From the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Wait for You
Do Teresa and Jase have a real shot at getting together or will life get in the way?
Teresa Hamilton is having a rough year—she's in love with her big brother's best friend, but he hasn't spoken to her since they shared a truly amazing, mind-blowing, life-changing kiss. Then she got out of a terrible relationship. Now an injury is threatening to end her dance career for good. It's time for plan B: college. And maybe she'll have a chance to convince Jase that what they have together is real.
Jase Winstead has a huge secret that he's not telling anyone—especially not his best friend's incredibly beautiful sister. Even though he and Teresa shared the hottest kiss of his life, he knows that his responsibilities must take priority. He certainly doesn't have time for a relationship. But it doesn't help that all he can think about is kissing the one girl who could ruin everything for him.
As they're thrown together more and more, Jase and Teresa can't keep denying their feelings for each other. But a familiar danger looms and tragedy strikes. As the campus recovers, the star-crossed couple must decide what they're willing to risk to be together and what they're willing to lose if they're not. . . .
EXCERPT:
to outrun
my heart. “Two of them to be exact.”
“Okay.”
There was a pause. “Are your eyes closed?”
“No.”
His chin slid off my head and then his chest rumbled as he laughed.
“Your eyes are
closed.”
He laughed again. “Open them up.”
Cursing under my breath, I pried one eye open and then jerked against
him. His arm
tightened.
“Oh wow …”
The black-and-white horse was the closest, standing mere feet away from
me. The brown
one
wasn’t too far, shaking its head and making soft snorts. My eyes were wide as
they bounced
between
the two creatures. “They’re not carnivorous, right? Because at their size, they
could eat
me.”
Jase laughed deeply as his hand shifted up, resting in the center of my
stomach, just
below my
breasts. “Horses do not eat people, you little idiot.”
I started, eyes narrowing. “There’s always a first.”
The lips pulled back on the black-and-white horse as if it was smirking
at me.
“This one right here? Mr. Friendly? Jack calls him Bubba One,” he said in a
quiet,
calming
voice. But air hitched in my throat when his thumb moved in a slow circle over
the thin
material
of my tank top, hitting against the wire in my bra. “And the brown one is Bubba
Two.”
Mouth dry, I wetted my lips. “That’s good for remembering names.”
He chuckled as his pinkie and forefinger started to move up and down,
reaching my belly
button
and then sliding back up. It was almost as if he was unaware of what he was
doing, or the
electrifying
response the tiny motions were dragging out of me. “I think so too, but his
real name
is
Lightning.”
Said horse shook his head, tossing the shaggy mane.
“Lightning seems to be a more suitable name,” I admitted, relaxing as
the seconds
passed.
Maybe that was his intention. Distract me with the soft, almost innocent
touches. It was
working.
“What about Bubba Two?
“Ah, the one who is staring at the pail like it’s the holy mecca of
grain?” His cheek
grazed
mine as I laughed. “That’s Thunder. And we’re going to feed them. Together.”
The friction his fingers created with my shirt sent tiny shivers up and
down my back.
“With our
hands?”
His answering laugh tipped the corners of my lips up. “Yes. With our
hands.”
“After checking out the choppers on them, I’m not so sure about that.”
“You’ll be okay.” He slid his hand off my stomach and wrapped it around
my wrist.
Slowly,
he lifted my hand out in front of me. “Hold still.”
My heart lurched. “Jase—”
Lightning trotted forward and pressed his wet nose against my hand. I
cringed, waiting
for him
to eat my poor fingers. The horse didn’t. Nope. It nudged my hand as it
whinnied softly.
He guided my hand up over Lightning’s jaw, all the way to the pointy,
twitchy ears.
“See?” he
murmured. “That’s not too bad, is it?”
I shook my head as my fingers curled along the soft coat. Lightning
seemed to anticipate
the
direction of the petting, pressing his long head against my hand as my fingers
tangled in his
mane. It
wasn’t bad at all.
Jase shifted behind me, and in an instant all thoughts of the horses
evaporated. His hips
lined up
against my backside, and I bit down on my lower lip as I focused on the white
splotch
covering
Lightning’s muzzle.
I could feel him—feel Jase. And there was absolutely no doubt in my mind
that he was
affected
by how close we were standing. That knowledge and the hard length of him left
me
dizzy,
just like it had done that Saturday night. An all too warm flush
spread down my neck. In
the back
of my head, I was rationalizing his physical reaction. He was a guy. Our bodies
were pressed
together.
If a wind blew on a guy’s private area, they got hard. So I should just ignore
it,
but my
body was so not on board with my head. My body was operating on a different
playing
field. An
ache centered low in my stomach. A sharp and sweet yearning raced through my
veins.
“Not so scary, right?” His voice was deeper, richer. “They’re like dogs.
Well, like a dog
that can
carry around two hundred pounds, if not more.” Hand sliding off mine, he
stepped back,
and the
sudden emptiness of his body was like a cold shock. “Trust me.”
Then he smacked my ass.
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# 1 NEW YORK TIMES and USA TODAY Bestselling author Jennifer lives in Martinsburg, West Virginia. All the rumors you’ve heard about her state aren’t true. When she’s not hard at work writing. she spends her time reading, working out, watching really bad zombie movies, pretending to write, and hanging out with her husband and her Jack Russell Loki.
Her dreams of becoming an author started in algebra class, where she spent most of her time writing short stories….which explains her dismal grades in math. Jennifer writes young adult paranormal, science fiction, fantasy, and contemporary romance. She is published with Spencer Hill Press, Entangled Teen and Brazen, Disney/Hyperion and Harlequin Teen. Her book Obsidian has been optioned for a major motion picture and her Covenant Series has been optioned for TV.
She also writes adult and New Adult romance under the name J. Lynn. She is published by Entangled Brazen and HarperCollins.
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