ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Professional
Bio-Short: Starla Kaye wears many
hats professionally and as a writer. She is the community coordinator for a
Midwestern accounting firm, a gerontologist who volunteers with an active group
of senior adults, a mentor/teacher of writing, and a multi-published author.
She dabbles in writing romances of many sub-genres: contemporary, historical
Western, medieval, sci-fi, fantasy, paranormal, and Regency. To date she has published
20 novels, 39 novellas, 8 anthologies, 18 short stories, and 3 audio books. You
can learn more about her work at http://starlakaye.com
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ABOUT THE BOOK
Book Title: Trusting Love Again
Publisher: Black
Velvet Seductions
Date Published:
November 8, 2015
ISBN: 2940156674237
ASIN: B017RNS888
Genre:
Contemporary romance
Heat Rating: 3
Page Count: 99
Buy Links
Barnes & Noble: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/trusting-love-again-starla-kaye/1122924735
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All she wants is to start over, live a peaceful life…
After an abusive marriage and an ugly divorce, Toni needs to
rebuild her self-confidence and start a new life in her hometown. Going home
again and confronting people she’d hurt when she’d left is never easy. She’d
hung onto the idea of buying a long-abandoned old house and remodeling it to
help her recover. But a man from her past has recently purchased it for his
business. That’s her emotional breaking point and she does something reckless.
Now she must pay the legal consequences of her foolish actions…by working for
him.
All he wants is to
focus on his work…
Chad’s job as a lawyer working to protect the rights of the
abused elderly consumes his time and energy. It cost him his marriage and an
aborted child he hadn’t known about. Now he works harder, guards his bruised
heart. Yet the return of someone he’d held secret feelings for comes back to
town. She upsets his world, starting with minor destruction of his business
property and causing him minor injury. He shouldn’t become involved in helping
this troubled woman, yet he can’t keep from doing so.
Two heart-damaged
people have trouble trusting love again.
Excerpt – PG13 (458
words)
He glanced
at the young woman standing close by, worrying her lower lip. “Maybe you should
call—”
“What? Call my father? Because
I’m acting a little wild?” Toni snorted and cut him off. “I have every right to
act upset. Yet another man has messed
with me, lied to me.”
His angular face tightened in
annoyance. “I still have no idea what you’re talking about.” He stepped closer
and reached for her.
“No!” She
jumped back, breaking off the other stiletto heel, and barely managed to keep
from falling. Her entire body tensed.
A memory flashed into her mind.
Stanley had grabbed her arms during their last argument right after they’d
eaten a special meal she’d prepared for him. His grip had been agonizingly
tight. When she’d hissed in pain, he’d shoved her away. She’d landed hard on
the floor, knocking her head against the dining room table. After a half-second
of possibly regret, he’d turned and hurried out of the house. No apology.
“Antoinette,” Chad said again,
sounding cautious.
She pushed the recollection away
and looked at Chad. His expression appeared concerned. Again, he inched forward
and tried to reach for her.
“Don’t touch
me!” she gasped, batting his hand away, dropping the heel and purse. She hated
that she was reacting this way but felt helpless to control it.
“What’s your
problem?” Appearing confused, he moved toward her once more.
Panicked, defensive, and
determined to stop him, she snagged the iPad from his grasp, flung it away. It crashed
into the nearby towering, leafless elm tree. The sound of cracking glass made
her flinch. What had she done?
Footsteps behind her on the
sidewalk pounded in her direction. The young woman on the porch gasped and
Chad’s father walked behind him.
“Have you been drinking?” Chad’s
tone dripped with disgust as he seemed to sniff for hints of alcohol.
Her cheeks flamed. “No, I
haven’t been!” she bit out. It was humiliating to realize that her brother must
have told Chad about her drinking problem, something he must have read in the
gossip columns.
His vivid blue eyes didn’t look
as though he believed her. His jaw taut, he latched onto her left forearm
before she could move. He gripped her tightly.
No! Panicked, she drew on the self-defense lessons she’d learned
after the separation. With a palm strike, she gave a hard jab to his shoulder.
“What the hell?” he snapped,
jerking but not releasing her. His arm was stretched out between them.
Heart racing, she hit his elbow
with another palm strike. This time he lost his grasp on her arm and glowered
at her in frustration and pain. She sensed he would reach for her again, but
she couldn’t let it happen.
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Thanks for hosting me today and I wish everyone a wonderful Thanksgiving.
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