Encore
Amplified #2
By Tara Kelly
Publisher: Embrace by Entangled
Genre: New Adult Romance
Release
Date: December 5, 2016
Synopsis
I lied my way
into a band, humiliated them on stage, and got my heart broken by the bassist.
Now…we’re on tour together.
Of course my
dad, who I haven’t seen since he kicked me out, makes a surprise visit the day
before we leave. Spoiler alert: It doesn’t go well. I have to quit the band and
go to college or he’s cutting me out of his life for good.
This tour is the
best opportunity we may ever have – and it’s already a disaster. We’re broke.
We can't stop fighting. And being in such close quarters to Sean isn't exactly
helping me get over him. Even though we're just friends now, every time our
fingers brush or our eyes catch, my heart betrays me. He's the kind of
distraction I can't afford to have right now…no matter how much I wish things
were different.
This is one road
trip that will be hard to forget…
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Excerpt
Sean was waiting
outside when I opened the door, a red towel slung over one bare shoulder. His
chestnut hair stood up at all angles, and his blue flannel pajama pants were
rumpled from sleep.
He looked at me
with those bright green eyes, the kind you swore were fake, and smiled. “You
finally done in there?”
I rested my palm
against the doorframe, playing cool. Telling my eyes not to wander to the taut
muscles in his stomach or the tattoo of quarter notes and barbed wire on his
left arm. The one I’d traced with my finger a couple times, wondering why he’d
picked it. He never did tell me.
Sean was the guy
I wanted. The guy I almost had. The guy I couldn’t have. In short? Sean Ramirez
drove me fucking crazy.
I smirked.
“Actually, I think I need a few more minutes.”
“Okay.” He
brushed past me, hanging his towel on the rack. “Just keep the door shut.”
“Oh, please. You
would not.”
“Try me,” he
whispered.
Heat inched up
my neck, into my face. I’d never seen Sean completely naked, but there was one
night when most of our clothes came off and things went beyond just making out.
Not sex. For better or for worse, I was still a virgin. But some days I
questioned why. What exactly was I waiting for?
“Whatever.” I
rolled my eyes, pretending my heart wasn’t pounding out of my chest. “Leaving
now.” He hadn’t flirted with me like this since we were hooking up. Did it mean
anything? With Sean, I never knew—“guarded” didn’t even begin to describe him.
He touched my
arm. “Hey, wait.” His fingers lingered on my skin for a couple seconds before
he dropped his hand. “I heard about your dad showing up yesterday. How’d it
go?”
“Bryn didn’t
tell you?”
He kept his eyes
on mine, no hint of an answer in his expression. “I meant between you and him.
Did it go okay?”
I shook my head.
“I need to put it out of my mind. At least for now.”
Concern
flickered across his forehead. “I get it. But if you decide you want to talk…”
“I know. I will.
Promise.” I gave him my best reassuring mile and backed out of the bathroom.
Away from him. The need to feel his arms around me. Rest my head against his
chest. Close my eyes. Breathe.
“See you
downstairs,” he said, shutting the door.
We hadn’t hugged
since we’d decided to take the benefits out of our friendship. The very
short-lived benefits—a week and a half, to be exact. It felt like so much
longer at the time.
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Tara Kelly
adores variety in her life. In addition to being an author, she’s a
one-girl-band, graphic designer, videographer, photographer, and avocado
addict. You can usually find her hiking in The Rockies or chasing
thunderstorms. She lives in Colorado with her sound design master husband and
two gigantic, fluffy cats.
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