SNEAK
PEEK into…
THE
BOY FROM THE WOODS
By Jen
Minkman
Expected
release: December 1, 2013
Young
Adult Contemporary/Paranormal Romance
Julia has been in love with Michael for years. He’s the
hottest guy in school, and she can’t believe her luck when they finally hit it
off during Senior Prom. Her dream doesn’t last, though: after a few dates, he
callously dumps her out of the blue. Summer vacation starts with Julia feeling
heart-broken and miserable.
But then she rescues Michael in the woods when he has a motorcycle accident in a heavy thunderstorm. From that point onward, her life is turned upside down. Michael has changed completely after the blow to the head that nearly killed him... and he wants her back. But why is he so different? And will she be able to trust him this time around?
Can the boy who broke your heart ever win it back again..?
But then she rescues Michael in the woods when he has a motorcycle accident in a heavy thunderstorm. From that point onward, her life is turned upside down. Michael has changed completely after the blow to the head that nearly killed him... and he wants her back. But why is he so different? And will she be able to trust him this time around?
Can the boy who broke your heart ever win it back again..?
Sneak Peek Excerpt
Julia
trailed behind her boss as she walked over to the cash register, looking left
and right to catch a glimpse of her other colleagues.
“Kolbe!”
her brand-new boss shouted toward the entrance. “Come and help me out, will
you?”
Julia
stopped dead, frozen in her tracks. Was she going deaf, or had Martin just
said… Her heart hammered ridiculously fast as her eyes zoomed in on the front
door.
“He’ll
come and help you at the register.” Martin’s voice sounded as though it was
coming from far away. He left her standing there, rooted to the spot.
Julia
tried to snap out of her paralysis and stumbled the final few steps to the
counter. Her breath hitched when she saw an all-too-familiar figure walking in
her direction. She swallowed. But surely it couldn’t
be. Oh God, no. No, no, no. This was not happening.
And
then, she couldn’t look anywhere else but up, straight into two eyes green as
the forest.
“What on earth are you doing here?” Julia stared at him in
alarm.
“I work here,”
he replied unfazed, a half-smile tugging at his lips.
“Since when?” It
was simply not possible that she, in
her unfailing stalker mode, had somehow missed this: Michael holding a job at
the same bookstore she’d applied to two days ago.
“Since last
week.”
His smug
composure quickly turned her initial befuddlement into outright infuriation.
“Why?” she
demanded fractiously.
He raised an eyebrow. “To earn some extra cash?” he
declared in an ‘isn’t-that-really-obvious’ tone.
“But why here?”
Michael started
to chuckle. “Why are you giving me the third degree?”
“Are you
following me or something?” she grumbled, her heart treacherously leaping in
her chest for a moment as she considered the possibility.
“Well, I’m sorry
to burst your bubble here, but I think it’s the other way around. First, you
turn up at the pub I always hang out at on weeknights, then, you decide to take
a jog near the place where I almost had a fatal accident, and now you turn out
to have applied for a job at the same store I’ve been working at for the past
week. What does it look like to you?”
Shucks, he was
right. Julia resisted the urge to stamp her foot like a little girl. “In your
dreams, you arrogant bastard,” she muttered. “Everybody says I should stay away
from you.”
In the silence
that followed, she could still hear her heart beating in her throat.
About the Author
Jen Minkman (1978) was born in
the Netherlands and has lived in Austria, Belgium and the UK during her
studies. She learned how to read at the age of three and has never stopped
reading since. Her favourite books to read are (YA) paranormal/fantasy, sci-fi,
dystopian and romance, and this is reflected in the stories she writes. In her
home country, she is a trade-published author of paranormal romance and
chicklit. Across the border, she is a self-published author of poetry,
paranormal romance and dystopian fiction. Her books are available in English,
Dutch and Chinese.
She currently resides in The
Hague where she works and lives with her husband and two noisy zebra finches.
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