Hey everyone! Today I have an sweet excerpt from one of Entangled soon to be released books, True North by L.E. Sterling, whom from which I will also have a guest post for sometime in April for my April's A-Post-A-Day challenge. Anyways, here's the excerpt and I will have a preorder link for you at the end! True North - Excerpt “Let me finish. I have a job to do. I’m obliged to do the best job I can. Not just because I work for Storm but because that’s who I am. That job is to protect you, Lu.” I turn my head, unable to bear even another second. I’ve had my fill of Jared’s merc routine. Gentle fingers coax me back again until I’m just inches from Jared’s glittering eyes. They look feral in the moonlight. “But Lu.” He breathes my name like it’s a full sentence. “It’s a good thing that’s my job, because… Don’t you know I can’t even help myself?” He’s so close it’s as though the boundaries of our flesh have disappeared. And within one breath and the next, his lips are on mine. Soft, warm, molding me to his mouth. Then, hungrier, he pulls me closer, seeking more. I’m dizzy with the taste of him on my lips, in my mouth. When my strength gives out, I slump onto his chest and he holds me tighter. I can barely react to the blazing warmth of his body full down the length of me, the scratchy feeling of his shirt decal under my fingers. There’s a fire in me, too, and with his sudden nip to my lip, it ignites. I’m feverish for him. Jared’s chest is molten rock under my hands. I’m struck with a desire to run kisses up his neck, to just behind his earlobe, just to hear the quick suck of his breath. I grab his hair and pull him tighter still. My lips sting from trying to get closer, closer, and rubbing too hard up against his teeth. Jared tries to hold them back but I can feel his incisors sharpen, his growl deepen, his eyes flip to a luminescent green in the darkness of the garden as he drinks me in. And just as suddenly as it started, he takes me by the shoulders and pulls me away. I sway on the patio bench like a rag doll, cold and dazed. The garden hums with some secret life, bugs and frogs, but it’s just Jared and me here. Touching a finger to my swollen lips, I watch him. He pants as though he’s kicked the living tar out of someone, a glassy expression to his feline eyes. He doesn’t take his hands off me, but he isn’t going to bring me close again, either. And that’s what makes me explode. “What kind of game are you playing with me, anyhow?” I scream at him, thankful that the garden is empty for my tirade. I hope you all enjoyed that, and as promised, here's the link to preorder the book off Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1633755959/ref=x_gr_w_bb_sout?ie=UTF8&tag=x_gr_w_bb_sout-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1633755959&SubscriptionId=1MGPYB6YW3HWK55XCGG2
Let me know all your thoughts about the excerpt thus far, and as always, you can also find me on my social medias: @BrookeEvans2001 on Twitter and @thecozylittlebooknook on Instagram. Don't forget to follow me there, and check out my post from yesterday about my new challenge for the month of April! I will be back soon with another post-most likely a review, and I will see you then! ~Brooke
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