"He definitely didn’t need this..." Excerpt from ENTANGLED DREAMS:

If you missed the first few excerpts of Entangled Dreams, click here. Don't worry; there's a link, which will bring you right back.

Our female protagonist, Alexandra Nicole (Nicky), just hopped on the back of a complete stranger’s motorcycle, because she was depressed about her father’s death, ticked off at her boyfriend, and has decided to start living life by her rules. Now she’s sitting on the beach with him, getting drunk to drown her sorrows.

This week’s excerpt:

She sighed loudly then turned her head back to the soft crashing waves hitting the beach in a consistent rhythm.

He stood up and extended his hand to her. “Come on, let me take you home.”

She wrapped her fingers around his hand, and warmth surged through him. “I don’t want to go home, Cameron. Please sit back down.”

This couldn’t be happening. The way she said his name sent a thrill through his body. He didn’t need this. She pulled her hand back and picked her drink up. He sat back down and watched as she sucked down the final sips of the Slurpee then pulled the bottle of bourbon back out and poured several shots into the second cherry-flavored drink.

He definitely didn’t need this. He already had one problem at home.

Entangled Dreams will be out next month, but if you’d like to read the first three chapters, they are at the end of my current bestseller in romantic-suspense, LAND OF THE NOONDAY SUN.

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When two strangers have nothing left but their dreams, they must forge a relationship in Nantahala, North Carolina, a small town known as Land of the Noonday Sun.

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MJ KaneSunday, July 29, 2012
Such a good guy to pick up a stranger then let her tell him what to do....lol. Wonder where this is going and who's 'home' he wants to take her to!
christine warnerSunday, July 29, 2012
Sounds like he has another problem besides the one at home, except this one will be a good one :) Nicely written six~!
pewjournalSunday, July 29, 2012
I liked your six sentence sunday. I just posted mines check it out. http://www.soniawrites.com/2012/07/six-sentence-sunday-brushing-teeth.html
KellyHitchcockMonday, July 30, 2012
Enter character Bourbon - twister of plots! Great 6.
Veronica ScottMonday, July 30, 2012
He may not need this but it's coming at him like a train evidently! Enjoyed the excerpt as always, can't wait to see what's next!

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