Title: Everything I’ve Never Had
Author: Lynetta Halat
Cover Designer: Sarah Hansen at Okay Creations.
Release date: 9/2/2013
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Blurb
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Celeste Hebert has always appeared to have it all, but there are many things she's never had, been forbidden from having.
One night. One song. One kiss. The perfect trifecta to unleash the
floodgates of a forbidden attraction between the widow and her husband’s
bad boy cousin, Adrian.
Celeste endeavors to rebury the feelings that surface after this one night
since her powerful family despises him. Kindred spirits, best of friends
they attempt to douse their attraction; however, Adrian always seems to
know exactly how to push her buttons and may prove too much to resist.
Having defied his family by making his way on his own terms, Adrian struggles
to regain their acceptance. When he meets his cousin’s wife and wants
her for his own, he feels he’s finally lived down to the title—black
sheep. But, when his cousin dies unexpectedly, Adrian fights his
attraction and swears to honor them both by helping her raise her boys.
Finding himself enveloped in a cocoon of love and acceptance, Adrian knows it’s
more than just physical attraction. However, unforeseen events threaten
to destroy those he now holds dear and his newfound peace.
Will the ties that bind them be their undoing?
Author Info
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For as long as she can remember, Lynetta Halat has lived to read and has written countless stories and plays since she was a young girl. A teacher by day and an avid reader and closet writer by night, she has always dreamt of penning books that people could connect with and remember; and her first novel, Every Rose, was the perfect catalyst to launch her into the world of publishing. Her love of the English language prompted her to attain her master's degree in English from Old Dominion University in Virginia. A self-proclaimed "Coast Girl," she lives in Mississippi with her adorable husband, two amazing sons, and two loveable dogs. She is currently at work on her third book.
Author Links
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Facebook Page: http://www.facebook.com/
Website: www.lynettahalat.com
Twitter: @LynettaHalat
Excerpt #1—Everything I’ve Never Had by Lynetta Halat—Sept. 2013 (Unedited and subject to change.)
Adrian runs his hands up my arms and shoulders until they grasp both sides of
my neck to tilt my head back so that I'm staring straight into his
arctic blue eyes. I immediately start trembling, and it's not with fear.
"Celeste, I'm begging you not to leave here looking like that. You look
gorgeous, babe, but I can't sit here all night wondering who's hitting
on you, who's imagining moving that scrap of fabric over to get a
glimpse at what is..."
"What is what?" I breathe heavily.
"What is underneath it all." His brow wrinkles, and I feel his hands tighten
their pleasurably painful grip. "What is underneath it all?"
"Just me, Adrian, just me," I breathe. "That's all."
"So everything then. Just like I thought." He removes one of his hands to
run it up the back of my thigh. My eyes widen and I swallow hard.
"That's not a good idea," I whisper. His hand wraps all the way around my
thigh, his fingertips coming to rest along the crease of my left cheek.
My thigh pulses with fire.
"Why not?" His fingertips tease back and forth a little. Even though it’s a
light touch, it feels like his calloused fingertips mark me.
"Why not? Look at us. We can't even have a civil conversation for everything
that has passed between us, and you want to further complicate it. What
you're doing will further complicate matters."
His hand stills. He exhales loudly and lets his head drop on my chest. "You
do this to me. I don't act like this. That day in the park, watching
you cross and uncross your legs. Throwing your hair over your shoulder.
Laughing without a care in the world. Cheering me on like it was your
favorite thing to do! It killed me. Killed me. I've never wanted a woman
the way I want you. Never."
His words rain down on me like fiery drops of lust. I close my eyes and
rewrite that memory. I thought he was just being an ass, but his
unexpected anger was because he was yearning for me. I bite my lip, open
my eyes, and shake my head. "It's just because you can't have me,
Adrian. I'm nothing special."
"Oh, baby, you have no idea." He runs his nose up my throat, scenting me as
he goes. I lean my neck back, giving him more access even as my brain
screams at me to run—not walk—out of this room. But when he says,
"You're everything to me." My head falls back even further and my eyes
close again as I feel him slant his head and attack my chin, throat, and
neck with closed-mouth kisses. I hear myself moan and give myself one
more little jolt to try to spare myself from this delicious torment that
will only end in frustration.
All rights reserved. Copyright Lynetta Halat 2013.
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