Excerpt Reveal
ACED
ACED
By
K. Bromberg
~ Synopsis ~
Rylee and Colton's ride continues...
One moment. Six years ago.
The night she made the world around me so much more than just a
blur. Now it's the catalyst that threatens to tear us apart.
Our happily was supposed to be ever after. So why do I feel like
it's slipping through my fingers?
How can one moment, when our world seemed so right, resurface
and cause our perfect life to spiral out of control?
I can't lose her.
She's my checkered flag.
Colton Donavan is back in ACED,
January 11, 2016!
January 11, 2016!
Now available for Pre-order!
~ Excerpt ~
“I talked to my
parents. To Tanner. To Shane.” My voice fades off as the disbelief I have to
take stock and let him know the damage control I’ve done takes hold. Unsure how
to respond to me when he’s always so sure, he just nods his head as our eyes
hold steadfast. “I just don’t
know...” My voice is so soft, it sounds so very different than the storm of
anger that rages inside me, and yet I can’t find it within me to show my
emotions. I can feel his fingers tense from my comment, see his Adam’s apple
bob from the forced swallow, and notice the tick of muscle as he clenches his
jaw.
“We’ll get through
this.”
The condescending
chuckle falls from my lips, the first break in my fraudulent façade because it’s
so damn easy for him to say. “I know.” Voice back, emotion nonexistent, tone unsure.
Colton stares, willing
me to say more but I don’t. I just match him stare for hollow stare as images
of myself from Google flickering through my mind. Finally he breaks out
connection and reaches his fingers to pinch the bridge of his nose before blowing
out a sigh.
“Scream at me, Ry.
Yell. Rage. Take it out on me. Do anything but be silent because I can’t handle
when you’re silent with me,” he pleads. All I can do is shake my head, dig down
within myself to will the emotion to come. When I can’t find the words or the
feeling behind them, it unnerves him, worries him. “I’m sorry, baby. Were we stupid? Maybe. Do I regret it?” He
shakes his head. “I regret all of this, yes, but that in general? No. So many
damn things happened that put you and me where we are now. So for that? I’m not
sorry. You pushed me that night, made me question if I could give someone more
of myself.” He reaches his free hand up to brush a thumb over the line of my
jaw. His touch reassuring, his words helping soothe the sting of our situation.
“It’s not your fault,” I
say, trying to ease the concern in his eyes.
“Maybe not directly . .
. but I made you color outside of your perfectly constructed lines . . . do
something against your nature, and look what happened. I’m so sorry. I wish I
could make this right,” he says, dropping his head as he shakes his head in
defeat. “All I can try to do is mitigate the damage. That’s it.” He throws his
hands up. “It’s killing me because I can’t fix this.” The break in his voice
and the tension in his body would have told me everything I needed to know even
if he hadn’t uttered a sound.
I look at my achingly
handsome husband, so distraught, so desperate to make wrongs right that aren’t
his to be held responsible for. And seeing him as upset as I am makes me feel a
little better and allows me to dig into the deep well of emotion. I finally
find the words I need and want to tell him. The decisions I came to last night
when I sat on the deck and considered the life-altering situation we were in.
“Stop. Please quit
beating yourself up over this. I don’t blame you.” I pause, my teeth worrying
my bottom lip as I put words to my thoughts and wait for him to hear that last
sentence.
About the Author
New
York Times and USA Today Bestselling author K. Bromberg writes contemporary
novels that contain a mixture of sweet, emotional, a whole lot of sexy and a
little bit of real. She likes to write strong heroines and damaged heroes who
we love to hate and hate to love.
She’s a
mixture of most of her female characters: sassy, intelligent, stubborn,
reserved, outgoing, driven, emotional, strong, and wears her heart on her
sleeve. All of which she displays daily with her husband and three children
where they live in Southern California.
On
a whim, K. Bromberg decided to try her hand at this writing thing. Since then
she has written The Driven Series (Driven, Fueled, Crashed, Raced), the
standalone Driven Novels (Slow Burn, Sweet Ache, Hard Beat, Aced (a new Rylee
and Colton novel releasing 1/11/16), and a short story titled UnRaveled. She is
currently working on new projects and a few surprises for her readers.
She
loves to hear from her readers so make sure you check her out on social media.
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