A Stone in the Sea -- Feb 23
He wanted nothing at all…
Until he found she had everything to give…
Sunder lead singer and guitarist Sebastian Stone has
everything—fans, fame, and fortune. He also has a heart full of bitterness and
a reputation for a short-fused temper. But an outward reputation rarely reveals
the true man inside. Facing assault charges after trying to protect his younger
brother, Sebastian is sent to Savannah, Georgia to lie low until the dust
settles in L.A.
Shea Bentley is beautiful, kind, and hiding from the very
lifestyle Sebastian has always embraced.
When the mysterious, tattooed stranger begins hanging out at the
bar where she works, Shea is quick to recognize he is nothing but trouble, but
she's helpless to the way her body lights up every time his intense gray eyes
tangle with hers.
They both soon find themselves drowning in a sea of desire and
passion that won’t let them up for air.
Sebastian knows firsthand secrets never die, and he’s not the only
one who’s hiding them.
Loving someone always comes with a price. But will it be Shea’s
past that costs them everything?
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Excerpt:
With a smile, I turned around, then froze when my
sight registered the obscured figure leaning against the wall. A strangled gasp
caught in my throat, and my heart took off at a sprint, blood pounding hard in
my ears.
Pushing from the wall, he stepped from the shadows,
his hands again stuffed deep in his pockets.
My heart rate only increased, the energy radiating
from him almost as strong as the disappointment he’d left me with when he’d
gone.
I pressed my hand to my chest to try to still the
panic thundering against my ribs. “You scared me.”
“I’m sorry.” The words were soft. “That’s the last
thing I want to do.”
But he did. I was scared of what he was capable of
doing to me, the way I knew he held the power to trounce all over this
hammering heart, to hold it in his hand and crush it into a million
unrecognizable pieces.
“What are you doing here?” I asked on a shaky
breath.
He looked to the sky and exhaled heavily, before he
leveled his gaze back on me. “The same thing I’m doing every night, Shea.
Thinking about you and wondering why the hell I can’t stop.”
My stomach flipped, and I gulped for air.
“What do you want from me?”
He laughed, lifted his elbows out to his sides in a
helpless gesture without pulling his hands free. “Dinner?”
Nonsensical laughter shot from me. “At three in the
morning?”
“Breakfast?” he amended, a coy smile pulling at his
full, crooked lips.
Tingles spread across my skin, and I ran my hands up
my bare arms. “I already told you I don’t have time for distractions.”
“Come on, Shea. It’s just food. Go out with me. Just
tonight.”
Somehow I knew it was a lie, even though he wanted
to believe it was true.
Nervously, I glanced to the back door all the while
being inexplicably drawn to this man I didn’t even know. I knew I should make a
break for it, run for the safety of my little world and give him no opportunity
to rip it apart.
“I am hungry,” I found myself saying. After a long
night of work, it was true. But it had nothing to do with the reason I was
giving in.
Because I just wanted to…
I shook my head.
That was it. I just wanted. I wanted to be in his
space. I wanted to understand why he had this pull on me. I wanted him.
Even though I’d never allow myself to have him.
Author Bio
A.L. Jackson is the New York Times
bestselling author of Take This Regret
and Lost to You, as well as other
contemporary romance titles, including Come
to Me Quietly, Come to Me Softly, Pulled,
When We Collide, and If Forever
Comes.
She first found a love for writing
during her days as a young mother and college student. She filled the journals she carried with
short stories and poems used as an emotional outlet for the difficulties and
joys she found in day-to-day life.
Years later, she shared a short story
she’d been working on with her two closest friends and, with their
encouragement, this story became her first full length novel. A.L. now spends
her days writing in Southern Arizona where she lives with her husband and three
children. Her favorite pastime is spending time with the ones she loves.
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