Blog Tour Excerpt: Between Breaths by Alexa Padgett
Title: Between Breaths
Author: Alexa
Padgett
Series: Seattle
Sound Series (Book 2)
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Publisher: Self Published
Release Date: TBA
Edition/Formations: eBook & Print
Grief brought them together
A hospice center is no place to fall in
lust. But with his world cracking during his estranged mother’s
last days, Hayden Crewe needs something sweet to focus on. It doesn’t
matter that he’s the backbone of Australia’s hottest
international rock group—here, watching his mother die, he’s more
alone than ever. So when he meets long-legged, clear-minded Briar
Moore, he suddenly knows exactly what will fill the hole inside.
Fortune will drag them apart
Briar has just escaped a job and
relationship that nearly crushed her. Crawling out of the wreckage of
her previous life, she’s done playing it safe. Sexy, vibrant Hayden
is what she wants, and Briar is going to take him. For as long as
she can…
Out of heartbreak comes hope
With their time short and the ghosts of
their pasts haunting every moment, Briar and Hayden know they’ve
fallen too deep. While those few, intense days changed them both
forever, everyone knows a connection this intense should burn out as
fast as it ignited…
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She winced as the brush caught in her hair. I plucked the brush from her hand, falling victim to an overwhelming need to squeeze each gram of enjoyment from our time together. Maybe the expiration date on our time together made each moment special.
I led her toward the big picture
windows with great views of the sound. She glanced at me over her
shoulder, and I pressed a soft kiss on the corner of her mouth. She
inhaled, her body melting back into mine. Liked that, she did.
I grinned as I adjusted my grip on her.
Taking my time, I placed more small kisses there.
She hummed deep in her throat, and I
cupped her cheek. Pressing my lips to hers, I waited a heartbeat for
her to part her lips. She did, and I slid my tongue into her mouth,
lapping up her taste and fanning the flames of desire between us in
long, lazy swipes of my tongue.
She moaned and struggled to turn fully
into my arms. Blood pumping hot and thick through my veins, I stepped
back and turned her until she once again faced the window. Lifting
the brush, I swept it through her wet hair, letting it pull to the
ends. Briar released a breath and relaxed.
“Mmm. You’re good at brushing my
hair.”
I smiled at the slightly ragged quality
of her voice.
“I’ve never done this before.” I
paused, hesitant to reveal too much of myself. But this was Briar. We
were in a space that no one could enter. So I said, “Hair brushing
or courting a woman. Never wanted to.”
She turned her head a little, and I let
the brush hover over her. Her blue eyes were dark. Her lips parted, a
little swollen from my kiss. Her cheeks bloomed with soft pink color.
“I like firsts with you, Hayden.”
With a degree in international
marketing and a varied career path as a content manager for a web
firm at the height of the tech boom, marketing director for a
high-profile sports agency and a two-year stint with a renowned
literary agency, Alexa Padgett has returned to her first love:
writing fiction. She is a card-carrying member of RWA,
or would be if Romance
Writers of America had cards. She’s also a member of Land
of Enchantment Romance Authors (LERA),
and Fantasy, Futuristic,
and Paranormal (FF&P)
chapters, where she’s met fabulous writers. She aspires to be as
witty and kind as her writing family is.
Alexa spent a good part of her youth
traveling. From Budapest to Belize, Calgary to Coober Pedy, Alexa
soaked in the myriad smells, sounds, and feels of these gorgeous
places, wishing she could live in them all – at least for a while.
And she does in her books.
Alexa loves to read, especially her
friends’ stories. She also spends a great deal of time in her tiny
kitchen, channeling her inner Barefoot Contessa.
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@AlexaPadgett
Other
Works by Alexa Padgett
Seattle
Sound Series
Sweet
Solace Book 1
Between Breaths Book 2
Coming Soon
The
Echo Series
The
Spirit Seducer Book 1
The
Magician's Ruins Book 2
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