It’s going up late because my dear son is down with the flu (second round of it for him, poor kid) and I was up off and on all night with him, and therefore, only just got up and about a little while ago.
Now I am eating soup. It’s pretty good! And I’m craving diet cola. Yeah, I know, I gave it up, but I still *want* it and I still drink it, just not as much as I used to.
TCOB Excerpt:
Brandon and Leah
A few weeks might not have been long enough to mend a broken heart, but Leah’s heart hadn’t been broken. Not even bruised, really. If anything had taken a beating it was her sense of self, her understanding of what she wanted and what she did not. How could she have ever thought she didn’t want him?
She didn’t want a string of anonymous fucks, or an occasional play-date with some EmoGothSub boy she met on the internet who called her Mistress without asking if that’s what she wanted and was really only interested in being tied up and stepped on by someone in stiletto boots. She wasn’t interested in the ‘scene,’ such as it was in Harrisburg. She didn’t want what she’d had with Mike.
She wanted what she already had been lucky enough to find, but had been stupid enough to toss away because going after what she wanted in her personal life hadn’t been as simple as it was in business.
She wanted Brandon.
‘How have you been?’ An innocuous statement with anything but an innocent intent.
Chrissy looked back and forth between them, her face crunching into an extremely unflattering look. Brandon didn’t notice. His attention had focused squarely on Leah.
‘How’s work?’ She prompted. ‘Still taking care of business?’
The ghost of his smile warmed her. The step he took away from Chrissy might have only been half a foot, but it might as well have been a mile. ‘Yeah. I guess you could say that.’
‘It’s good to see you,’ she said finally.
He nodded again. ‘You, too.’
She drew in a breath that made her taller. Stronger. He gave her that, she realized, with nothing more than a nod. A glance. That smile. With Brandon she had been stronger, and two weeks had passed, but that hadn’t changed.
‘I’m going home,’ she said quietly, not looking at Chrissy, or the passing cars or the setting sun. Looking only at him.
She saw the gleam of understanding wash over his face. He really couldn’t hide anything. Leah passed him by without even a second glance, though she felt the weight of his gaze following her and she was desperate to turn back to see him looking. She dug in her purse for her keys and her keyless remote. The welcoming ‘boop boop’ of her car unlocking covered up her slow, hissing exhale as she let out the breath she’d been holding.
‘Who was that?’ she heard Chrissy say, but Leah got into her car and closed the door before she could hear the answer.
Then she drove home to wait.
March 30th, 2009 at 1:40 pm · Link
The book sounds good. I totally forgot that the book comes out tomorrow.
March 30th, 2009 at 1:45 pm · Link
I can’t wait to get my hands on this story! After reading the excerpts on Lauren’s and your blog, I really like Leah’s and Kate’s personality. Hopefully I’ll be able to make it to a bookstore tomorrow
I hope your son feels better..
March 30th, 2009 at 1:59 pm · Link
Thanks for the excerpt. This book sounds fantastic! I cannot wait to read it.
March 30th, 2009 at 3:38 pm · Link
Poor kid! It’s not fair to get the flu TWICE! I hope that he feels better soon.
Thanks for the excerpt. Sounds good!
March 30th, 2009 at 4:28 pm · Link
Sorry to hear that your son is sick, sounds like a good nap day.
Thanks for the excerpt, Megan, the more I read, the more I look forward to getting my hands on your book.
March 30th, 2009 at 4:34 pm · Link
HOpe your son feels better soon. we went through about 3 weeks of that crap the kids just kept giving it back and forth and back and forth. This book is so hot I cant wait to get my grubby hands on it.
March 30th, 2009 at 5:49 pm · Link
Can’t wait to read this. Hope you get that flue buck out of your house soon.
March 30th, 2009 at 7:37 pm · Link
Poor kidlet- I hope he gets better quickly.
And yay on the upcoming release!!!
March 30th, 2009 at 8:22 pm · Link
This one sounds so good. Can’t wait to go out and get it tomorrow
March 30th, 2009 at 8:49 pm · Link
“She didn’t want a string of anonymous fucks, or an occasional play-date with some EmoGothSub boy she met on the internet who called her Mistress without asking if that’s what she wanted and was really only interested in being tied up and stepped on by someone in stiletto boots.”
Great excerpt! I especially like the line above. Had a smile on my face while reading that part.
March 30th, 2009 at 9:05 pm · Link
Whee! I can’t wait!
I’ll tell you what makes me sad though, is that I got greedy and preordered it on Amazon. Now I have to wait until fucking FRIDAY to get the book! BAH!
I should have just held out and went to the book store tomorrow.
March 30th, 2009 at 11:14 pm · Link
Hope your son feels better. Thanks for another great excerpt.
March 31st, 2009 at 1:16 am · Link
very nice great conatest
March 31st, 2009 at 1:17 am · Link
I hope that your son gets feeling better soon. It stinks to have the flu. My husband is battling it yet again and I have to say…he is not a good patient.
TCOB sounds great!
March 31st, 2009 at 4:18 am · Link
wow, give us more; that is such good reading.