Publication Date: February 9, 2016
Genres: Adult, Contemporary Romance, New Adult
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Synopsis:
The conclusion to Caleb and Isabelle’s story…
Everything
is going as planned, for the most part. With school, the club, and new
responsibilities on the horizon, the life Caleb and Isabelle imagined
together is so close they can taste it. But their happiness is also a
fragile one--all it takes is one wrong turn, one stupid decision and
their happily ever after shatters all over the highway.
Because
as old threats resurface and new ones rise, the most deadly enemy of
all lies not in outside forces, but inside the club itself. How do you
follow orders when you know those orders might destroy everything you
love? How do you move forward when all your best-laid plans slip right
through your fingertips?
Choice breeds consequence. Hope rises from the ashes. Love weathers any storm. And in the end, every road leads home.
**Carry You Home is not a standalone and is the sequel to Carry Your Heart. It is intended for readers 18 and older**
EXCERPT
Isabelle
Both
of his hands settled around my face now and overwhelmed by his
closeness and drunk on the emotions he’d resurrected in me, I closed the
short space between us and pressed my lips gently into his. Caleb
stilled for only a moment, no doubt startled by the fact that I was
the one initiating this, but I was way past the point of no return now,
and he recovered a heartbeat later, tightening his hold on my face,
somehow pulling me even closer to him.
It
started slow and tender as our mouths tentatively became reacquainted
with each other and I couldn’t help the soft moan in the back of my
throat just at tasting him again. It had been so long since I’d felt
this, I’d honestly forgotten what his lips felt like...or maybe I’d just
forced myself to forget. But there was no denying how good this felt,
how at home I felt as his hands slid all the way around my waist.
Suddenly,
I was moving in the air as he spun us around to press me back into the
island. He gripped my hips to hoist me up onto the counter and my legs
wrapped around his waist to help him sink in even deeper before I had a
moment to recover.
His
tongue pushed its way through my mouth and as his rough, familiar hands
skimmed up the back of my shirt, just stopping at the edge of my bra. I
shivered in his arms and wondered fleetingly if this was just all a
dream. If I’d wake up any moment now, alone in my bed, and wondering
what the hell just happened. But his lips were still moving over mine,
tasting and taking everything I offered to him, eagerly giving it right
back to me.
My
hands wound their way around the back of his neck and gripped the top
of his head as he ground my hips down against the hardness in his jeans.
Just as I leaned my forehead against his to sigh into his lips, a loud
cough jerked me out of the whirlwind I’d stumbled into it.
My
hands dropped away from Caleb’s face and I turned just in time to see
my dad shuffling toward the refrigerator. Caleb jolted and hustled out
from between my legs to put some space between us. He ran a hand over
his head as if to smooth the hair he didn’t really have there and my dad
cast a wary glance over his shoulder at us.
“Don’t mind me,” he chuckled. “Just needed something to drink.”
“Sorry, Dad,” I murmured and bit down on my bottom lip as I slid off the counter.
My dad met my eyes briefly before turning his attention to Caleb. “Where are you planning on sleeping tonight?”
Caleb cleared his throat roughly. “The couch.”
“Good,”
he nodded and shut the fridge door as he turned to us with a water
bottle in his hand. “Probably best to take it slow, huh?”
I
opened my mouth to protest, but for the life of me, I couldn’t find any
words to say. My dad just waved goodnight and disappeared around the
stairwell. When my eyes found Caleb again, he was staring slack-jawed
after my dad and he shook his head.
“Wow.”
“Yeah,” I laughed. “That wasn’t embarrassing or anything.”
Instead of responding, he tucked his hands deep in his pockets and grinned at me.
“I
should, um,” I swallowed hard, already backpedalling toward the same
hallway my dad had just disappeared to. “I should get to bed. I’ll see
you in the morning?”
“I’ll be here,” he nodded. “Sweet dreams, Iz.”
I
waved awkwardly because there was no way in hell I was getting out of
this gracefully and I scrambled up the stairs, practically running my
dad over in the process, and didn’t stop until my old bedroom door was
shut safely behind me.
READ CARRY YOUR HEART, THE BEGINNING OF CALEB AND ISABELLE'S EPIC LOVE STORY...
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Publication Date: July 14, 2015
Genres: Adult, Contemporary Romance, New Adult, MC
Synopsis:
When
Isabelle Martin steps onto Sawyer Auto Repair’s parking lot, she can’t
believe it’s come to this. After dropping out of a school she never
really wanted to go to in the first place and dumping a boyfriend she
never really loved to begin with, she thought coming home to Claremont,
North Carolina would solve all her problems. Instead, she’s still
reeling from her mom’s death six months earlier and trying, but failing
to help her dad, who’s sunken deep into a whiskey-fueled depression.
Working in the local, motorcycle club-owned, auto shop’s office is a
last resort, but it’s the only option she has...even if it means working
with Caleb Sawyer, the bad-boy biker with swagger to spare who used to
drive her up the wall in high school.
Caleb
Sawyer is on the fast-track to a downward spiral. He used to think he
had the world at his feet--all he has to do is be patient, earn his keep
in the club and in the shop, and his legacy within the Iron Horsemen MC
will be his for the taking when the time is right. But that just
doesn’t mean anything without his old lady by his side, who wants to
leave Claremont more than she wants to stay with him. When the bottom
finally drops out, nothing prepares him for the impact and he deals with
it the only way he knows how--with whiskey and women. Despite all that,
being around Isabelle Martin, the girl whose feathers he ruffled so
easily in high school, somehow brings him back to life. She doesn’t take
any of his crap, but she calls him on it without judgment and without
pity.
Despite
some initial animosity, Caleb and Isabelle quickly realize that the
perceptions they had of each other in high school couldn’t be further
from the truth. The more time they spend together, the closer they
become and the more they gravitate towards each other. Both are at a
crossroads, but stuck in reverse. Isabelle needs help; she just doesn’t
know how to ask for it. Caleb needs a life preserver; he just doesn’t
know where to find one. And ultimately, on the path to rediscovery and
identity, all roads lead them to exactly what they need--each other.
**New adult/contemporary romance told in alternating points of view. Recommended for readers 18 and older.**
ABOUT K. RYAN
K.
Ryan is a former English teacher, who graduated from the University of
Wisconsin-Stevens Point in 2009. When not writing, she’s either
binge-watching something on Netflix, running, reading, or cheering on
the Packers. She lives in the Green Bay area with her crazy-supportive
boyfriend and the best decision of her adult life, a not-so-stray cat
named Oliver.
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