Title: Save Me From Myself (Nashville Nights #1)
Author: Stacey Mosteller
Expected Release Date: February 2014
Genre: New Adult Romance
Goodreads:
Synopsis
Lyric Hayes spent the first 22 years of her life trying to be the
perfect daughter and the perfect girlfriend. After a tragedy and her fiance’s
betrayal, she's running. Starting over far away from the person she used to be.
She's made herself a vow - no relationships. She's trying to heal, not
complicate her life further.
David Pearson has it all. Confidence, awesome friends, successful
business. But, David's dealt with loss too. He knows better than anyone not to
judge by what's on the surface.
Drawn to Lyric despite her inability to trust, he'll do anything to
own her heart.
Will secrets and misunderstandings send Lyric running again? Or will
David finally save her from herself?
Excerpt
Suddenly, Anna grabs my arm, pulling me towards her. “Who’s that?” she
shouts in my ear over the loud music. Looking over at the bar, I see the tiny
blonde girl with pink highlights bending over it, holding herself up by her
arms talking to David. He is smiling down, listening intently to her. When he
replies to her, her entire face lights up and she kisses his cheek before
dropping back down to the floor.
I turn back to Anna and snort, “Probably the flavor of the week.
That’s the same girl I saw him with at the mall and at Ruby’s yesterday. He’s
no different than any other jackass we’ve met.”
Anna watches the blonde head back to her table. “I don’t know Lyr, she
didn’t exactly kiss him like a girlfriend would.” We watch as David walks out
from behind the bar. Clapping the bartender that just arrived on the shoulder,
he says something that makes the bartender laugh, and moves past him.
Once he's lost in the crowd, Anna continues, "Maybe they're just
friends or-" she cuts herself off looking at something behind me. I knew
exactly what she was looking at. My entire body buzzes as I feel the heat of
his body get closer.
I turned slowly in my seat and raise an eyebrow at David, “Can I help
you?” I ask snidely.
He grins at me, “I just wanted to come over and say hi. It’s been busy
in here tonight.”
“I’m sure being a player is pretty time-consuming.” I glare at him,
wanting nothing more than to slap that smile off his face. God, how could I
have been stupid enough to fall for the “good guy” routine? Again!
He frowns, looking confused, “I’m sorry?”
Scoffing, I reply, “Yeah, you’re definitely sorry.”
His eyes narrow dangerously, ”Look, I really don't understand what
your problem is. I like you, you seemed to like me. Now you're just acting like
a bitch. Excuse me if I don't get what you think I did."
Unbelievable. When will I ever meet a guy who isn't a liar or a
cheater? "You don't get it? Really? Well, let me spell it out for you. I
don't date cheaters. I refuse to be 'that' girl, and I refuse to do that to
someone else."
"What the hell are you talking about?" He asks, his voice
hard.
I sigh, “I saw you with your girlfriend. I've seen you together a few
times now." Is he really going to continue to deny it? I caught him
with her!
"How can you possibly see me with someone who doesn't exist? I am
many things Princess, a cheater and a liar aren’t one of them." His voice
is glacial.
My mouth drops open, “You asshole! She was JUST here!
Remember, she’s a short, skinny blonde with pink highlights?"
Jeremy, who’s sitting next to us at the bar spits out his beer
laughing, "Shit Dave, she thinks SB is your girlfriend? Now, that's
disgusting. She'll love that!"
"SB? What kind of name is SB?" I ask, raising an eyebrow as
I look back at David.
"SB is my sister SarahBeth's nickname. My baby sister. Not my
girlfriend. She's practically my kid." David responds, glaring at me.
Oh great. Now I really feel like a moron. Talk about jumping to the
wrong conclusion. "Oh."
"Yeah, oh. Princess, you really need to stop making snap
judgments about me." He snaps.
The look on his face makes me feel about two inches tall. But, this
wasn’t my fault. If he’d told me about her, this never would have happened.
Thinking about that makes me sound even bitchier. But that realization doesn’t
stop me from saying, “Well, maybe you should be a little more forthcoming. You
never said you had a sister."
"Right, because that should be my intro. ‘Hi, I'm David, I own a
bar, and have a sister I've been raising for the past 5 years.’ That's not
going to raise any questions at all," he says sarcastically while rolling
his eyes.
"Raising?" I can't hide my confusion. She's his sister, why
is he raising her? And how old is she?
He sighs, "See what I mean? Yes, raising. Our parents died when
she was 16 and I was 27. Jeremy" he nods at the guy next to us, "and
I moved back to Nashville to take care of her. Our grandparents are in Florida
and North Carolina, so to be with them she would have had to leave her whole
life behind. After everything she'd lost, I couldn't take that away too, so I
came back and have been taking care of her ever since."
I can't believe he did that. He was a single guy, living on his own,
and he chose to move back to his hometown and take care of his sister?
"I'm so sorry. That must've been such a difficult choice to make."
He shrugs, then glares at me again. "There was never a choice.
She's my baby sister."
After that statement, he turns on his heel and walks off. I'm
beginning to think I've completely misjudged this guy.
About the Author
I am a 32 year old wife and working mom to 3 boys, ages 15, 13, and 8!
After spending the first half of my life in a small town outside of
Philadelphia, PA, my parents moved my brother and I to another small town
outside of Greensboro, NC. I moved to Hickory, NC after marrying my husband. We
dated a total of three months before getting married, and we’d known each other
for a total of six! People thought we were crazy, but 2014 marks our 10 year
anniversary, so it obviously worked out!
I’ve always been a huge book lover, even though I hated doing book
reports in school! I could never figure out the main idea, but I could quote
the book word for word. Back in 2012, I found Fifty Shades, and after staying
up all night one Friday to read all three books, I was hooked! I started a book
blog, and kept reading everything I could. Then, I found Fallen Too Far by Abbi
Glines, and couldn’t stop reading. My husband told me that I should write my
own book since I was spending so much on Kindle books – by June, I’d read over
500! – and after blowing him off for a few months, I decided to try to write
the story I kept seeing in my head.
I had an idea for a story about a girl who’d been raised by her
brother, but when I started writing, the brother of the main female kept taking
over, to the point I was writing things in his POV instead of hers, so I
shelved it, and started writing Save Me From Myself instead. I finally told a
few fellow book bloggers about my story, and they started encouraging me to
finish it, so here we are! It’s been an absolutely insane ride, and I can’t
wait to share these characters with everyone!
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