Love
Bites
Release
Date: 12/29/15
Publisher: Harper
Impulse
Genre: New Adult Romance
Pages: 225
Summary
from Goodreads:
What do you do when you fall in love
with your best friend’s boyfriend?
That is the question that twenty-six year-old Justine Sterling has been asking
herself ever since the day she met David Whitman, her best friend Renee’s
boyfriend. Justine is determined to ignore her growing feelings for the
irresistibly charming David, until one night, when she finds herself in the bed
of the one person she should stay away from.
Excerpt
I didn’t sleep
at all that night. Neither did David. The conversation between us just seemed
to unravel and expand into further levels of depth, and before I knew it, the
sun was streaming through the window.
I told him
things I had never told anyone. My fears, my insecurities. He was the only
person I had ever felt completely, wholeheartedly comfortable with. It was like
I could be myself, unconditionally, without judgment. It felt real. It felt
right.
David propped
his head up on his elbow and stared at me from the other end of the sofa. “You
do know you’re beautiful, right?” David, who typically joked about everything,
was being completely serious.
“Everyone in L.A. is beautiful,” I said.
“Yeah, but you
have an edge. You have that feisty east coast attitude. And honestly…” He
hesitated, clearing his throat. “If we weren’t in these circumstances, I’d be
with you in a heartbeat.”
“Oh come on,
Renee’s great,” I said, trying to bring my best friend back into the picture
before I forgot about her altogether and did something stupid.
“She is. But
she can be really critical. I bet you’d watch football with me on a Sunday and
not roll your eyes.”
I would’ve
done anything with him if it meant I could stare into those crazy brown eyes
for one more second.
“I’m really
glad I came over tonight,” he said in a low voice, changing the subject. “I
can’t tell you the last time I felt…” He closed his eyes. “I shouldn’t be
saying this.”
He shouldn’t
have. But I wanted him to.
There was a
pause, and neither of us said anything. Something was changing. I could feel
it. It was like an unstoppable force was pulling us together.
When I looked
up, his eyes locked with mine, and my heart stopped. The look on his face was
unfamiliar to me. He was usually so laid back and funny, but the intensity in
his eyes felt like he was an entirely different person.
He inched his
body closer and pressed his face toward mine, but I pulled back.
“David, I
can’t,” I said. “Trust me, I’d love to, but…”
“But what?” he
asked. “Don’t you feel this, between us? I know you feel it. I’ve felt it since
the minute we met.”
“Of course I
feel it,” I admitted. “But I love Renee, and I would never do that to her.”
“Okay, then
we’ll wait,” he said. “We’ll wait until she breaks up with me. We’ll wait until
she moves on. But… there’s something here Justine. You can’t argue that.” He
looked straight into my eyes again. “Maybe we can’t act on it now, but
someday.”
And then, as
the sun came pouring through the window, I drifted off to sleep next to him.
Someday. I
could live with that.
About
the Author
Rachel
discovered she wanted to be a writer at the age of ten, when her love of R.L.
Stine murder mystery novels inspired her to start writing her own.
In
2008, Rachel combined her love of writing and music and began freelancing for a
music column in Worcester Magazine. She also worked as a music journalist for
Starpulse News Entertainment and Jamsbio Magazine, as well as a fitness
journalist for Prevention Magazine.
Rachel
graduated from Bridgewater University in 2011 with a B.A. in Communications and
Media Studies.
She
currently resides in Santa Monica, CA.
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I really liked reading the excerpt. This book sounds like such an interesting and intriguing read. I will definitely be adding this book to my "to-read" list.
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