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Me
by
Katie Ashley
Release
date: July 2nd, 2013
Synopsis:
Twenty
year old Lane Montgomery never imagined her usually boring summer in the
boonies would require her to trade her toe shoes for hunting boots or her
monotonous college textbooks for treasure map deciphering. Never would she have
imagined after breaking her grandmother’s precious Native American statue,
danger, a lost treasure of Cherokee Gold and a hostage situation would arise.
Nor could she predict that the one man destined to protect her and her family
was her childhood nemesis and former crush, Maddox Diaz.
Returning
after three years in the Army, twenty-three year old Maddox Diaz is confronted
with more than he bargained for when agreeing to help his childhood buddy and
deepest regret, Lane. Suddenly he is thrust into a dangerous game of cat and
mouse with armed and ruthless treasure seekers that results in car chases and
gun battles all in the presence of the one girl who still manages to haunt his
dreams and drive him wild with desire.
Lane is determined to deny the sizzling
chemistry with the man who stole her virginity and broke her heart. She just
wants to stay alive with her heart intact. Will she be able to resist the man
whose body sets fire to all her senses?
Excerpt: Day 1
“Damn, I’m going to
miss you.”
My heart went from
fluttering into a full gallop. We sat in silence for a few minutes just
listening to the sounds of the party, and the heave and sigh of the swing.
Finally, I cleared my throat of what seemed like a mound of sawdust. “You know
you’re missing your party,” I said softly.
Maddox shrugged. “It
was stupid to have a party because I don’t feel much like celebrating.” After
chugging the rest of his beer and tossing the bottle, he reached into the
cooler beside him and got us both another one. As the sounds of the antics from
inside the house grew louder, Maddox stood up and held out his free hand. “Come
on. Let’s get out of here.”
I extended my shaky
hand to meet his. “Sure,” I murmured. I’m not sure how my trembling legs
supported me, but after putting one foot in front of the other, I let him lead
me off the porch and into the yard. When we’d reached the old oak tree at the
far end of the yard, I guess Maddox felt we’d distanced ourselves enough from
the house because he stopped.
As I ran my
fingertips over the seat of the worn swing, Maddox cocked his head at me. “Want
me to push you like old times?”
“I’m not sure it’s
safe.”
Maddox chuckled as he
motioned for me to sit down. “You’re always so cautious, Lane.”
“Fine. But I better
not bust my ass in this thing,” I muttered as I eased down onto the wooden
seat.
His breath hovered
over my earlobe. “If you hurt your ass, I’ll kiss it and make it better for
you.” When I gasped at his blatant innuendo, he laughed. “Just teasing.”
“I don’t know what
I’m more shocked about—your naughty suggestion or the fact you might actually
care that I got hurt. I mean, when we were kids, you always gave me hell if I
cried when I got a cut or bruise.”
Maddox grimaced.
“Yeah, I was a big asshole to you most of the time, wasn’t I?”
“Pretty much.”
Pulling me back, he
then pushed me forward in the swing. “Well, isn’t there some theory about
little boys who treat little girls shitty to get their attention because deep
down they’re really crushing on them?”
I twisted my fingers
tighter around the swing’s rope handles while I tried to still my erratic
breathing. “There’s something like that,” I murmured. Glancing over my
shoulder, I caught Maddox’s intense expression. Nibbling my lip, I contemplated
whether now was the right moment to come clean with him about my feelings.
Suddenly, an amused
look came over his face. “Hey, remember that time we all went camping, and
Maudie’s old hound dog broke into the cooler in the middle of the night and ate
all of the hotdogs?”
“The one you named
Lane?”
“That’s the one.”
I giggled. “Yes, I
remember it.”
We then launched into
an hour-long trip down memory lane. It wasn’t long before Maddox squeezed in
beside me on the swing. By the time we were finished talking, I’d managed to
polish off the rest of my beer. I was actually acquiring a taste for it, which
for me was saying a lot. Of course, I was also starting to feel a little loopy,
and the constant motion of the swing was making me woozy. I dug my toes into
the dirt, stopping the swing.
“You okay?”
Bringing my hand to
my head, I replied, “I will be when the world stops spinning.”
“Uh-oh,” Maddox said.
He stepped around the side of the swing. After he brought one of my arms over
his neck, he used the other to scoop me up in his arms.
“Oh my God, you don’t
have to carry me! I’m not that dizzy,” I protested.
“Yeah, but it gives
me the chance to look strong and get to feel you close to me.” When I stared up
at him, he winked. Since I liked where the conversation was going and I didn’t
want the moment to end, I gave him a pleading smile.
“Will you take me
down by the river?”
“You don’t want to go
back to the house?”
I shook my head. “I
just want to be with you. Well, I guess I should say alone with you.”
Maddox’s
dark eyes drank in my face for a moment before he bobbed his head.
My Review: 5 Stars of course
What can I say? another amazing book by Katie. She just keeps them coming. It wasn't what I expected at all..treasure and maps and of course a hot guy...amazing! She grips you with the action and suspense and totally sucks you in. It was different, but in the best way possible. The characters came to life on the pages and I felt like I was there with them. Maddox and Lane are awesome together. Thank you for the opportunity to read this Katie and The Book Avenue for letting me tag along on the tour.
AUTHOR
PROFILE:
Katie
Ashley is the New York Times, USA Today, and Amazon Best-Selling author of The
Proposition. She lives outside of Atlanta, Georgia with her two very spoiled
dogs and one outnumbered cat. She has a slight obsession with Pinterest, The
Golden Girls, Harry Potter, Shakespeare, Supernatural, Designing Women, and
Scooby-Doo.
She spent 11 1/2 years educating the Youth of America aka teaching MS and HS
English until she left to write full time in December 2012.
She also writes Young Adult fiction under the name Krista Ashe.
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