Blog Tour: Be With Me: Giveaway & Excerpt
BE WITH ME Synopsis:
From the author of the
#1 New York Times bestseller Wait for You
Do Teresa and Jase
have a real shot at getting together or will life get in the way?
Teresa
Hamilton is having a rough year—she's in love with her big brother's best
friend, but he hasn't spoken to her since they shared a truly amazing,
mind-blowing, life-changing kiss. Then she got out of a terrible relationship.
Now an injury is threatening to end her dance career for good. It's time for
plan B: college. And maybe she'll have a chance to convince Jase that what they
have together is real.
Jase
Winstead has a huge secret that he's not telling anyone—especially not his best
friend's incredibly beautiful sister. Even though he and Teresa shared the
hottest kiss of his life, he knows that his responsibilities must take
priority. He certainly doesn't have time for a relationship. But it doesn't
help that all he can think about is kissing the one girl who could ruin
everything for him.
As
they're thrown together more and more, Jase and Teresa can't keep denying their
feelings for each other. But a familiar danger looms and tragedy strikes. As
the campus recovers, the star-crossed couple must decide what they're willing
to risk to be together and what they're willing to lose if they're not. . . .
EXCERPT:
“You got a visitor, Tess.” He rested his chin atop my head,
which caused my pulse to try to outrun my heart. “Two of them to be exact.”
“Okay.”
There was a pause. “Are your eyes closed?”
“No.”
His chin slid off my head and then his chest rumbled as he
laughed. “Your eyes are closed.” He laughed again. “Open them up.”
Cursing under my breath, I pried one eye open and then jerked
against him. His arm tightened. “Oh wow …”
The black-and-white horse was the closest, standing mere feet
away from me. The brown one wasn’t too far, shaking its head and making soft
snorts. My eyes were wide as they bounced between the two creatures. “They’re
not carnivorous, right? Because at their size, they could eat me.”
Jase laughed deeply as his hand shifted up, resting in the
center of my stomach, just below my breasts. “Horses do not eat people, you
little idiot.”
I started, eyes narrowing. “There’s always a first.”
The lips pulled back on the black-and-white horse as if it was
smirking at me.
“This one right here? Mr. Friendly? Jack calls him Bubba One,” he said in a
quiet, calming voice. But air hitched in my throat when his thumb moved in a
slow circle over the thin material of my tank top, hitting against the wire in
my bra. “And the brown one is Bubba Two.”
Mouth dry, I wetted my lips. “That’s good for remembering
names.”
He chuckled as his pinkie and forefinger started to move up and
down, reaching my belly button and then sliding back up. It was almost as if he
was unaware of what he was doing, or the electrifying response the tiny motions
were dragging out of me. “I think so too, but his real name is Lightning.”
Said horse shook his head, tossing the shaggy mane.
“Lightning seems to be a more suitable name,” I admitted,
relaxing as the seconds passed. Maybe that was his intention. Distract me with
the soft, almost innocent touches. It was working. “What about Bubba Two?
“Ah, the one who is staring at the pail like it’s the holy mecca
of grain?” His cheek grazed mine as I laughed. “That’s Thunder. And we’re going
to feed them. Together.”
The friction his fingers created with my shirt sent tiny shivers
up and down my back. “With our hands?”
His answering laugh tipped the corners of my lips up. “Yes. With
our hands.”
“After checking out the choppers on them, I’m not so sure about
that.”
“You’ll be okay.” He slid his hand off my stomach and wrapped it
around my wrist.
Slowly, he lifted my
hand out in front of me. “Hold still.”
My heart lurched. “Jase—”
Lightning trotted forward and pressed his wet nose against my
hand. I cringed, waiting for him to eat my poor fingers. The horse didn’t.
Nope. It nudged my hand as it whinnied softly.
He guided my hand up over Lightning’s jaw, all the way to the
pointy, twitchy ears.
“See?” he murmured.
“That’s not too bad, is it?”
I shook my head as my fingers curled along the soft coat.
Lightning seemed to anticipate the direction of the petting, pressing his long
head against my hand as my fingers tangled in his mane. It wasn’t bad at
all.
Jase shifted behind me, and in an instant all thoughts of the
horses evaporated. His hips lined up against my backside, and I bit down on my
lower lip as I focused on the white splotch covering Lightning’s muzzle.
I could feel him—feel Jase. And there was absolutely no doubt in
my mind that he was affected by how close we were standing. That knowledge and
the hard length of him left me dizzy, just like it had done that Saturday
night. An all too warm flush spread down my neck. In the back of my head, I was
rationalizing his physical reaction. He was a guy. Our bodies were pressed together.
If a wind blew on a guy’s private area, they got hard. So I should just ignore
it, but my body was so not on board with my head. My body was operating on a
different playing field. An ache centered low in my stomach. A sharp and sweet
yearning raced through my veins.
“Not so scary, right?” His voice was deeper, richer. “They’re
like dogs. Well, like a dog that can carry around two hundred pounds, if not
more.” Hand sliding off mine, he stepped back, and the sudden emptiness of his
body was like a cold shock. “Trust me.”
Then he smacked my ass.
Jennifer L. Armentrout/J. Lynn Bio:
# 1 NEW YORK TIMES and USA TODAY Bestselling author Jennifer
lives in Martinsburg, West Virginia. All the rumors you’ve heard about her
state aren’t true. When
she’s not hard at work writing. she spends her time reading, working out,
watching really bad zombie movies, pretending to write, and hanging out with
her husband and her Jack Russell Loki.
Her dreams of becoming an author started in algebra class, where
she spent most of her time writing short stories….which explains her dismal
grades in math. Jennifer writes young adult paranormal, science fiction,
fantasy, and contemporary romance. She is published with Spencer Hill Press,
Entangled Teen and Brazen, Disney/Hyperion and Harlequin Teen. Her book
Obsidian has been optioned for a major motion picture and her Covenant Series
has been optioned for TV.
She also writes adult and New Adult romance under the name J.
Lynn. She is published by Entangled Brazen and HarperCollins.
Buy Links:
Other Links:
Website: http://www.jenniferarmentrout.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/jlarmentrout
J.Lynn Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/699143.J_Lynn
Jennifer L. Armentrout Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4476934.Jennifer_L_Armentrout
BE WITH ME Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17558817-be-with-me?ac=1
Now on the giveaway. Good Luck everyone
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