Today’s premiere
New Adult authors combine their talents to tell four original stories from
inside one house.
When four girls decide to live off campus together as juniors at a college in Michigan, they expect it to be their best year yet. Little do they know, it’s a year that will change the rest of their lives.
BEHIND HER EYES by A.L. Jackson
Unable to live down her ex-boyfriend’s deception, Misha is determined to avoid betrayal. When, the new guy next door, Darryn starts to get under her skin, her defenses start to crumble. But trusting Darryn seems impossible, especially if he’s not sure he can trust himself.
SAVING ME by Molly McAdams
On the outside, Indy is always ready for a party—but inside she’s breaking. Kier makes a weekly routine of saving the girl next door from herself on Saturday nights… but when will she be ready to remember him on Sunday morning?
FOULING OUT by Tiffany King
Working at a sports bar, Courtney has become a pro at sidestepping propositions from arrogant jocks—which makes her a more elusive catch for campus basketball star Dalton than he expected. But when he falls for the saucy waitress, Dalton will have to rethink his game plan to prove he’s not the jerk Courtney expects.
BENEATH YOUR LAYERS by Christina Lee
In order to ace her fashion internship, Chloe must team up with local college dropout and set builder, Blake—much to her chagrin. But after some "hands-on" experience, Chloe will have to ask herself if Blake factors into her carefully laid plans…
When four girls decide to live off campus together as juniors at a college in Michigan, they expect it to be their best year yet. Little do they know, it’s a year that will change the rest of their lives.
BEHIND HER EYES by A.L. Jackson
Unable to live down her ex-boyfriend’s deception, Misha is determined to avoid betrayal. When, the new guy next door, Darryn starts to get under her skin, her defenses start to crumble. But trusting Darryn seems impossible, especially if he’s not sure he can trust himself.
SAVING ME by Molly McAdams
On the outside, Indy is always ready for a party—but inside she’s breaking. Kier makes a weekly routine of saving the girl next door from herself on Saturday nights… but when will she be ready to remember him on Sunday morning?
FOULING OUT by Tiffany King
Working at a sports bar, Courtney has become a pro at sidestepping propositions from arrogant jocks—which makes her a more elusive catch for campus basketball star Dalton than he expected. But when he falls for the saucy waitress, Dalton will have to rethink his game plan to prove he’s not the jerk Courtney expects.
BENEATH YOUR LAYERS by Christina Lee
In order to ace her fashion internship, Chloe must team up with local college dropout and set builder, Blake—much to her chagrin. But after some "hands-on" experience, Chloe will have to ask herself if Blake factors into her carefully laid plans…
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Behind Her Eyes by A.L.
Jackson
Now I could feel him, his
eyes all over me, caressing me slowly, up and down.
I let all my insecurities
drift away as I swayed in time to the music, in sync with the throb of
the crowd and the intermittent
lights that glowed against my lids.
A charged moment passed,
before strong hands found my hips and gripped them from behind. For
a beat, I stiffened,
before I again gave in to this sublime release. And again, he felt good. Right.
All this
intense energy that
ricocheted between us wrapped me up in a frenzy of nerves, alight and alive.
The
smell of him took me
whole, all soap and man and sex.
Oh God.
My heart beat frantically,
racing to keep up with my thoughts that were spiraling out of control.
A shimmer of fear
slithered through me, before he pulled my back into the safety of his firm
chest.
And that was what I felt.
Safe.
With him, and I didn’t
know why, and I was searching inside myself for resolve, for the commitment
I’d made to never allow
myself to be so easily played again.
But it was just out of my
reach.
Darryn held me close, our
bodies moving in time, like we shared the same breath, the same space.
I leaned back, my head on
his shoulder as his face found the curve of my neck. Chills sped, spinning my
body into a violent
cataclysm of need. He let his hands roam, palms pressing hard as he ran them
down
the front of my legs,
spanning them wide as he trailed them back up to my hips and over my stomach.
Fingertips dipped into my
ribs as he slid them up the curve of my sides, and he lifted my arms as he
went,
in the same fluid motion
fastening my hands around the back of his neck.
All those butterflies
scattered, a clash of discordant wings that fluttered haphazardly through my
insides, leaving my
stomach in a coiled mess of confusion and need.
Why him? Why now?
Holding me close, he
brushed his mouth over the shell of my ear, his whispered words injected
directly to my manic
heart. “Goddamn, Misha. What are you trying to do to me?”
I suddenly found it
impossible to breathe, because it was him who was slowly undoing all the fibers
of reservation woven
through my weakened spirit.
“Can’t get you off my
mind.” He leaned in closer, his hand sweeping up my stomach. Fingers
brushed between my
breasts, and I released a sharp gasp.
“Been dying to touch you,”
he murmured low.
SAVING ME – MOLLY McADAMS
“I’m about to embarrass the hell
out of myself, but I don’t care anymore. I feel like when I’m near you, I’m
safe, and it makes no sense to me. It is the weirdest feeling to have
with someone I only know three things about.”
My eyebrows rose at that and I
turned to fully face her. “Three?”
“Yes. Three things. Your
name is Kier, you’re extremely quiet, and you are the biggest puzzle I’ve ever
tried to figure out.”
“I’m the puzzle?”
“Yes!” she said in exasperation.
That had to have been the most
backward statement I’d ever heard. “And why am I a puzzle?”
“Because of what I just told you.
I don’t know you, you don’t even talk to anyone, and I feel safe when you’re
near me! Why is that? I feel like I’m going crazy because all I’ve been able to
think about for these past two weeks is you, and how every time you open your
mouth it’s like déjà vu, and I just—I don’t know what’s happening.” Her green
eyes were massive and she looked like she was on the edge of losing her shit.
I took a few steps toward her and
lowered my voice. “Calm down, Indy. You’re fine.”
“I just don’t understand,” she
said loudly, the pitch of her voice rising. “Do you believe in past lives?” she
asked suddenly.
I paused, a laugh slipping past
my lips. “I’m sorry, what?”
“Past lives? Like that whole
stupid YOLO saying is really just bullshit, because we’re about to get another
shot down the road?”
I tried to contain my smile, but
she was really fucking adorable when she was like this. “What does that have to
do with what you’re freaking out over?”
“In stories with soul mates they
find each other no matter what in every life. And it’s like they have a weird
connection they can’t explain.”
I closed the distance between us
and dropped my head so I was looking directly into her eyes. “Are you saying
we’re soul mates?”
“No!” she said, horror lacing her
voice, her cheeks filling with heat.
“I think you were,” I teased.
“I wasn’t, I was just saying that
in stories . . . I don’t know what I’m saying, okay? But I don’t get what’s
going on with us!”
“So now there’s an us?”
“Oh my God,” she whispered. “I
need to stop talking.”
I laughed and took a step back.
“I’m teasing you, Indy. And no, I don’t believe in past lives. I think we have
this one, and that’s it.”
She sighed, and her body visibly
relaxed. When she spoke again, she sounded exhausted—and in a way, defeated. “I
don’t, either, but I can’t figure out how to explain this feeling like I know
you.”
I ground my jaw for a few seconds
as her green eyes held mine. “Because maybe you do know me. You’re just not
ready to remember why.”
Beneath Your Layers by Christina Lee
I motioned
for the bar. “Want me to get you a soda or a water?”
Chloe
stared at me for another long moment before she said, “No, thanks.”
We listened
to the next song quietly standing beside each other, lost in our own thoughts.
Until she turned to me and said, “Truth or dare?”
“Dare,” I
said, almost breathless. Given her mood, maybe she’d give me something good
this time.
“Your turn,
Blake,” she said. “Do something spontaneous.”
My fingers
trembled from wanting to touch her so badly and all I could think about was
doing just that.
“You sure
that’s what you want?” I said, turning and backing her against the wall.
“Yes,” she
breathed out.
“Something
spontaneous or something I’ve been thinking about doing for days?” I said, my
lips coming closer to hers. “Maybe weeks?”
Her breath
caught. “It . . . it’s your call.”
My head
swung forward, our foreheads practically touching. Fluttery breaths were
escaping her lips. I place my arms on either side of her head and she bit down
on her lip.
My heart
thrashed in my chest and all I could think about was how desperate I was to
kiss her, but how nervous I was to blow this opportunity.
So I
attempted to read her signals and they were definitely mixed. Her eyes flitted
between panic and lust.
When I
pinned my hip against hers, I could’ve sworn I heard a low moan in the back of
her throat.
“Please,”
she rasped out. “Please . . . don’t . . . Blake.”
My stomach
was in my throat. Fuck, either I’d scared her or I’d been reading her wrong.
I leaned
back to give her space, but her fingers suddenly skimmed across my waist,
clenching my shirt and drawing me nearer.
“Don’t
what?” I asked in confusion. She was so fucking messing with my head.
“Don’t . .
.” She was panting now. “Don’t stop.”
Fouling Out By
Tiffany King
The
warmth inside the building was soothing after walking from the car outside. I
felt mildly disappointed when Dalton dropped his arm from my shoulders, until
he reached for my hand. As we strolled along, I became hyperaware of how
something as innocent as handholding could become somewhat erotic while sipping
wine together. Dalton slid his thumb across the top of my hand in slow
methodical strokes before gently caressing my pulse point. The hairs on the
back of my neck felt as if they were standing on end. Each sweep of his thumb
was a sensual dance with my sensitive skin, making it tingle.
It
was becoming apparent to me that it might have been a bad call on my part to
skip lunch. Between the scent of Dalton’s cologne and the alcohol I was
consuming, I was already feeling slightly intoxicated. I nibbled on a few cubes
of cheese to attempt to alleviate the buzzing in my head. Dalton’s breath
teased my neck, making me shiver in a good way. I should have put some distance
between us so I could regain my bearings, but instead I snuggled closer to him,
wishing we were somewhere else with a lot fewer people around.
All
the air escaped my lungs as Dalton slowly captured a bead of wine from my
bottom lip with his finger. I watched with bated breath as he moved the finger
to his own mouth, sucking the drop of wine. It was all I could do not to moan
as my insides turned to putty.
“You
need to stop looking at me like that,” Dalton murmured in my ear.
“Like
what?” I licked the rest of the wine off my lip with the tip of my tongue.
This
time it was Dalton who groaned softly. Placing his hands on my hips, he slowly
backed me into a dim corner, away from prying eyes. “Like you’re thinking how
great it would feel if I hoisted you up on that wine barrel table over there
with your legs wrapped around my waist.”
“Are
you sure that’s not you thinking that?” My hips responded almost instinctively
as he pulled me snugly against his body. I could feel him, rock hard, pressed
to my stomach. The wanting desire I had been keeping at bay from the moment he
showed up at my house looking practically delectable with low-riding jeans and
a black V-neck sweater that accentuated his well-toned chest was threatening to
explode.
When We Met
By A.L. Jackson, Molly McAdams, Tiffany King, Christine Lee
This is a book that contains 4 short stories by superbly
talented authors…. They interconnect in a brilliant way! The stories are engaging,
exciting and full of heart……….
College days were my best of times…. They were eventful and
meaningful. I give When We Met 5 STARS for bringing me back to those memorable times.
Behind Her Eyes by A.L. Jackson
A.J. Jackson is a master storyteller. She knows how to grab
the reader and give them an unforgettable experience. Her books are packed with
emotion, heartache and beauty!
“She’d believed he
cared about her. Loved her. He’d
promised her she was everything.
This is a woeful tale of a girl that has been sheltered most
of her life, only to move on to college and experience a difficult time at the
hands of another. How she copes and
learns to trust again brings beauty to this sad story. Misha is young and
vulnerable when she lets the wrong one into her life.
Can she overcome the
shadow that looms over her due to his deceit? Can she embrace the man-boy that
seems to be just what she needs now and deserves. Or is she too scared and
scarred?
Get caught up in this
coming of age story that will inspire and enchant.
“Tell me when you’re
ready for…. Anything. I just want to mean something to you.”- Daryyn
Darryn is a great catch. He had an ego but also a big heart.
His thoughtful ways were charming. I loved watching him fall for the girl next
door. Their connection was organic and alluring!
Saving Me by Molly Mc Adams
Saving Me is a story that most can relate to in one way or
another. The subject of relationship, self hate and not being kind to others is
addressed. The topics in this tale are relevant and very real. You will feel
the sadness from the main characters seeping off the pages. You will also feel the hope, love and
understanding.
Indy is in a downward spiral over the last two years. Her
life is a bit of a mess. She has her own ways of coping that suit her just
fine. Or so she thinks……. Luckily, she has caught the attention of another that
is serving as her lifeline in more ways than you can imagine.
Kier is also a student on campus at Michigan State. He seems
like a loner and is very mysterious. Kier notices that Indy needs some saving
and sets out to be her “Safe Place”. But
he has a past too…..
“You look at me and I
know I’ve found exactly who I need. What I want.” –Indy
“You don’t seem to
think very highly of yourself - and I
don’t know why-….” -Kier
“You’re not at all
like the guy you described to me. You’re the quiet guy who saves me from
myself…..”-Indy
Molly Mc Adams is a brilliant writer. She addresses topics
that are current and relatable. Her stories are inspiring. She has a knack for taking her main
characters to dark places before they get a HEA. I always get sucked into her characters and
they stay with me for awhile.
I will forever be in a book funk over Taking Chances. If you
haven’t experienced that I recommend you do.
It is one of the best books I have ever discovered! It was the first to
rock my world emotionally. It was the first book to make me cry (MWAH)…….
Fouling Out by Tiffany King
This is my first story by Tiffany King. Fouling Out had wit, spice and
depth. It made me chuckle and feel the reignited emotions between two former
friends. It also left me wanting more……
Courtney was not raised with a silver spoon in her
mouth. She works hard for what she has.
Her mother has taught her to appreciate what is earned with hard work and diligence.
She may of also taught her to be mistrustful.
While at Gruby’s sports bar someone from Courtney’r past
comes crashing back into her present. His name is Dalton and he is ready to
mean more to her again. That is she lets him….. He is an All-Star basketball
player that seems down to earth and cool. Did a say HOT too… She’s not too
eager to get reacquainted or is she????
“We were friends once and now she’s acting a little weird. I
figured this way she wouldn’t be able to run off without talking to me.”-
Dalton
“Understanding our
different destinies didn’t make me pull away, though. Maybe it was the
familiarity of being childhood friends or the way we both opened up during the
car ride today, but being with him felt comfortable-natural.” –Courtney
“The smile left my
face as I studied his words. I felt I was standing on the edge of a cliff. If I
took the plunge, there was a chance it would leave my heart bleeding and broken
on the rocks below.” -Courtney
I enjoyed this story of a cherished friendship, feelings
lost and then found. King has a way with words. Courtney has a sassy attitude
and it made their encounters and interactions have a bit of a spark. She liked
to tease and he liked to tease right back. This tale had a playful yet serious
tone. I will definitely pick up another King book soon.
Beneath Your Layers by Christine Lee
Cute, deep and sweet!
This is a story about two people who couldn’t look more
different yet have more in common. It is about getting to know the vulnerable
guarded side of another. Sharing your secrets, lifestyle and self with the
least person you expect.
Chloe is a student that is into fashion and design. She is
put into a precarious situation with someone that she doesn’t know much about
other then he was a student, is very cute and can infuriate her…. Blane is the
nephew of the Threads owner with big burdens.
“..he frustrated the
hell out of me, he also made my stomach do this weird flippy nervous thing. He
was easy to dislike from a distance…”- Chloe
“Something about her
made me want to dig deep, find out what she was really made of. There had to
be different, compassionate person-
under all that restraint.” Blake
I liked the story. It had a good message. Being a young adult is
a complex time. You are independent yet dependent until you are finally
free. Letting go for some can be hard.
The relationship of Chloe and Blake was sweet. They both found something they
didn’t know they needed. A companion, another set of ears and a chance for
something more!
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When
We Met is a series of short stories following a group of four girls
that rent a house together in Ann Harbor while attending college. The way
that A.L Jackson, Molly McAdams, Tiffany King and Christina Lee write separate
stories that weave together so perfectly is fantastic. The reader is able
to see a glimpse of each girls in the later stories by the other authors,
helping the separate stories become one. This was a 3.5 star read for me
and I would recommend it to all of those who enjoy a love story with a little
bit of angst and a happily ever after.
Behind
Her Eyes by A.L Jackson
Misha
returns to college defeated and scared of what she will be facing. Having
been played in the absolute worst way possible by the boy next door, she wants
to go to class, keep her head down and not become involved with anyone;
especially guys. Worried that everyone she crosses will have seen or even
heard about the video that showed her in an extremely intimate situation, all
because of a bet is something that plagues her mind non-stop from the moment
she steps into the house that she shares with three of her friends off campus.
The house next door that is rented by the guys is where all of her innocence
was taken and broadcasted to the entire campus. The hottie next door
draws her attention, even though a guys is the last thing that she wants.
Darryn has seen the video, a video that has been forefront in his mind for
sometime now, the object of his fantasies. And he wants the girl; she is
nothing like the girl that he watched on the video, she is shy and smart and
everything that he needs. Making her believe that he never saw the video
and knows nothing about it may not be his smartest move yet but will he get the
girl in the end?
Saving
Me by Molly McAdams
After
being forced from her home during summer break from parents that are disowning
her for something that wasn't even her fault. Returning to school to her
boyfriend of two years is the only option that she has, an option that turned
out to be a wake-up call that she never knew she needed. Finding him in
bed with another girl, a girl who wears his engagement ring and is pregnant
with his child sends Indy into a tailspin. Drinking away the pain of
losing her boyfriend and her brother, she blacks out every Saturday night
during the parties that the boys next door throw; often having sex with random
guys that she can't remember. Lately though, when she tries to have less
random sex but still can't abandon the black out drinking, she finds herself
every Friday night with a loaf of bread in front of the same room. She is
carried back to her house, placed on her bed with a glass of water and two
asprin for the morning. She never remembers his name but it is the same
thing every Saturday night. Until the day when her car doesn't start and
she is late for class. Asking the quiet roommate Kier for a ride, proves
to interesting, because as she talks to him she constantly gets a sense of deja
vu. Kier tells her that she will realize why she feels like she knows
him, feels like she is safe with him when she is ready. Spending more and
more time together, they both try to ignore feelings that are fiercely growing
both thinking that the secrets that they hold will make the other leave once
revealed. Will they be able to have a relationship once the truth is laid
out on the table?
Fouling
Out by Tiffany King
Courtney
is working hard to make ends meet. She has a rule that she doesn't date
athletes, especially the basketball players that are treated as gods in her
school. When Dalton walks into Gruby's and is seated in Courtney's
section everything she ever thought changes. Coming face to face with the
boy who was her best friend as a child and dropped her for basketball still
stings even though she thought she had gotten past it. Dalton doesn't
remember Courtney looking so good and him being so attracted to her but the
last time they actually spoke they were twelve years old. Unsure of why
she is giving him the cold shoulder, he is determined to break down the wall
that she has put up and once again become part of her life. Forced to go
on a double date with Amanda and Collin, Courtney wants nothing to do with the
basketball star that gives her butterflies. Making him work for it, she
gives him a series of challenges that he happily complies with to show that he
is serious about her. Supporting him even when he becomes unsure of
whether basketball is his dream or his father's makes her the perfect
girlfriend in his eyes.
Beneath
Your Layers by Christina Lee
Chloe
has a carefully constructed life where everything is on a post-it size list
that can be crossed off when completed. She is working hard to make a
name for herself in the fashion world, to be able to be the success that her
mother wasn't able to achieve. Always found dressed to impress, she
doesn't even own a pair of sneakers and she works hard to make sure everything
is perfect as it should be. Blake is everything that she doesn't want or
need in her life. He dropped out of school to work a construction job and
seems to hold the belief that others have, that she needs to lighten up and
have more fun. Thrown together to work on a project for her senior design
class, Chloe has no choice but to accept his help in order for the project to
be a success. Constantly worrying about what her mother will think and if
what she is doing will gain her approval, Chloe puts her all into the project,
despite Blake's apparent contempt for her. It is only when Blake
introduces that game of truth or dare between them that each begins to open up
to a friendship that the other didn't think possible. It is through that
friendship that they become so much more and both Chloe and Blake achieve
everything that they ever wanted and needed.
A.L. Jackson
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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Molly
McAdams
Molly grew up in California but now lives in the oh-so-amazing state of Texas with her husband and furry four-legged daughters. When she's not diving into the world of her characters, some of her hobbies include hiking, snowboarding, traveling, and long walks on the beach … which roughly translates to being a homebody with her hubby and dishing out movie quotes. She has a weakness for crude-humored movies and fried pickles, and loves curling up in a fluffy comforter during a thunderstorm ... or under one in a bathtub if there are tornados. That way she can pretend they aren't really happening.
Come be my friend!
TIFFANY KING
USA Today Bestselling author Tiffany King is a lifelong reading
fanatic who is now living her dream as a writer, weaving Young Adult and New
Adult romance tales for others to enjoy. She has a loving husband and two
wonderful kids. (Five, if you count her three spoiled cats). Her addictions
include: Her iPhone and iPad, chocolate, Diet Coke, chocolate, Harry Potter,
chocolate, zombies and her favorite TV shows. Want to know what they are? Just
ask.
For information on any of Author Tiffany's titles, visit her blog
at www.authortiffanyjking.blogspot.com
Where
to connect with Author Tiffany
Twitter- @AuthorTiffany
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Email-
authortiffany@yahoo.com
CHRISTINA
LEE
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.
Author of the Between Breaths series from Penguin. ALL OF YOU, BEFORE YOU BREAK and WHISPER TO ME available now, PROMISE ME THIS on October 7th, 2014.
Also Adult contemporary romance TWO OF HEARTS coming from Peguin/NAL on May 5th 2015.
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.
Author of the Between Breaths series from Penguin. ALL OF YOU, BEFORE YOU BREAK and WHISPER TO ME available now, PROMISE ME THIS on October 7th, 2014.
Also Adult contemporary romance TWO OF HEARTS coming from Peguin/NAL on May 5th 2015.
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Christina_Lee04
Amazon Author Page: http://www.amazon.com/Christina-Lee/e/B00D1W5RSE/ref=sr_tc_2_0?qid=1414001350&sr=8-2-ent
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