Rescued
By a Stranger
By: Lizbeth Selvig
Avon Romance
Releasing Oct 1st, 2013
Blurb:
She’s a
woman full of dreams
When a stranger arrives in town on a vintage motorcycle, Jill Carpenter has no idea her life is about to change forever. She never expected her own personal knight in shining armor would be an incredibly charming and handsome southern man-but one with a deep secret.
He’s a man hoping to outrun a tragedy
When Chase Preston jumped on his motorcycle to escape his wounded life, he didn’t expect the perfect woman to fall into his arms... literally! But though he can’t deny his feelings for the sweet and beautiful Jill, he doesn’t see any way he and his mistake-filled past will fit into her bright future.
Falling in love may require more than either can give
The longer Chase stays in Kennison Falls, the more deeply Jill and the people of her home town pull him in. The more Jill discovers heroic qualities in Chase, the more she wants to find a home in his arms-if only he would trust her with the truth. But will truth tear them apart when Jill’s dreams start coming true and Chase’s past finally returns to haunt him? Or, can they get beyond dreams to find the love that will rescue their two hearts?
When a stranger arrives in town on a vintage motorcycle, Jill Carpenter has no idea her life is about to change forever. She never expected her own personal knight in shining armor would be an incredibly charming and handsome southern man-but one with a deep secret.
He’s a man hoping to outrun a tragedy
When Chase Preston jumped on his motorcycle to escape his wounded life, he didn’t expect the perfect woman to fall into his arms... literally! But though he can’t deny his feelings for the sweet and beautiful Jill, he doesn’t see any way he and his mistake-filled past will fit into her bright future.
Falling in love may require more than either can give
The longer Chase stays in Kennison Falls, the more deeply Jill and the people of her home town pull him in. The more Jill discovers heroic qualities in Chase, the more she wants to find a home in his arms-if only he would trust her with the truth. But will truth tear them apart when Jill’s dreams start coming true and Chase’s past finally returns to haunt him? Or, can they get beyond dreams to find the love that will rescue their two hearts?
Teaser:
“Heck, what
good is having a big, strong, Southern biker around if he can’t protect you
from boogie men?” Her eyes began to focus in the dim light. “Where’s the dog?”
“She was
right here.”
“Angel?”
Jill called. “C’mon, girl. Let’s go get you something to eat.” She’d responded
to her new name all evening. Jill frowned.
Chase gave
a soft, staccato, dog-calling whistle. Angel stuck her head out from a stall a
third of the way down the aisle. “There she is. C’mon, girl.”
Angel disappeared
into the stall.
“Weird,”
Jill said, and headed down the aisle.
At the door
to a freshly bedded, empty stall they found Angel curled beside a mound of
sweet, fragrant hay, staring up as if expecting them.
“Silly
girl,” Jill said. “You don’t have to stay here. We’re taking you home. Come.”
Angel
didn’t budge. She rested her head between her paws and gazed through raised
doggy brows. Chase led the way into the stall. “Everything all right, pup?” He
stroked her head.
Jill
reached for the dog, too, and her hand landed on Chase’s. They both froze.
Slowly he rotated his palm and wove his fingers through hers. The few minor
fireworks she’d felt in the car earlier were nothing compared to the explosion
now detonating up her arm and down her back.
“I’ve been
trying to avoid this since I got off that dang horse.” His voice cracked into a
low whisper.
“Why?”
He stood
and pulled her to her feet. “Because I am not a guy someone as young and good
as you are should let do this.”
“You’ve
saved my life and rescued a dog. Are you trying to tell me I should be worried
about you?"
She touched
his face, bold enough in the dark to do what light had made her too shy to try.
"Maybe."
The hard,
smooth fingertips of his free hand slid inexorably up her forearm and covered
the hand on his cheek. Drawing it down to his side, he pulled her whole body
close, and the little twister of excitement in her stomach burst into a
thousand quicksilver thrills. Her eyelids slipped closed, and his next question
touched them in warm puffs of breath.
"If I
were to kiss you right now, would it be too soon?"
Her eyes
flew open, and she searched his shadowy gaze, incredulous. “You’re asking
permission? Who does that?”
“Seemed
like the right thing.”
“Well
permission granted, now hush.”
She freed her
hands, placed them on his cheeks, roughened with beard stubble, and rose on
tip-toe to meet his mouth while he gripped the back of her head.
The soft
kiss nearly knocked her breathless with unleashed power. Chase dropped more hot
kisses on each corner of her mouth and down her chin, feathered her nose and
her cheeks, and finally returned wondrously to her mouth. Again and again he
plied her bottom lip with his teeth, stunning her with his insistent
exploration. The pressure of his lips and the clean, masculine scent of
his skin, took away her equilibrium. She could only follow the motions of his
head and revel in the heat stoking the fire in her belly.
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LIZBETH
SELVIG lives in Minnesota with her best friend (aka her husband) and a
hyperactive border collie. After working as a newspaper journalist and magazine
editor, and raising an equine veterinarian daughter and a talented musician
son, Lizbeth entered Romance Writers of America’s Golden Heart® contest in 2010
and won the Single Title Contemporary category. That book, The Rancher and the
Rock Star, became her debut novel with Avon Impulse. In her spare time, she
loves to hike, quilt, read, horseback ride, and play with her four-legged
grandchildren, of which there are nearly twenty, including a wallaby, an
alpaca, a donkey, a pig, two sugar gliders, and many dogs, cats and horses. She
loves connecting with readers! Find her on Facebook, Twitter, and at www.lizbethselvig.com.
Author Links
http://www.lizbethselvig.com/Home.htmlhttps://twitter.com/lizbethselvig
http://www.lizbethselvig.blogspot.com/
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