Title - Three Rivers
Author - Chloe Barlow
Genre - Contemporary Romance
Expected Release Date - March 25th 2014
Author - Chloe Barlow
Genre - Contemporary Romance
Expected Release Date - March 25th 2014
Synopsis
A self-contained bittersweet romance (no cliffhanger ending!) 87,000 words.
How do you
start over when you gave everything to one life, one plan, and lost it all?
Althea
refuses to allow herself to love again. Imprisoned in grief at twenty-four
after her husband’s sudden death, she’s convinced her heart died along with
him. She spends her days honoring his memory by clinging to the legal career he
helped her to build and to the remaining pieces linking them together.
Griffen’s
been running from his past. Despite success as an author and
investigative journalist, he’s been traveling through life on autopilot. For a
decade, he’s chosen perilous adventures and meaningless sex over the danger of
any attachments. When he finally returns home to Pittsburgh, he’s slammed by
the awakened memories and regret he’s spent years trying to escape.
A chance
encounter brings them together. Their instant desire for each other – and the
bond they discover between them – shocks them both. Despite
her best efforts, Althea can’t resist Griffen’s charm or his intriguing
proposition – if she agrees to a no-strings affair with him for the two weeks
he’s in town, he swears he’ll walk away when their time is up. Assured she can
test the waters of a new life while keeping her vow never to betray her
husband’s memory by opening her heart to another, Althea throws herself into
the escape Griffen provides her.
Their
perfect plans go awry when the intensity of their connection overwhelms them. Will they
risk it all on the chance of something great together…or will the power of
their secrets and guilt tear them apart?
Excerpt:
Althea looked out the window, marveling at the breathtaking view of the city and the rivers from his suite. “This is one helluva view.” She turned and smiled at him shyly and she could see him swallow in response. Damn, even his Adam’s apple is sexy.
He stalked toward her, his blue eyes trained on her hazel
ones, and she actually shivered. He just stood there in front of her and
she could barely breathe. Underneath all his playfulness there was the
hint of someone intense and only barely contained, and the combination was driving
her deliciously crazy.
Finally, he placed his hands on her shoulders and she
released a little gasp. He gently slid them down the bare skin of her arms
and she leaned her head back revealing her neck more fully to him as her hair
fell away from her. Griffen nuzzled his face in her neck so that his
masculine scent surrounded her, while his strong, warm hands rubbed purposely up
and down her arms causing her insides to ignite like a wildfire. He gently
kissed her neck, then teasingly bit her shoulder, and it was as though an
electric shock shot straight to her core and she could feel herself becoming wet
already.
“Althea, you’re incredible, you know that?” he asked
as he moved his hands to her waist and pushed more fully against her, until his
legs were snugly between her thighs and the cheeks of her ass were pressed
against the cold glass. It was a stark contrast to the heat of his body
and the intense warmth and wetness in her center. She imagined that if she
pulled away there would be a steamy imprint of her back and ass against the
glass and it made her feel beyond sexy.
They were already breathing heavily when he whispered,
“Looking at you against this glass, the city behind you — now that is
one helluva view,” he groaned against her ear, licking and nibbling her earlobe
until she had to lean her dizzy head back against the cool glass for some
relief.
About the Author
Chloe
is a contemporary romance novelist and practicing attorney living in
Pittsburgh, PA with her husband and their sweet puppy. She is a native
Washingtonian that graduated Duke University with a degree in English and
Chinese language. She met her husband at Duke and he brought her to Pittsburgh
over a decade ago, which she has loved ever since and made her adopted
hometown. She also attended University of Pittsburgh Law School where she
continued to be an overachieving nerd.
Chloe
has always loved writing and although she does do it professionally as a
lawyer, she cherishes the opportunity to craft her contemporary romances and
share them with the world.
She
is an avid romance fan and wrote her debut novel Three Rivers in her spare
time. She continues her tireless legal style of research in her fiction work as
well. For example, in an effort to bring authenticity to Three River’s
treatment of grief and loss, she consulted with a psychologist and grief counselor
during its preparation.
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