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Yesterday Behind by Lauren Linwood
Blurb:
Callie
Chennault vaulted to fame on the nighttime soap Sumner Falls, but after a decade of playing the same role, she is
ready for a new acting challenge. When Callie is attacked by a stalker on the
streets of New York, she takes a leave of absence from the show and returns to
her roots in Aurora, Louisiana, to heal both physically and emotionally and
determine her next career move.
Former
professional baseball pitcher Nick La Chappelle has also come to Aurora to lick
his own wounds after a messy divorce. A Cy Young winner and one-time ESPN
broadcaster, Nick longs for the quiet of a small town in order to write murder
mysteries under a pen name.
Sparks
fly when Callie believes Nick is taking advantage of her great-aunt’s
hospitality, but they resolve their differences—and surprise themselves by
falling in love. Their bond is tested when both Nick and Callie become the
focus of a serial killer nicknamed Lipstick Larry. Can they outwit a murderer
bent on seeing them dead and survive to build a lasting relationship?
Excerpt:
He
was dragging her. Callie was aware enough to feel her hip bumping along the
concrete pavement. Her eye had begun to swell, but she saw they’d entered an
alleyway. They went a few yards into it before he lifted her, slamming her into
the wall.
Panic
flooded her as he pressed against her, holding her wrists as he forced his
tongue inside her mouth. She gagged and began to struggle.
The
stinging was almost incidental. An afterthought in the back of her mind.
Something was terribly wrong, but her brain couldn’t process the information.
Her
legs went rubbery. Callie slid down the wall. Simon moved away from her, and
the cool of the night hit her. Her vision started to blur as a burning
sensation began along her side.
“You’re
like all the rest. You’re not really Jessica. You just pretend to be Jessica.
You aren’t perfect at all.”
She
recognized the contempt in his voice as he walked away, his hand swinging by
his side, the knife dripping. She was confused. It was blood. Her blood. It hit
her. He’d stabbed her. More than once.
She
reached a hand up and touched herself. Blood flowed. Sticky. Messy. She needed
help. Callie had never been more helpless—alone, in the dark, the thunder
rumbling angrily as the rain continued to come down now in sheets. She could
hear the rats scrambling through the garbage behind her.
Things
began to fade to black. Not good. She needed to move where she would be seen.
Could she stand?
She
tried and almost passed out. But she could crawl. She pushed herself to the
alley’s entrance and collapsed on the sidewalk. She was so tired. So cold.
Every breath hurt. She had to force herself to do it. Breathe. In. Out. In.
Out.
But
it hurt like hell. The air came in shallow spurts, like a panting dog in the
sweltering heat of a Louisiana summer.
She
quit struggling. It didn’t matter anymore. She wouldn’t make it. And it pissed
her off to think that every obituary would shout that “Jessica Had Died.” Not Callie Chennault. Every picture
accompanying every article would be of Jessica. Not her. She’d lost her
identity in a character so long ago that no one knew the real her anymore.
Even
if someone passed by on foot, they wouldn’t stop for a bloody, limp Callie. She
was a stranger, not the sophisticated beauty on the cover of Entertainment Weekly, the cool blond
with the fiery lips and temperamental attitude.
No,
she would die alone on a New York sidewalk. A no one.
Callie
took one last, painful breath and gave up.
Buy Link for Leave Yesterday Behind:
Other Books by
Lauren:
Music For My
Soul:
http://amzn.com/B00FQ0QGZM
Outlaw Muse: http://amzn.com/B00FQ0QGZM
A Game of
Chance:
http://amzn.com/B00HQVHR98
Written in the Cards: http://amzn.com/B00KGM0M1O
A Bit of Heaven
on Earth:
http://amzn.com/B00QHMH0IU
About Lauren:
Lauren Linwood’s historical romances use history as a backdrop
to place her characters in extraordinary circumstances, where their intense
desire for one another grows into the treasured gift of love. Her romantic
suspense novels feature strong heroes and heroines who unite to defeat a clever
antagonist and discover a deep, abiding love during their journey.
A native Texan, Lauren
is an avid reader, moviegoer, and sports fan who manages stress by alternating
yoga with long walks. She plans to start a support group for House Hunters
addicts—as soon as she finishes her next piece of dark chocolate.
Connect with
Lauren:
Amazon Author Page: http://www.amazon.com/Lauren-Linwood/e/B00CSSG8BC/ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1?qid=1406670019&sr=8-1
Thanks for hosting me today, Maggie, and letting me share an excerpt with your readers!
ReplyDeleteI love romantic suspense and this book sounds as if its full of romance and mystery. Best of luck with sales
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