Today, we’re revealing the cover for
Melissa West’s upcoming NA contemporary romance, Pieces of Olivia!!
GENRE: New Adult Contemporary Romance
Blurb
Olivia Warren used to be a normal girl with a bright future. But on one fated night, everything changed.
Hiding the scars of her past up her sleeves, Olivia transfers her enrollment from Columbia University to The College of Charleston, determined to pursue her own dreams for the first time in her life.
She intends to allow herself a bit of alone time to heal... that is, until she meets Preston.
Preston is best friends with her roommate, completely hot, and off-limits. But the chemistry between them is instantaneous—and as the pair begins to spend more time with one another, their feelings for each other build into something undeniable, something powerful enough to heal Olivia’s deepest scars.
Olivia tries to put her own past behind her and trust Preston, but she discovers that his past might be more present than she ever bargained for…
Olivia Warren used to be a normal girl with a bright future. But on one fated night, everything changed.
Hiding the scars of her past up her sleeves, Olivia transfers her enrollment from Columbia University to The College of Charleston, determined to pursue her own dreams for the first time in her life.
She intends to allow herself a bit of alone time to heal... that is, until she meets Preston.
Preston is best friends with her roommate, completely hot, and off-limits. But the chemistry between them is instantaneous—and as the pair begins to spend more time with one another, their feelings for each other build into something undeniable, something powerful enough to heal Olivia’s deepest scars.
Olivia tries to put her own past behind her and trust Preston, but she discovers that his past might be more present than she ever bargained for…
Excerpt
His eyes swept over my face, and I knew what was about to happen. I
could see the resolve in his face. Feel
the swift change in the air as the
charge between us sparked. He leaned toward me, his eyes never leaving mine.
“I’m not going
to kiss you,” I whispered.
“I didn’t ask.”
“Preston, we…”
He tucked my
hair behind my ear and moved still closer. “I can’t promise anything. I have
nothing in me to promise, but that doesn’t mean I won’t try.”
I swallowed,
feeling the walls around me crumbling down.
“Let me be what
you need.”
My breath
caught, the fight in me diminishing with each spoken word. What was I so afraid
of? I reached out, gliding my fingertips over his face and into his hair.
Briefly, I thought of how often I’d dreamt of touching his hair, and then his
mouth was on mine, and all thought was gone, except him and us and this moment.
His lips took control, first soft and careful, and then full of urgency and
need. Every unspoken word, every missed opportunity, was pushed into that
single kiss.
Preston laid me
back on the sofa, his body warm and inviting. My fingers gripped his hair,
pulling him closer, and he left my lips, kissing a trail down my chin to my
neck. A soft moan of pleasure escaped my lips, and he thrust his hips against
mine in answer to my ache. Our bodies moved together, our clothes the only
thing keeping us from taking this further.
I tugged his
chin up so his lips were back on mine, the kiss growing to a frenzy of passion.
His hand slid under the edge of my shirt, gliding over my stomach, before
finding my breast. He groaned with pleasure, and I reached down to take his
shirt off, eager to touch his impeccably toned chest and stomach. Preston
slipped his shirt off and gripped mine, his intentions clear, when reality
yanked me from pleasure and threw me into a sea of painful thoughts. I
remembered my scars, Preston’s expression when he’d gotten a glimpse of them
through my shirt at the pier. I shook my head, feeling myself tumbling deeper
into sadness and farther from the moment.
Preston glanced
down at me. “We can stop.”
“No.”
“Olivia, you
don’t have to—”
I bit my lip,
forcing myself to push away the fear and sadness and guilt that riddled my mind
and peered back at him. “I don’t want to take my shirt off.”
“Okay,” he
whispered.
“And I don’t
want you judging that I don’t want to take my shirt off.”
“Okay,” he
repeated. I felt his heart beat against my chest, fast and sure and strong. A
part of me wanted to disappear, embarrassed and ashamed that I’d yet again
shown Preston Riggs just how crazy I was deep inside. But another part, a
greater part, felt a surge of happiness that he’d stayed. He knew that I was
broken and scarred and more than a little crazy, yet still, he didn’t run. He
stayed.
About
the Author
Melissa West writes young adult and new adult novels for Entangled Teen and Embrace and Penguin/InterMix. She lives outside of Atlanta, GA with her husband and two daughters and spends most of her time writing, reading, or fueling her coffee addiction.
She holds a B.A. in Communication Studies and a M.S. in Graphic Communication, both from Clemson University. Yeah, her blood runs orange.
Melissa West writes young adult and new adult novels for Entangled Teen and Embrace and Penguin/InterMix. She lives outside of Atlanta, GA with her husband and two daughters and spends most of her time writing, reading, or fueling her coffee addiction.
She holds a B.A. in Communication Studies and a M.S. in Graphic Communication, both from Clemson University. Yeah, her blood runs orange.
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