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Synopsis
Kate
Jackson is listlessly floating through her life having no idea what or who she
wants to be and burdened by the pains of her past. That is until she meets
Derrick Kane. A
whirlwind romance leads Kate to believe that Derrick is the answer to all her
questions and the patch to heal all her wounds.
Derrick
and Kate’s love is quickly tested as a shocking crime forces Kate to have to
figure out how to take care of herself and leads her into a mystery that only
Kate has the key to solve.
Excerpt
The
metro car roughly slammed from side to side as Kate held onto the railing above
her and tried not to fall on the people around her. It was not proving to be
the simplest task.
Probably
not the best day to have worn these heels, she thought, as she warily watched
the homeless man behind her eyeing her rear end. Finally, the operator announced
her stop and Kate fought her way for the
doors before they closed, as everyone else on the car seemed to be doing the
same thing in fifteen different directions. Squeezing through, she slid past the
crowd and snaked her way to the escalators, then up and out of the ground, onto
the street. She never looked forward to going to work in the mornings even
though she appreciated the pay check. The tough economy had made the job market
cut throat and Kate felt lucky to at least have found anything to pay her
bills. She had been gifted the job from a friend of her late father, who pitied
her situation and owned the company. Lenny had become a great father figure for
her and her sister since their father had passed away and had helped them out
of many difficult situations over the year.
Sighing,
Kate spotted her favorite hole-in-the-wall coffee shop, and looking at her
watch, she decided to reward herself for her timing by stopping in for a tall
vanilla latte. She opened the door to be greeted by the delicious smell of
coffee beans and her favorite smiling barista. The Java Jolt was a morning
must-have for her and she felt her spirit lifting every time she walked through
those front doors. “Miss Kate, good to see you this morning, would you like
your usual?” asked Jimmy, a high-school student whose favorite days at work are
the days that Kate comes in. Kate was always surprised at the attention she
received from men regarding her looks. At five foot six inches, she wasn’t
particularly tall. She was far from stick thin, instead probably a few pounds
over what she should be. She had dark brown, curly hair that hung all the way
down her back and jumped about in any way it pleased, regardless of what she wanted.
Her pale skin contrasted her dark, piercing brown eyes, brunette hair color,
and ruby red lips causing an almost doll-like look to her. She dressed simply
but professionally, going for comfort more than glamour for the most part, if
you didn’t count her high heel shoes. But even with her striking features, Kate
often thought of herself as plain and which made her oblivious to the hints and
attempts at flirting from the young barista.
“Thank
you, Jimmy, yes please.” Kate smiles at him. “Jimmy, add a large brewed coffee,
two creams, and one sugar to that vanilla latte order,” said a deep voice behind
her. Kate whirled around to see the face that belonged to that deep voice and
was struck by the tall, handsome grin staring back at her. “Excuse me? Do I
know you?” Kate asked, defiantly, stomping her foot on the ground in an attempt
to look more confident. “Well you should, if you are planning on buying me a
drink, or do you just make a habit of buying strange men their coffee?” The
tall man jokingly smiled at her.
To
Be Continued....
CHAPTER
FIFTEEN:
Derrick
woke up with a start and looked around, unsure of where he was and trying to
see in the dark. It only took him a few moments to remember that he was at Kate’s
apartment in her bed and it was the middle of the night. He wasn’t sure what
had woken him, maybe a dream or a sound? He felt uneasy though, like something
was off. He saw that Kate was still fast asleep next to him. She was laying on
her side facing away from him and the sheet was draped over her hip, leaving
the rest of her bare body exposed. Her pale skin glistened in the dark as he
took in the curves of her waist and shoulders and then the softness of her neck
as her hair landed on the pillow behind her.
Derrick was leaning up on his
elbows in bed wide awake and he still didn’t know why but something in his
stomach felt off. He decided to get up and go to the bathroom; maybe he had
eaten something wrong. He carefully slid off of the bed, taking care to not
disturb Kate and wake her up. Derrick headed to the bathroom down the hallway
but he paused, thinking he saw something in the shadows. The living room was at
the end of the short hallway and there was some sort of movement in the shadows
cast from over there. He slowly approached the living room entrance, looking
down at the wood floors where he saw the unmistakable shape of a person in the
shadows. He quieted his breathing and tried to calm himself down, his heartbeat
was pounding. Somebody was in the apartment.
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About
the Author
Sand
& Clay was her first full length novel and came out in its second printing,
a "holiday edition", in mid-December 2013. Her second book, Tainted
Bodies (Part One of The Photographer Trilogy) came out on January 1st, 2014 so
make sure to get your copy asap!
You
can find more information on her Facebook page
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