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Pieces of Olivia
by
Melissa West
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Publisher: Penguin/InterMix
Release Date: July 15, 2014 Genre: NA Contemporary
~ Synopsis ~
Olivia
Warren used to be a normal girl with a bright future. But on one fated night,
everything changed.
Hiding the scars of her past up her sleeves, Olivia
transfers her enrollment from Columbia University to The College of Charleston,
determined to pursue her own dreams for the first time in her life.
She intends to allow herself a bit of alone time to
heal... that is, until she meets Preston.
Preston is best friends with her roommate, completely
hot, and off-limits. But the chemistry
between them is instantaneous—and as the pair begins to spend more time with
one another, their feelings for each other build into something undeniable,
something powerful enough to heal Olivia’s deepest scars.
Olivia tries to put her own past behind her and trust
Preston, but she discovers that his past might be more present than she ever
bargained for…
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~Excerpt ~
His
eyes swept over my face, and I knew what was about to happen. I could see the
resolve in his face. Feel the swift change in the air as the charge between us
sparked. He leaned toward me, his eyes never leaving mine.
“I’m
not going to kiss you,” I whispered.
“I
didn’t ask.”
“Preston,
we…”
He
tucked my hair behind my ear and moved still closer. “I can’t promise anything.
I have nothing in me to promise, but that doesn’t mean I won’t try.”
I
swallowed, feeling the walls around me crumbling down.
“Let
me be what you need.”
My
breath caught, the fight in me diminishing with each spoken word. What was I so
afraid of? I reached out, gliding my fingertips over his face and into his
hair. Briefly, I thought of how often I’d dreamt of touching his hair, and then
his mouth was on mine, and all thought was gone, except him and us and this
moment. His lips took control, first soft and careful, and then full of urgency
and need. Every unspoken word, every missed opportunity, was pushed into that
single kiss.
Preston
laid me back on the sofa, his body warm and inviting. My fingers gripped his
hair, pulling him closer, and he left my lips, kissing a trail down my chin to
my neck. A soft moan of pleasure escaped my lips, and he thrust his hips
against mine in answer to my ache. Our bodies moved together, our clothes the
only thing keeping us from taking this further.
I
tugged his chin up so his lips were back on mine, the kiss growing to a frenzy
of passion. His hand slid under the edge of my shirt, gliding over my stomach,
before finding my breast. He groaned with pleasure, and I reached down to take
his shirt off, eager to touch his impeccably toned chest and stomach. Preston
slipped his shirt off and gripped mine, his intentions clear, when reality
yanked me from pleasure and threw me into a sea of painful thoughts. I
remembered my scars, Preston’s expression when he’d gotten a glimpse of them
through my shirt at the pier. I shook my head, feeling myself tumbling deeper
into sadness and farther from the moment.
Preston
glanced down at me. “We can stop.”
“No.”
“Olivia,
you don’t have to—”
I
bit my lip, forcing myself to push away the fear and sadness and guilt that
riddled my mind and peered back at him. “I don’t want to take my shirt off.”
“Okay,”
he whispered.
“And
I don’t want you judging that I don’t want to take my shirt off.”
“Okay,”
he repeated. I felt his heart beat against my chest, fast and sure and strong.
A part of me wanted to disappear, embarrassed and ashamed that I’d yet again
shown Preston Riggs just how crazy I was deep inside. But another part, a
greater part, felt a surge of happiness that he’d stayed. He knew that I was
broken and scarred and more than a little crazy, yet still, he didn’t run. He
stayed.
~ About the Author ~
Melissa
West writes young adult and new adult novels for Entangled Teen and Embrace and
Penguin/InterMix. She lives outside of Atlanta, GA with her husband and two
daughters and spends most of her time writing, reading, or fueling her coffee
addiction. She holds a B.A. in Communication Studies and a M.S. in Graphic Communication, both from Clemson University. Yeah, her blood runs orange.
~ Connect with Melissa ~
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