A Prior Engagement
By S.L. Scott
Blurb:
Living in a world built on
pretenses, Everleigh Wright discovers how carefully orchestrated her Upper East
Side life has been. Trapped in an arrangement for social prestige and financial
gain, she finds life is not as idyllic as she once thought.
William Ryder leads a life rich
in family support and endless determination. While attending university in
Manhattan, he becomes enamored with a classic beauty who holds many secrets
beneath her quiet propriety. William falls head over heels crazy for her, and
she falls for him and his unfaltering optimism and kindness.
William and Everleigh may come
from different worlds, but their attraction is instant and their love
undeniable. Hoping love conquers all, they will find out if their love is
unstoppable when faced with the consequences of breaking a prior engagement.
“Right here, right now is all
that matters.”
Excerpt:
She kissed him not caring about
how she looked or propriety. She did what she felt and she felt like kissing
him twice, so she did.
After lunch, they did a little
sightseeing, stopped for frozen custard then headed for the train station. As
the train barreled back to Manhattan, Evie turned to William. She felt shy, but
wanted a photo of him. “May I take a picture of you?” She knew once again she
was crossing a line, but she felt selfish and wanted something just for her.
He chuckled at her formality.
“Yes, if you want.”
She took a picture of him
looking at her the way she most liked to see him, in like of her. His
darkened eyes said more and everything that they both knew it was too early to
say and she hoped to hold onto that look forever with the photo.
When the photo loaded onto the
screen, she stared at it. She was soft spoken, but he heard her. “You look sexy
like this.”
The right side of his mouth
lifted into a smile, a bit confident, a tad cocky. He pulled his phone out and
flipped through the options. William stopped and smiled at his display. “I
think you look really sexy like this.” He turned the phone around for her to
see and her mouth dropped open.
“When did you take that?” She
tried to act mad, but she thought the picture was funny.
“I like the way you’re about to
lick the ice cream, tongue out all greedy-like.” He laughed again when her fist
hit his arm. “Okay, okay. I shouldn’t have taken it without you knowing, but I
really do think you’re pretty damn sexy eating ice cream. That right there is
what fantasies are made of,” he said, pointing at the picture.
“Ewww! Stop it right now. No
doing anything dirty while looking at that picture,” she demanded, trying to
grab the phone.
He held it out of her reach and
continued the joke. “I don’t need this picture. It’s burned into my brain.” He
felt her playfully hit his arm again. Grabbing her hand, he eyed her. “No
worries. I only have chaste thoughts about you.” He tried to sound convincing
by saying that with a straight face.
But her expression changed.
“Well, that’s disappointing.”
Putting his arm around her, he
squeezed her into his side and laughed. His grin got even bigger when she
relaxed into him for the remainder of the ride back to New York.
…
Luck was something Evie didn’t
feel was on her side. She was focusing on more proven methods of destiny, like
action.
About the Author:
S.L. Scott is a former
high-tech account manager with a journalism degree pursuing her passion for
telling stories. She spends her days escaping into her characters and letting
them lead her on their adventures.
Travelling, music festivals,
and surfing are a few of her hobbies she loves, but she doesn’t get to enjoy on
a regular basis. She has an obsession with movies, a varied taste in books, and
collects Fitz & Floyd teapots. With a memory full of useless trivia facts,
and a Keurig addiction, she loves a fun night in with her family as much as a
loud night out with her friends.
Scott lives in the beautiful
Texas hill country of Austin with her husband, two young sons, two Papillons,
and her vivid imagination.
She welcomes your notes at sl@slscottauthor.com.
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Excerpt sounds good. Thanks.
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