Good Enough to Trust
(Good Enough #2-Going Back)
by Zara Stoneley
Contemporary
Erotic Romance
Publisher: Self/Indie
Heat Level: Sizzling
Word Count: 45,000
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Description
Do
you trust the boy you loved, or the man you might?
Sophie
has only one thing on her New Year’s resolution list – sorting out her life.
Losing
her parents was hard, blaming herself hurt more – but was it really her fault,
or was accepting the guilt easier than facing up to the truth?
Retracing
her steps was never going to be easy, risking her heart again is even harder -
and when there's two men to choose from will it be easier to trust the man
she's never stopped loving, or the one that might give her the new start she
needs?
Warning: This title is intended for
readers over the age of 18 as it contains explicit sex scenes and/or situations
(including m/f/m menage and outdoor sex) and adult language, and may be
considered offensive to some readers.
About the Author
Zara
Stoneley has been writing stories for as long as she’s been reading them. She
submitted her first novel, a thriller, to a UK publisher when she was twelve
years old.
After
moving on to romance, she started off writing contemporary romance with a bit
of sizzle, and then discovered she liked hot and erotic too. Her erotic work
has been published by Xcite Books and Breathless Press. She also writes
contemporary romance under the name Susie Medwell, and her latest romance is
due to be published by Lyrical Press in May 2013.
Zara
loves her family, sunshine, wine, good food, caffeine, cats, music, writing and
reading - but not necessarily in that order!
Connect with Zara Stoneley
Website: http://www.zarastoneley.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/zarastoneley
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/zarastoneley
Amazon Author Page: http://amazon.com/author/zarastoneley
EXCERPT #3
“Do you love Holly?” I felt him stiffen, maybe because I’d caught him unawares, or maybe because talking
slush wasn’t his thing, but we’d always been honest with each other, answered the questions that mattered.
“I think so. I thought I loved Sal, but this is
different. I’d never let her down and hurt her, if that’s what you’re asking.”
“No, it isn’t that. Why is it different?”
There was a long pause, but that was Dane, he
was thinking. So, for once, I let him and didn’t interrupt him. I wanted to
hear his answer, not mine.
“Maybe because I’m a bit older, more mature,
different expectations I guess. Why?”
“It’s different with Ollie too.” I was half
talking to myself, but it was so quiet I knew he could hear and the warmth of
his body against mine felt safe. “I was mad about him when we were kids.” I
laughed, I had been. I’d never thought about it before, when it had all gone
wrong it set a different perspective on things. But I had been mad about him, he’d
been wicked and bad with a sexy, naughty daredevil streak that made my heart
race. He’d scared me and excited me and I’d have followed him wherever he’d
led. I hadn’t wanted safe and secure, and Ollie hadn’t been. But he had been
kind and considerate too, I’d never felt like he’d push me too far or that he’d
abandon me. I’d felt like it was never going to end.
“I was
mad about him, but I loved him, it was a kind of uncomplicated, mad passionate,
no holds barred thing I think, because I didn’t know any better.” I picked at
the grass. “I came down here with him because I loved him, not just because it
was hard at home.”
“And?”
“And now it’s different. It hurts. When I saw
him again it scared me, it wasn’t easy anymore because I’d made it have this
importance attached to it.”
“Different expectations?”
“Yeah, I suppose so. He let me down and I’m
scared of him doing it again. So it has to be totally real now or I can’t do
it, I wanted to know he loves me and he doesn’t. Not enough anyway.”
“Maybe he has different expectations too?”
“Like?”
“You don’t need me to tell you that.”
I wasn’t sure what Ollie expected, but it
wasn’t what he’d seen when he was with me.
Giveaway Info:
Prize is 2 eBook copies (1 each to 2 winners) of any title from Zara Stoneley’s back list.
Contest is tour-wide and ends May 1.
Must be 18 years of age or older to enter.
Link to Schedule:
Money Didn't Buy Her
Love
by
June Kramin
Contemporary Romance
Publisher: TBA
Heat Level: Sensual
Length: 344 pages
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Coming Soon
Description
Trying to get his bearings on an unfamiliar street and not
paying attention, Jeremy slams his breaks to avoid hitting the most beautiful
bride he has ever seen. When Danielle climbs in his truck, he assumes she’s in
a hurry to get to her wedding; he didn’t realize she was escaping one. He
agrees to let her return to his apartment so she can call for help, only she
refuses to leave.
As the days pass, Jeremy finds it harder to fight off her
passes and claims of falling in love with him. Besides having almost ten years
on her, Jeremy discovers the family secret she had been trying to hide. How
could the daughter of a billionaire settle for a plumber living paycheck to
paycheck?
Despite every tactic her father throws at her and an
ex-fiancé who refuses to let her go, Dani stakes her claim to the only thing
she has ever truly wanted in her life and fights to make Jeremy hers.
Excerpt
“Exactly who the hell are you, Dani? Paris Hilton?”
She walked to a bench then sat down. “We’re doing this
sooner than I hoped.”
“What’s your last name?”
Again she sighed. “Houseman.”
“You’re shitting me.”
“I wish I was.”
Jeremy sat down, afraid his knees would give away.
“You’re… your dad is… Dani that’s…” He couldn’t form a proper sentence and
opted to shut up.
“That’s pretty much how everyone reacts. It was nice
while it lasted.” She went to stand up, but he held her hand and pulled her
back down.
“First of all, nothing about this was nice, so cut the
crap. You pretty much kidnapped and raped me… twice on that second one.”
She managed a giggle.
“I’m sorry I was a stammering idiot. I guess I’ve never
been in the presence of a billionairess before. My humble plumbing and heating
ass feels a little put to shame.”
She rested her cheek to his chest; he wrapped an arm
around her. “I liked that you liked me for me, not who I was.”
“I don’t like you. What are you talking about?”
She gave him a playful slap on his chest. “You were
starting to like me. Admit it.”
“Maybe I finally got to where I could tolerate your two
a.m. jumpings.”
Again she laughed. “What Blake and I had was practically
a medieval arranged marriage. His family is even more loaded than mine. I
didn’t date much before him because I was always under lock and key. I was damn
lucky I didn’t have a chastity belt put on me. If I was out with family without
him, everyone swooned over me like a trophy. They wanted to date me because of
who I was.”
“Don’t sell yourself short. You’re gorgeous.”
“You never said you like the way I look.”
“Am I dead? Come on, Dani. You have to know how beautiful
you are.”
“I don’t think anyone has told me that – not anyone who
didn’t want something from me, anyway.”
“Well then, I guess you can take my compliment off your
list of firsts.”
“Why? You don’t want anything from me.”
“I wouldn’t go that far.” He moved her off his chest and
stood up.
She followed him up. “You do like me. I knew it!”
“You are certifiable – a total nut job, one of the
pickiest eaters I have ever known… but you drive me crazy.” She tiptoed up to
wrap her arms around his neck, but he stopped her and held her by the wrists.
“Nothing has changed, Dani. No, wait. In fact is has. It’s worse. We are even
more of a mismatch than we’ve ever been. I’m still too old for you and you
still need to wake up and quit your pouting. I knew I should have stuck to my
guns about us. Nothing good is going to come to me for falling for you. There’s
no way your family will tolerate anything less than this Blake.”
About the Author
Wife, Mother, Writer, Lunatic. Not necessarily in that
order.
"There is a fine line between genius and crazy... I
like to use that line as a jump rope!"
June, who prefers to go by Bug, was born in Philadelphia
but moved to Maui, Hawaii when she was four. She met her “Prince Charming” on
Kauai and is currently living “Happily Ever After” on a hobby farm in a small
town in Southern Minnesota.
She enjoys riding her Paint horse, Ringo, around the
small ghost town they are playfully reestablishing with the neighbors and
playing in Photoshop. Her son and daughter are her greatest accomplishments.
She takes pride in embarrassing them every chance she gets.
Being hopelessly addicted to 80's music is her super
power.
Connect with June Kramin
Website: http://www.junekramin.com/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/JuneKramin
Twitter: https://twitter.com/junekramin
MG Series: http://www.beforehappilyeverafter.com/
Giveaway Info:
Prize is an eBook copy of “Money Didn’t Buy Her Love”.
Contest is tour-wide and ends May 1.
Must be 18 years of age or older to enter.
Link to Schedule:
Thanks so much for the share! We had a last minute cover change but the amazing models are still the same! :)
ReplyDeleteHappy Reading & good luck with the giveaway!
June
Thanks so much for featuring me! Zara x
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