Have WE got a treat for you?!
Not only are we revealing the cover for Still Human (Just Human #2) by the very talented Kerry Heavens but we also have a sneak peak at the prologue, to whet your appetite.
Feast your eyes on Danny, girls. *sighs* Those smouldering eyes make me want to dive straight into that cover!!
Title: Still Human (Just
Human #2)
Author: Kerry
Heavens
Genre:
Adult Contemporary
Expected
Release: October 2013
Hosted By: Romance Addict Book Blog
Synopsis
Danny and
Liv are back...
Danny loves
Liv. He knows he loves her more than she loves him because she ran without a
word when she saw their future mapped out before her. He knows he will never
love anyone like he loved her and this time he doesn’t think he can move
on.
Liv loves
Danny. She knows she loves him more than he loves her because he broke her heart
in the worst possible way, right when things were falling into place. She knows
she will never love anyone like she loves him and this time she doesn’t think
she can move on.
They needed
a second chance because they just weren’t ready for their first, but when events
changed everything between them, they discovered they were just human after all.
Now Liv and Danny have to find a way to survive being hurt by each
other.
They
doubted, they underestimated and they did believe the worst, but only because
they were too young the first time and too vulnerable the second time. But now
they have changed and if they are not the same, surely things can only turn out
differently?
Prologue
Liv
“Please Liv, you have to eat something,” begs Max.
I tighten the covers around me. I’m not hungry, but I
keep quiet. If I speak, even about food, he’ll think I’m ready to talk. There’s
nothing else to say. I poured it all out when I got home and there’s nothing
left. He stayed with me all night, held me tight while I cried and now he is
fussing around. He wanted to call everyone to tell them I was safe. But I
warned him not to call Danny. I said he could let Mum know I was okay but that
was it. No details and under no circumstances were any of them to make any
contact with Danny either. I can just imagine Mum and Grace as vigilantes and,
while I want him to hurt, he isn’t worth it.
“I’m going down to check on things, I’ll bring you
something up anyway.” He says quietly. I don’t respond.
In the silence of my flat, my ears ring. I hate
silence, I always have and without thinking I get out of bed, wrapping myself
in a blanket, and sit in front of the TV. I find a film on a movie channel I’ve
seen before and sit and ignore it. It’s better than the deafening silence. Now
that I’m upright, I ponder what to do next. I know I have to pull myself
together today, Connie is flying home. Ugh! She won’t let me just wallow,
she’ll make me talk. I need to get up, shower and go to work. Keeping busy is
my only option, it'll keep people off my back.
As I adjust the temperature of the shower, I examine
my options. I don't really have any. It's not like life was going well before I
allowed Danny to walk in and screw me over. I have to just try my hardest to
get back to normal as quickly as possible. I should have trusted my instincts.
Danny was just human after all, hurting me was almost inevitable. Sadly, I knew
that but the naive teenager in me just got sucked in for old time’s sake. I
knew this would happen, I was safer with Mark, at least I could take that on
the chin.
Max is waiting when I come out of the bedroom dressed
for work.
“I brought you some coffee and…” He starts as he turns
to me. His face falls as he sees me. “Liv, you’re not going to work?”
I walk across to where he is sitting and pick up my
coffee. Taking a sip, I smile a tiny smile and sit beside him.
“What should I do then?” I ask softly.
“We have it all covered downstairs. You need to sort
your head out.”
“I’m not going to do that here, trust me. I need the
distraction.” I put my hand on his knee. “Thank you for looking after me, but I
have to get back down there before I drive myself insane.”
He sighs. “Well, you aren’t going anywhere until you
eat something.” He holds up a muffin on a plate.
I smile sweetly and dutifully take the muffin. Then,
with some physical effort, I force some down. I may as well start now, Connie
will be much harder to deal with.
Satisfied, Max sits back and seems to relax slightly.
I can hear his cogs turning though and I know he wants to talk. So when he
parts his lips to say whatever it is I know I don’t want to hear, I say “I
don’t want to talk about it.” Then, getting to my feet, I take the coffee and
the muffin and go to the door.
“Coming?” I ask innocently as I head down to the
diner.
Danny
Jen places a coffee on my nightstand and sits on the
edge of the bed. “If they know any more, they’re not saying,” she says softly.
She was just on the phone with Liv’s sister, trying to
get more information. But I know all I need to know. They found the note last
night when they got back; it said she was going home.
It didn’t say why, but I know.
She doesn’t love me.
She found out I was going to propose and she ran.
Again.
Last night after the dust settled, Jen found the ring
bag screwed up in the trash. I’d left it out on the counter when I went to go
meet Liv at the party and it doesn’t take a genius to see what happened. Liv
came back just after I left, saw the bag, figured it out, freaked and then
packed her things and left.
Scott and Jen left me alone last night, but only after
I insisted. Jen came back first thing this morning though, to make sure I was
okay. She wants me to get up and go over to Grace’s to find out what they know,
but I don’t want to hear it. I can’t face their pity and I’m too angry to see
Connie. This is all her fault. Liv and I were getting on with our lives quite
happily until she interfered. Now I’m left with that old open wound and I have
to start getting over her again. Except this time, I don’t think I can.
“Danny, come on, drink your coffee,” Jen urges.
Reluctantly, I sit up and take a sip.
“Thanks,” I say distantly.
“So what are you going to do now?”
“Nothing,” I tell her.
She watches me as I drink, until I can’t take it any
longer. I throw the covers off and get up.
“Are you going over there?” she asks hopefully.
I turn and see her optimistic face. “No,” I say
firmly. “I have unpacking to do.”
“Danny! You can’t just give up.”
“Why not?” I scoff. “She has.”
About the Author
Terrible
wife
Mediocre
mother
Appalling
housewife
Fashion
graduate
Wedding
coordinator
Sex toy
salesperson
Shop
manager
Designer
Font
collector
Romance
addict
Fancier
of nice men
Ok,
fancier of almost all men
Awesome
cupcake baker
Incessant
singer
Film
buff
Friend
Writer
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