Drama Free 2003- Meet Brady

Be aware this is unedited and unrevised. This is the beginning of the 2nd chapter, when we first get to hear from Brady, as opposed to hearing about Brady.Brady

The manufacturing plant where I worked was still shut down for the holidays until Monday, and I wouldn’t get my daughter again until tomorrow. I didn’t want to admit it, but I was bored. My roommate, Flynn, was out with some crazy tatted chick he’d met at the sex shop where he worked graves. Meanwhile, our other roommate, Becca, was looking at me like she wanted to devour me whole. I knew she was jealous that Flynn, her ex, was out on a date and she wasn’t, but I didn’t know if I wanted to hook up with her anymore. It was something that had become common place for us since a party at Lucy’s old house, before she moved to Tempe.

Lucy, damn, I went a whole ten minutes without thinking about her and what happened at her house a couple of nights ago. Which was nothing. I just helped her get rid of a guy she didn’t want anymore. I wasn’t thinking about the way she smelled like apples or how she fit perfectly in my arms, because I just couldn’t go there with anyone. Love was a soul sucking pit of existence, and I refused to get sucked in again.

“Are you watching this?” I asked Becca, motioning toward the old episode of Buffy playing on the television.

“No, why?” she asked. I knew she was trying to sound seductive, but all I heard was desperation. “What did you have in mind?” It took everything I had to hold back the cringe I felt as she trailed her fingers from my wrist up my arm. Something about her touch right now just felt wrong.

“I wanted to play some GTA, but if you’re watching the show…” I trailed off, shutting down her flirtations.

“No, you can have it,” she snarled and tore out of the living room toward her bedroom, slamming her door behind her. I know she wanted me to feel guilty for rejecting her advances, but I just couldn’t bring myself to care. With a shrug, grabbed my controller and sat down in front of my Play Station to steal some cars and kill some hookers.

Don’t get me wrong. I’m not a callous guy, but damn if that girl had no respect for herself. She was attractive and nice, but not for me. I don’t know why she thought it was her roommately duty to attend to Flynn and me that way. She and Flynn had been off and on since high school, but I always thought their relationship was a cluster fuck of epic proportions. It was so destructive that it swallowed everyone it touched whole and regurgitated their bones. They’d been engaged more times than I could count, but always broke up. They were good people separately, but together, damn, they were a category five hurricane. I’d question why I got involved with her in the first place, given her on-going history with my best friend, but I knew the answer to that, it was 80 proof and started with the letter V.

Getting there...slowly!!

First and foremost, I want to say thank you to everyone who has purchased 'The Weakness in Me!' The success of the book thus far has been astounding to me.
I spent the weekend in California and came home to an unbelievable surprise.

This past weekend was spent being a dance mom for half (an awards banquet for my daughter's dance team, then their performance at Universal Studios the following morning. Then as a roller coaster enthusiast and friend for the remainder of the trip.

I was so glad I got to spend a decent amount of time with my friend (and editor) DiDi! I came home thoroughly spent and happy. But I did not get any reading or writing done so I'm slightly behind on my goals for Drama Free, but I'm still ahead of the game in making my self imposed August deadline. I hope to give you guys a teaser soon. I'm in love with this book. And I hope you will be too!

The Weakness in Me live on Amazon

Now that the excerpt has been released, I decided to go ahead and publish the book. It is now live on Amazon. Check it out:

http://www.amazon.com/The-Weakness-in-Me-ebook/dp/B00BUTY6TQ/ref=sr_1_10?ie=UTF8&qid=1363390564&sr=8-10&keywords=josie+leigh

A request!

I've made it to the Quarter Finals of the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Awards for my book 'The Weakness in Me'. Below is a link to the excerpt posted- the first 4000 words of the book. Please consider downloading the excerpt and writing a review!

Thank you!!

http://www.amazon.com/The-Weakness-Me-Entry-ebook/dp/B00B9N3EQY/ref=sr_1_15?ie=UTF8&qid=1363100459&sr=8-15&keywords=josie+leigh

Cover reveal!

Here is the cover for Drama Free 2003! I love it!

WiP- Untitled- Chloe and Sebastian

<i> So this is something I will write after Lucian's book. It's another second chance at love type book, but different than The Weakness in Me. It was inspired by a conversation with an old friend. Below is, again, everything I've written so far for this book- which is less than 1000 words. As always, comments are appreciated :-) </i>
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“Shhh!” Chloe whispered as she followed Sebastian toward the deserted row of buses, suppressing her giggles.  “We don’t want to get caught now, do we?”   

                “Of course not,” Sebastian said, pulling her against another school’s bus.  Looking deep into her bright, forest green eyes, he lowered his lips again to kiss her hard.  She snaked her uniform clad thigh around his hips, aligning him perfectly with the spot she desperately wanted him.

                “God!  How do we handle not seeing each other for months at a time?” Chloe asked, breathlessly as they separated again.  Throwing her long blonde braid over her shoulder, she pulled him toward a bus with an open door.

                “Can you honestly say this would be nearly as hot if we saw each other daily?” Sebastian asked as she pulled him close again, looked deep into his crisp ocean blue eyes and slowly licked her shiny red lips.  “Okay, it’d still be hot.  I don’t think I’d be able to keep my hands off of you, even in classes we’d share,” he laughed.

                “We’d be in trouble, constantly,” she answered, walking backward toward the back of the bus, sliding her uniform suspenders off her shoulders and stepping out the black pants.  Sebastian mirrored her movements with his own gray pants, leaving a trail of band clothes in their wake.

                “I love you so much, Chloe,” he said, looking over her partially naked body, as she lay down on the empty seat and beaconed him closer.  “You are so beautiful.”

                “I love you, too,” she answered, reaching for him and grazing his arousal with the back of her hand.  His eyes darkened slightly as he followed her into the seat, shedding the rest of their clothes and trying to be quiet, when their insides were screaming for the release they could only find together.

                “What the heck do you two think you are doing?” the accusation startled Sebastian and Chloe into action.  Sebastian did what he could to shield Chloe’s state of undress from their intruder.  So into the feeling of their intimacy, they hadn’t heard the stranger enter the bus.

                “Can you turn your back for a minute?” Sebastian asked grabbing for Chloe’s uniform from the bus floor and thrusting it at her.  Before scrambling for his own pants, he looked at her again, her pale skin glowing against the dark vinyl seat, a rosy blush coating her cheeks, down to her shoulders.  He shivered at the memory of his lips there, just moments ago and moved to make himself decent for the inquisition he knew was coming.

WiP- Untitled- Lucian's book

This is literally all I have written for this book, but I'm looking forward to starting on it when I'm done with Drama Free 2003:

The late August sun accosted Lucian Harris as he exited the terminal.  Growling, he hitched his rucksack over his shoulder and made a bee line for the nearest cab.  Without a backward glance at the welcome other members of his unit were receiving, he knew he was right to keep his return to Arizona a secret.  No way did he want a superficial welcome from people who no longer knew him.