RELEASE
BLOCKED
By
Jennifer Lane
New Adult Contemporary/Sports Romance
Released
October 21, 2014
College freshman
Lucia Ramirez has a secret crush on Dane Monroe. He’s a tall drink of water —
blond, brash, and one hell of a volleyball player. Hijole. Lucia hopes her
volleyball scholarship to his school will make him notice her.
Too bad what’s
noticeable is Dane’s obvious hatred for Lucia. Her family’s politics contradict
everything he stands for. And politics are front and center in both their
families. Dane’s mother is about to face Lucia’s father in the race for US
President.
When Secret
Service throws them together, Dane can’t deny his frustrating attraction to
Lucia’s athletic curves and sweet faith in the world. Amid the intense pressure
of college athletics and presidential politics, can opposites not just attract,
but overcome overwhelming odds to be together? Or do their differences block
their match from the start?
Excerpt
Now that we were alone in the hallway, my eyes swept up Lucia’s
firm body, and I decided to play with her a bit. “Did you hear what one of
those reporters said?”
She studied me with nervous eyes, then shook her head.
“They asked if we slept in the same bedroom.”
Her lips parted as she drew a breath, and her face turned a
delicious shade of pink. I watched one hand smooth down her thigh, then dart up
to the back of her neck. The other hand fidgeted at her side. It looked like
she had to force a swallow.
Sweet Jesus. Her embarrassment totally
turned me on.
“So, um...what did you tell them?” she finally asked.
A sense of pressure below my belt pulled me toward her. Her eyes
widened as I approached, but she seemed more excited than frightened.
Her breezy, floral scent mingled with the liquid courage in my
veins, and before I knew it I was running my fingers into her thick, damp hair.
What the hell am I doing? God, it felt good, and she tilted her ear
toward me like she enjoyed it too. There was a cute little dimple on her right
cheek that winked at me. I found myself leaning closer to her face, and considering her
impressive height, I didn’t have far to go. Her shiny eyes turned back to me,
and she gazed up with such yearning, such depth.
My heart thundered. Stop seducing me, Devil Spawn!
Those sensuous lips opened for me, their sweetness luring me
forward. I held my face over hers, breathing in her smell, and her eyes
fluttered shut as she surrendered to me. I stared at her soft features for too
long, shocking myself with an insane desire to kiss those sweet lips. Before I
totally freaked myself out, I shifted an inch to press a kiss onto her warm
cheek, right on her dimple. I could feel her tremble beneath my touch.
My hand still tangled in her hair, I pulled back to gaze into
her mesmerized eyes. “I told them I never kiss and tell.”
When I let her go, I heard a little squawk of protest. That
adorable noise reminded me of the pressure down below — pressure I needed to do
something about. I turned and took swift strides down the hall.
“Where are you going?” Her breathy voice was tinged with
desperation.
I grinned. She was just too easy to mess with.
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About the Author
Get psyched for
romance with psychologist/author (psycho author) Jennifer Lane! By day she
witnesses growth in her psychotherapy clients, and by night she wrangles
misbehaving fictional characters as she writes sports romance and romantic
suspense with a psychological twist. She can’t decide which is more fun.
A swimmer and
volleyball player in college, Jen wove some of her own experiences into Streamline—a
military mystery about swimmers. And readers can dip their toes into Jen’s
world of swimming romance by sampling her free New Adult novella Swim
Recruit.
College volleyball
romance Blocked is Jen’s newest release,
launching 10-21-14. Peek inside big-time college sports and even bigger
national politics when the offspring of two presidential candidates find out
whether opposites really do attract, or their match is blocked from the start.
Stories
of redemption interest Jen the most, especially the healing power of love. She
is also the author of The Conduct Series, a romantic suspense
trilogy that includes With Good Behavior, Bad Behavior, and On
Best Behavior. Ultimately, whether writing or reading, Jen loves stories
that make her laugh and cry.
In
her spare time she enjoys exercising, attending book club, hanging out with her
plus-size, “I’m not fat, I’m big-boned” Izzie cat, and visiting her sisters and
their families in Chicago and Hilton Head.
Thank you, Maria! I hope you love Blocked. :-)
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