What is YOUR passion?
Sound Effects
A Ripple Effects Novel
L.J. Greene
Releasing Oct 10th, 2016
When an
uncharacteristically rash decision lands law school graduate Melody Grayson in
San Francisco’s dicey Tenderloin District, she comes face to face with a
dangerously tempting man who embodies every mistake she swore she would never
repeat. Passionate, sexy, and far more insightful than she’d care to admit, he
causes her to question everything she thought she knew about her future. Now
she’ll have to decide where the bigger risk lies: in the prudent path she has
been working tirelessly to pursue, or in the intriguing but uncertain one he’s
offering.
Up-and-coming,
Irish-born musician Jamie Callahan is no stranger to chaos; he’s lived a
lifetime of it. But in the fall of 2004, when the music industry is on the
verge of massive upheaval, the life he aspires to could come at a heavier price
than he’s prepared to pay. And while Melody may be the ideal person to help him
navigate the gambles he must take, a relationship with her might be his biggest
gamble yet.
SOUND
EFFECTS is a standalone dual POV adult contemporary romance that captures the
gloriously unpredictable nature of life, in which the path from who you are, to
who you’re meant to become may not be a straight one. It may also have a few
bumps. Sexy, humor-filled, and relatable, Sound Effects is a story about living
passionately, staying true to yourself, and finding that one magic person who
makes the journey of self-discovery an adventure worth taking.
“Can I call you?” he asked softly.
I slumped the top of my head into his broad chest,
and his arms came around me.
I had arrived at a junction, and no small one. I
could easily answer no and go back to
a life that I knew would be prudent. The road more traveled is always the safer
one. But tonight I had glimpsed the other, a gloriously uncertain path that
would take me far beyond my comfort zone, embodied by a man whose heartbeat was
fast and strong beneath my cheek.
What promise did that road hold? And who would I
need to be in order to walk it? I didn’t yet have the answer, but I closed my
eyes and took the first step, anyway.
“Yes,” I told him.
I wasn’t naïve. I knew exactly what I was agreeing
to. Not just a phone call, not just another date or another gig to attend. But
joy and heartache. Pleasure and pain. Life for those brave enough to really
live it.
In the cool of the evening, I slid out of his grasp
and started for the waiting cab.
“Mel.” I turned at the sound of his voice. “What
did you think of the show?”
I smiled. “It was…exceptional.”
Pick up RIPPLE EFFECTS,
a standalone romance
L.J.
Greene is a self-professed obsessive multi-tasker who
writes really boring stuff by day and lets her inner romantic fly by night.
This California native is married to the most amazing man and has two beautiful
children, not old enough to read her books. (They probably wouldn’t want to
anyway on account of the “Ew, gross” factor.) She’s an avid reader of all
genres, with an embarrassingly large eBook collection and a weird penchant for
reading the acknowledgements pages of the books she buys. She's also a music
lover with no apparent musical talent, a travel enthusiast, and a cheese
connoisseur.
Thank you for hosting today! ~gaele for Tasty Book Tours
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