Title: Resisting Fate
Genre: Young Adult
Paranormal Romance
Publisher: Sunshine Press
Release Date: June 28th
Blurb:
Seventeen-year-old Emmy
O’Connell is the epitome of a hot mess.
Her boyfriend’s been
shipped out of town to some boarding school four states away. Her
step-douche is constantly drunk and badgering her. And then there’s
her good-ole-mom… The lady is nothing more than a miserable shell
of a woman. She’s turned off all of her feelings and her ability to
be a good mother as well, leaving poor Emmy and her four year old
brother Jamie to suffer. Life couldn’t get much worse, right?
Enter the elusive,
cocky, and oh-so-broody Jack Hartman…
The jerk cousin of her
boyfriend becomes Emmy’s worst nightmare…times ten. He’s cruel.
He’s insensitive. But he also has this strange little ability over
her – he makes her weak in the knees with thea single touch. No
matter how miserable or amazing Jack makes her feel, Emmy can’t
seem to deny him, especially when he takes on the role of her
protector –her pseudo-knight in a black leather coat.
A knight who also happens
to ride in on his black Harley, instead of a white horse…
And to make a bad
situation worse…
Werewolves and teens
shouldn’t mix! But what can Emmy do when she finds herself thrown
head first into the center of it all. Can she handle the supernatural
mess her life rapidly becomes or will she fight against the
inevitable fate her heart desires?
Excerpt:
“That smart mouth doesn’t sit
well with me,” he licked his lips. His eyes never wavered from
mine.
I nibbled on my lower lip, just as
a small smile graced the edges of my mouth. Oh yeah, my bravado was
about ready to kick some ass. I think I kind of liked being a smart
ass.
“What are you going to do about it
Jack?” I inhaled a breath, taking in his warm, delicious scent. My
throat went even drier than before. I practically stared holes into
his face as I studied every tiny mark, every single scar on his
perfectly flawed skin. He was gorgeous, with a little scar here, a
little white patch there. His hotness could have left me breathless
for days if I kept up my perusal any longer.
And then I blinked, Christ. I knew
exactly what had to be done. I had to kiss him. I had to get this
itch scratched and then I had to move on. His eyes darkened, his
breath was warm and heavy over my face, and he licked his lips. I
blinked. Holy-balls… He wanted to kiss me too.
That ever-present electricity
running between us wouldn’t stop. If anything, it only increased
our pull. I moved in; his lips touching my lips was all I wanted. I
needed to feel again, feel it all with a boy who hated me, but
apparently wanted to kiss me as badly.
Dryness on dryness soon changed to
warmth on warmth, and when I pressed my mouth fully to his, his hands
left my neck, and went to my waist. His fingernails dug into my sides
and the son of a bitch pushed me away from him.
So there I was, my head tilted to
the side, ready, willing, and able to do whatever the hell this
moment led us too, and all he could do was chuckle. Yes. Chuckle. He
was the biggest rat bastard.
Ever.
Author Bio:
Heather Van Fleet currently resides
in northern Illinois, with her three little ladies, Kelsey, Emma, and
Isabella, and her fabulous hubby (and high school sweetheart) Chris,
with whom she’s been blissfully married to now for ten years. She’s
a stay at home mom by day, and an avid and completely obsessive
writer and reader by night.
Heather always had a soft spot in
her heart for books, and she’s been creating her own little stories
since she was a seven year old. But she never really had the
confidence or the time to actually sit down and really do something
about it, until her youngest daughter was born just two years ago.
Resisting
Fate, book one in her Predetermined series, is her young adult,
paranormal baby! It’s packed full of wolves…witches…and one
sassy little red-headed teenage girl! She had an absolute blast
writing it, and can’t wait to share it with the world!
Thanks for the spotlight on Heather's book - she's a new to me author and I loved the excerpt!
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