Released: February 24th, 2014
Used… Broken… Confused…
It only took one drunken mistake four years ago for Maddie Harrington to learn that when you fully give yourself over to a man, you should never expect anything in return. Since that night, her views on love have become distorted, believing men would only want her for the pleasure her body could bring them. She in turn finds herself hooking up with random guys, but never keeps them around long enough to see if there could possibly be something more.
That is…until Hunter Bryant enters the picture.
When the handsome pre-med student shows up in the right place at the right time, captivating her with his stormy gaze, she immediately pushes him away, thinking he’s no different than any other guy. The deeper Hunter delves into her life, trying to break through her iron-clad walls, the more she begins to question whether she is truly capable of opening her heart up to another man.
Maddie soon finds herself forced to make a difficult decision, one that will forever change both of their lives. Will she shut Hunter out of her life for good or will she finally open up her heart and allow herself the life she never dreamed she deserved?
**Please note: Unforeseen Heartbeat can be read as a standalone, however it is highly recommended that you read book one in the series, Relinquishing Liberty.**
Maureen Mayer was born, raised and currently resides in Buffalo, NY with her loving and supportive family and boyfriend of 9+ years. She’s always had a love for the outdoors, and when the city isn’t buried under snow, she can be found hiking, fishing, camping or lying on the beach. She’s a sucker for off-color humor, but holds a sweet spot for sick and twisted horror films. When she’s not writing, you can find her curled up in bed with her kindle, diving into a steamy romance novel and falling in love with the latest book boyfriend.
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♕ Relinquishing Liberty (Second Chances #1) ♕
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♕ Unforeseen Heartbeat (Second Chances #2) ♕
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“Are you
okay? Can you tell me if it hurts anywhere?”
His voice
sounded like heaven, but my body still refused to cooperate and answer him. Why was he asking if I was hurt? I felt
fine, other than the fact that I seemed to have lost all motor function and the
ability to speak.
I started to
get some feeling back in my arms and legs, and I felt my body cradled against
another that was almost twice my size.
“Did
he...did he touch you anywhere?”
Touch me? Who…? Oh he must
have meant Tucker. What ever happened to
Tucker? He was carrying me up the stairs, but I couldn’t remember much
after that. Asshole must have left me up here alone.
“Please,
Maddie, I need you to focus if you can. This is important. I need you to tell
me if he touched you anywhere…inappropriately.” I could hear the concern
painfully dripping from his voice, and to be honest, it was starting to scare
me.
As the
numbness subsided, and I regained more feeling throughout my body, I noticed a
sharp pain shooting up my wrists as though they had been sprained. Jesus, what the hell happened to me?
My heart was
beating rapidly, and I could feel myself beginning to hyperventilate, but then
I felt lips, his lips, pressed
against my throat, just over my racing pulse. His warm breath cascaded over my
throat, causing my heart to race even faster, but soon my breathing matched his
and I was able to calm myself.
“Better?” he
asked softly.
“Yeah.” I
finally peeled my eyes open to find a symbol that I had only ever seen in
doctors’ offices tattooed on his forearm. It looked like a staff with wings,
entwined by two snakes. Such an odd looking thing, and yet, I felt better
knowing that the one whose arms I was currently wrapped up in bore that
symbol…like he was my savior. My protector.
“Do you
think you’re okay to stand?”
I squeezed
my eyes shut and tried to ignore the pain in my wrists as I nodded my head. He
gently tucked his arm beneath mine and wrapped it across my back, allowing me
to place all of my weight on him. My body still swayed unsteadily, and seeing
this stranger towering above me brought back the image of Tucker’s body
hovering over me while he painfully pressed my wrists into the mattress. Oh fuck, what did he do to me?
My heart
rate picked up again, and he cupped my face, focusing my attention on his
stormy gray eyes and forcing away the fuzzy images that had yet to make any
sense.
“Shhh,
you’re okay. He can’t hurt you. You’re safe now.”
You’re safe now. Safe. I repeated
those words over and over in my mind, and when they had finally sunk in, I
opened my eyes one last time to look at him smiling down at me. His lips looked so soft, and I reached up to
trace my finger along his bottom lip, but my hand never made it there before I
slipped back into the darkness.
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