Title: Dare
to Kiss
Author: S.B.
Alexander
Blurb:
Besides her family, Lacey Robinson’s only other love is baseball. She’s on top of the world when Arizona State University approaches her to discuss a scholarship. To play for a college boys’ team is beyond what she has ever dreamed. Her fastball is impeccable, her slider equally as good, and her curveball annihilates anyone who dares to step in the batter’s box. But fate has its own way of throwing curveballs. When she looses her mother and sister to a home invasion, baseball and her dreams die with them. Tragedy has a way of seeping deep into her psyche, causing nightmares, panic attacks and blackouts. Diagnosed with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, her psychiatrist recommends a change of scenery and picking up the things that she loved to do, and for Lacey that is baseball.
Besides her family, Lacey Robinson’s only other love is baseball. She’s on top of the world when Arizona State University approaches her to discuss a scholarship. To play for a college boys’ team is beyond what she has ever dreamed. Her fastball is impeccable, her slider equally as good, and her curveball annihilates anyone who dares to step in the batter’s box. But fate has its own way of throwing curveballs. When she looses her mother and sister to a home invasion, baseball and her dreams die with them. Tragedy has a way of seeping deep into her psyche, causing nightmares, panic attacks and blackouts. Diagnosed with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, her psychiatrist recommends a change of scenery and picking up the things that she loved to do, and for Lacey that is baseball.
After a move clear across the country, only two things matter to
Lacey—overcome her PTSD and make Kensington High’s baseball team. But trying
out for the team comes with complications—the captain, Aaron Seever, doesn’t
want a girl on the team.
Adding to her new life, she never counted on meeting someone who
wants her as badly as Kade Maxwell. The tall, sexy and drool-worthy bad boy has
a magical touch that awakens her feminine side, and a kiss that slowly erases
her nightmares. But getting involved with him may be dangerous when Kade’s
arch-nemesis returns to town to settle a vendetta.
To complicate matters, her PTSD has taken a turn for the worse.
She has to find a way to push away the demons otherwise she may not have a
chance at anything in life.
Strong language. Sexual content. Intended for
audiences 17 years and older.
S. B.
Alexander’s passion for writing began when she read her first Stephen King
novel, The Shining. Over the years she kept telling family and friends
she was going to write a book. Fifteen years later, on the advice of a friend,
she sat down and wrote her first novel. One year later, she published two
novels with three more slotted for release. Her books are targeted toward the
young adult and new adult markets.
Her young
adult series, Vampire SEALS, includes two books, On the Edge of
Humanity, and On the Edge of Eternity, which have garnered high
praise from readers. Dare to Kiss is the first book in her new adult
series.
Alexander’s
career has been colorful—a former navy veteran, high school math teacher and
college professor, sales consultant, coach, and manager. She loves baseball,
especially the Boston Red Sox. She enjoys playing golf, is moved by music and
great stories, and will go out of her way to help people.
She currently
works full time in Corporate America and writes any chance she gets.
She believes
words are the key to opening the door to extraordinary places with amazing
characters that tell a great story.
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I had barely caught my breath when his mouth was on me. I opened
to him as his tongue dipped inside, twining with mine. He tasted like forever.
I wiggled against his hardness, and he moaned. Abandoning my mouth, he trailed
his lips along my jaw, my ear, and my neck. He licked over my racing pulse
while the heat from his hands was scorching my back. His torment was too much,
yet not enough. My clothes grew constrictive. I wanted to feel his bare skin
against mine.
As if he sensed my need, he lifted my sweater over my head,
throwing it to the floor. His eyes were seas of shimmering copper. The backs of
his fingers ghosted up and over my abs to land on the clasp of my bra. For
perhaps one second he hesitated before unsnapping it. When he did, I sucked in
a breath, my nipples hardening. He removed one strap then the other before it
fell behind me.
“Beautiful,” he breathed, as he traced the outline of my breasts,
teasing, but never touching the sensitive peaks that ached for his magical
fingers or even his mouth.
I pressed my hips into him, feeling his arousal. Desire swirled
down my belly in a slow, sinuous slide.
He groaned, deep and sensual. “Baby, tell me what you want.”
My body tingled. My brain went blank. “You.” All I wanted to do
right now was feel him and everything he had to offer.
His eyes widened with a savage intensity that frightened me, yet
calmed me. He pressed a kiss to my breast, gliding his warm mouth over my
nipple before sucking on it. I arched into him, rubbing against him. He moaned,
giving my other breast the same attention.
I fisted my hands in his sweater, tugging it up. He eased back,
raising his arms. I lifted his sweater and T-shirt over his head before tossing
it aside. My gaze wandered over him, drinking in every muscled inch of him from
the line of light brown hair that disappeared into his jeans, to the six-pack
abs that sculpted his midsection, to the tattoos on his chest. Pushing his
fingers through my hair, he brushed his lips over mine.
“Are you sure, Lace?” His voice was barely audible.
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