Title:
One True Thing
Author:
Lynne Jaymes
Genre:
NA Contemporary Romance
Release Date:
May 22, 2014
Cover Designer:
Helen Williams at AllBookedOut.com
Can one true thing save a love built on lies?
Synopsis
“That was all before…” Jolene waves her hand
in the air, but we both know what she means. Before I touched her in the most
intimate places. Before I felt her shudder under my tongue. Before she tasted the
salt on my skin. Before I promised a lot more than I could deliver.
Ty Branch has wanted one thing his entire life—
to play professional baseball. When he gets a chance to move from San Francisco
to play at Texas powerhouse Garvin State University, he's willing to do whatever it
takes to make his dream come true, even if that means hiding his past. But when he
meets dance major Jolene Taylor, the chemistry is so strong his single-minded quest
begins to weaken. As he gets to know her quirky, small-town family, he falls more
deeply in love, but becomes even more sure he can never
tell her the truth about his family. When a surprise visitor blows his past wide-open,
Ty is forced to come to terms with his secrets. But is the damage already done with
Jolene or can he find a way to sacrifice everything he's worked for in order to win
back the heart of a once-in-a-lifetime love?
Excerpt
“Thank you,” Jolene says, as I hold the door
open for her, the soft Texas twang in her voice making my heart beat faster as she
brushes by me, her dark brown eyes fixed on the ground. Jolene Taylor. Dance
major, sophomore, comes from somewhere outside of Abeline—way outside
according to Jessie, one of those towns that has only four stoplights and a Dairy
Queen with a sign that congratulates the FFA on their livestock win.
“No problem,” I reply, following her through
the door. We approach the stairs to the second floor together, but I slow my pace
so that she can get ahead of me, hoping that I don’t look like a stalker and that she
doesn’t notice that I’m sneaking looks at her ass as she walks up the steps. And
it is a perfect little ass. Jolene has a way of moving that’s more like gliding than
actual walking, her feet turned out just slightly in that way that dancers have. She’s
wearing baggy sweats that sit at the place where the two dimples on her lower back
meet her spine and a workout top holding her small, perky breasts that leaves little
to the imagination. I can see the muscles in her back move as she walks and that
turns me on more than anything, so I shift my eyes up to the expanse of bare skin
on the back of her neck, covered by a few dark tendrils of hair that escape from the
messy bun on top of her head. Even at her messiest, Jolene is perfection. But I can’t
talk to her, there’s no point. There’s too much I’d have to say, too much I’d have to
give up to make it real.
I want her to look back as I approach the door
to my apartment, nosily fumbling for the keys to try to get her attention, but she
stares straight ahead, her back tall and her thin, muscled arms gripping the laundry
basket as she heads for her apartment at the end of the hall. I sigh as I take one last
look at her and swing my apartment door open. Gotta keep my eyes on the prize.
Jolene Taylor is just one more thing I shouldn’t be messing with this year.
About the Author
Lynne Jaymes is a life-long reader and accidental
writer living in Northern California. She writes contemporary fiction that is
sometimes funny, sometimes sexy and always from the heart. Although this is
not her first venture into writing – Lynne is traditionally published in another
genre under another name – she loves the indie world for the freedom it gives
her to write the stories that call to her, the ones that mean the most and the ones
that editors have said would never sell. ONE TRUE THING is the adaptation of the
first book she ever wrote and the story is one that is close to her family and has
lived deep in her soul for years. She is also the co-author of the second book in the
UNFILTERED Series, UNFILTERED & UNKNOWN. Keep up with Lynne at www.lynnejaymes.com, on Facebook and Twitter.
writer living in Northern California. She writes contemporary fiction that is
sometimes funny, sometimes sexy and always from the heart. Although this is
not her first venture into writing – Lynne is traditionally published in another
genre under another name – she loves the indie world for the freedom it gives
her to write the stories that call to her, the ones that mean the most and the ones
that editors have said would never sell. ONE TRUE THING is the adaptation of the
first book she ever wrote and the story is one that is close to her family and has
lived deep in her soul for years. She is also the co-author of the second book in the
UNFILTERED Series, UNFILTERED & UNKNOWN. Keep up with Lynne at www.lynnejaymes.com, on Facebook and Twitter.
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