All the Way to Heaven
Becky Doughty
(The Fallout Series, #1)
Published by: Clean Teen Publishing
Publication date: November 2nd 2015
Genres: New Adult, Romance
Anica Tomlin, business major, has just learned that the man she’s been planning her future around, her Global Finance professor, already has a beautiful wife and family. Ani cashes in her graduation gift to herself a little early—a trip to Tuscany—but from the moment she boards the wrong train in Pisa, her plans for solitude and self-indulgence begin to unravel around her.
When a bicycle accident thrusts Ani into the skilled hands of the dashing Dr. Cosimo Lazzaro, she reluctantly accepts his invitation to recover in his family’s country villa, perched on a hilltop surrounded by the Lazzaro olive groves. But it’s been a black year for olive growers all over Italy, and generations of tradition are being put to the test like never before.
Ani is swept up in the drama of life in Tuscany, the convergence of old and new, and the passions that drive people to pursue the desires of their hearts. Just as Ani begins to get her feet under her again, an unexpected turn of events leaves her doubting the very existence of happily-ever-after, unless she can learn to trust the desires of her own heart.
Although All the Way to Heaven is a stand-alone novel, it is the first book in The Fallout Series, a collection of sweet contemporary romances that follow characters featured in the first book.
EXCERPT:
He lay on his back, ankles crossed,
fingers laced together over his chest, completely relaxed. His face was smooth
of the lines of worry he usually sported, and I could see a pulse beating slow
and steady just under his jaw. One corner of his mouth was hitched up in the
beginning of a smile, so even though his eyes were closed against the sunlight
overhead, I knew he knew I was looking at him. I reached out and ran my finger
along the angle of his jaw, unable to keep from touching him. Just as it
reached his chin, he dipped his head and caught my finger between his teeth,
making me squeal more in surprise than pain. It did hurt though, and I pulled
my hand free, but he grabbed my wrist and rolled onto his side to face me.
He brought my hand back to his mouth
and began kissing each finger, one at a time, then my palm, my wrist, the
inside of my forearm, the crook of my elbow.
I watched, transfixed, as he bent to
the task, his lips trailing a path up my inner arm to my shoulder, his dark
curls falling forward to cover his face. Then I closed my eyes and tipped my
head back as he ran kisses up my neck and along my jaw.
“Ani.”
His breath was warm on my throat.
“Hmm?” The sound came out slowly.
“How
do you feel about long distance relationships?”
Author Bio:
Becky Doughty is the author of the best-selling Elderberry Croft series, The Gustafson Girls series, Waters Fall, and more. She’s also the voice behind BraveHeart Audiobooks. She writes Women’s Fiction with strong elements of romance, as well as Young Adult and New Adult Fiction. Becky’s favorite people are edge-dwellers, those who live on that fine line where hope and despair meet, where love is the only answer and grace becomes truly amazing. Becky is married to her champion of more than 25 years. They have three children, two of whom are grown and starting families of their own, and they all live within a few miles of each other in Southern California. They share their lives with too many animals, a large vegetable garden, and a strange underground concrete room they’re certain was built for dark and sinister purposes….
Carlene -
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing about me and my new book today - and you picked a yummy excerpt!
I appreciate you - love your website!
Becky Doughty
Thank you Becky! I scoped out some of the other posts and hadn't seen that excerpt yet, plus I know my readers well. ;) Was so happy to share your book with them.
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