LOVING DALLAS by Caisey Quinn
(William Morrow, on-sale June 16th, 2015)
(William Morrow, on-sale June 16th, 2015)
Every dream comes with a price…
Dallas
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Sacrifice.
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Sacrifice.
I’m familiar with it.
I've had to leave behind everyone I cared about—my sister, my best friend, my band, and my high school sweetheart—in order to chase my dream of making it in Nashville.
But when Robyn Breeland walks back into my life, it’s as if the universe has decided to give me a second chance. I’m just not sure it’s one I’m willing to take.
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Robyn
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Heartbreak.
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Heartbreak.
I practically majored in it.
Dallas Lark was the first boy I ever loved and the one who'd shattered my heart into pieces. But I’ve moved on. Working in promotions at Midnight Bay Bourbon, I’m too busy to sit around moping over my ex. But when my company decides to sponsor his tour, I’ll have to face him whether I’m ready to or not. Dallas is determined to drive me to distraction, and my body begs me to let him.
Trouble is, my heart can’t tell the difference between a second chance and making the same mistake twice.
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The Two Sides of Dallas Walker Lark...
By Caisey Quinn
One of the absolute craziest things about writing Loving
Dallas was the fact that it was like having two male leads. Dallas himself says
it best in the chapter where he explains to Robyn about "Person
Dallas" and "Performer Dallas." The recording label he is
hired onto quickly turns charming Dallas Lark from Amarillo (think: country
cutie Easton Corbin) into the sexy, sharp-tongued Dallas Walker, a drifter with
a shady past (think: country music outlaw Eric Church). I thought it might be
fun to compare the two sides of my guy side by side!
STYLE
First up, even though he's really just one man, Dallas has a
completely different style when he's on stage. If you were to see the laid back
crooner around town, he'd be clad in a well worn-in flannel button down and his
favorite pair of jeans and cowboy boots. There will likely be trucker hat
providing some shade over his baby blues. However, stop in to see a show and
you might not recognize him! On stage Dallas Walker rocks an edgier look
including Aviators, leather jackets, and biker boots. Vintage rock band tees
are a staple in the wardrobe of this version of Dallas!
SWAGGER
Dallas Lark is a caring and somewhat overprotective big
brother to his little sister, Dixie. He believes women should be treated like
the ladies that they are with the respect they deserve. He says Grace and he
says ma'am, y'all!
Dallas Walker on the other hand is a little rougher around
the edge and if you get too close you might enter a danger zone where you end
up in scandalous tabloid photos alongside country music's newest bad boy!
SWEETHEARTS
Dallas Lark will forever carry a torch for his high school
sweetheart, Robyn Breeland. She is and will always be his muse.
Dallas Walker can't be tamed or tied down and women traipse
in and out of his life quicker than Billboard chart toppers change places! He
does certainly pay a lot of attention to one special lady that has yet to be
identified by media sources. Rumor has it she's the one that got away!
Which version of Dallas would be your favorite kind of book
boyfriend? Decide for yourself on 6.16.15 when LOVING DALLAS GOES LIVE!
Loving Dallas Excerpt
“You taste like maple syrup. I’m never going to be able to look at pancakes the same way again.”
Dallas’s tongue tangles with mine and I can’t get enough. We’re spiraling quickly out of control. I need to breathe before I pass out.
“Dallas,” I mumble against his mouth. “We shouldn’t do this. Not here.”
The driver can hear us, could glance in the rearview and get an eyeful.
“It’s a ten-minute drive to the hotel. I’m probably going to spontaneously combust before then.” I laugh against his lips. “You’re a big boy. I think you can handle it.”
I slide off his lap, leaving my legs draped over it, though, and lean my head on his shoulder.
“I can’t wait to show you just how big of a boy I am, and how well I can handle it.”
“Behave yourself,” I whisper in the darkness.
“Can’t,” is all he says, sliding his warm fingers beneath my skirt and between my thighs.
“Dallas.” I squirm as he dips beneath my panties.
“I haven’t forgotten, baby,” he murmurs against my hair. “I remember exactly how tight and hot and wet you are. I remember each and every place you like me to touch you. I am a dying man waiting to hear those sweet whimpers you make when I slide inside you.”
I whimper right then, because damn. He feels so good, smells so good, tastes so good. He’s familiar but at the same time, new, differ- ent from what I remember. Rougher around the edges, broader, and behaving more boldly than he ever has with me.
The boy version from my memories was sweet, polite, and some- what distant. The grown-up version of Dallas Walker Lark is all hard edges, and intensity—sin wrapped in sugar sprinkled with lust. And I want to savor every single bite.
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Yay! Dallas and Robyn! I loved Leaving Amarillo, and am so excited for this story!
ReplyDeleteI really need to read Caisey Quinn's books, the characters sound really well developed! Loved the excerpt too!
ReplyDeleteNaomi @ Nomi’s Paranormal Palace