Excerpt & Giveaway: Full Exposure by Sara Jane Stone
Full
Exposure
Independence
Falls Book One
By:
Sara Jane Stone
Releasing
July 1st,
2014
Avon
Impulse
Blurb
No
touching allowed …
After
serving her country, Georgia Trulane craves adventure—and sex.
She's set her sights on her brother's best friend—now her boss,
since she took a temporary job as his nephew's live-in nanny. Only
problem? Eric refuses to touch her. That doesn't stop Georgia from
seducing him. But an earth-shattering encounter leaves her fully
exposed, body and soul.
Eric
has a long list of reasons to steer clear of the woman he has wanted
for as long as he can remember. For one, he refuses to be her next
thrill ride. When he claims her, it will be for good. But the
attraction is undeniable, and the more they fight it, the stronger it
pulls. But will it be enough to conquer their obstacles?
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“Can
I ask you something?” Eric said.
“Sure.”
She reached for the potato salad, craving the familiar taste of
comfort and home.
“Why’d
you enlist?” he said. “After college, why didn’t you move back
here? I know Liam was pushing you to come home. So what made you
wake up one day and join the Army?”
Georgia
stared at creamy mix of potatoes, celery, and spice. Her brother had
asked that question again and again. She’d always told him the
same thing: because she’d wanted to, plain and simple. But there
was more to it.
“I
know the reason you gave to Liam,” he added. “But there has to
be something else. You joined knowing we were at war. You had to
know it would cost you.”
“I
did.” She looked at him. “But I didn’t lose anything I can’t
reclaim.”
Her
sleep, her sense of security—she could and she would find those
things again. She’d lived through it and come out whole, at least
on the outside. On the inside? She could fix that. As long as she
didn’t push too far too fast and respected her boundaries, she
could put herself back together.
“But
you didn’t need to go.” His voice held a hint of sadness and a
touch of desperation, something she rarely heard in his words.
“Georgia, I’m proud of you. Knowing you were over there, risking
your life, it scared the shit out of me. And your brother too. He
hid it well, but Liam was terrified.”
Georgia
set the food aside, her appetite slipping away. “I know. And I’m
sorry for that. When I graduated, I had no idea what I wanted to do.
You and Liam, you both knew your future was here, waiting for you.
But I didn’t know where to go or what to do with my life. I needed
a purpose. And I needed to do something on my own and see what was
out there. The Army gave me that. From the day I started basic
training to the day I came home, being a solider, it challenged me.”
She
looked over at him, searching the strong, hard lines of his familiar
face to see if Eric understood. She had a feeling her brother never
would. How could she expect them to understand what it was like to
be a woman who wanted so much out of life, but didn’t know where to
turn? She’d grown up on the fringe of the middle class, and lost
her parents, one after the other to cancer, while she was in college.
Then she’d graduated knowing only two things about what she wanted
for her future—adventure and purpose.
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After
several years on the other side of the publishing industry, Sara Jane
Stone bid goodbye to her sales career to pursue her dream—writing
romance novels. Sara Jane currently resides in Brooklyn, New York
with her very supportive real-life hero, two lively young children
and a lazy Burmese cat. Visit her online at www.sarajanestone.com or
find her on Facebook at Sara Jane Stone.
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I have never had a crush on my brother's best friend. One of my brothers is much older and one is much younger. But I did have a big crush on my sisiter's boyfriend.
ReplyDeleteNo I can't say I have ever had one!
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