Breaking Nova
by Jessica Sorensen
Publication Date:
September 3, 2103
Genre: Contemporary,
New Adult
ISBN: 9781455582723
Summary:
Nova Reed used to have
dreams-of becoming a famous drummer, of marrying her true love. But all of that
was taken away in an instant. Now she's getting by as best she can, though
sometimes that means doing things the old Nova would never do. Things that are
slowly eating away at her spirit. Every day blends into the next ... until she
meets Quinton Carter. His intense, honey brown eyes instantly draw her in, and
he looks just about as broken as she feels inside.
Quinton once got a second chance at life — too bad he doesn't want it. The tattoos on his chest are a constant reminder of what he's done, what he's lost. He's sworn to never allow happiness into his life ... but then beautiful, sweet Nova makes him smile. He knows he's too damaged to get close to her, yet she's the only one who can make him feel alive again. Quinton will have to decide: does he deserve to start over? Or should he pay for his past forever?
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Book Excerpt
I get caught up in it
all—in her—and suddenly I’m pressing my lips against hers. I’ve done this a lot
before, as a way to distract myself from my life. But this isn’t the same. This means something,
but I’m still trying to figure out what and if I want it or even deserve to get
it.
At first she stiffens,
but then she hooks her arms around the back of my neck and inches closer,
opening her mouth to me as she spreads her legs open and my hands travel higher
toward the bottom of her shorts. She tastes like beer and smells like pot.
Tristan’s gone but he could come back at any moment. I should stop this. I
should care enough to stop Tristan from seeing this, but my will to care about
doing the right thing at this moment has died. My thoughts are blurred by the
lingering high and the scent and feel of Nova. All I seem to care about is
caressing her tongue with mine and feeling her skin because it’s soft and
soothing and in another life I’d touch it all the time.
I’m about to pull
away, because emotions are prickling inside me, when she swings her leg over me
so she’s straddling my lap, then she grips the sides of my neck and pulls me
closer. She kisses me fiercely, to the point where it feels like my lips are
going to bruise, then she’s crushing her chest against mine as she gently rocks
her hips. I dig my fingers into her waist, bringing her even closer, before I
push her back, breaking the connection of our lips.
She’s panting,
wild-eyed, her hair falling out of the braid. She glances to the side at
Tristan’s empty chair and then looks back at me.
“We should stop,” I
say, but it sounds like a lame attempt, my voice drifting off at the end.
“W-why?” She stutters
a protest and I have to admit that it’s nice there are no tears in her eyes. “I
don’t want to.”
I brush her hair back
from her eyes and let my fingers linger on the bruise on her cheek. “You don’t
even know me, Nova. I’m no good for you… you deserve so much better.” Please
run away. Because I can’t seem to do it myself.
Her jaw tenses, like I
struck a nerve. “I think I should get to decide that.”
“Whether I’m good
enough for you?” I ask.
“Yeah, which I can
only decide if I get to know you,” she says.
I motion my hand in
front of myself, pressing the point. “This is pretty much it. What you see is
what you get.”
“That’s never the
case,” she disagrees, flattening her palms onto my bare chest right over the
scar and my body goes rigid. “In fact, most of the time people hide who they
really are.” Her throat bobs up and down as she swallows hard. “Most of the
time you think you know someone, but you really have no clue.”
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About the Author
The New York Times and
USA Today bestselling author, Jessica Sorensen, lives in the snowy mountains of
Wyoming. When she's not writing, she spends her time reading and hanging out
with her family.
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