RELEASE BLITZ WITH EXCERPT: Against All Odds by Corinne Michaels
AGAINST ALL ODDS, a childhood sweethearts, second chance romance from New York Times Bestselling Author, Corinne Michaels, is available now!
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Everett can’t leave Ember Falls, and I can’t stay…
When my ex-husband leaves me for the co-star in his movie, moving back to Ember Falls feels like my only option.
Everett Finnegan, my first love and the man I’ve never forgotten, is ready to welcome me with open arms…and an open bed.
But when I find out I’m pregnant with my ex’s baby, my entire world is upended.
My ex doesn’t want the baby, but I plan to rebuild my life as a single mother and figure out how to handle all of this alone.
Except that I don’t seem to be alone―Everett always shows up for me.
I don’t expect him to get mixed up in all my drama―not when he has his own. And I wish he would listen to me when I say we have to stop whatever it is we’re doing.
But he wants me, the baby, and my heart.
So when I’m forced to return to California sooner than planned, I’m devastated.
Everett can’t leave Ember Falls, and I can’t stay.
Saying goodbye to him the first time was hard enough. This time, it just might break me.
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Audiobook performed in duet narration by Robert Hatchet & Andi Arndt
“…a poignant blend of angsty emotion, heart-racing heat and addictive storytelling…” ~Danielle, Red Cheeks Reads
EXCERPT:
“Do you want to come in? I have baked goods. Lots of them.”
I learned my lesson the last time I came over here, thinking things could be different, but I’ll go inside.
Because it’s her.
Because I’ve never been able to say no to her and even if all I get is now, I’ll take it.
“Do you want that?”
She looks to her door and back to me. “Yes.”
This is one of those times that will define a lot of things in my life. I can either let her walk out, go into that house alone, and have a chance of my heart remaining intact, or I can decide to go in, no matter the consequences.
Although it’s not really a choice.
It’s Violet, and there is nothing I won’t do to make her happy. She’s always been the girl that I’d split myself apart for.
Then her voice is small as she looks up at me. “I don’t want to be alone.”
Well, fuck me. No way I’m saying no now.
I open the car door and come around, meeting her at the front.
We walk inside, and she stops at the kitchen. “I’ll bring a plate into the living room.”
“Okay.”
“You weren’t kidding, were you?” I ask as she places it on the coffee table.
“I can’t even imagine what it would’ve been if I didn’t run out of supplies.”
I grin. “If you hadn’t, then you’d never have gone to the bar.”
“And that would’ve been a shame to miss your dancing.” She sits beside me.
“It would’ve.”
Violet pulls her lower lip between her teeth and then stares down at her clasped hands. “Everett?”
“Yes?”
She lifts her gaze to meet mine. “You said all I had to do was say the word.”
I swallow and nod. “Yes.”
All she has to do is ask me, and I’ll give her anything she wants.
“Kiss me.”
I want to, more than I want air, but I don’t want her to regret it. “Are you sure?”
“I was sure the other night. I was sure the day in my room. I’ve never been more sure that I want something than I do right now.”
That’s all I needed to hear. I lean forward, taking her face between my hands, holding her so that her gaze has nowhere else to land other than on me. Violet’s cognac eyes turn heated, and I move in infinitesimal amounts, allowing her a chance to back out at any point. Her lids slowly lower, and there’s a breath between us.
I can hear her struggling to keep her breathing even, and I linger, drawing out the anticipation.
If I only ever get this one more time, I’m going to make it count. I’m going to pour everything I have into this kiss and make it one she’ll never forget.
“Violet,” I say her name softly. “Breathe or you might miss the whole thing.”
About Corinne Michaels:
Corinne Michaels is a New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal bestselling author of romance novels. Her stories are chock full of emotion, humor, and unrelenting love, and she enjoys putting her characters through intense heartbreak before finding a way to heal them through their struggles.
Corinne is a former Navy wife and happily married to the man of her dreams. She began her writing career after spending months away from her husband while he was deployed–reading and writing were her escapes from the loneliness. Corinne now lives in Virginia with her husband and is the emotional, witty, sarcastic, and fun-loving mom of two beautiful children.
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