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All The Pretty Lies
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M. Leighton
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~ Synopsis ~
All the Pretty Lies
“Live, no regrets”
Her…
Sloane Locke has led a sheltered life. However, with a history like hers, she can understand why her brothers and her father want so much to protect her. She has gone along with it for twenty long years, but those days are over. For the girl who never makes promises, Sloane has made a pact with herself that things will change on her twenty-first birthday. So when the clock strikes midnight, Sloane strikes out to spread her wings and break a few rules.
Him…
In addition to inking skin, Hemi Spencer possesses many talents. Controlling himself has never been one of them. It’s never had to be. He’s lived a life of indulgence for as long as he can remember. Right up until tragedy struck. Now, he’s nothing but controlled. He’s a man on a mission, one who will let nothing and no one stand in his way.
Them…
Nothing in their lives could’ve prepared Sloane and Hemi for what they’d find in each other—distraction and obsession, love and possession. But the one thing they can’t find is a future. Neither one has been totally honest. And they’ll soon learn that the devil is in the details. In the details and in the lies.
How far will two people go to live in the now when the now is all they’ve got?
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~ Excerpt ~
I take
another step toward him, building up the nerve to just do it, just kiss
him. But Hemi surprises me when he takes the step that
will bring us near enough to touch.
He’s so
close, my chest almost brushes his every time I inhale. I sway toward him the
tiniest bit, craving the contact. With him. A perfect stranger.
“Sloane,”
he whispers, the sound of my name on his lips bringing chills to my arms
again. He reaches out to push my hair back over my shoulder. His
fingertips linger on the skin of my neck before they fall away.
“Hemi,”
I sigh, melting into the heat of his eyes. I knew there was something
between us. Well, I’d hoped. Hoped I wasn’t imagining it. But now I know I
wasn’t. It’s there, staring out at me from behind his hooded midnight eyes.
Blatant and unabashed, he wants me. And I want him, too.
“You
need to walk out that door and never come back.”
My
heart stops. Of all the things I thought he might say, this came out of
nowhere. “What?” I ask in a small, uncertain voice.
“You
need to leave. And don’t look back.”
I
scramble to recover. “But…but what about the rest of my tattoo?”
“I’m
not talking about your tattoo and you know it.”
“Then
what are you talking about?” I inquire, playing dumb to save
what’s left of my crumbling pride.
“I’m
talking about you. And me. This. Us.”
“There is
no us.”
“There
will be in about thirty seconds if you don’t get the hell out of here.”
“What
if I don’t want to leave?” I’m confused. Is he saying that he wants me?
Or that he wants me to go?
“I’m
not asking.”
“Why?”
“Why
what?”
“Why do
you want me to go?”
“Because
guys like me change girls like you.”
“Girls
like me?”
“Innocent
girls.”
“What
if I’m not that innocent?”
His lips
quirk in a wry grin. “Oh, you’re exactly that
innocent. I can practically smell it on you. Sweet, pure,
untouched. And, if I’m being honest, I’d like nothing better than to
taste that on the tip of my tongue.”
“Then
what’s stopping you?”
I watch
him wrestle with…something. “I don’t have the time or the inclination to
get involved in ruining someone else’s life.”
“What
makes you think you’d ruin my life?”
“Oh,
trust me. I would.”
“But—”
“But
nothing. For tonight, I’ll be the good guy you need me to be.
Whether you know you need it or not. I’m asking you to leave, Sloane. But
I promise you—promise you—that if you so much as darken my doorway
again, I won’t let you walk back out again.”
I’m
torn between heady elation and harsh rejection. “Hemi—”
“Go,
little girl,” he says softly. “Go before I change my mind.”
~ About the Author ~
M. Leighton is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of The Wild Ones and The Bad Boys romance trilogies. She is a native of Ohio, relocated to the warmer climates of the South, where she lets her mind wander to romantic settings with sexy Southern guys much like the one she married and the ones you'll find in her latest books. When her thoughts aren't roaming in that direction, she'll be riding horses, swimming in ponds and experiencing life on a ranch, all without leaving the cozy comfort of her office.
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