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A Stone in the Sea
(Bleeding Stars #1)
by
A.L. Jackson
A Stone in the Sea
(Bleeding Stars #1)
by
A.L. Jackson
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| Release Date: February 23, 2015 |
~ Synopsis ~
He wanted nothing at all…
Until
he found she had everything to give…
Sunder lead singer and guitarist Sebastian Stone has
everything—fans, fame, and fortune. He also has a heart full of bitterness and
a reputation for a short-fused temper. But an outward reputation rarely reveals
the true man inside. Facing assault charges after trying to protect his younger
brother, Sebastian is sent to Savannah, Georgia to lie low until the dust
settles in L.A.
Shea Bentley is beautiful, kind, and hiding from the very
lifestyle Sebastian has always embraced.
When the mysterious, tattooed stranger begins hanging out at the
bar where she works, Shea is quick to recognize he is nothing but trouble, but
she's helpless to the way her body lights up every time his intense gray eyes
tangle with hers.
They both soon find themselves drowning in a sea of desire and
passion that won’t let them up for air.
Sebastian knows firsthand secrets never die, and he’s not the only
one who’s hiding them.
Loving someone always comes with a price. But will it be Shea’s
past that costs them everything?
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~ Excerpt ~
I froze when I felt the presence behind me. The
song slowly blinked out, the last note lingering in the dense air, before I
slowly looked over my shoulder to find Shea. Thoughtful eyes met mine in all
their warmth—covering me, pulling me in, dragging me under.
“You play,” she said, a statement rather than a
question.
“A little,” I said with a shrug.
She scoffed. “I would hardly classify that as a
little.” She shuffled toward me, barefoot, and still wearing that robe. “You
have a beautiful voice,” she whispered, and again it took on that reverent
tone, like she was recognizing something inside me I didn’t see.
She ran her fingers up the back of my neck and
into my hair, and I lifted my head to it and tried not to moan like a girl when
she pressed her hot mouth to my Adam’s apple, kissing me there like the
temptress she was.
“Such a beautiful, beautiful voice for a beautiful,
beautiful man.” The words vibrated against my throat.
“Shea.” My response was hoarse, uttered toward
the ceiling as she kissed up and down my throat. With her daughter’s innocent
face running like a reel through my mind, I searched inside myself for some
kind of resolve. For courage. For a speck of integrity. “I should go. I
shouldn’t be here. I shouldn’t have stayed. Shouldn’t have come back.”
Never should have come in the first place.
“You’re exactly where I want you to be,” she
coaxed against my skin.
“Shea.” It was a plea for one of us to find
reason.
“Please,” she whispered, hands sinking into my
shoulders.
Weak.
Weak.
Weak.
That’s what she made me.
Groaning, I gave, because she already had me, and
I swiveled a fraction, grabbed her by the hips, and pulled her onto my lap. She
was quick to straddle me, a smile taking over her face as I palmed her ass, all
those waves of shiny soft hair falling down around us.
“It’s hardly fair, you know,” she said.
“What’s not fair?”
“You…looking the way you do. Then you turn around
and have a voice like that? Singing and playing that way?” She pulled back with
a grin. “Tell me you don’t play guitar. You know what they say, a man with a
guitar automatically becomes ten times sexier than any other guy in the room.”
I curbed a snort.
Didn’t I know it.
And that was exactly the shit I’d come to hate.
“Pair that with this face and this body…” she
continued, purely playful.
Any other girl started talking like that and I’d
have tossed her from my lap.
Instead, I kneaded my fingers deeper into the
flesh of her ass, rocking her into my cock that was at the ready and begging
for more.
Shivers rolled through her. “…and I would say
you’re irresistible, Sebastian Stone.”
“Is that all you want me for…my body?” I teased,
running my hands up her back, eliciting a pleasured whimper from her.
Fingertips played across my chest, and her
expression turned vulnerable, that storm collecting speed. “Yeah. I do want
this body.” Those fingers fluttered up to my jaw. “And I want this face.”
Eyes not leaving mine, she slowly leaned down and
kissed me over my heart. “Most of all, I want this,” she murmured, hiding
nothing, laying herself bare.
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~ Review ~
| LOVED LOVED LOVED this story. Once again A.L. Jackson weaves a story with emotion that will captivate you from page one and have you lost between the pages until the last word. Chemistry, conflict, haunted pasts, omissions and hope are what weave Shea and Baz into an undeniable love. Sebastian Stone had me from the start. His presence was radiating from my kindle. The strong, broken, torn, devilishly handsome protector. Shea didn't stand a chance. Although she tried. They were drawn to each other on a deeper level, looks yeah, sure but they could "see" each other. Shea has her reasons for trying to dissuade Baz's advances but the heart wants what the heart wants and not only Shea's heart needed Baz to stick around.
"She'd asked me what I wanted from her. The problem was I had no clue. All I knew was it was more." ~ Sebastian
I don't think I've sighed so much while reading a book. There were times I wanted to scream at Baz for being an ass but there were equal amount of times where Shea had me ready to scream as well. Shea and Baz were more alike than they knew and allowing themselves to open themselves up to each other was no easy task. Letting someone penetrate your soul and just be is not something either one of them expected, but could not deny.
"Just tell me it's going to be me, Baz. Only me." ~ Shea
Knowing going in that this was a series I knew that not all would be revealed. Well, till it was and I was left staring at my kindle saying.....NOOOOOOOO!!! Yes I will be waiting, biding my time until I can have more of Sebastian and Shea in Drowning to Breathe.
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About the Author ~
A.L.
Jackson is the New York Times bestselling author of Take This Regret and Lost
to You, as well as other contemporary romance titles, including Come to Me Quietly, Come to Me
Softly, Pulled, When We
Collide, and If Forever Comes.
She
first found a love for writing during her days as a young mother and college
student. She filled the journals she carried with short stories and poems
used as an emotional outlet for the difficulties and joys she found in
day-to-day life.
Years
later, she shared a short story she’d been working on with her two closest
friends and, with their encouragement, this story became her first full length
novel. A.L. now spends her days writing in Southern Arizona where she lives
with her husband and three children. Her favorite pastime is spending time with
the ones she loves.
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