Meet Zander
& Getty in DOWN SHIFT -
the newest
stand alone in the Driven Series by K. Bromberg!
NOW AVAILABLE
The New York Times bestselling Driven series continues
with a story about finding love where you least expect it...
Behind the
wheel, racing champion Zander Donavan is at the top of his game. But after too
much excess in his personal life, he’s forced to step away. He needs to
accomplish something all on his own—outside of his famous father, Colton
Donavan’s, shadow.
Getty Caster
is running away from the abuse that clouds her past. She thinks she’s found the
perfect escape—until she discovers a stranger in the beachside cottage she’d
been promised. He’s undeniably sexy, but she’s there to heal. Alone.
Before long
though, fighting with each other turns into fighting their attraction. And
giving into desire sets off a chain reaction that has their pasts colliding.
With an unexpected love on the line, can they overcome the fallout to build a
future?
EXCERPT
“You don’t
know anything about me.” My voice is slight but strong, my need to assert
myself front and center despite his calling me on the carpet.
“That’s
where you’re wrong, Socks. I might not know where you’re from or why I ruffled
your feathers today, but I know you’re stronger than you give yourself credit
for. Whatever it is that you ran from back home, you did it. You got out and
are making it on your own. That takes guts and you deserve mad props for that.
I know you like things messy and are goddamn cute when you’re tipsy. I know
you’re stubborn as hell and gorgeous as fuck. And that your kiss tastes like an
aged whiskey: something I want to sip slowly, feel on my lips, savor on my
tongue, and take my time with before I get drunk on it.” With a lift of his
eyebrows and a nod of his head, he walks past me, leaving me with my mouth
agape and eyes wide.
I can’t
move. Just stand staring at the door in front of me as I try to process what he
just said, what he meant by it, and yet there’s no use because we just had a
whole one-sided conversation and that need to banter with him is gone. Lost to
the tingling in my lower belly and the wild spinning of my thoughts.
“Oh, and,
Getty?” Zander calls out to me from the kitchen, refusing to continue until I
turn to face him, standing there unabashedly shirtless. “If you ever call me pretty again, we’re gonna have a real
problem. I guarantee you there is nothing pretty
about me.”
I almost
smile at the fact that out of all of the crappy things I said to him, that is
the one that bugged him the most.
“You are kind of pretty, though,” I murmur,
unable to resist goading him further, needing to try to get us back on an even
playing field. Because hell if right now I don’t feel like I’m on the low end
of the teeter-totter.
His
immediate response? A snort to signify that his chiseled abs and the tall,
dark, and handsome thing he’s got going on are nothing more than average.
“Last
warning, Socks.” His eyes flash with mirth. And what looks like desire.
An
unexpected part of me—the one who usually hides and doesn’t ever take a
chance—wants to say it again. Just to see what he’d do if I did.
“So damn pretty.” I don’t
know who’s more shocked at my comment, him or me, but we stand there for a
moment, gazes locked, unspoken words warring across the distance between us.
He walks
toward me with a predatory gleam in his eyes and a salacious smirk on his lips
that catches me off guard. “I know I said you were brave, Getty, but now you’re
just playing with matches.”
I draw in a
long inhale as he steps right in front of me. I can’t look at him. My nerve is
suddenly gone. Outside, rain pelts the roof. The constant drip into the bucket
in the hallway serves as a metronome to this anticipatory silence we are
dancing in. The goose bumps on his chest are the only thing I can focus on.
When his
thumb and forefinger direct my chin up so I’m forced to meet his eyes, every
part of me hums from his touch. From the want of something I don’t quite
understand myself and couldn’t ever put into words. Our eyes meet—his intense,
mine searching for answers that aren’t his to give—before his gaze flicks down
to my mouth and then back up again.
“Not yet,
Getty.” He closes his eyes for a beat, and I see what I think is restraint
reflected in his grimace, before a ghost of a smile spreads on his lips. “I
don’t think you’re ready to light this fire just yet.”
Want more K. Bromberg?
Sweet Cheeks releases on November
14th
About the Author:
New
York Times Bestselling author K. Bromberg writes contemporary novels that
contain a mixture of sweet, emotional, a whole lot of sexy and a little bit of
real. She likes to write strong heroines and damaged heroes who we love to hate
and hate to love.
She’s
a mixture of most of her female characters: sassy, intelligent, stubborn,
reserved, outgoing, driven, emotional, strong, and wears her heart on her
sleeve. All of which she displays daily with her husband and three children
where they live in Southern California.
On
a whim, K. Bromberg decided to try her hand at this writing thing. Since then
she has written The Driven Series (Driven, Fueled, Crashed, Raced, Aced), the
standalone Driven Novels (Slow Burn, Sweet Ache, Hard Beat, and Down Shift
(Releasing 10/4/16)), and a short story titled UnRaveled. She is currently
finishing up Sweet Cheeks a standalone novel out at the end of 2016.
Her
plans for 2017 include a sports romance duet (The Player (#1) and The Catch
(#2)) and the Everyday Heroes series (Cuffed (#1), Combust (#2), and Cockpit
(#3). She’s also writing a novella for the 1,001 Dark Night series that will be
out in February 2017.
She loves to hear from her readers so make sure you check her out on social media.
She loves to hear from her readers so make sure you check her out on social media.
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