The Story of
You and Me by Pamela DuMond
Release
date: September
17, 2013
Genre: Coming-of-Age,
Contemporary Romance
Age Group: New Adult, Mature Young Adult
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book:
Synopsis: She's driven to
save a life.
He's haunted by breaking one.
Some secrets are too risky to
share.
But nothing's more dangerous than
falling in love...
Nineteen-year-old Sophie doesn’t listen to the naysayers because she has hope. The kind of hope that makes you do weird things—like travel two thousand miles away from everyone she knows and loves to a strange city.
So what if her first night in Los Angeles starts with a small misstep—a brief trip to the ER after twenty-one-year-old Alejandro, the hottest guy she’s ever met, saves her during a bar fight on the USCLA campus.
The stakes are high for Sophie—life and death—as she seeks answers to dark questions in a city that can be a slice of heaven, or a piece of hell. She’s running out of time on her journey to find healing. Falling for a guy isn’t part of her plan. But healing doesn’t always come the way you think you need it.
Sophie’s healing is six-foot-two-inches tall, has stunning hazel eyes, black, shiny hair and a rock solid chest that shelters her. Her healing is Alejandro.
But he’s not your typical college party boy—he has a dangerous past. Sophie isn’t the only one who keeps secrets. As they fall in love, he fears his truth might hurt her. And Sophie doesn’t know if she has the courage to tell him:
He can’t break her—because she’s already broken.
A Story of Hope. A Story of Love. A Story of Redemption.
EXCERPT #1
“Goodnight, Bonita.”
“Goodnight, Ralph.” I smiled
and walked to my apartment’s door and put the right key in the lock.
“Wait! Who’s Ralph?”
I turned and regarded him. He
looked confused. Gorgeous, delicious, but confused. I was so good at messing with Alpha boys. “Oh, gosh. I’m just an
innocent Cheesehead.” I shrugged my shoulders, batted my eyes and pretended to
swoon. “What do I know?”
“Apparently more than I gave
you credit for,” he said.
“About time.” I opened the
door to my place and stepped inside. “Thanks for—”
“What do I get when I figure
it out?” He stared at me. “I mean—when I figure out the Ralph reference I
should at least win a prize or something for my efforts.”
“You’re never going to figure
it out.”
“Don’t underestimate me.”
“What kind of prize do you
want?” I asked.
“I want to kiss you,” he
said.
A shiver zipped up and down
my spine. I thought about it for a moment. Realized he’d never find the right
answer. He’d also lose all interest in me the more he drove me. He thought I
was exotic. I knew I was boring. So my reply was easy.
“Yes, Alejandro,” I said.
“Yes, you can kiss me if you figure it out.” I shut my door, leaned back
against it and smiled.
Sophie:
Two.
Alejandro:
Zero.
But
who was counting?
About
the Author
Pamela DuMond is the writer who discovered Erin
Brockovich's life story, thought it would make a great movie and pitched it to
'Hollywood'.
She's addicted to The X Factor. The movies Love
Actually and The Bourne trilogy
(with Matt Damon -- not that other actor guy,) make her cry every time she
watches them. (Like -- a thousand.) She likes her cabernet hearty, her
chocolate dark and she lives for a good giggle.
When she's not writing Pamela's also a
chiropractor and cat wrangler. She loves reading, the beach, yoga, movies,
animals, her family and friends. She lives in Venice, California with her
furballs. If she ever gets her act together, she might even blog more often.
She's constantly updating her
website, which you can find at http://www.pameladumond.com
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