Title:
Discovering April
Author:
Sheena Hutchinson
Publisher: SL
Hutchinson Publishing
Release
Date:
4/27/2015
Genre:
New Adult Romance
ASIN: B00V46MYJ4
ISBN: 1508642222
Word
Count: 86,000
apx
Pages: 355
Excerpts
#1
“Why, Jared Hoffman, do you not want this?” I tease, slowly unbuttoning his shirt.
He smiles, his hands bracing themselves on the bed at either side of my head. “I didn’t say that... it’s just I don’t want to rush anything.”
Jared’s shirt falls open when I finally reach the last button. His perfect abs are shadowed and defined by the moonlight. My eyes start up his chest. “Rush?” I whisper softly as my hands graze their way up his biceps that frame my face. “Jare… this has been seven long years in the making. I think we’ve waited long enough.”
He pauses for a second. I hear his breath hitch in his throat as his dark eyes study my face. For some reason, I’m surprised when I feel Jared’s lips on mine. The passion between us is renewed at my admission. It’s my turn to moan against his lips. My legs automatically slide up and down his, causing my dress to hike up slightly before my legs wrap themselves around his waist. His hands make their way up my side slowly as if ingraining into memory the curve of my body. My hands have automatically found their way to his belt. I slip my fingers through it and release the hook, swinging it open. Before I know it, I’m unbuttoning his jeans. That’s when I feel his hands squeeze me tight. His lips leave mine for the first time since I spoke, and I feel them slowly trace their way down my neck. My fists clench against the skin on his waist.
“Oh, Jared,” I groan.
His body freezes above me for a fraction of a second. His head lifts out of the crook of my neck to meet my eyes again.
“Do you know how long I’ve waited to hear you call my name like that?” he whispers.
My hands find their way to his face and mingle with his hair. “There’s more where that came from.” I shoot him a sexy smirk before pulling his lips back to mine.
Blurb:
April
Landau thinks
she has everything she’s ever wanted. Her high school sweetheart, a
house she can’t afford, her bipolar tabby cat, and she’s all set
to begin her Junior year of college. Just when she least expects
it, her life gets thrown for a loop. When things between her and her
long time boyfriend unravel, she becomes stuck in a downward spiral
of emotion. Finally, opening her eyes to the fact that she may have
given up more than she ever could have imagined in this relationship.
She finds herself struggling to keep her head above water.
Enter
April’s next door neighbor— Jared
Hoffman.
He’s her complete opposite. A high school drop out who was forced
to take over his parent’s business after their untimely death. It’s
no surprise this tragedy affected him greatly, causing him to recede
almost completely from society.
But
he has one secret.
A secret he’s been carrying around for years.
What
happens when their worlds collide? Can an old friendship be the one
thing that brings these two back to life?
A
new adult love story filled with drama, sex, death, and the
complications of all of the above.
Book
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Discovering
April will be on Pre-Order sale for $0.99 until 5/1/2015!
--Starting
4/27/2015 The Seraphina Series will also be on sale until 5/1 in
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Author
Bio:
Sheena
is a born and raised New Yorker, even her writing can’t hide her
hard sarcasm. She claims destiny lead her to writing again. She
constantly strives to be a positive role model and write stories that
empower and inspire.
Sheena
always roots for the underdog, believes in love at first sight, and
that everyone should have their happily ever after. While God is
currently writing her love story she continues to put all her time
into her writing as she is constantly getting new inspiration.
For
more on Sheena and her books visit her website.
Author
Pages:
Excerpt:
My
head is still pounding when my eyes flutter open the next day. My
brain is throbbing inside my skull and I punch the pillow underneath
me, scaring Jinx out of his slumber. He meows in protest before
hopping off the bed. Looking around, I’m in my bed. How did I get
here? I groan in pain as I prop my pillows up and lean my head back
against them. It’s then that I feel the eyes on me. Tilting my head
straight again, I glance out my window. My eyes lock with those big
brown eyes of Jared’s across the way. He looks down to his phone
and back up again. My phone chimes with an incoming text.
“UGHHH!”
I moan, blindly reaching for it. It slips a few times before I grasp
it between my fingers and look down to read.
How
are you feeling?
Closing
one eye, I text back, Like
someone ran over me with a truck, then backed up and ran me over
again.
Lowering
my phone, I watch as he smiles from my text and disappears from view.
I’m trying to piece last night back together; it’s like a
fragmented mirror that has shattered all over the corners of my mind.
I remember laughing with Ro about her sexual conquests and then I
remember red and blue lights and… Jared. Starting to feel hot, I
throw the covers off of me and lay like a starfish, trying to get my
mind to focus. Glancing down, I notice I’m wearing my pajamas.
Before I can process any further, the door to my room creaks open.
Jared walks in with a cup of water and a closed fist.
“How
did you get in?!” I yelp, trying to sit up in bed, and pulling the
covers back over my braless tank top.
“I
left the back door open when I left last night,” he informs me as
he opens his fist to show me he brought a hand full of Advil.
“You
brought me home last night?” I rub my head before reaching for the
pills and water.
“Yup,
after you called me to pick you up from the police station.”
“I
WAS WHERE?!” I scream as water comes spraying out of my mouth.
“Police
station. Apparently, you popped a guy in the face.” He smirks.
I
squint my eyes, vaguely remembering the heavyset guy that tried
grabbing my ass in front of the bar.
“Whoa!”
I have to lean my head back against my pillows when the information
begins to become too much for me. “If you took me home, how did I
get into pajamas?!”
The
smile that crosses Jared’s face is a mixture of a blush and a sly
smirk that makes my insides twist with anticipation and excitement.
“Jared…”
“That…
you did on your own. I had nothing to do with that!” He holds his
hands up in surrender.
“What?
I just stripped in front of you!”
“Well,
once you got your shirt off, there was really no stopping you…”
he teases and my eyes widen in embarrassment.
“Oh
my God!” I slump down, pulling the covers back up to my face. “Did
we… ya know…” I mutter, completely mortified now.
“Uh,
that would be a no.”
“Oh,
thank God!” I sigh.
“Thanks
a lot!” He comes to his feet now, turning to look out the window.
“Not
like that, it’s just … I don’t like to do things I’m not
conscious for.”
“Yea,
completely plastered girls that get arrested and throw up in bushes
are really sexy!” His voice drips with sarcasm.
“I
threw up?!” This
just gets better and better.
“Twice.”
“Twice?”
I’m mortified, staring at his amused face.
“Well,
after the first time I thought maybe you needed something to eat.”
“Oh
no…”
“Yeah…
I’ve never seen someone eat a Big Mac that fast before…” He
stares at the wall as if remembering my weak moment.
“Oh
my God!” I groan, throwing the covers over my entire body. I curl
up in a fetal position, planning to never come out again. The room
grows silent. It’s starting to get hard to breathe under the sheets
when I feel the mattress by my feet cave slightly.
“Come
on, it’s not that bad. We all have our moments.” He pats my feet
through the sheets.
“Just
when I think I’ve reached rock bottom, things just seem to drops
out from under me and I’m at an all new low!” I roll over, trying
to pull the covers with me, but Jared’s weight prevents it. My head
comes peeking out as I roll over, facing away from him.
“April,
I think I just determined your major.”
“What?”
I curiously twist to look at him again.
“Drama.
You’re such an actress. Now, put your big girl panties on and get
up!”
I
stare at him for a second; did he just say what I think he said? He
waits about two seconds before getting up and opening a drawer to my
dresser. “Are they in here? Nope!” He closes it and opens
another.
“STOP!”
I scream, stumbling out of bed, horrified.
“How
‘bout this one?”
“Okay!
Okay! I’m up!” I slam the drawer closed just in time to save
myself further embarrassment when Jared eyes my plain old
undergarments. I sigh when the pounding in my head launches my
stomach into action and I collapse onto the corner of the bed.
“You
okay?”
“I
refuse to puke again!” I respond, taking another deep breath.
“Jared…”
“Yea…”
“I
could use some donuts.”
“Okay.”
He pauses for a few seconds, looking down at his feet before adding,
“I’ll be outside then.”
And
he leaves me alone in my room.
~
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