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Totaled
Totaled
by
Stacey Grice
Stacey Grice
~ Synopsis ~
Bree Murphy is stuck. Forced to grow up
too fast after the tragic death of her mother, she has little time for any sort
of life for herself. Now in her early twenties, she is coming to the
realization that she deserves to put herself first.
Drew Dougherty
is also stuck, in a state of merely existing. Memories and secrets of the day
he lost both of his parents haunt him, forcing him to cope the only way he
knows how...by fighting.
When these two worlds collide, hidden
truths are revealed and relationships are put to the ultimate test. At a
crossroad in their lives, they must decide if taking a risk is worth
everything.
Or will their love be......
Totaled.
Totaled is a full length, new adult
contemporary romance novel.
Due to mature content, profane language,
and sexual situations, this book is recommended for ages 18 and up.
~ Excerpt
~
My heart raced, my palms
grew sweaty, my skin felt flushed, and my breathing sped up. I let my tongue
graze over my lips to wet them, and apparently that was invitation enough. His
eyes immediately dropped to my mouth. Drew started to slowly lean in towards
me, closing the distance between us, never releasing my face from his hold.
Everything moved in slow motion and I knew this was the moment of our first
kiss.
Suddenly, out of nowhere, the sky opened up and it started raining. Not raining, pouring! Everyone around us (who I’d been unaware of for the last hour) scattered like ants and we stood to run for cover with the rest of the crowd. People were frantic and crazy, squealing and sprinting for cover, bumping into us left and right. Drew grabbed my hand and pulled me with him, jogging away from the chaos in the rain. We were running in the street along the inter-coastal, in the direction of the gym a few blocks away. Already drenched, we laughed at each other, stepping in puddles and pulling each other back and forth to dodge others in our path. It felt like we were children, being playful and having fun with it, because what else could you do
at that point?
Suddenly, out of nowhere, the sky opened up and it started raining. Not raining, pouring! Everyone around us (who I’d been unaware of for the last hour) scattered like ants and we stood to run for cover with the rest of the crowd. People were frantic and crazy, squealing and sprinting for cover, bumping into us left and right. Drew grabbed my hand and pulled me with him, jogging away from the chaos in the rain. We were running in the street along the inter-coastal, in the direction of the gym a few blocks away. Already drenched, we laughed at each other, stepping in puddles and pulling each other back and forth to dodge others in our path. It felt like we were children, being playful and having fun with it, because what else could you do
at that point?
When the rain picked up,
we were still a good four blocks from the gym. Drew suddenly stopped jogging in
front of me and turned around to face me, a look of intensity and determination
in his expression. I almost couldn't stop in time and nearly crashed into his
chest. He grabbed my face with both of his strong, masculine hands and looked
at me like I was a giant piece of chocolate cake and he was starving. For two
seconds he stared at me. Four seconds. Six seconds. All the while standing in
the middle of the street in the pouring rain. And then his lips crashed into
mine. His lips were firm at first but immediately softened. He licked my lower
lip, tasting me, enticing me to open for him and I couldn't dream of doing
anything in that moment but exactly whatever he wanted me to do. I opened my
lips slowly to invite him in and our tongues touched each other, playfully at
first and then with purpose. They danced together in perfect synchronized
harmony like a beautiful Viennese waltz. The waltz turned into an angry paso
doble, full of passion and angst. His kissed me with urgency, like he couldn't
get enough, but not with haste. He was savoring me, cherishing me. My hair
stuck to my face, slick with wetness from the rain, my dress clinging to my
body, soaked all the way to my underwear, but I didn't want to move. Our hands
were everywhere, grabbing each other anywhere, everywhere. He held my face with
one hand and reached around to the small of my back to pull me in closer to
him. The substantial, hard bulge between us confirmed how much I was affecting
him. I felt my core twitch and throb with a need that I’d never felt before. My
romance novels were finally right about something—this aching and throbbing
stuff was legit. I didn't want to stop feeling it. I didn't ever want to stop.
Our mouths
separated and I tried to take a deep breath, but he moved his mouth down to my
throat and neck, kissing and licking, lapping up the raindrops from my skin,
and I couldn't possibly catch my breath with him doing that. I suddenly
realized where we were still outside, still in the wide open, still in the
rain. He must’ve felt me stiffen, because he brought his eyes up to mine and
smiled.
"Let's get you out of the rain," he said,
and we started jogging towards the gym again.
~ About
the Author ~
I
am a mother to a beautiful five year old daughter and a wife to my best friend.
Being a labor and delivery nurse three nights a week pays the bills but I have
recently decided to take my hobby of writing to the next level. Living in
Florida where I was born and raised allows me to hear the waves and stick my
toes in the sand whenever I want, which is vital to my emotional well-being.
Completely and absolutely obsessed with good music, the lifeline to my
creativity, I cannot and will not write without it. Some things that I
appreciate are honesty but not cruelty, an unapologetic sense of humor, being
able to make any situation fun, often dancing like no one is watching, and a
good cup of coffee with enough creamer to make it blonde.
Being
an astute people watcher with a judgmental mind gives me constant inspiration
for my stories. My characters, like many authors, are conceived from a
hodgepodge of actual people in my life, unique personality traits, real world
encounters, and conversations that I have directly taken part in. Totaled is my
debut novel with many more to come.
~ Connect
with Stacey ~
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