Synopsis:
There is no greater burden than a
secret, and Kari Stanley has been carrying one alone for a long time. But fate
intervenes in the form of a broken down car and the kind offer of assistance
from a handsome stranger with a sweet, southern drawl. In exchange, all she has
to do is go to dinner with him. Temptation was never so sweet.
Max Quinn has secrets of his own.
His good deeds aren't just a product of his southern upbringing; they're his
atonement. As one dinner turns into two, he realizes that Kari just might be
his salvation.
As they struggle to find their
path together, their secrets weigh heavier on them. Will they be able to trust
one another with the truth, or will their secrets keep them apart forever?
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Kari Stanley has her own secrets that she never even told
her sister but they soon will be unraveled.
She did not mean to fall in love when a stranger helps her
when her car broke down. All he asks was
dinner for his troubles as she cannot resist his offer.
The stranger is Max Quinn who also has his own secrets. But one dinner turns out more than either
realize as they cannot help wanting more.
These two are meant for each other but will their past
destroy them when their secrets come to light or can they save each other? We root for them despite the people who try
to tear them apart.
It’s about trust and learning to love the one you are meant
to be despite
Author Bio:
Adriana
Locke lives and breathes books. After years of slightly obsessive relationships
with the flawed bad boys created by other authors, she has created her own.
The
Exception was Adriana’s debut novel and released late last year. The Perception
is a stand-alone that follows two secondary characters from The Exception. Her
third novel, Sacrifice, will be released Summer 2015.
Adriana
lives in the Midwest with her family. She spends copious amounts of time playing
with her kids, drinking coffee, and cooking. Her favorite things include
sunshine, candy, and random quotes.
She
loves to hear from readers. You can find her:
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Snippet:
“Ready for this?” he asked, setting
everything down. He attached a green spinning piece onto the end of one line
and handed it to me.
“Um, we’re using an ornament instead of a
worm?”
Max tossed his head back and laughed.
“It’s called a lure and yes, we are. Go ahead and cast out.”
I held the pole in my hand and just looked
at him. “And I do that how?”
“For heaven’s sake,” he grumbled with a
smile on his lips. He stood behind me and wrapped his arms around my waist,
grabbing the pole.
“We could just go back inside,” I said,
half kidding.
He ignored me. “You just draw it back like
this, pull it forward and press this button,” he said, doing it for me. “That’s
all there is to it. Now you wait for something to bite or you can reel it in
and toss it out again. Up to you.”
He left me standing there and got his own
pole ready. His muscles rippled through his shirt, his skin peeking from under
the hemline as he reached and bent. I sat down in the cool grass and watched
the show.
Max cast his line in the water a few yards
away from mine. The moon began to peek through the clouds, the light making my
man look even sexier.
He cast his line out again, looking
completely content.
“I don’t think anything’s gonna bite,” I
said, starting to reel mine in.
“That’s not the point,” he said, laughing
softly.
“Getting a fish to bite isn’t the point?
What am I missing?”
“Fishing is an art. You can sit here
forever and not get a bite. But unless you’re feeding your family on it, it
doesn’t matter.”
I looked at him like he was crazy. “Okay.
So the point is to waste time?”
“No, sweetheart. The point is to let the
water and the air and the quiet take you away. Fishing is something you can do
alone if you need to clear your head. You can do it with a buddy or your dad if
you want to bond. It’s a tradition, I guess.”
I reeled my line in and cast it out again.
“So we’re bonding?”
He smirked. “This is one of my favorite
ways to bond.”
“Huh. I’d have thought your favorite way
to bond included more, you know, bonding. Contact. That kind of thing.” I let
my gaze fall to the bulge in his jeans and looked back up again.
“You better stop looking at me like that,
sweetheart,” he warned.
“Or what?”
The Perception
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