A Moment
by Marie
Hall
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BLURB:
Ryan
Cosgrove and Liliana Delgado are on a collision course with destiny. They don't
know it yet, but before the night is over their lives will be forever changed.
Spending
Valentine's Day at a burlesque bar, hadn't been Liliana's ideal way of spending
a Friday night. She'd much rather be back at campus, doing homework... until
she meets Ryan. Tall, athletic, and gorgeous, Lili can't keep her eyes off him,
and despite his gruff manners and drunken disposition she's intrigued.
Ryan's
got demons, and they're deep, dark, and eating him alive. Regardless of his
attraction to the petite brunette he's tired of fighting, of pretending the
last fifteen years haven't been a daily struggle just to get out of bed every
morning. That night he decides to end his pain, to leave it all behind and
float away into the blessed darkness of oblivion. But fate has other plans for
him, Lily finds and rescues Ryan, determined she'll not only save his body, but
his soul too.
This
is their moment...
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Excerpt
The doors
slide open with a loud whoosh. Huffing the bangs out of my eyes I look up and
my heart stills.
In fact,
everything seems to freeze. It’s a strange sensation, sounds grow dim, and the
world recedes to a pinprick of light, a halo that surrounds him. I have no idea
who he is, a perfect stranger in a room full of them, but something about him
stands out and makes me notice.
He has dark
wavy hair and intense blue eyes. He stands squinting in the doorway and it’s
obvious why he’s here. The entire left side of his face is a swollen mass of
discolored skin. He grabs the corner of his jaw and I notice his knuckles are
also split open. Hard eyes scan the waiting room, and for a second, I glimpse
in his face the same emotion I’m feeling right now.
Anywhere but
here…
Then our eyes
meet. He’s older than me, I can tell. There are whiskers on his cheeks, and he
doesn’t look like a boy.
Especially
not like the boy who did this to me.
The look
lasts only a second, but feels more like an eternity-- a stolen moment in time
that exists outside of where we’re at right now. But like so much in my life,
it’s fleeting.
AUTHOR Bio and Links:
Marie Hall
has always had a dangerous fascination for creatures that go bump in the night.
And mermaids. And of course fairies. Trolls. Unicorns. Shapeshifters. Vampires.
Scottish brogues. Kilts. Beefy arms. Ummm... Bad boys! Especially the sexy
ones. Which is probably why she married one.
On top of
that she's a confirmed foodie, she nearly went to culinary school and then
figured out she could save a ton of money if she just watched food shows
religiously! She's a self-proclaimed master chef, certified deep sea dolphin
trainer, finder of leprechaun's gold at the end of the rainbow, and rumor has
it she keeps the Troll King locked away in her basement. All of which is
untrue, however, she does have an incredibly active imagination and loves to
share her crazy thoughts with the world!
If you want
to see what new creations she's got up her sleeves check out her blog:
www.MarieHallWrites.blogspot.com
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Buy links:
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