Before You Break by Christina Lee
(Between Breaths #2)
(Between Breaths #2)
Published by: Intermix (Penguin)
Publication date: February 18th 2014
Genres: Contemporary, New Adult, Romance
A sexy, emotional New Adult romance about a bad boy on the edge and a good girl about to lose control…
The star catcher of the college baseball team isn’t supposed to have skeletons in his closet. But Daniel Quinn is hiding a guilty past so dark he refuses to let anyone get close. Except there’s something about gorgeous, studious Ella Abrams that goes beyond the electric attraction between them—something that makes him want to open up.
Ella has suffered enough heartache and guilt to fill one of her psychology textbooks, but she keeps that part of herself hidden behind a bubbly exterior. Until she receives an anonymous call while working the suicide helpline and the voice on the other end touches something inside of her that she can’t ignore.
Soon Ella and Quinn’s physical connection heats up, even as their deep and revealing hotline talks intensify. But by the time Ella realizes that her seductive jock and her sensitive caller are the same guy, it might be too late to save him—or to stop herself from falling too far.
*A companion novel to ALL OF YOU
The star catcher of the college baseball team isn’t supposed to have skeletons in his closet. But Daniel Quinn is hiding a guilty past so dark he refuses to let anyone get close. Except there’s something about gorgeous, studious Ella Abrams that goes beyond the electric attraction between them—something that makes him want to open up.
Ella has suffered enough heartache and guilt to fill one of her psychology textbooks, but she keeps that part of herself hidden behind a bubbly exterior. Until she receives an anonymous call while working the suicide helpline and the voice on the other end touches something inside of her that she can’t ignore.
Soon Ella and Quinn’s physical connection heats up, even as their deep and revealing hotline talks intensify. But by the time Ella realizes that her seductive jock and her sensitive caller are the same guy, it might be too late to save him—or to stop herself from falling too far.
*A companion novel to ALL OF YOU
EXCERPT
“My mom
likes you,” I said, biting my lip. “I can tell.”
“Yeah?” He
turned to face me, his voice softening. “You think she can tell that I like her
daughter?”
My breath
caught in the back of my throat. Something had shifted in the air between us.
It was heavy and heated. Something so commanding I felt it down to my toes. My
heart was thrashing so loudly against my chest, I was sure he could hear it.
He moved
closer than any two friends should rightfully stand and his spicy scent
enveloped me. Oh Lord, if I didn’t get a taste of those full lips I would die
on this very spot.
Right this
very instant.
When I
looked up into his face, his eyes had become hooded.
Words were
shouting inside my skull. And then they worked their way onto my lips. They
were hanging there, dangling for dear life.
Just take a chance, damn it. Take a gamble, Quinn.
Kiss me and let’s find out what this magic is between us.
But he’d
been the one who’d held back that other night, so the ball was in his court.
“It’s not
just me who feels this, right?” Quinn mumbled. His fingers curled around my
neck, his thumb mapping patterns in the hollow of my throat. “I’m not crazy?”
The words
that had been so readily available just moments before had flitted away on the
wind. I’d wanted this moment for days. Weeks. Maybe even years.
“There’s
something here, Ella. Between us,” he whispered. His lips were a breath away
and I momentarily shut my eyes to gain control of my erratic breathing.
“I don’t
know what this is or what the hell might happen,” he said, rubbing his finger
along the edge of my earlobe. “But I do know one thing.”
Still, I
couldn’t move or even speak. I was motionless—hypnotized by his eyes, his lips,
his words.
Finally, my
hands became unstuck and I slid them up his chest to his shoulders as he
shuddered against my touch.
“I know I
need to put my mouth on those pretty lips and kiss you,” he said with so much
conviction, it felt like a swarm of butterflies had been let loose in my
stomach. “Do you know that, too?”
His eyes
now held me prisoner and all I could do was mouth the word Yes.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Mother, wife, reader, dreamer. Christina lives in the Midwest with her husband and son--her two favorite guys. She's addicted to lip gloss and salted caramel everything.
She believes in true love and kissing, so writing romance novels has become a dream job.
She also owns her own jewelry business, called Tags-n-Stones(dot com), where she hand-stamps meaningful words or letters onto silver for her customers.
She loves to hear from her readers. You can find her on her WEBSITE: www.christinalee.net. From there you can link to her Facebook and Twitter accounts.
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