When Mount St. Helens erupts in 1980, the ash cloud blankets a college campus and sets off a chain of events that reach across decades in Gina Robinson’s latest College Age New Adult Romance.Now, Maddie Foster, the daughter of a college girl from that time, falls for former Double Deltsie sorority house boy Seth Butler, and their romance threatens to expose secrets that have been hushed for too long. Views: 149
Crazy how eight years can disappear in an instant. One look at Katie Watts, and I’m a fifteen-year-old again—the one who risked everything to save a terrified girl from her twisted kidnapper. She’s grown-up now—beautiful, quiet, composed—and telling her story to the world. A story that involves me in more ways than you can imagine. She used to call me her guardian angel. Sure, I risked my life, but she was worth dying for.I need to make contact with her. Just to ensure that she’s safe.Somehow we reconnect. We become friends . . . but I want more. I want to make her mine. And she wants me too. Does she know who I am? Has she figured me out? Not yet. But she will. In the meantime, I need to make sure that whatever hold that animal had on her is gone.So, yeah, I’m stealing these moments with her. Savoring them. Knowing, dreading, that she’ll soon find out who I really am. And everythingwill fall apart. All because of that twisted, perverted monster sitting on death row. Her kidnapper. A convicted serial killer.My father. Views: 146
Tonight, I risk it all. My fortune. My freedom. My love. My so-called brothers in oath have betrayed me. Perhaps they forgot how many of their secrets I've been keeping. Tonight, vengeance is mine. But when it comes to heisting a priceless diamond there is no simple plan. There will be blood. After all, there is no such thing as a bloodless coup. I'm not the only one risking it all. At the center of it all is the woman I never saw coming. The woman who owns my heart. What a tangled web I've woven, trying to find honor amongst these thieves. The good news is, I know who to trust. The even better news...I know who to burn. Views: 145
When Aiyanna Casilieris becomes stranded in a snowed in mountain cabin, the last thing she imagined was that she'd be welcoming a wickedly sexy intruder to keep her company. But within days, she's invited him to do so much more. First instincts are usually right. Falling for someone on the rebound is never a good idea. But Nathan Romero has never been one to pass up a harmless and meaningless good time. Even when it turns out the sexy stranger he's stranded with is a lot more innocent than he imagined. Even before they're rescued, he finds himself asking for more time with her once they're out of there. As their relationship back in the real world intensifies, nothing surprises Nathan anymore. Not how fast things move between them nor even their talk of moving in together. Anything too good to be true... always is. Surrounded by friends and family who are all for the relationship despite it moving at lightning speed, Nathan couldn't be surer that what he's feeling for Aiyanna is the real deal. Things between them couldn't be more perfect. Until the unspeakable happens. Could their love survive the most brutal of betrayals, especially when there's no denying it? Or was their rapid but perfect relationship really too good to be true? Views: 144
Halfway around the world wasn't far enough away to keep my best mate's sister safe from our enemies... or my touch. I will have her. Even though she's the beauty and I'm the beast. Emma Varma remembers me as the black hearted prince of Eton prep... but the hardened man I've become won't be so easily burned. Her return to London has nothing to do with me and everything to do with retribution. Gone is the wild child I remember and in her place a striking beauty, tempting me with a second chance to break all the rules that I missed the first time... before I was man enough to make her mine. Views: 141
From the International Bestselling Author of the Tempest seriesA Mature YA contemporary set in the tough world of Elite Gymnastics.Her family may be shattered, but her dreams aren't...Seventeen year old Karen Campbell has just lost both her parents in a tragic car accident. Grief stricken and alone, her gymnastics coach opens his home to Karen, providing her a place to live while she continues to train, working toward a spot on the world championship team. Coach Bentley’s only child, seventeen year old Jordan is good-looking and charming enough to scare away a girl like Karen—someone who has spent ten times more hours on balance beams and uneven bars than talking or even thinking about boys. But the two teens share a special connection almost immediately. It turns out Jordan has a tragic past of his own, grief buried for years. As Karen’s gymnastics career soars, her nightmares and visions of the horrible accident grow in strength. She can only avoid facing her grief for so long before it begins to surface and ultimately spin out of control in a very dangerous way. Can discovering love and lust (simultaneously) help with the grieving process or will it only provide a temporary distraction while waiting for reality to hit full force?Review"Poignant and emotionally-charged, Letters to Nowhere is about the befores and afters that color our daily lives." - Sophia Bleu, author of Catching Liam"Letters to Nowhere is a beautiful story filled to the brim with hope, growth, and the magic of teenage relationships that will blow readers away." - The Book Cellar"That perfect mix of sweet and emotional, Letters to Nowhere had me hooked. I love Karen and Jordan so much!" - A Good AddictionAbout the AuthorJulie Cross is the International Bestselling author of the Tempest series, a young adult science fiction trilogy which includes Tempest, Vortex, and the final installment, Timestorm (St. Martin's Press). She's also the author of Letters to Nowhere (8/13), a mature young adult romance set in the world of elite gymnastics, as well as several forthcoming young adult and new adult novels with publishers like Entangled, Sourcebooks, HarperCollins, and St. Martin's Press/Thomas Dunne Books.Julie lives in Central Illinois with her husband and three children. She's a former gymnast, longtime gymnastics fan, coach, and former Gymnastics Program Director with the YMCA. She's a lover of books, devouring several novels a week, especially in the young adult and new adult genres. Outside of her reading and writing credibility's, Julie Cross is a committed--but not talented--long distance runner, creator of imaginary beach vacations, Midwest bipolar weather survivor, expired CPR certification card holder, as well as a ponytail and gym shoe addict. You can find her online via twitter, her personal website, email, facebook, Goodreads, or co-moderating the YAwriters section of reddit. Views: 140
