Title: Everything I Need (Nashville Nights, #3)
Author: Stacey Mosteller
Release Date: September 4. 2014
Cover Photography & Design by: Sara Eirew Photographer & Designer
Synopsis
SarahBeth
Pearson has made mistakes, and I might just be the biggest one of them all.
After spending months keeping secrets and lying to everyone close to us, it’s
all fallen apart and we are each left alone to pick up the pieces.
I’ve
loved SarahBeth in one form or another her entire life. The steps that brought
us closer together weren’t easy for me to
take. After letting her dictate our relationship, I’ve
found myself practically homeless and estranged from my closest friends.
Now
I’m
left trying to move on, finding a new place to live and getting everything I
need in order, while she’s trying to mend
her broken heart. There’s just one problem…SarahBeth’s
still keeping secrets - and her secret just might change everything.
Excerpt
"Isn't
that SarahBeth?" Melanie asks, looking over to where a small blonde and a
brunette are running towards a hallway between stores that leads to restrooms.
I jerk around in my seat, trying to look closer and when I see Tyler watching
after them, holding a purse and a few shopping bags, I know for sure it's them.
At my nod, Mel touches my hand, bringing my gaze back to her earnest one.
"Don't you want to go check on her? Make sure she's alright?"
Do
I want to? Yes, absolutely. Should I? Well, that's another matter entirely. I
look back to the corridor they disappeared through, but don’t see them any longer. Just when I'm
about to tell her no, I don't want to check on her, Tyler's eyes meet mine and
the blatant worry in them has me nodding and heading in his direction. I don't
look back to see if Melanie followed me because honestly, all I can think about
is what could possibly put that look in Tyler's eyes.
"Is
she okay?" It's all I can do to keep my voice level when I reach him and
ask the question I need the answer to the most.
Tyler's
looking everywhere but at me when he replies, "Yeah mate, she's fine. You
can go back to whatever you were doing now." His voice is hard, it's easy
to tell he's not happy at finding me with Mel, but his feelings aren't what
worry me now.
Before
I can ask any more questions, Olivia and Sarah are walking back in our
direction. They both stop in their tracks when they see me standing with Tyler.
The moment she notices Melanie standing next to me her already pale skin loses
all color and she begins backing up, away from our little group. The hurt in
her eyes has me moving towards her before I can even process it. I want to
explain myself. When what I'm doing registers, I stop, trying to keep myself in
place, but when her eyes fill with tears and they overflow, rolling soundlessly
down her cheeks, I melt.
Reaching
her, I cup her face in my hands, brushing away the tears as she trembles
beneath me. It's the first time I've really touched her since everything went
to shit and having my hands on her, having her this close to me, I feel like
I've come home. Unable to hide the emotions racing across my face, I let her
see just how much I've missed her as her breath catches in her throat. Her eyes
are bouncing back and forth between mine in disbelief while the look on her
face has me aching to touch my mouth to hers, to pull her into me so I can hold
her.
I
don't get the chance to do any of that because at the same time a hand touches
my back, SarahBeth sucks in a breath and steps back, her eyes brimming with
tears even while she glares up at me, betrayal all over her face. I want to
explain, to tell her what I'm doing here with Mel, to reassure her that it's
not what it seems, but in the back of my head I think this is a good thing. I
want her to let go of me, to begin to move on, to find someone that deserves
her. Letting her think I've replaced her, no matter how much it hurts us both,
is probably for the best.
"Wait
SarahBeth," Melanie begins as I step away from her touch. Instead, I grab
the hand that was on my back and link our fingers together, this draws both her
eyes and SarahBeth's. Mel's looks confused, but SarahBeth's guts me. She stares
at our linked hands with an expression that's a cross between fury and despair
before swiping her hands across her cheeks to brush away the few falling tears,
and meeting my gaze head on.
Her
eyes are sparking with a fire I haven't seen in so long that I'm almost
relieved. As she straightens her spine and holds her head high. she turns to
Mel and smiles. Just barely tipping the corners of her lips up her smile is
clearly fake but there nonetheless, she says, "It's fine really. I'm glad
he has someone." Mel starts to speak up, but SarahBeth keeps her eyes on
me as Olivia walks up beside her, puts an arm around her shoulder and glares at
me. If looks could kill...that girl hates me. She starts to say something in
her ear, but Sarah shakes her head. "There's nothing to say. I'm done with
this," with that said she scoots out from under Olivia's arm and turns her
back on me, this time I'm sure for good, and leaves me to watch her walk
away from me this time.
Tyler
hurries to walk after them, muttering, "You're a bloody idiot mate,"
as he passes me. He doesn't get far before he stops, turns around and glares at
me, much like Olivia did. "If you only knew..." he shakes his head,
"Well, that would have gone a lot differently." I don't get the
chance to ask him what he means before he heads after them, dropping an arm
across each of their shoulders and handing the bags he was holding to Olivia.
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Author Bio
Stacey is the New York Times & USA Today Bestselling Author of Second Chances (co-authored with H.M. Ward) and the Nashville Nights series. She is also a wife, mother, writer and self-professed bookwhore - not necessarily in that order! As the mother of three growing boys, her Kindle has become her temporary escape from the insanity of boys, dogs and her husband. Stacey can usually be found curled up with her iPad when she's supposed to be writing or creating endless playlists on Spotify.
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