Title: Save Me From Myself (Nashville Nights #1)
Author:
Stacey Mosteller
Expected Release
Date: February 2014
Genre:
New Adult
Romance
Cover
Designer: Kari
@ Cover to Cover
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Synopsis
Lyric Hayes
spent the first 22 years of her life trying to be the perfect daughter and the
perfect girlfriend. After a tragedy and her fiance’s betrayal, she's running.
Starting over far away from the person she used to be.
She's made
herself a vow - no relationships. She's trying to heal, not complicate her life
further.
David Pearson
has it all. Confidence, awesome friends, successful business. But, David's
dealt with loss too. He knows better than anyone not to judge by what's on the
surface.
Drawn to Lyric
despite her inability to trust, he'll do anything to own her
heart.
Will secrets
and misunderstandings send Lyric running again? Or will David finally save her
from herself?
Excerpt
Suddenly, Anna
grabs my arm, pulling me towards her. “Who’s that?” she shouts in my ear over
the loud music. Looking over at the bar, I see the tiny blonde girl with pink
highlights bending over it, holding herself up by her arms talking to David. He
is smiling down, listening intently to her. When he replies to her, her entire
face lights up and she kisses his cheek before dropping back down to the floor.
I turn back to
Anna and snort, “Probably the flavor of the week. That’s the same girl I saw
him with at the mall and at Ruby’s yesterday. He’s no different than any other
jackass we’ve met.”
Anna watches
the blonde head back to her table. “I don’t know Lyr, she didn’t exactly kiss
him like a girlfriend would.” We watch as David walks out from behind the bar.
Clapping the bartender that just arrived on the shoulder, he says something
that makes the bartender laugh, and moves past him.
Once he's lost
in the crowd, Anna continues, "Maybe they're just friends or-" she
cuts herself off looking at something behind me. I knew exactly what she was
looking at. My entire body buzzes as I feel the heat of his body get
closer.
I turned
slowly in my seat and raise an eyebrow at David, “Can I help you?” I ask
snidely.
He grins at
me, “I just wanted to come over and say hi. It’s been busy in here
tonight.”
“I’m sure
being a player is pretty time-consuming.” I glare at him, wanting nothing more
than to slap that smile off his face. God, how could I have been stupid enough
to fall for the “good guy” routine? Again!
He frowns,
looking confused, “I’m sorry?”
Scoffing, I
reply, “Yeah, you’re definitely sorry.”
His eyes
narrow dangerously, ”Look, I really don't understand what your problem is. I
like you, you seemed to like me. Now you're just acting like a bitch. Excuse me
if I don't get what you think I did."
Unbelievable.
When will I ever meet a guy who isn't a liar or a cheater? "You don't get
it? Really? Well, let me spell it out for you. I don't date cheaters. I refuse
to be 'that' girl, and I refuse to do that to someone else."
"What the
hell are you talking about?" He asks, his voice hard.
I sigh, “I saw
you with your girlfriend. I've seen you together a few times now." Is he
really going to continue to deny it? I caught him with
her!
"How can
you possibly see me with someone who doesn't exist? I am many things Princess,
a cheater and a liar aren’t one of them." His voice is
glacial.
My mouth drops
open, “You asshole! She was JUST here!
Remember, she’s a short, skinny blonde with pink highlights?"
Jeremy, who’s
sitting next to us at the bar spits out his beer laughing, "Shit Dave, she
thinks SB is your girlfriend? Now, that's disgusting. She'll love
that!"
"SB? What
kind of name is SB?" I ask, raising an eyebrow as I look back at
David.
"SB is my
sister SarahBeth's nickname. My baby sister. Not my girlfriend. She's
practically my kid." David responds, glaring at me.
Oh great. Now
I really feel like a moron. Talk about jumping to the wrong conclusion.
"Oh."
"Yeah,
oh. Princess, you really need to stop making snap judgments about me." He
snaps.
The look on
his face makes me feel about two inches tall. But, this wasn’t my fault. If
he’d told me about her, this never would have happened. Thinking about that
makes me sound even bitchier. But that realization doesn’t stop me from saying,
“Well, maybe you should be a little more forthcoming. You never said you had a
sister."
"Right,
because that should be my intro. ‘Hi, I'm David, I own a bar, and have a sister
I've been raising for the past 5 years.’ That's not going to raise any
questions at all," he says sarcastically while rolling his eyes.
"Raising?" I can't hide my confusion. She's his
sister, why is he raising her? And how old is she?
He sighs,
"See what I mean? Yes, raising. Our parents died when she was 16 and I was
27. Jeremy" he nods at the guy next to us, "and I moved back to
Nashville to take care of her. Our grandparents are in Florida and North
Carolina, so to be with them she would have had to leave her whole life behind.
After everything she'd lost, I couldn't take that away too, so I came back and
have been taking care of her ever since."
I can't
believe he did that. He was a single guy, living on his own, and he chose to
move back to his hometown and take care of his sister? "I'm so sorry. That
must've been such a difficult choice to make."
He shrugs,
then glares at me again. "There was never a choice. She's my baby
sister."
After that
statement, he turns on his heel and walks off. I'm beginning to think I've
completely misjudged this guy.
About the Author
I am a 32 year
old wife and working mom to 3 boys, ages 15, 13, and 8! After spending the
first half of my life in a small town outside of Philadelphia, PA, my parents
moved my brother and I to another small town outside of Greensboro, NC. I moved
to Hickory, NC after marrying my husband. We dated a total of three months
before getting married, and we’d known each other for a total of six! People
thought we were crazy, but 2014 marks our 10 year anniversary, so it obviously
worked out!
I’ve always
been a huge book lover, even though I hated doing book reports in school! I
could never figure out the main idea, but I could quote the book word for word.
Back in 2012, I found Fifty Shades, and after staying up all night one Friday
to read all three books, I was hooked! I started a book blog, and kept reading
everything I could. Then, I found Fallen Too Far by Abbi Glines, and couldn’t
stop reading. My husband told me that I should write my own book since I was
spending so much on Kindle books – by June, I’d read over 500! – and after
blowing him off for a few months, I decided to try to write the story I kept
seeing in my head.
I had an
idea for a story about a girl who’d been raised by her brother, but when I
started writing, the brother of the main female kept taking over, to the point
I was writing things in his POV instead of hers, so I shelved it, and started
writing Save Me From Myself instead. I finally told a few fellow book bloggers
about my story, and they started encouraging me to finish it, so here we are!
It’s been an absolutely insane ride, and I can’t wait to share these characters
with everyone!
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