I know it's not Tuesday anymore but here is this weeks teaser anyway! I thank you all for your patience!
First the official blurb!
He ruled out attachments
years ago. Then one day he crosses paths with a beautiful but pampered daddy's
little princess. History has taught him one thing about women like her—steer
clear.
She was starting over. She
moved back to her home town, took a new job assignment, and left her past
behind. For the first time in over eighteen months, she's even intrigued by a
man—a sexy but cold and indifferent drill sergeant. Despite feeling drawn to
him, she has no time to figure out his inexplicable aversion to her.
Then Fate steps in one
night, forcing them together. There's a connection neither can refute, and they both consider giving into the undeniable attraction.
Fate however can also be
cruel. Just when they surrender to their heart's desires, past demons resurface
in the most unexpected way, threatening the happiness neither realized they so
desperately needed.
Ready for a teaser? I was going to make it much shorter but since this is late I'll give you guys a little more!
The line at the deli counter had shortened considerably since he
first arrived, so he decided he may as well grab something to eat. He still had
a five-hour flight ahead of him, and from experience, he knew, unless you were
in first class, the in-flight food sucked ass.
The dark haired girl who stepped in line just before him nearly
knocked over her very expensive looking carryon as she rolled it along too
hastily. Her other hand was at her ear, where she held her phone. Brandon
didn’t know much about bag brands, but he could tell just by looking at it, it
was expensive. Everything about her said expensive from her long leather coat
to her high-heeled sleek city boots to the equally expensive purse that hung on
her shoulder. The sunglasses that sat on top of her head alone probably cost
more than his airline ticket. She even smelled expensive.
“No, Daddy, I’m fine.” Her bracelets jingled as she reached out
for a tray. “I have a car service picking me up at the airport, and I’m all set
up in a condo when I get there. Don’t worry.” Brandon stared at the side of her
face dryly. It figured the princess was well looked out for. “Yes, I’m meeting abuelita
at Flemings for dinner tonight if I make it on time. My connector flight was
delayed. I’m in D.C. right now.”
Grabbing a tray, Brandon glanced around at the choices of chips
he had to throw on it, trying to ignore the girl’s annoying conversation with Daddy.
She struggled to push the tray along while pulling her carryon and holding her
phone at the same time. Cradling the phone between her shoulder and her chin, she
looked up at the lady behind the counter who was waiting to take her order.
“I’ll have a chicken salad with no tomatoes or egg with light thousand island
dressing and a Coke Zero.”
“The salads are premade.” The bored-looking lady held out a
premade salad in a plastic container. “We only have regular thousand and Diet
Pepsi.”
“No, I already told Mom I’d look into buying a car when I got
there.” Princess glanced up at the lady behind the counter and held up a
finger. “You can’t just give me your car, and besides I don’t drive stick
shift.” She glanced back at Brandon and offered an apologetic smile for holding
up the line. “Daddy, let me call you back. I’m in line right now. Okay. Okay.”
She smiled at the lady behind the counter then at Brandon again.
Brandon stared at her unsmiling, taking in the small details of
daddy’s little princess. The lip gloss that she wore was barely there but
enough to accentuate her already plump lips. They were subtle and flawless, as
were her well-manicured French-tipped nails. She had dark features: dark,
thick, shiny, near-black hair that flowed down halfway to her elbow and dark
lashes that draped over those big brown eyes. The fact that this grown woman
was standing here talking to an obviously overbearing daddy and that she
referred to her grandmother in Spanish brought back the annoying reminder of .
. .
“Yes, I promise,” she said, finally sounding as impatient as
Brandon was beginning to feel. “Okay, bye, bye. I love you too.”
She hung up, smiling crookedly at Brandon, who again offered no
smile in return. Turning back to the lady behind the counter, she waved the
salad away and glanced around. “Is there some place here I can get a salad
made?”
The lady behind the counter pressed her lips together, taking the
salad back. “You can try Gordon’s,” the lady said, and with that, she was done
with the princess, moving on to Brandon. “What’ll it be?”
Brandon put in his order for a turkey sub and an iced tea, not
noticing which direction the princess had gone. He ate quietly, sitting on the
floor near a window overlooking the runway, his back against the wall.
He was over being bitter about having to transfer back to a place
he’d vowed he never return to. San Diego was a huge city, and the truth was
just as in South Carolina where he’d been a DI for the past four years, he’d be
spending most of his time on the base anyway. Whatever time he spent off the
base he’d be sure to steer clear of La Jolla.
“Well, I was just gonna go back to the same gym I always went
to.”
Brandon glanced up to see the princess on her phone again,
standing in front of a seat in one of the nearest rows of seats to him. He
studied her for a moment as she removed her coat, revealing the rest of her
long high-heeled boots. They went all the way up past her knees. What she wore
under them—skin hugging leggings and a gray sweater that draped over her round
but tight little ass and hips—said a lot about how much time she must spend at
the gym.
As his eyes made it all the way up to the scarf around her neck
and back to the full lips that had caught his eyes the first time, he noticed
she was watching him watch her. The expression on her face was an amused one.
Brandon was anything but amused. Her lips curved into a smile, and he looked
away. Pulling himself up, he gathered his trash. He threw his military bag over
his shoulder and walked away, annoyed that he’d given the pampered princess yet
another reason to feel better about herself, as if a girl like her didn’t
already have enough reasons to feel superior to those around her.
Doesn't have much to do with this teaser but I saw this and it made me think of bad ass annoyed Brandon. ;)
Again thanks so much for your patience! Announcement you say? Okay so the cover is officially ready and will be revealed this Friday! So come back here Friday to check it out and I may also have another little surprise for you! ;)
For those of you who haven't met Brandon yet, Sweet Sofie, the book where he is introduced, is still discounted to $.99 cents everywhere but not for long! So grab it now!
Also my assistant is on it and I will have the TEN winners of the share Sofie and win contest later tonight! RIGHT HERE so come back and check!
Sorry for the delay in announcing the winners of the Sweet Sofie share and win giveaway. Here are the randomly chosen winners!
Maria Ramirez Esquivel
Meagan Wells
Jen Cepeda
Tiffany Regnier Audette
Amy Garza
Cheryl Timms
Tasha Ramos
Sally Johnson
Jaime Howard Chavez
Nick Kerns
Thank you all for participating and please send your contact info to EliReyesBooks@yahoo.com Don't forget to include which book of mine you'd like signed!
Thanks again!
