Release Date: September 19th, 2013
Purchase: Amazon
Synopsis
"If I am more alive because love burns and chars me, as a fire, given wood or wind, feels new elation, it's that he who lays me low is my salvation, and invigorates the more, the more he scars me."
― Michelangelo
Ash Jensen, a squeaky-clean sophomore at the University of Tennessee, has a trail of baggage a mile long―she buried her fiancé only a year and a half ago. She swore she'd never love again but when she finds herself interned to a yummy Canadian conservation officer that promise is tested big-time. Kade Gyllenhahl sports wild tattoos, a rebellious attitude and a fohawk to die for. He's definitely the wrong man for her and she knows it.
Kade doesn't have time for a girl like her. She's a pretentious, unreadable princess who lives her life by her parents' rules. Kade knows nothing about her past and he'd prefer to keep it that way. Besides, he'll lose his job if he sleeps with Ash. Now if only he could get his mind off her.
When the two of them end up alone and isolated on a routine field trip in the woods, things get a little complicated...
One man afraid of commitment.
One woman afraid to love again.
Two lives.
Two hearts.
One life-changing journey.
― Michelangelo
Ash Jensen, a squeaky-clean sophomore at the University of Tennessee, has a trail of baggage a mile long―she buried her fiancé only a year and a half ago. She swore she'd never love again but when she finds herself interned to a yummy Canadian conservation officer that promise is tested big-time. Kade Gyllenhahl sports wild tattoos, a rebellious attitude and a fohawk to die for. He's definitely the wrong man for her and she knows it.
Kade doesn't have time for a girl like her. She's a pretentious, unreadable princess who lives her life by her parents' rules. Kade knows nothing about her past and he'd prefer to keep it that way. Besides, he'll lose his job if he sleeps with Ash. Now if only he could get his mind off her.
When the two of them end up alone and isolated on a routine field trip in the woods, things get a little complicated...
One man afraid of commitment.
One woman afraid to love again.
Two lives.
Two hearts.
One life-changing journey.
Excerpt
"You
like vodka?" Kade said.
"What?"
I glanced at him uncertainly. "That's kind of an odd question. From way
out in left field."
"You're
half Russian." He was staring at me intensely. "You must like
vodka."
"Oh,
no." I returned his gaze with equal intensity. Had he felt that tingle
when our hands touched, too? Our conversation was all innocent on the outside
but I could sense the sexual tension seething on the inside. Neither of us
broke eye contact. He wasn't sitting all that far from me. It wouldn't take
much to close the gap and wrap my lips around his. "I had vodka once when
I was in tenth grade. Almost threw up. Scotch is more my thing."
"Scotch?
That's a man's drink."
I
shrugged, but didn't break eye contact. "Not really."
"Any
preferred brands?" His voice sounded deeper, more sexual. I was starting
to lose myself in those eyes.
"I
don't know." My voice sounded strange, too. A little breathy. "All
kinds of brands. I don't like Jack Daniels, though."
"That's
not even scotch. That's whiskey."
"Same
thing."
Kade
stood up now and edged a little closer. His eyes never left mine. "How can
you not like Jack Daniels? That's, like, a Tennessee institution. They make it
there, don't they?"
"They
do." My heart was beating fast. "But Collier and McKeel is more my
thing."
"How
do you know so much about all these drinks, anyway?" he said in that deep,
slow voice. "The legal age is twenty-one in Tennessee."
I
knew my eyes were broadcasting sheer want. He felt it. I'm sure he did, because
his eyes fed that want right back at me. "I'm a delinquent."
"You
are." He took another step closer. I could hear his breathing now. Deeper.
Faster. "Collier and McKeel... remind me to let you try Seagram's 83
sometime. Canadians make the best whiskey. Perfect for a delinquent like
you."
"I'm
actually more of a wine person. At least I used to be." We were so close
now, barely a hand-span away. Those green eyes never left mine, and consumed
me.
"Wine?
I can see that. I'd peg you as a fan of white. You speak Sauvignon Blanc?"
The way he said those French words sounded so sexy.
"I
speak champagne," I said huskily. "Dom Perignon makes the most
amazing Cristal. White Gold is--" I choked off the words, feeling suddenly
like I was drowning, and I turned away from Kade. I couldn't hold back the
sudden tears.
After
all this time, something so simple as the name of a drink still affected me. I
almost hoped Kade would wrap his arms around me and carry me away from the
horrors of the past and save me from the guilt, but when I looked at him I saw
he'd retreated to the shade again. He was sitting on the log with his arms
crossed, facing away from me, staring at the river.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Hayden Hill is a New Adult Romance author. Her debut novel, Hopeless for You will be released in September 2013.
Writing HOPELESS FOR YOU was an emotional rollercoaster for Hayden. It started out as a rosebud of an idea which grew into this all-consuming tree. She poured everything into the book, heart and soul. It was a labor of love that’s for sure. They say that great art comes from pain. Well then Hopeless For You is her greatest work yet.
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