Blog Tour: Kill Devil Hills by Sarah Darlington
KILL DEVIL HILLS
Author: Sarah Darlington
Genre: New Adult Romance
More info: Goodreads
Synopsis:
He’s twenty-four. She’s eighteen.
His life is exactly the way he’s always wanted it to be...stable.
She’s quite possibly the very definition of unstable.
Noah saved her.
Georgina never wanted to be saved.
Growing up, Noah Clark was passed from one relative to the next until he finally ended up living with his abusive, alcoholic uncle in Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina. Thanks in part to the unwavering love and support of his best friend, Ellie Turner, Noah survived those years, escaped his uncle, and grew into the man he is today. Now he runs his own business and lives a pretty normal, no-nonsense life—one where he maintains a high level of control.
Georgina is Ellie’s younger sister. Four months ago, Noah saved Georgie’s life, but he thought that was where his involvement with his friend’s sister would end. Now Georgie has returned home from the recovery facility her parents sent her away to and Noah, still haunted by the night that connects them, can’t stop himself from continuously trying to protect this girl he barely knows. But is he willing to give up all of the control he’s worked so hard to build in his life and risk everything for her? Even more importantly, would she do the same for him?
Excerpt:
Dammit,
this girl was more drama than I ever bargained for. It didn’t
matter, though. Because maybe, just maybe, she was going to be
worth everything to me.
I
retraced my footsteps, followed the stone stairs from the sand up to
the deck, and found the table where everyone, minus Georgie, still
sat.
“Where
is she?” I demanded, not bothering to be polite.
Three
blank faces and one smug face stared back at me.
“Nine
minutes,” Ellie answered, checking her phone. “Booyah. Someone
owes me a Coke.”
“I’m
serious, Ellie. Where is she?”
Ellie
took a giant breath. Then she pushed out her chair and made a big
show of standing to her feet. That easygoing, shit-eating grin that
always lingered on her face—it vanished. And a stern face, one I
hardly recognized, replaced it. “Sit down your ass down, Noah.”
What? “Why?”
I asked, leery.
“Because
I have something to say.”
She
meant business and Ellie never meant business. So I sat my ass down.
She
sat back down in her chair, as well. “Here’s the deal,” she
said, the entire table drawn into our conversation. Even Rhett seemed
mesmerized. “You’re my best friend, Noah, but Georgie…she’s
my baby sister. I love you, but if you’re not one-hundred bazillion
percent sure about her—right now, right this moment—then you need
to stop this. I can’t see her hurt. Never again. It would crush
me.”
My
jaw tightened. “That’s not what I want and you already know
that.”
“I
know,” she muttered, her voice cracking. Shit.
I never meant to upset her.
And
then I glanced up. Something across the room caught my eye. Georgie.
She was talking to her asshole ex or current boyfriend or whatever
the hell he was. I already knew Logan. He was Ben’s friend. I just
hadn’t made the connection between him and Georgie earlier. Before
this moment, based on my past knowledge of the guy, I’d already
pegged him as a decent man. But he instantly became an asshole in my
book—because what kind of fool would give up on such an amazing
girl like Georgie? A real fucking asshole—that was who.
Ellie
noticed what I’d seen and our conversation ended. All conversation
at the table ended. Georgie stood there talking to the asshole for
what felt like forever. I didn’t charge across the room or do
anything stupid—because, frankly, that had never been my style. I
knew when to shut my mouth, and I knew when to bide my time. And I
also realized I knew Georgie a little better than I thought.
At
work earlier, I’d spent a full thirty minutes studying her,
memorizing that sexy little body of hers. When she felt comfortable,
she had an easygoing, playful way about her. Not too unlike Ellie.
But the Georgie I observed now, had her arms crossed tightly over his
stomach and a rigid posture. She was wildly uncomfortable and
possibly in pain. And every ounce of my being, every bone in my body,
tingled with the need to go save her—to interrupt her conversation
with the asshole, swoop her up in my arms, and just carry her out of
this place.
I
was about to go do exactly that because I couldn’t take another
nanosecond of this torture. But then she jetted out her hand and he
shook it. Well, that was a fucking relief. A handshake was about the
last thing I’d ever want Georgie to offer me. It spoke volumes. It
told me all I needed to know.
Logan
gave her a small, cringe-worthy hug and they parted ways. Georgie
back in my direction and Logan off in the other direction. And as
Georgie turned around, I noticed a little falter in her step as she
spotted me across the room. Heat scorched through my body as her eyes
collided with mine.
That
moment had come—the moment where I couldn’t go another minute
without knowing what those sweet, plump lips of hers would taste
like.
“I’m
one-hundred bazillion percent sure,” I whispered to Ellie,
standing, while my eyes stayed focused on Georgie. I left the table,
crossed the room, and gave her the kiss my whole damn body was aching
for.
About the Author:
Sarah Darlington lives in Virginia with her husband and crazy-active 2-year-old son. She’s a former flight attendant, day-dreamer, traveler, and wannabe photographer. Her debut novel HE BELONGS WITH ME, a standalone, was released March 2014. KILL DEVIL HILLS will be the first book of a three book series. Each novel in this new series will feature a different couple's story.
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