Release Date: 28 October 2014
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Keyboardist Kyle Cross may look like a bad boy with his tattoos and piercings, but he’s really the good guy who’s always stuck fixing his band’s problems and never gets the girl. His band is competing in a college Battle of the Bands, but when their bassist doesn't show, Kyle must track her down with the help of the person he least expects: his ex-girlfriend Alexis Monroe.
Kyle hasn’t seen Alexis since she dumped him in high school, and she’s dropped her preppy image for fiery red hair and a bold new attitude to match. With only hours before his band goes on stage, Kyle has to be a little bad if he wants to win both the Battle and the girl he's never gotten over. But when their old problems resurface, the good guy might just get his heart broken all over again.
EXCERPT
Alexis stood alone in
front of the bar, watching the band on stage. Her leather jacket had been left
in her car, and in her tight jeans and tiny, V-necked top, she radiated a cool,
sexy confidence I found irresistible. She’d had that same confidence when we
were younger, too, but now it had an edge, like she wasn’t afraid to be
herself. It made me want her even more.
I moved behind her,
fitting myself against her back, and whispered her name in her ear. I didn’t
need to say anything else. She turned her head and met my eyes with a look of
desire that matched my own. Her hand reached up to circle my neck, drawing my
head down to hers, and I gave in to her siren call.
Our lips touched for the
first time in three years. It was everything I remembered and more. Like waking
from a long coma. A bright sunrise over a dark sky. The first hint of spring
after a long winter. I was truly living again, in the way I normally only felt
when I was on stage.
The kiss started slow, an
awakening, an exploration, a forgiveness of our past mistakes. I teased at her
mouth with my own, opening her wider, wanting more, wanting everything. Her
lips were amazingly soft and sweet, like candy I’d tasted long ago and had
finally rediscovered. I wrapped my arms around her hips, holding her flush
against me. She groaned and dug her fingers into the back of my hair, pulling
me even closer.
She turned in my arms to
face me. “I guess this means you’re giving me a second chance.”
“I guess it does.” I
lowered my lips to hers again.
Our bodies fit together
perfectly, like when we’d hugged except this time we didn’t hold back. I slid
my hands down to cup her butt, pressing her against the front of my jeans. Our
kiss deepened, mouths hungry for each other, bodies desperate to be together
again. We couldn’t get close enough, couldn’t get enough of each other. She
clung to me like I was her savior, and I kissed her harder, flicking my tongue
across hers, nibbling at her lower lip. Her fingers gripped the top of my jeans
and tugged on them, like she wanted them gone. If she kept this up, I would rip
her clothes off and take her right there on the bar counter.
This was all moving so
fast, but I didn’t care. This was exactly the kind of thing my brother did, and
after being apart from Alexis for so long, I didn’t want to go slow.
“Let’s go to my
car,” she said, breathless. “The backseat…”
“My thoughts exactly.”
We broke apart, and the
rest of the club came into focus again. The crowd pressing around us in the
dark. The clink of bottles behind the bar. The music blasting from the speakers.
The lights illuminating the band on stage. I checked the time. About an hour
before our set. No one would miss me if I slipped out for a few minutes.
I took Alexis’s hand, the
action so familiar I could almost believe we’d never broken up. She gave me a
knowing smile and let me lead her through the club, weaving between other
couples and head-banging fans. I couldn’t get us out of there fast enough. My
brain had shut off and my body had taken over, with only lust and primal urges
controlling me now.
This might only last one
night. I didn’t care. I’d take one night with Alexis. As long as I reminded
myself it was just sex and nothing more, I’d be fine. If Jared could do it, so
could I.
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Elizabeth Briggs is a full-time geek who writes books for teens and adults. She plays the guitar, mentors at-risk teens, and volunteers with a dog rescue group. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband and a pack of small, fluffy dogs.
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