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Friday, October 20, 2017

BLOG TOUR: Widked Beginnings by L. A. Cotton


Wicked Beginnings (Wicked Bay #1)

BY L A COTTON
 
The first book in a brand new YA/NA crossover series from the author who brought you Chastity Falls

Lo thought moving to Wicked Bay was the worst of her problems, but as life begins to unravel around her, she’s going to find out it’s only the beginning…
 
 

*** BONUS SCENE ***

 

 

"Ugh. Do we have to go in there?" Macey groaned pausing at the kitchen door.
"Let's just get it over with." I raked a hand over my head just as my cell vibrated. Macey shot me as curious glare as I read the incoming text.
"I need to take this," I said flicking my head to the door. "Go play nice."
"Jerk," she mumbled under her breath and disappeared into the kitchen. My fingers flew across the screen, texting Luke back. Message sent, I slipped the phone into my pocket.
Gentry collared me the second I joined them. "And this giant here is Maverick." His voice was cheery. Light.
What a fucking sham. He clapped me on the back and I stiffened at the fake display for our new houseguests, his brother and niece. My eyes landed on the man across the island. The resemblance to Gentry was uncanny and although it was misdirected, I couldn’t help the flare of anger I felt at the stranger. And then my gaze slid to his daughter ... and fuck ... no!
It couldn't be.
It could—
I glanced over at Kyle and that motherfucker grinned.
Fuck.
It was her. The girl from the last summer. I remembered … my body remembered.
Double fuck.
She was different somehow. I saw it as my eyes swept over her. Long dark hair hanging around her face like a shield. Soft lips. Lips I’d tasted. But it was her eyes. Guarded and wary, they held a darkness I wanted to know.
Jesus.
Gentry had warned me to stay away from his niece. Asked me to play nice, but to leave babysitting duties to Kyle and Summer. What a fucking irony. He couldn’t have known that I knew her—it was impossible. But here she was standing in my kitchen. My house. Breathing the same air as me.
Shit.
Gentry nudged me into action and I stuttered out, “hi,” as I shirked him off and folded my arms over my chest, a storm of emotions rumbling in my chest.
How the fuck had this happened?
Me and Stone were going to have serious words later.
Her eyes left mine, raking down my body. Looked like I wasn’t the only one who remembered. Things just got a whole lot more complicated. I’d planned to heed Gentry’s warning—to ignore the new girl. Even if she was family.
A little bit of puke rushed up my throat and I swallowed it down. She was family. My step cousin and I’d almost … but it was okay. We hadn’t. And it wasn’t like we were blood-related. It was totally fine. If it ever did come out—which I’d make sure it never did—it wasn’t like we knew what we were to one another.
Her blatant appraisal of me continued and I raised an eyebrow at her when she finally reached my face. The color drained from her cheeks and she dropped her gaze. And damn if it didn’t sting. When she peeked back up at me, I schooled my expression. I couldn’t let her see the effect she was having on me. Not here. Not now.
Not ever, a voice whispered.
She was damaged, broken. She didn’t need me crashing into her life. And I didn’t need her messing things up for me any more than they already were. No. We’d just have to forget that night last summer ever happened. But from the way she was trying not to look at me, and the way my dick stirred in my shorts, I knew it wasn’t going to be that straightforward.
Gentry cleared his throat, breaking our stand-off. “Now everyone’s present, I’d just like to say how happy we are to have you both here…”
Her eyes flickered shut. She didn’t want to be here just as much as I didn’t want her here. This was bad—for everyone. So even though I remembered—even though I wanted to pick up where we left off all those months ago—I had to force it down. To ignore it.
I had to stay the fuck away from Eloise Stone.
For all our sakes.
 
 

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Author of mature young adult and new adult novels, L A is happiest writing the kind of books she loves to read: addictive stories full of teenage angst, tension, twists and turns.

Home is a small town in the middle of England where she currently juggles being a full-time writer with being a mother/referee to two little people. In her spare time (and when she’s not camped out in front of the laptop) you’ll most likely find L A immersed in a book, escaping the chaos that is life.

 

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