Buongiorno. Momento di panico, ieri, perché ero senza internet e non ero ancora riuscita a sistemare il post. Ma per fortuna ce l’ho fatta.
Copertina, quella di oggi, diversa dal solito, ma ha qualcosa che mi ha attirata. Anche la storia sembra carina, magari questo sarà uno dei libri che leggerò in inglese. In basso trovate due estratti e anche un giveaway. Purtroppo quasi tutti i premi sono validi solo per chi abita negli USA, ma rimangono per tutti una giftcard Amazon da 10$ e una Swag Bag (una borsa con dentro cosine sostanzialmente inutili ma a tema libroso, per chi non fosse aggiornato, come me).
Goodmorning everyone.
Do you like this cover? I think is a bit strange but it attracted me and also the synopsis seems to be fine. I think this could be one of the books I’m going to read in english.
Title: Because I Love You
Author: Tori Rogby
Publication date: May 17th 2016
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Eight weeks after sixteen-year-old Andie Hamilton gives her virginity to her best friend, “the stick” says she’s pregnant.
Her friends treat her like she’s carrying the plague, her classmates torture and ridicule her, and the boy she thought loved her doesn’t even care. Afraid to experience the next seven months alone, she turns to her ex-boyfriend, Neil Donaghue, a dark-haired, blue-eyed player. With him, she finds comfort and the support she desperately needs to make the hardest decision of her life: whether or not to keep the baby.
Then a tragic accident leads Andie to discover Neil’s keeping a secret that could dramatically alter their lives, and she’s forced to make a choice. But after hearing her son’s heartbeat for the first time, she doesn’t know how she’ll ever be able to let go.
“I’ll ask Jill to come pick me up.”
“No,” he replied, his voice breaking. He cleared his throat. “Don’t put yourself out. I’ll stay with Owen.”
“It’s okay. I like being there.”
Neil nodded then shook his head. “No, this is ridiculous.” He moved so fast, I had no idea what was happening until my face was in his hands, and his lips were on mine.
A tingle ran down my spine. His kiss was powerful, urgent, and so full of passion; my head spun. But this was wrong. I couldn’t let myself give in.
I pushed off him with a squeal and stepped out of his reach. “Neil—”
He growled and dug his hands into his hair. “When I tell you I love you, do you think it’s because I believe you want to hear the words, or because I’m trying to start a conversation? God.” He flung his arms out to his sides. “I say it to remind you that you are the best damn thing that has ever happened to me. And I will spend every last breath fighting for you.”
Jodi squeezed my hand. “Do whatever you think is right. Your gut won’t lie. Mine sure didn’t, and look how you turned out.”
I smiled.
After a few more questions, like did I have any siblings—no—and where did my cousins live—just over the border into New Mexico—the guard announced our fifteen minutes were up. I fought the urge to cling to Jodi’s hand as she stood. I hadn’t spent nearly enough time with her.
“You write me. Let me know how you’re doing, ‘kay?”
I nodded, my mouth drying, and she backed out of the room with a wave. When the door from the visitation area to the cellblock closed, I covered my mouth, my chest hitching. Mom put her arm around my shoulders, and I leaned into her. I’d been so afraid that Jodi would have considered me a burden, that she would’ve hate me for ruining her life, like I originally loathed my baby for messing up mine. But that was so far from the reason she’d placed me for adoption.
“She had loved me, Mom,” I said, my voice shaking.
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Adopted at three-days-old by a construction worker and a stay at home mom, Tori Rigby grew up with her nose in a book and her fingers on piano keys, always awaiting the day she’d take her own adventure. Now, she goes on multiple journeys through her contemporary and historical romances. She longs to live in the Scottish Highlands, and her favorite place in history is Medieval England—she’d even give up her Internet and running water to go back in time! Tori also writes high-concept genre fiction as Vicki Leigh, and when she isn’t writing, she’s kicking butt in krav maga or attending classes to learn how to catch bad guys.
Thanks to XPresso Book Tours for giving us the opportunity to promote this book.
