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Save Me From Myself
(Nashville Nights #1)
by
Stacey Moesteller
~ Synopsis ~
Lyric Hayes spent the first 22 years of her life trying to be the
perfect daughter and the perfect girlfriend. After a tragedy and her fiance’s
betrayal, she's running. Starting over far away from the person she used to be.
She's made herself a vow - no
relationships. She's trying to heal, not complicate her life further.
David Pearson has it all. Confidence,
awesome friends, successful business. But, David's dealt with loss too. He
knows better than anyone not to judge by what's on the surface.
Drawn to Lyric despite her inability to
trust, he'll do anything to own her heart.
Will secrets and misunderstandings send Lyric
running again? Or will David finally save her from herself?
~ Excerpt ~
Suddenly, Anna grabs my arm, pulling me towards her. “Who’s that?” she
shouts in my ear over the loud music. Looking over at the bar, I see the tiny
blonde girl with pink highlights bending over it, holding herself up by her
arms talking to David. He is smiling down, listening intently to her. When he
replies to her, her entire face lights up and she kisses his cheek before
dropping back down to the floor.
I turn back to Anna and snort, “Probably
the flavor of the week. That’s the same girl I saw him with at the mall and at
Ruby’s yesterday. He’s no different than any other jackass we’ve met.”
Anna watches the blonde head back to her
table. “I don’t know Lyr, she didn’t exactly kiss him like a girlfriend would.”
We watch as David walks out from behind the bar. Clapping the bartender that
just arrived on the shoulder, he says something that makes the bartender laugh,
and moves past him.
Once he's lost in the crowd, Anna
continues, "Maybe they're just friends or-" she cuts herself off
looking at something behind me. I knew exactly what she was looking at. My
entire body buzzes as I feel the heat of his body get closer.
I turned slowly in my seat and raise an
eyebrow at David, “Can I help you?” I ask snidely.
He grins at me, “I just wanted to come
over and say hi. It’s been busy in here tonight.”
“I’m sure being a player is pretty
time-consuming.” I glare at him, wanting nothing more than to slap that smile
off his face. God, how could I have been stupid enough to fall for the “good
guy” routine? Again!
He frowns, looking confused, “I’m sorry?”
Scoffing, I reply, “Yeah, you’re
definitely sorry.”
His eyes narrow dangerously, ”Look, I
really don't understand what your problem is. I like you, you seemed to like
me. Now you're just acting like a bitch. Excuse me if I don't get what you
think I did."
Unbelievable. When will I ever meet a guy
who isn't a liar or a cheater? "You don't get it? Really? Well, let me
spell it out for you. I don't date cheaters. I refuse to be 'that' girl, and I
refuse to do that to someone else."
"What the hell are you talking
about?" He asks, his voice hard.
I sigh, “I saw you with your girlfriend.
I've seen you together a few times now." Is he really going to continue to
deny it? I caught him with her!
"How can you possibly see me with
someone who doesn't exist? I am many things Princess, a cheater and a liar
aren’t one of them." His voice is glacial.
My mouth drops open, “You asshole! She was
JUST here! Remember, she’s a short, skinny blonde with pink
highlights?"
Jeremy, who’s sitting next to us at the
bar spits out his beer laughing, "Shit Dave, she thinks SB is your
girlfriend? Now, that's disgusting. She'll love that!"
"SB? What kind of name is SB?" I
ask, raising an eyebrow as I look back at David.
"SB is my sister SarahBeth's
nickname. My baby sister. Not my girlfriend. She's practically my kid."
David responds, glaring at me.
Oh great. Now I really feel like a moron.
Talk about jumping to the wrong conclusion. "Oh."
"Yeah, oh. Princess, you really need
to stop making snap judgments about me." He snaps.
The look on his face makes me feel about
two inches tall. But, this wasn’t my fault. If he’d told me about her, this
never would have happened. Thinking about that makes me sound even bitchier.
But that realization doesn’t stop me from saying, “Well, maybe you should be a
little more forthcoming. You never said you had a sister."
"Right, because that should be my
intro. ‘Hi, I'm David, I own a bar, and have a sister I've been raising for the
past 5 years.’ That's not going to raise any questions at all," he says
sarcastically while rolling his eyes.
"Raising?" I can't hide my
confusion. She's his sister, why is he raising her? And how old is she?
He sighs, "See what I mean? Yes,
raising. Our parents died when she was 16 and I was 27. Jeremy" he nods at
the guy next to us, "and I moved back to Nashville to take care of her.
Our grandparents are in Florida and North Carolina, so to be with them she
would have had to leave her whole life behind. After everything she'd lost, I
couldn't take that away too, so I came back and have been taking care of her
ever since."
I can't believe he did that. He was a
single guy, living on his own, and he chose to move back to his hometown and
take care of his sister? "I'm so sorry. That must've been such a difficult
choice to make."
He shrugs, then glares at me again.
"There was never a choice. She's my baby sister."
After that statement, he turns on his heel and
walks off. I'm beginning to think I've completely misjudged this guy.
~ About the Author ~
I am a 32 year old wife and working mom to
3 boys, ages 15, 13, and 8! After spending the first half of my life in a small
town outside of Philadelphia, PA, my parents moved my brother and I to another
small town outside of Greensboro, NC. I moved to Hickory, NC after marrying my
husband. We dated a total of three months before getting married, and we’d
known each other for a total of six! People thought we were crazy, but 2014
marks our 10 year anniversary, so it obviously worked out!
I’ve always been a huge book lover, even
though I hated doing book reports in school! I could never figure out the main
idea, but I could quote the book word for word. Back in 2012, I found Fifty
Shades, and after staying up all night one Friday to read all three books, I
was hooked! I started a book blog, and kept reading everything I could. Then, I
found Fallen Too Far by Abbi Glines, and couldn’t stop reading. My husband told
me that I should write my own book since I was spending so much on Kindle books
– by June, I’d read over 500! – and after blowing him off for a few months, I
decided to try to write the story I kept seeing in my head.
I had an idea for a story about a girl
who’d been raised by her brother, but when I started writing, the brother of
the main female kept taking over, to the point I was writing things in his POV
instead of hers, so I shelved it, and started writing Save Me From Myself
instead. I finally told a few fellow book bloggers about my story, and they
started encouraging me to finish it, so here we are! It’s been an absolutely
insane ride, and I can’t wait to share these characters with everyone!
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