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READY TO ROCK
by Cara Connelly
Available
12/01/15
Readers of Cara Connelly’s Save
the Date series met Jack and Lil McCabe in The Wedding Favor. Go back in time and experience Jack and Lil’s
original love story, with a hefty dose of romance and suspense. Ready to Rock, is Connelly’s first indie
title. Ready to Rock won RWA’s Golden Heart award (under the title The
Sinners), and the Valley Forge Romance Writer’s Sheila Award (also under The
Sinners).
Synopsis:
His
name's on everyone's lips--sexy rocker Jack McCabe. His gritty New York City
band is red hot, almost as hot as his fiery affair with photography student Lil
Marchone, the girl from his past, now the woman he loves. The problem is, Lil's
controlling ex wants her back. Rich, powerful, and ruthless, he'll stop at
nothing--including murder--to get Jack out of her life. But Jack's a badass
himself, always up for a fight. And with the stakes this high, he'll risk
everything for Lil, even his band. Even his life.
Learn
about Cara’s Save the Date series- http://www.caraconnelly.com/category/books/
Cara Connelly is the author of the Save the Date series of contemporary
romances published by Avon Romance. The latest book in the series, The Wedding
Gift, was released in May 2015. Cara’s smart and sexy stories have won several
awards, including the Romance Writers of America’s Golden Heart, the Valley
Forge Romance Writers’ Sheila, and the Music City Romance Writers’ Melody of
Love. A former attorney and law professor, she lives with her husband Billy in
the woods of upstate New York.
EXCERPTS
“Honey, you have to get help.” Mama’s tone was calm but
urgent.
“Me? How?” I was frozen in place. I needed her to tell me
what to do.
“Just open the door,” she said quietly, “and climb up to
the road. Wave at the first car you see and tell them to call an ambulance.”
It sounded simple, but I was trapped in one of those
dreams where you desperately want to run but your legs won’t move.
Then flames licked out from under the hood. Mama quit
feigning calm. “Get out of the car!”
Galvanized, I yanked on the door handle. But the frame
had bent. The door wouldn’t budge. “Mama, help me!”
“I can’t!” she shouted. And that’s when I noticed the
dashboard sitting in her lap. Her legs were crushed, she was pinned to her
seat. It was up to me to help her.
Unlocking my seatbelt, I leaned across to the other door.
The car was tilted that way, so the door swung open when I touched the handle.
But before I could bring my legs around, fire belched up from underneath. I
leapt back, singed. Flames curled into the car. Mama was yelling. “Get out the
back! Go! Go!” I yanked down the seat. The trunk was jammed with suitcases. I
clawed at them. But Daddy had loaded the largest first, wedging it tight
against the seat, braced by the smaller bags.
“I can’t,” I wailed. “I can’t move them!” And it was too
late anyway. The flames were all around the car, the air inside so hot it
seared my lungs. Reaching forward, I wrapped my arms around Mama’s neck; she
clawed at my shoulders, trying to pull me between the seats, into her lap, to
shield me with her body.
And then my door flew open, and a man thrust his
shoulders right into that furnace. Mama saw him, and with all the strength
she’d been using to pull me forward, she pushed me back toward him. “Take her!
Take my daughter!” His arms locked around my waist and he hauled me backwards.
Insanely, I clung to Mama, trying to bring her with me. She batted at my
grasping hands. “Go with him!” And though I struggled at first, I had no
choice. He was big and strong. He threw me over his shoulder and ran.
At the roadside, he set me down in the grass. The car was
a fireball, the cottonwood jutting above it, burning like a torch against the
dusky sky. “Mama!” I screamed, trying to get up.
The man pushed me down. Holding my face between his
hands, he forced me to look into his eyes. “I’ll get them out, but you have to
wait here. Promise me.” He seemed so steady and sure. I didn’t know what else
to do, so I nodded. And without another word, he stood up and ran straight
toward the car.
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