels, these days
Michelle enjoys letting her mind wander to more romantic settings with sexy
Southern guys, much like the one she married and the ones you'll find in her
latest books. When her thoughts aren't roaming in that direction, she'll be
riding horses, swimming in ponds and experiencing life on a ranch, all without
leaving the cozy comfort of her office.
About Michelle: I
love coffee and chocolate, even more so when they are combined. I'm convinced that one day they could be the
basis for world peace. I also love the
color red and am seriously considering dying my hair.
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****Giveaway****
The scorching tale of one girl, two brothers and a love triangle…that’s not. Olivia Townsend is nothing special. She’s just a girl working her way through college so she can return home to help her father run his business. She’s determined not to be the second woman in his life to abandon him, even if it means putting her own life on hold. To Olivia, it’s clear what she must do. Plain and simple. Black and white. But clear becomes complicated when she meets Cash and Nash Davenport. They’re brothers. Twins.
Cash is everything she’s always wanted in a guy. He’s a dangerous, sexy bad boy who wants her in his bed at any cost. He turns her insides to mush and, with just one kiss, makes her forget why he’s no good for her. Nash is everything she’s ever needed in a guy. He’s successful, responsible and intensely passionate. But he’s taken. Very taken, by none other than Marissa, Liv’s rich, beautiful cousin. That doesn’t stop Olivia from melting every time he looks at her, though. With just one touch, he makes her forget why they can never be together.
Black and white turns to shades of gray when Olivia discovers the boys are hiding something, something that should make her run as far and as fast as she can. But it’s too late to run. Olivia’s already involved. And in love. With both of them. Both brothers make her heart tremble. Both brothers set her body on fire. She wants them both. And they want her. How will she ever choose between them?
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Awesome excerpt!! I really do need to read Down To You. I always buy books right when they are available and never get to them. Lol!!
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