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The Way We Fall
(The Story of Us #1)
by
Cassia Leo
Genre: Contemporary Romance Release Date: February 20, 2015 |
~ Synopsis ~
Maybe we shouldn’t have fallen
so fast and so willingly. Maybe we shouldn’t have moved in together
before we went on our first date. Maybe we should have given our wounds
time to heal before we tore each other to shreds. Maybe we should have never
been together. Houston has kept a devastating secret from Rory since the
day he took her into his home. But the tragic circumstances that brought them
together left wounds too deep to heal. Five years after the breakup,
Houston and Rory are thrust together by forces beyond their control. And all
the resentments and passion return with more intensity than ever. Once again, Houston is left
with a choice between the truth and the only girl he’s ever loved. The
Way We Fall is
the first book in The Story of Us Series, which follows the tumultuous love
story of Rory and Houston. The sequel, The Way We Break, will be
released Spring 2015.
Available for $0.99 only during pre-order and for the
first 48
hours after release.
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~ Excerpt ~
“I need to talk to you about the
work situation,” he says as he follows me out. “I got the contract, but I want
to make sure you’re okay with this before I sign it.” “You want to know if I’ll
be okay working with you?” I slide the key into the doorknob and Houston places
his hand over mine to stop me from turning the knob. “I can’t go in there with
you. Please stay out here until we’re done talking.” I shake his hand off and
turn around to face him. “There’s nothing to talk about. You have to sign the
contract. The way I feel about working with you shouldn’t matter.” “But
it does matter. I don’t want to upset you. You were there first.” I
can’t help but laugh. “So this is a territorial thing? You think because I was
there first that I have some sort of right to keep you out?” His left eyebrow
shoots up the way it always does when he’s confused and it nearly renders me
mute. “Houston, if I didn’t work there you wouldn’t think twice about signing
that contract. So that’s what you should do. Just… please stop making this into
something it isn’t. We hardly know each other anymore, and that’s the way it’s
going to remain.” He swallows hard as he lets this sink in. “I guess you’re
right. I’m sorry I bothered you. I only wanted to… Never mind. I’ll get going.
I have to get up early to go sign that contract. Not that you care.” He shakes his
head in disappointment as he walks away and I’m glad I don’t have anything
solid in my hand other than Skippy’s leash or I might throw it at the back of
his head. So I’m the
one who doesn’t care? Ugh.
Typical Houston and his endless psychological games. Maybe I should have told
him to walk away from the contract, but that would have meant admitting that he
still has a strong hold over me. It also would have been the truth and the
truth has never gotten me into trouble. In fact, the truth is something my previous
relationship with Houston was sorely lacking. Nevertheless, I don’t need to
right the wrongs we made while we were together. I don’t need to tell Houston
that the sight of him makes my throat dry and my stomach flutter. He doesn’t
need to know that I still go to sleep with scenes from our life together
playing on repeat in my mind. Or that sometimes I wake up with his name
tumbling from my lips, the remnants of dreams where he never left and
nightmares where he hovers just out of reach. Before Wednesday, the last time I
had seen Houston was the day after he met me at the Planned Parenthood clinic.
I didn’t ask him to come, and I don’t know how he found the date and time of my
appointment, but he was there when we pulled into the parking lot. Lisa, a girl
from my Social Inequality class whom I’d had coffee with a couple of times, had
graciously agreed to take me to the clinic. The moment I saw him leaning
against his truck, I knew I had to send Lisa home. Houston would insist on
taking me back to the apartment after the procedure, to watch over me. It was
the last thing I wanted, to have Houston doting over me after terminating the
pregnancy. But it was also the only thing I wanted. It was as if he was
performing the last rites on our dead relationship.
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~ About the Author ~
New
York Times and USA Today bestselling author Cassia Leo loves
her coffee, chocolate, and margaritas with salt. When she’s not writing, she
spends way too much time watching old reruns of Friends and Sex and the City. When she’s not watching reruns, she’s usually enjoying the
California sunshine or reading – sometimes both.
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