Monday, July 15, 2013

Painted Boots by Mechelle Morrison ~ Excerpt & Giveaway

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Title: Painted Boots
Author: Mechelle Morrison
Release date: July 15, 2013
Genre:  Contemporary Romance
Age Group:  mature Young Adult
Event organized by: AToMR Tours

Book Description

When her father drags her to a new life in Wyoming, Aspen Brand doesn’t expect to fall for a cowboy named Kyle Thacker—but she does.  At seventeen, Aspen and Kyle share unexpected ground: guitar, running, physics.  And guilt.  Aspen blames herself for her mother’s car accident, while Kyle can’t find a way past his brother’s suicide.

On their first date they open up to each other, forging an unbreakable bond between them.  But Kyle has spent two years living with a vicious secret—one his ex-girlfriend will do anything to protect—and sharing his truth with Aspen makes her a target.  Now if Kyle is to be her love story, Aspen must first win the fight of her life.


Excerpt:


Kyle pulls my boots from my feet then lifts my legs, gently easing me down until I’m lying flat on my back in bed.

He stands over me, deliberating, as I relax.  “I need to see what happened to you,” he says.

“No, you don’t.  It’s gross.”

He leaves me long enough to close his bedroom door, locking it with a firm click. 

“Let me see anyway.”

I reach for the buttons on my shirt, but my fingers only twist at the mother-of-pearl.  “I can’t,” I say.  “It’s too embarrassing.”

Kyle roughs his hair.  He walks to the other side of his bed.  After a few moments he removes his shirt and tosses it for a chair.  He grabs the back of his tee and with both hands, pulls it over his head.  The small white scars peppering his shoulders glow in the lamplight, like ice crystals on a frosted window.  He folds the tee flat and shoves it under his pillow.

His boots are next, followed by the clink of metal on metal, soft as distant bells, as he unfastens his belt.  He unbuttons his jeans and takes them off one leg at a time, revealing green plaid boxers.

“Um.  What are you doing?” I ask.

He snuggles into the covers then, pulling the sheet and comforter over himself.  My side twinges as my body tilts toward his weight.  After a bit of wriggling, his boxers and thick gray wool socks fly for the chair.  “Naked communication,” he says.


About the author:

Mechelle Morrison loves language--she's always wished she could speak and write them all.  She lives for chocolate, lazy summer days, spontaneously funny things . . . and family.  She's sort of scared of dogs.

When she's not reading or writing or wandering the world, she can be found in her backyard in Utah with her husband, their daughter and the bevy of quail that live behind their garage.

If she didn't write she'd make stop-motion animation shorts.  So she does that anyway.




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18 comments:

  1. This sounds good. I like the excerpt. Very intriguing. Happy release day!!

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  2. Love the cover and synopsis! Looks great! Congratulations on the release! I look forward to reading it!

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  3. I love the cover. It looks very rustic. Congratulations on the book release. Thanks for having the giveaway.

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  4. Congrats!!!! Thanks for the giveaway!

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  5. Thanks for sharing your book. Congratulations on its release

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  6. The book looks great! Congratulations!

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  7. This sounds really good. I like the excerpt. Very iinteresting,, Happy release day!

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  8. Congrats on the release. This sounds like a really good book

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  9. Congrats... I'm sure it must be so exciting to have it released!!

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  10. Great excerpt the book looks and sounds awesome congratulate on the book's release day!

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  11. CONGRATS on the release. It looks like a great read! Thanks for the opportunity to win a copy.

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  12. This looks like a good book! I like the excerpt. Thanks for sharing!

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  13. Congratulations on your book release Mechelle. Your book sounds amazing, I just love cowboys. Thanks for this chance to win.

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  14. Congrats to Mechelle on the new release! Sounds fantastic :) Thanks for sharing!

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  15. PAINTED BOOTS looks fabulous & I loved the excerpt thank you.

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  16. this sounds sooo good!! definitely gonna read it.

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