The Same Deep Water Synopsis:
Sometimes, believing the lies we tell ourselves is easier than dealing with the truth.
Once, I wanted to die. That was the night I met Guy.
The strange man with flowers stepped from the shadows and saved my life.
Guy. Dimpled smile. Body of a surf god. Smart and funny. Running out of time.
We became travelling companions through life, ticking off items on our bucket lists.
I’d hidden from happiness for years and kept my life under strict control. Guy showed me how to step into the world and experience more,
he brought light into the shadows and helped me through the darkness.
I became Phe again. I lived.
There’s just one problem.
We fell in love and this wasn’t part of our plans.
I thought we could face the future together, but Guy has a secret which changes everything.
Excerpt
I pull Guy closer, push my hands beneath the sleeves of his t-shirt, and dig my nails into the hard muscle. He places his lips on mine, sending a wave of sensation through my body, and the last doubt slips away. I’m lost the moment his mouth touches mine, the inexplicable connection fusing us. Guy runs his tongue along my bottom lip and I part my mouth, allowing him to kiss me deeply. Losing my grasp on anything but the warmth of Guy and the growing heat between us, I grip his hair and return his passion.
Guy moves to kiss my neck, his day’s scruff scraping along the skin firing heat to the centre of me. He pulls me to him by my hips and slides his hand up my back. The way our bodies shape against each other pulls us into our intense world where nobody else exists. Unable to breathe, I pull away but his grip around my waist tightens.
Guy places his forehead on mine, his breath heating my skin. “You want to do this?”
“Do you?”
Guy laughs. “I’m male, Phe, that’s a bloody stupid question.” He pulls his t-shirt over his head, confirming the tanned muscles from my fantasies live up to reality. I do the same and Guy’s gaze drops to my lace-covered breasts. For a moment we stand on the edge of the precipice, in denial that this will be a random hook up. The sexual energy existing between us is underpinned by a current of something else, the polarisation of life and death.
I’m alive because of Guy.
Lisa Swallow Bio:
Lisa is an author of new adult romance and writes both paranormal and contemporary, including the best selling Blue Phoenix rock romance series. In between running a business, looking after her family and writing, Lisa sometimes finds spare time to do other things. This often involves swapping her book worlds for gaming worlds. Lisa is originally from the UK but moved to Australia in 2001 and now lives in Perth in Western Australia with her husband, three children and dog.