November 26, 2013
Tia Kelly Has a New Book Releasing Today!
A month has gone by since my last column...how'd
that happen? Here's my three-word answer:
Secrets & Sins. I'm working diligently to get it published.
Anyway, today is the release day for author Tia Kelly's new novel,
Playing For Love, the kickoff of a brand new series, The Wilkersons. Here's all the info you need, including buy links! Be sure to leave a comment for a chance to win a complimentary eBook from Tia!
Playing for
Love
By Tia Kelly
Release Date: November
26, 2013
Description:
Kenneth Wilkerson, baseball's MVP of breaking
hearts isn't in Craymont looking for complications. With an injury that has him
sidelined from the game he loves, and the latest scandal in his wake involving
a woman who is very much engaged to someone else, the last thing he needs is to
get mixed up with Paige Scott.
Paige Scott, a former party-girl, has a very
murky past and even murkier relationship with Kenneth's best friend Carlos
Ortiz. Paige knows Carlos watched her go from it girl to broken and when she
finally healed, he made it clear to her that he would not step aside to let
another man in just to do it again.
But Kenneth lets nothing stand between him and
what he loves.
Love for the game… his family… and her.
PLAYING FOR LOVE is the first novel from the Wilkersons in Love series. Tia
Kelly invites you to come meet the Wilkersons and get ready to fall in love.
Links:
Website: tiawithapen.com
Facebook: facebook.com/AuthorTiaKelly
Twitter: twitter.com/TiaWithAPen
Excerpt:
“Open
the door, Paige,” Kenneth demanded in between knocks.
He
pulled up just in time to see her walk into her front door. His athlete’s
reflexes were not enough to make it before she slammed it in his face.
Finally
the door swung open. “I need you to leave.”
Kenneth
pushed himself inside and reached out to tilt her face upward. He felt the
dampness on her skin and felt worse.
“I
probably shouldn’t have left, but I didn’t know what to expect after last
night.”
Paige
pulled back, wrapping her arms around herself. “You didn’t know? Or didn’t
care.”
Kenneth
leaned against the wall and let his head fall back. “Paige, you were drunk.”
“And
that makes this better?”
“No,
it doesn’t.”
He
looked at her while she took a seat at the bottom of her steps.
“Why
did you do that?”
Paige
looked away, chewing nervously on her lip while tugging at her shirtsleeve. “I
don’t know.”
“I
think you do.”
“Is
that what you do? Psychoanalyze the women you sleep with the morning after?”
“Paige,
I don’t have any regrets about last night except for one.”
She
looked up and searched his face to prepare her for what he was about to say.
“And that is?”
“That
I was the only one that actually wanted
to be there.”
Paige
pulled back and stared at him. “You make it sound like I used you.”
“Didn’t
you?”
Paige
huffed. “We have to work together until you’re released back to your team. I
can’t have this conversation with you every time we cross paths.”
“And
you won’t.” He stared back to her and sat on the staircase next to her. “Look
at me, Paige.”
She
glanced up, releasing the edge of her sleeve. Her expectancy and uncertainty
warned him that whatever he had to say, he needed to be careful in how he
delivered it.
“Typically,
I don’t care about what happens the morning after, but there’s something in
your eyes that tells me last night was more than just a one nighter for you.”
“What
makes you think that?”
“Because last night scared me, too."
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Playing for Love, available now for Kindle and Nook! Be sure to leave a comment, and you might just win a copy...Tia will stop by either later tonight or first thing tomorrow morning to choose a winner!
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