Fight Me
Rivers Edge Book 2
By Lacey Black
Release Date: December 4,
2014
Jake Stevens has it made. A local police officer with
an open invitation to any number of beds around town, Jake has no desire to
settle down with any of the ladies he entertains by night. After watching
his best friend fall in love with his little sister, Jake is certain that love
and marriage just aren’t in his cards. Heck, he’s not even playing with
the same deck.
After Jake encounters a blast from the past one night, he
finds himself swimming in uncharted waters. For the first time, Jake has
found a woman he can’t get out of his mind. The kicker? The woman
wants nothing to do with him.
Erin Anderson returns to the small Missouri town of Rivers
Edge for a job after a twenty year absence. Erin spent years loathing the
memory of Jake Stevens for his cruelness back in seventh grade. Now, Jake
appears to be the same self-centered player he was in junior high, and no one
seems to be able to push her button the way the cocky, yet devastatingly
handsome cop does.
Between circumstances that keep thrusting them together and
Jake’s persistence to annoy her, Erin struggles to fight her growing feelings
for Jake. But, can Erin get past the hurt she felt all those years ago at
the hands of a young Jake? Can Jake show Erin that what they have is
worth fighting for?
*This book is intended for an audience of 18 or older due to
graphic sex scenes and language.
**Can be read as a standalone.
Cover by Gin’s Book Notes
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Excerpt
We don’t speak the entire ride back to my place. I still
hold the melted bowl of ice cream in my hand when he pulls into my driveway and
parks behind my Bug. I have no idea what he’s thinking. I’m sure he’s just
dying to get this crazy, overly emotional girl out of his truck.
“Well, thank you for the ice cream. I guess I’ll see you
around,” I say as I turn towards the door to hop out.
“Wait,” Jake says. The snow is coming down hard now and it’s
hard to see my front steps. “Please don’t go.” Jake’s voice is raw with
emotion. He sounds almost pained. I don’t want to turn and see his face. I know
that if I turn around, I might actually believe whatever it is he is about to
say. “Please look at me, Erin.”
I take a deep breath and slowly turn around, steeling myself
for the reaction I know is coming. When my eyes lock on his, I can’t fight the
tears that spring in my eyes. His eyes are so full of pain and hurt. It’s too
much. I need to get out of this truck.
“I need to go inside.”
“Erin, I’m…I’m so fucking sorry for what I did back then. I
have no excuse for why I did it. I was just a stupid kid who was trying to get
a rise out of you; trying to get you to notice me.”
“Notice you? Why would you want me to notice you?”
“I wasn’t lying at dinner that night when I told you I was
trying to get your attention. I liked you.”
“So you humiliated me and embarrassed me? Why? So I’d like
you? Do you have any idea how messed up that is, Jake?”
“I didn’t say it was logical. I was a kid. A kid who was
used to getting exactly what he wanted, when he wanted it. I went about it the
wrong way. I’m sorry.”
“Well, you’re sorry. Great. Thank you.” I turn and open my
door. “I’m going inside. Thank you for the ice cream, again. Have a great
life.”
“Wait!” he yells as he whips open his truck door and meets
me around the front of the truck.
“What, Jake? You’ve apologized. You don’t have to be nice to
me anymore just to make yourself feel less guilt. I forgive you. You’re free.”
I blink rapidly in the falling snow. It’s hitting and melting on my face, my
hair, my coat.
“Is that why you think I’ve been nice to you? I’ve been
hanging out with you because I’ve felt guilty for what happened twenty years ago?”
“Isn’t it?” I quip.
“No!”
I turn to walk towards my house, but Jake grabs my arm and
spins me back around. My body crashes into his like it’s being slammed into a
brick wall. He’s a foot taller than me so my face basically hits him straight
in the pecs. “I’m tired, Jake. I don’t want to fight with you anymore.”
“I don’t want to fight with you either, Erin.” Jake strokes
his thumb up and down my numb cheeks. His fingers feel warm against the
frostiness of my exposed skin.
“Then what do you want?” I ask, my eyes pleading with him.
For what, I’m not sure.
“I want…I just want…you,” he whispers the last word as his
full lips descend onto mine.
Author Bio:
Lacey Black is a Midwestern girl with a
passion for reading, writing, and shopping. She carries her e-reader with her
everywhere she goes so she never misses an opportunity to read a few pages.
Always looking for a happily ever after, Lacey is passionate about contemporary
romance novels and enjoys it further when you mix in a little suspense. She
resides in a small town in Illinois with her husband, two children, and a
chocolate lab. Lacey loves watching NASCAR races and should only consume one
mixed drink because she’s a lightweight.
Lacey welcomes the opportunity to chat
with her fans.
Email: laceyblackwrites@gmail.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/AuthLaceyBlack
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