Captured Love by Juliana HaygertPublication date: November 10th 2014
Genres: Contemporary, New Adult, Romance
Synopsis:
It’s been four years since twenty-year-old Jessica Hayes has been home, but when she discovers her father is dying, she must return to her hometown in South Carolina and face her past. Jessica thought patching up her relationship with her father would be her biggest challenge, but when she runs into Ryan Dawson—the catalyst of all her problems—she wonders if coming home was a mistake.
Ryan knows he screwed up. Hell, he paid the price…with interest. But when he runs into his best friend’s little sister, Jessica, he’s reminded that his debt will never truly be paid. He may have turned his life around, but he can’t undo the damage. So, he does what he should have done all those years ago. He stays away from Jessica, and all the other personal demons that still haunt him.
Jessica thought she wanted nothing to with Ryan, but something is different about him and she needs to know why. When she discovers the truth behind his change, she puts her troubles aside and tries to help him. But is putting her heart back in the line of fire worth disrupting her stable life back in Ohio, or will the past repeat itself, leaving her brokenhearted once again?
About the Author
Ryan knows he screwed up. Hell, he paid the price…with interest. But when he runs into his best friend’s little sister, Jessica, he’s reminded that his debt will never truly be paid. He may have turned his life around, but he can’t undo the damage. So, he does what he should have done all those years ago. He stays away from Jessica, and all the other personal demons that still haunt him.
Jessica thought she wanted nothing to with Ryan, but something is different about him and she needs to know why. When she discovers the truth behind his change, she puts her troubles aside and tries to help him. But is putting her heart back in the line of fire worth disrupting her stable life back in Ohio, or will the past repeat itself, leaving her brokenhearted once again?
EXCERPT
Jessica
The girls stayed
until four in the morning, and they only left because, according to
our neighbors, we were making too much noise, which was true. We made
chocolate popcorn, watched a tearjerker movie, and then sat on the
back porch and talked—and laughed and yelled—for a long, long
time.
“Thank goodness,
Ryan told you about what happened,” Sophie said.
“Poor guy,”
Rachel said. “He hasn’t been the same since you left.”
Slimy, thick guilt
took over my heart. It hadn’t left me by Sunday evening or Monday
morning, and it was because of that guilt that I called Mama in the
afternoon and asked her to bake a special Devil’s Food cake. After
work, I stopped by the house to retrieve it, and then drove back
downtown.
I parked the truck
behind the Mustang. As I expected, the garage was open and Ryan was
leaning over the Harley in the same fashion he was a week ago. Damp
hair, bare back, jeans, and boots.
I swallowed. Maybe
it wasn’t such a good idea to come over after all. Before I could
chicken out, Ryan turned around and saw me. His eyes widened at
first, then narrowed into thin slits. He stood from his crouch as I
opened the truck’s door and walked inside the garage.
“Hi,” I said,
feeling incredibly lame.
“Hey.” He
grabbed a towel from one of his toolboxes and wiped his hands.
“I-I brought you
this.” I extended the cake toward him.
His eyebrows shot
up. “Devil’s Food cake.”
“Yes. It used to
be your favorite.”
“It still is.”
“Good.” Seeing
as he wouldn’t take it from me, I stepped to the side, and left the
cake on one of the worktables.
Ryan stared at me,
his hazel eyes completely lost, and I returned the stare. I wasn’t
sure what I was doing, but I wouldn’t back down. I would be here
for him, even if he didn’t want me to.
I sat down on a
stool next to his bike. “So, why haven’t you finished this one
yet?”
He picked up the
black shirt over one of the toolboxes, hiding his incredible
physique, then crouched between the bike and me. “I did spend quite
some time away.”
Damn, couldn’t I
have touched a lighter subject? “Sorry,” I whispered.
Ignoring my apology,
he continued, “Besides, I like working on it. If I finish too fast,
I’ll have to find another one to play with.” My gaze shifted to
the other bike, to his racing bike, destroyed against the wall. “I
didn’t fix that one after the accident. It’s a good reminder of
how stupid I can be.”
“Sorry,” I said
again.
He shot me a hard
stare. “Stop apologizing, Jessica.”
About the Author
While Juliana Haygert dreams of being Wonder Woman, Buffy, or a blood elf shadow priest, she settles for the less exciting--but equally gratifying--life of a wife, mother, and author. Thousands of miles away from her former home in Brazil, she now resides in Connecticut and spends her days writing about kick-ass heroines and the heroes who drive them crazy.
Co-founder and contributor at NA Alley (www.naalley.com)
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