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Published: June 30th 2015 by Leap Books, LLC
ebook 130 pages
Racing Heart series (YA)
See you at the finish line…
With the big race weeks away, eighteen-year-old Jesse Copeland struggles to keep his head in the game and his hands off his smoking hot competition. But when Brooke reveals a secret that could destroy Jesse’s family, it sends him into a tailspin of self-doubt.
Jesse must pull himself together if he hopes to have a shot at the prize money, save his home, and win the heart of the girl he loves.
Can these two competitors overcome the sins of their fathers or will a shadowed history destroy their dreams forever?
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Racing Hearts Book 1: http://amzn.to/1DdCzoA
Racing Hearts Book 2: http://amzn.to/1cX5x4M
Excerpt: [4th of July, after Brooke wins her first race down at the Circle-Circle]
“There one goes.” She pointed to
the sky. “You missed it, Jesse.”
A lazy, contented smile spread
across his face. His whole body felt relaxed, his mind at peace.
“So many falling stars,” she said
dreamily.
He turned his head skyward. “It’s
not a star, babe, it’s a meteor.”
“A meteor?”
“A big rock being burned up by
the Earth’s atmosphere.”
“A ball of fire,” she mused. “You
learn that in school?”
“My dad was a backyard
astronomer. That’s what he called himself. He had a few telescopes. We used to
camp out in the backyard and stargaze.”
“What about stars then? Do they
ever fall?”
“Not unless they’re being pulled
by something bigger, like a black hole. Those are like anti-stars. They suck in
energy and matter, like a vacuum. Some can swallow whole other stars, as big as
the sun. Nobody knows where it all goes.”
“So we could be swallowed up at
any second?”
Jesse had never thought about it
like that. “Yep.”
“Just laying here, touching,
talking and then whoosh, it’s all gone.”
“All gone.” He realized then that
he’d been able to talk about his father without feeling quite so empty. In her
company he felt better, about everything. He felt…happy.
He propped himself up on one
elbow to look at her, inching down the blanket to reveal more and more of her
beautiful skin. He leaned down to kiss the tops of her breasts and she didn’t
stop him. Her eyes were on far-off places, pondering black holes and dying
stars and the infirmity of life.
“I love you,” he whispered.
She looked away, embarrassed, and
smiled her little smile. He leaned in and kissed her lips, sweet and low. She
was summertime and honeycomb and everything sticky and sweet. A heady perfume
that he couldn’t get enough of. He smiled, like a fool, not even caring that
she didn’t say it back to him. He loved her and she was his.
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Author Bio: Laura Lascarso is the author of RACING HEARTS, an e-novella series, which tells the story of two star-crossed lovers set in the world of competitive car racing. Her debut YA novel COUNTING BACKWARDS, which deals with mental illness, won the Florida Book Award gold medal for YA literature in 2012. Laura lives in North Florida with her two children, darling husband and a menagerie of animals. Follow her on Twitter @lauralascarso
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