Author: Maureen
Mayer
Genre: New
Adult Romance
Release Date: February
24, 2014
Synopsis for Unforeseen Heartbeat:
Used… Broken… Confused…
It only took one drunken mistake four years ago
for Maddie Harrington to learn that when you fully give yourself over
to a man, you should never expect anything in return. Since that
night, her views on love have become distorted, believing men would
only want her for the pleasure her body could bring them. She in turn
finds herself hooking up with random guys but never keeps them around
long enough to see if there could possibly be something more.
That is…until Hunter Bryant enters the
picture.
When the handsome pre-med student shows up in
the right place at the right time, captivating her with his stormy
gaze, she immediately pushes him away, thinking he’s no different
than any other guy. The deeper Hunter delves into her life, trying to
break through her iron-clad walls, the more she begins to question
whether she is truly capable of opening her heart up to another man.
Maddie soon finds herself forced to make a
difficult decision, one that will forever change both of their lives.
Will she shut Hunter out of her life for good, or will she finally
open up her heart and allow herself the life she never dreamed she
deserved?
Excerpt #2
“Are
you okay? Can you tell me if it hurts anywhere?”
His
voice sounded like heaven, but my body still refused to cooperate and
answer him. Why was he asking
if I was hurt? I felt fine,
other than the fact that I seemed to have lost all motor function and
the ability to speak.
I
started to get some feeling back in my arms and legs, and I felt my
body cradled against another that was almost twice my size.
“Did
he...did he touch you anywhere?”
Touch
me? Who…? Oh he must have
meant Tucker. What ever
happened to Tucker? He was
carrying me up the stairs, but I couldn’t remember much after that.
Asshole must have left me up here alone.
“Please,
Maddie, I need you to focus if you can. This is important. I need you
to tell me if he touched you anywhere…inappropriately.” I could
hear the concern painfully dripping from his voice, and to be honest,
it was starting to scare me.
As
the numbness subsided, and I regained more feeling throughout my
body, I noticed a sharp pain shooting up my wrists as though they had
been sprained. Jesus, what the
hell happened to me?
My
heart was beating rapidly, and I could feel myself beginning to
hyperventilate, but then I felt lips, his
lips, pressed against my throat, just over my racing pulse. His warm
breath cascaded over my throat, causing my heart to race even faster,
but soon my breathing matched his and I was able to calm myself.
“Yeah.”
I finally peeled my eyes open to find a symbol that I had only ever
seen in doctors’ offices tattooed on his forearm. It looked like a
staff with wings, entwined by two snakes. Such an odd looking thing,
and yet, I felt better knowing that the one whose arms I was
currently wrapped up in bore that symbol…like he was my savior. My
protector.
“Do
you think you’re okay to stand?”
I
squeezed my eyes shut and tried to ignore the pain in my wrists as I
nodded my head. He gently tucked his arm beneath mine and wrapped it
across my back, allowing me to place all of my weight on him. My body
still swayed unsteadily, and seeing this stranger towering above me
brought back the image of Tucker’s body hovering over me while he
painfully pressed my wrists into the mattress. Oh
fuck, what did he do to me?
My
heart rate picked up again, and he cupped my face, focusing my
attention on his stormy gray eyes and forcing away the fuzzy images
that had yet to make any sense.
“Shhh,
you’re okay. He can’t hurt you. You’re safe now.”
You’re
safe now. Safe. I repeated
those words over and over in my mind, and when they had finally sunk
in, I opened my eyes one last time to look at him smiling down at me.
His lips looked so soft, and I reached up to trace my finger along
his bottom lip, but my hand never made it there before I slipped back
into the darkness.
Unforeseen Heartbeat Playlist:
https://play.spotify.com/user/1244690782/playlist/1OC5ZL8XNXEvOiUAb9An94
So
Happy I Could Die – Lady Gaga
Should
Have Known Better – Hinder
Demons
– Imagine Dragons
Don’t
be Afraid – Green River Ordinance
Let
Love In – The Goo Goo Dolls
Ready
To Love Again – Lady Antebellum
The
Only Exception – Paramore
Only
You’re The One – Lifehouse
Changed
By You – Between The Trees
Bloodstream
– Stateless
Every
Night – Imagine Dragons
Dick
in a Box – The Lonely Island Ft. Justine Timberlake
The
Other Side – Jason Derulo
She
Will Be Loved – Maroon 5
Perfect
– Burn Season
Wanted
– Hunter Hayes
Unconditionally
– Katy Perry
Best
I Ever Had (Grey Sky Morning) – Vertical Horizon
Hesitate
– Stone Sour
Take
Your Time – Cary Brothers
What
If – SafetySuit
Daylight
– Maroon 5
Can’t
Forget You – My Darkest Days
Small
Bump – Ed Sheeran
Iris
– The Goo Goo Dolls
Everything
Has Changed – Taylor Swift Ft. Ed Sheeran
Makes
Me Hold On To You – Griffin Peterson
Love
Song - 311
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Author Bio:
Maureen Mayer was born, raised and currently resides in Buffalo, NY with her loving and supportive family and boyfriend of 9+ years. She’s always had a love for the outdoors, and when the city isn’t buried under snow, she can be found hiking, fishing, camping or lying on the beach. She’s a sucker for off-color humor, but holds a sweet spot for sick and twisted horror films. When she’s not writing, you can find her curled up in bed with her kindle, diving into a steamy romance novel and falling in love with the latest book boyfriend.
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Other
books by Maureen Mayer:
Relinquishing Liberty (Second Chances #1)
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