Excerpt
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Ahh... Mr. Scott!” My gaze automatically swept to the front of the classroom, Keltar’s loud, obnoxious voice almost impossible to ignore. “So good of you to grace us with your presence today. I trust you’ve learned something during your time away from school? Violence is never the answer, young man.” Frowning, the surly Santa wannabe begrudgingly swept a pink slip of paper from a tall, muscular boy dressed in dark clothing.
My heart jumped a little in my chest as I surveyed the colossal mass of male student at the front of the class. What the hell were the people of Indigo Falls feeding their sons? Some type of über growth hormone? Over half the guys in the school looked as though they belonged on the cover of a weightlifting magazine—chiseled, as if cut from granite. And what was that about violence, and time away from school? Had he gotten into a fight? From his size, he looked like someone who could deliver massive amounts of pain with ease.
The new guy stood in complete silence as Keltar continued on, delivering the same tired speech he’d given me upon entering the room. The same nervous feeling that had plagued me when I entered the school just a short time ago returned with a vengeance, and I caught myself struggling to breathe. What the hell? The new guy, whoever he was, had a bizarre effect on me, and to be honest, it was freaking me out a little. I mean, hell... I hadn’t even seen his face and I had butterflies whirling in my stomach. How was that possible? What kind of person had that type of effect on people?
He turned around then, and the answers to my unspoken questions all but slapped me upside the face.
Holy Mary, Mother of Pearl...
If boys were classified into two shades: light and dark, my Paper Thief, Eli would hover somewhere in the realm of ivory or beige. But this new guy was dark. We’re talking black down to the very pit of his soul type dark.
Ebony eyes void of emotion swept over the room before finally settling on his seat: the empty chair next to Erin. Short, dark hair hugged his skull, bringing attention to the chiseled line of his jaw. His features were strong, hard, and entirely masculine—beautiful. No joke, he looked like an avenging angel hell bent on mayhem and destruction. Bad. The boy was bad to the bone.
Heat scorched my neck and cheeks and my pulse ratcheted up another notch.
Electricity arced through the air as he neared the table, and the oxygen in the room seemed to thin even more. Incapable of speech or movement, I sat open-mouthed, gaping at him like an imbecilic fool. The black T-shirt he wore stretched across his broad chest like a second skin, and revealed a set of arms, one of which sported a wicked tribal tattoo. His gait was confident, yet lazy, and clearly shouted “I don’t give a fuck. I’m only here because I have to be, so stay the hell out of my way.”
Erin cleared her throat and cast me a knowing “Well, well, well. Look who thinks the bad boy is hot” smirk.
The boy’s most stand out feature was a jagged scar which ran from the center of his skull, down along the top of his left ear. It ended just below the left half of his jaw. The skin was thick, raised and silvery pink making it obvious that whatever trauma had placed it there hadn’t happened that long ago.
Heat scored the base of my skull, and I reached, as if on autopilot, for the fat, rigid bump that crawled across my hairline. How had he gotten his scar? A hundred different scenarios played out in my head, none of which included the circumstance that had earned me mine.
About the author
I'm a lover of books (YA & Adult romance), chocolate, reality television, and am a proud mother to three All Star cheerleaders. Woot!
I write Contemporary YA romance with cheerleaders. Yep. I write what I know, and it's my hope that my stories will not only take you on a romantic journey that will warm your heart, but that you'll find a new respect and interest in the sport of Cheerleading you may not have had before.
REVIEW
I was given a copy of Ex Factor in return for a honest review.
WOW WOW just bloody WOW
I have never read a book before that made my heart beat fast while the tears flowed !
After the death of her father and her mothers onset Altzimers. Nevaeh moves in with her auntie and cousin Liv. While starting a new school, trying to deal with her fathers death and trying to cope with the fact that her mother dosnt know who she is, Nev was a pretty messed up girl. She truly believed that she dosnt deserve to be happy. The Ex Factor cheer was looking for a new ringer for their level five squad and Liv brought Nev along for try out. That is where Nevs new life starts in North California and if she thought life couldn't get any worse boy is she in for a shock !
Bodie is the schools 'bad boy' with a shocking past of drink and fast women and Liv warns her cousin to stay well away from him 'he's bad news' But Nev is drawn to him like a moth to light, there connections run deep, very deep, deeper than any of them could ever imagine.
Ex Factor was a totally amazing deep, riveting read. I was on a emotional roller coaster ride from page one. This is one of those novels that will stick in your mind for a long time to come. The book flowed perfectly the shocks and twist never stopped coming, this is one book you will read in one sitting because you can not put it down. Elisa Dane has done a brilliant job in promoting an awareness of teens drink driving and how the outcome can have devastating consequences. Can't wait for the second instalment of Diamond Girl.
WOW WOW just bloody WOW
I have never read a book before that made my heart beat fast while the tears flowed !
After the death of her father and her mothers onset Altzimers. Nevaeh moves in with her auntie and cousin Liv. While starting a new school, trying to deal with her fathers death and trying to cope with the fact that her mother dosnt know who she is, Nev was a pretty messed up girl. She truly believed that she dosnt deserve to be happy. The Ex Factor cheer was looking for a new ringer for their level five squad and Liv brought Nev along for try out. That is where Nevs new life starts in North California and if she thought life couldn't get any worse boy is she in for a shock !
Bodie is the schools 'bad boy' with a shocking past of drink and fast women and Liv warns her cousin to stay well away from him 'he's bad news' But Nev is drawn to him like a moth to light, there connections run deep, very deep, deeper than any of them could ever imagine.
Ex Factor was a totally amazing deep, riveting read. I was on a emotional roller coaster ride from page one. This is one of those novels that will stick in your mind for a long time to come. The book flowed perfectly the shocks and twist never stopped coming, this is one book you will read in one sitting because you can not put it down. Elisa Dane has done a brilliant job in promoting an awareness of teens drink driving and how the outcome can have devastating consequences. Can't wait for the second instalment of Diamond Girl.
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