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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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.
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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