Title: Swelter
Author: Nina G. Jones
Genre: Erotic Romance
Release Date: October 1, 2015
Synopsis
I married the right brother.
Bobby Lightly is selfish, irresponsible, and careless. I haven't seen him since the day I married his brother. He slipped out during the wedding reception without a word.
A year later, I heard Bobby was drafted to Korea. He never said goodbye to anyone. Never sent a letter. We had all come to terms with the fact that he was probably dead somewhere, either a victim of the war or its aftermath.
That is, until in the midst of an unrelenting heatwave, he showed up at the doorstep of the house I lived in with his brother.
Everyone thinks I'm cruel. Everyone thinks I should be easy on him. They think I don't understand him. They all think I hate him.
But what no one understands is that it was Bobby who broke my heart.
And I think he’s back to do it again.
Excerpt
“What
do you want me to do?” I yelled frustratedly. “Pack my bags and
go to India? Life’s not that easy. We’re not all you. We don’t
all just walk away from our responsibilities.” I immediately
regretted those last words, recalling the scar on his shoulder. There
were some responsibilities Bobby faced when others would have run.
“It’s
not about what I want you to do, Lil. What do you want?”
What
I wanted was no longer relevant. It was too late for what I wanted.
“You
keep taking that shit and one day you are going to wake up and
realize you slept your whole life away. There may be people who need
that, but you are not one of them. Let yourself feel it all. The
good. The bad. The fucking great. Don’t imprison yourself.”
I
knew he was right, but I had grown comfortable in the numbness. Yet
there was something luxurious about the pain I felt upon Bobby’s
return. It was rich and textured. I could feel it in my bones and my
chest and on my skin. I could taste it. I could feel again. And
feeling the pain also gave me room to feel alive.
“If
you keep doing this, how are you any different than Rory? We want to
get him better, right? Well the changes start with us. I’m back and
trust me, that wasn’t easy for me. And now you’ve gotta bring
yourself back.”
I
swallowed sharply, preparing myself to say goodbye to my dear friend.
A friend who had always been there. More than my sister, or mother,
or Barbie could be. It understood my fears, my insecurities, the
things I had sacrificed. It knew my secrets. I never had to explain
myself to it. It never judged.
“Fine,”
I surrendered. But I clutched the bottle tighter in my hands than
ever before.
Bobby’s
body language relaxed as he glanced over to me and opened his palm.
“Gimme.”
“What?
Now you want ‘em?”
“Don’t
be an ass, Lil.”
I
sneered at Bobby, slamming the bottle in his palm. The pills tried to
seduce me one last time as I heard them dance in their container.
About The Author
Nina G. Jones is the author of the bestselling novel DEBT, the Strapped Series and the erotic romance, Gorgeous Rotten Scoundrel. Her next novel, Swelter, releases on October 1st, 2015.
Nina LOVES connecting with readers. You can connect with her via Facebook, Twitter, or through this site.
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