Title: Southbound Surrender
Author: Raen Smith
Expected Release
Date: January 27, 2014
Hosted by: Love Between the Sheets Promotions
Synopsis
Five days. Fifty
square feet. One last shot at love.
Cash Rowland first
laid eyes on the tenacious and irresistible Piper Sullivan when they were both
seventeen. He falls for her hard and just when he thinks she's doing the same,
Piper is torn from his life without warning. She leaves no contact information
but only a vague promise of fate.
Five years later,
their paths unexpectedly cross. When he shows up with his eighteen-wheeler
unannounced, Cash persuades Piper to head out on the open road to give him one
last shot at love. But what should be a routine delivery across six states
suddenly becomes an unforgettable journey when they save a woman with a broken
past and discover that second chances are only for the lucky ones.
Excerpt
We’re leaping through
the air feet first, the rain falling down on us as we’re suspended above the
water below. It’s only five feet down, but somehow I see the pink toenail
polish on her feet and the sheen of her legs. Then I see her feet hit the water
before I do. I’m holding my breath now, anticipating the cold rush of water
around my whole body.
And it feels surreal,
the rain pummeling my body as I jump off this cliff with the girl I fell in
love with when I was seventeen. To say that I’m falling all over again is
cliché and mushy and hopelessly romantic, but it’s true. And even though it’s
just mere seconds that we’re suspended in the air, it feels like forever that
we’re dangling there together. I’ve never seen my life and future as clear as I
do now as I inch toward the water.
Whatever happens in
the next seventy-odd years that I plan on living, the only thing that matters
is that Piper Sullivan is with me. I won’t ever let go of this hand.
The water crashes over
me then, consuming me with a coldness that sends shockwaves through my body. My
head ducks under momentarily before I pop back up to see Piper’s head emerging
next to me. Her eyes are wide and wet with surprise as she exhales, sputtering
water in front of her.
She lets out a
shriek, “Oh my God, it’s so cold!”
“Hell yeah it is,” I
reply as I kick my legs to stay afloat. Our heads bob in water that can’t be
any more than sixty degrees, and I realize that we’re not holding hands anymore
because we’re both treading water. I swim toward her until our faces are just
an inch apart. The rain splashes against the water between us, plopping small
splatters of water onto her chin. We’re both breathing hard as I reach
underneath the water and wrap my arm around her waist. I feel the lace tucked
against her skin and pull her closer until our bodies are rubbing against each
other.
“Warm me up,” she
whispers.
“I thought you’d
never ask,” I say as I press my lips onto hers. They’re warm and soft, and a
jolt rushes through my body as I connect with her. Our lips move against each
other, slow for only a moment until we’re frantic against each other. She bites
my lower lip gently again and damn, does it feel good.
Let’s be honest, it
sends me overboard. I explore every inch of her lips and mouth as both of us
still bob in the icy water. She reaches for me, putting her arm around my waist
and guides her legs toward me. She circles her legs around my waist, and I’m
holding her then as she sits on me. She rocks closer to me as I kick to keep us
both above water. And I realize that the only thing between us are two thin, so
unbelievable thin, layers of fabric. I can feel the goose bumps running along
her legs. I hold her there as our lips find each other in the rain. The water
crashes down behind us from the waterfalls, the dull thud of splatters echoing
in my ears.
A glint of brightness
lights up the sky for a brief moment, and I see her face like I’ve never seen
it before. It’s full of desire and longing and bliss, and I swear, I catch a
glimpse of love. I think for a second that maybe, just maybe Piper Sullivan
loves me.
About the Author
Raen Smith is the
author of the Unraveled Series and Southbound Surrender. She loves writing
about complex characters with a sprinkling of happily ever after.
When she isn't
writing novels, she spends her time wrangling two small sons and teaching at a
technical college. She lives in a small corner of Wisconsin with her husband
and two sons.
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