Release Day BlitzReady or Not
by
J.L. Berg
by
J.L. Berg
~ Synopsis ~
Born into wealth and privilege, free-spirited Liv Quinn left it
all behind when she realized there was more to life than living off of trust
funds and barely skating by. Since then, she’s worked and fought for
everything she’s earned and never looked back at the world or the family she
left behind.
Jackson
Reid is starting over with a new job in a brand new city. A single father
to his son Noah, he hopes the change will help strengthen the bond that has
seemed to suffer since puberty reared its ugly head. What he hadn’t
planned on was Liv—his exotic next-door neighbor who drives him insane with her
wild, new age lifestyle, but still manages to leave him aching for more.
As
challenges arise and feelings intensify, will these neighbors be able to look
past their differences and find a middle ground? When love comes
knocking, will they be ready, or not?
~ Excerpt ~
When I finally stepped out of my car, a
gasp escaped my lungs as my eyes lowered to the flower beds separating our two
houses.
“Who would do such a thing?” I whispered,
looking down at the decapitated and ravaged flowers.
The once beautiful display of multicolored
perennials was now a churned-up disaster of footprints and soil.
My heated gaze settled on the lights
glowing within the house. A shadow passed by an open window upstairs in what
used to be Mrs. Reid’s master bedroom.
I took one step forward, ready to march
over, meet my new neighbors, and give them a piece of my mind.
A strong gust of wind sent the curtain into
a tailspin and suddenly the shadow solidified, and I saw the finest bare back
I’d seen in years. It was tanned, broad, and so muscular that the defined
muscles could be seen from two floors down. Hard, lean arms reached out toward
a box and grabbed a T-shirt as I begged him to turn around—until my eyes found
his ass.
Dear Lord.
My new neighbor was hot—or at least the
back of him was.
Turn around, turn around, I silently
begged.
The weather took that moment to remind me
of its mighty power and sent a strong gust of wind whipping through the two
houses. The curtain settled back in
place, and I was once again left with shadows.
As the first raindrop fell, signaling the
impending storm, I looked down at the once perfect garden that I had
painstakingly kept alive as a tribute to my longtime friend and neighbor. It
had been trampled on and was now ruined, and I felt the rage boiling back up to
the surface.
Hot or not, my new neighbor was a
plant-trampling jerk, and when I got home from work tomorrow, I’d make sure he
knew it.
I’d also take a moment to see if that face
of his matched his perfect back and ass.
Shut
up, Liv.
~ About the Author ~
J.L. Berg is the USA Today bestselling author of the Ready
Series. She is a California native living in the beautiful state of historic
Virginia. Married to her high school sweetheart, they have two beautiful girls
that drive them batty on a daily basis. When she's not writing, you will find
her with her nose stuck in a romance novel, in a yoga studio or devouring
anything chocolate. J.L. Berg is represented by Jill Marsal of Marsal Lyon
Literary Agency, LLC.
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