Release Blitz: The Vine by Lauren K. McKellar
Title: The Vine
(A Bindarra Creek Romance)
Author: Lauren K. McKellar
Genre: NA Contemporary Romance
Release Date: April 7, 2016
Work hard. Family first. Protect your
heart.
They’re the three rules Eva Storey
has lived by, ever since that one terrible night in her past. That
one terrible night when Eva lost everyone she loved.
And it was all. Her. Fault.
Now, Eva spends her days working hard
on the Storey Family vineyard, and on keeping her secret from
everyone in town. She doesn’t have time for Bindarra Creek’s sexy
new firefighter or his rigorous back-burning. And she definitely
doesn’t have time to fall in love.
When sparks fly between the
strong-willed couple, Eva’s deadly secret comes tumbling out. Will
their fiery passion be enough to overcome her charred past?
It’s fire season, baby, and Eva’s
going to get burned.
I charged back up the aisle to the
counter, rounding it at the front and—
Smack.
Ran straight into a very hard, very
familiar chest.
Literally.
“Sorry.” I gasped. My eyes remained
fixed on the green tiled floor. My breath remained somewhere stuck in
my throat.
“It’s okay.” Warm hands cupped my
shoulders, and every muscle in my body tensed. He stole all the air
in the store. Stifling heat trapped me, and when his gentle fingers
came to rest under my chin, pushing my head up to look him in the
eye, I didn't look. I couldn’t look.
“Eva …” He asked permission when
he said my name. So kind. So gentle.
Zac McGuire had always been kind and
gentle.
Except for that one time.
“Y … you’re s’posed to be at
the house.” My voice shook its way over the words.
“Ran out of petrol for the ride-on,
and I thought I’d grab a new spark plug while I was here.” He
inhaled, and when he breathed out, the air was sweet. Like sun-kissed
tomatoes. Like a sugary drink on a long, hot afternoon. Like holding
hands and running under the sprinkler.
Like summers long gone that would never
be good again.
His hand nudged my chin again, and I
looked up. A startling blue looked back at me.
It was too much.
“I can’t.”
The box with the light bulb thudded as
it hit the floor. My hands pushed at his chest and I ran past him,
past a stunned Callie-May, then rushed out the doors and slammed into
my car. I jerked the door open, and my shaky hands fumbled, turning
the key.
“Please, please,” I begged,
desperate for the car to start, desperate to get away.
“Eva!” Zac called from the door of
the store. He took one, two, three steps toward me, and the car
finally roared to life. My foot hit the accelerator and I barrelled
down Mount Ingalls Road toward the vineyard. Glancing in the
rear-view mirror, I was fairly sure the soldier in the centre of the
roundabout watched me as I made my escape, those hard eyes full of
judgment.
I might not have been good at making
friends.
But one thing I was good at was
running.
I’d been doing it the last three
years of my life.
Lauren K. McKellar is the author of
contemporary reads that make you feel. With a passion for all books
Young and New Adult, she is currently the author of five
self-published books, all of which have held top 50 charting places
digitally within Australia. Lauren loves to write about real-life
issues, and is a passionate researcher when it comes to her work.
She’s a big believer in creating works that make people feel.
Lauren lives by the beach in Australia
with her husband and their two dogs. Most of the time, all three of
them are well behaved.
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