A Man without a past meets a man without a future in
Repaired by Melissa Collins
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Blurb
Liam Davis is a man without a past. That’s what he wants
everyone to believe, anyway. Hell-bent on erasing any memories of his previous
life, he knows that starting over is all he can do. Hiding who he is, where
he’s from, why he’s running, and especially who he’s left behind, Liam has run
away from everything he’s ever known. His plan works perfectly until one day
when Parker Ryan threatens to expose his carefully concealed world.
Parker Ryan is a man without a future. Sure, he’s a partner
in one of New York’s most prestigious law firms, but he’ll never be more than a
failure in the eyes of his boss, his father. Rather than break away from his
father’s standards, he finds himself mindlessly pursuing them, in turn sacrificing
anything that would actually make him happy.
When Liam’s and Parker’s lives collide, the ugly truth about
who they really are, and who they hope to become reveals itself when they least
expect it. As both of their lives become wrecked beyond all belief, they’ll
learn how to rely on each other in their journey to become Repaired.
Excerpt #1
Walking over to us with a full tray of shots, she winked at
Annie. “To the birthday girl.”
We each took a glass, clinking them together before downing
the clear liquid. “Shit, that reminds me of college.” Coughing, I dropped the
glass back onto the tray as the 151 burned a path down my throat.
Liam had no such issues, easily swallowing his shot and the
spare one that Annie hadn’t taken. Assuming the reason for her refusal was also
the reason for the shocked look on Drea’s face, Annie quickly excused Paulie
and herself to go and greet other guests. Drea trailed behind them like a lost
puppy.
When I turned to look at Liam, a similar look of shock was
on his face. His jaw was locked tight, so tight it looked like he might crack a
tooth. “So,” I dragged out the word, wondering why the hell Liam was so pissed
off.
Liam gave me no response, walking away from me and toward
the bar. By the time I caught up to him, he’d already ordered another round of
shots. Figuring the night was only getting started, I joined him in one more
shot. I declined the next round, but watched on in amazement as he downed his
fifth shot within a matter of ten minutes.
“You better slow down.” Liam was a grown man and could make
his own decisions and maybe he had a high tolerance, but, in my experience,
being as angry as he seemed to be and drinking was never a good combination.
Without moving his body an inch, he graced me with a rather
seething look. “What the hell is your problem?” I snapped.
“Nothing,” he grumbled. Shifting his position, he rested his
elbows on the bar top and cradled his head in his hands. “Look, it’s nothing,
okay.” Finally turning his head to me, his tone softened. There was so much
pain in his eyes it bordered on anguish. My gut told me a man like Liam
wouldn’t deal well with pity, so instead of pushing the issue, I tipped my chin
to the bartender, who was starting to become overwhelmed with the growing
crowd.
After she handed me the round I’d ordered, Liam’s eyes
widened in shock. “Calm down. I didn’t get these for you.” In quick succession,
I downed the two shots. Slowly, and with determined purpose, I dragged the back
of my hand across my lips. Liam’s tongue darted out of his mouth, licking his
own lips, almost as if he was subconsciously reacting to my own movements.
Angling my head out to the dance floor, I reached down for his hand. “Let’s
go.” Even if he’d thought I was asking—which I wasn’t—he didn’t answer.
With his feet glued firmly to the spot, he closed his eyes
and pinched the bridge of his nose with his free hand. “Look, you don’t have–”
Stroking my thumb over the soft skin of his wrist, I interrupted
him. “I know I don’t have to do anything, but right now, I want to dance. So
unless you have some kind of objection to my body moving up against yours, or
to other people seeing us out there, then you have no choice.”
Liam’s full lips quirked into a lazy grin, perhaps as a
result of the alcohol, but I’d like to think it had more to do with me. “I
don’t care who sees us,” he said with a carefree honesty.
“Good. Then let’s give them a show.”
For the briefest of seconds, I worried that maybe Liam
didn’t dance, and that we were about to make terrible, drunken fools of
ourselves, but that concern was all resolved when he started swaying his hips
to the music. Shocked into staying still, I watched from his side, more than
admiring the way his body swayed and popped. “Those are some mighty fine moves
you’ve got there.” His joke was barely audible over the loud bass of the band,
playing a cover of a rock song I’d heard once or twice. But his smile. Fuck,
even in the dim, near-black nothingness of the bar, his smile lit up the room
and it made it impossible not to fall in line behind him.
My hands fell to his hips, pulling his back right up against
my front. With his ear right next to my mouth, I said, “I couldn’t get my
brain, my feet, and my dick”—I pressed up against him as I pulled him back
toward me to let him feel exactly what I’d meant—“to work all at the same time.
Clearly, my body can only control two at a time.” Liam’s hands covered mine on
his hips, his body gracefully undulating to the pulsing beat of the next, much
slower, song.
Spinning to face me, he dropped his arms around my neck.
Speaking just loud enough to be heard, he pressed his lips against my ear,
sending an endless river of excitement coursing against my skin. “I like the
way your body works.”
My hands found their way into his back pockets, squeezing
the hard muscle of his ass. “Your body works pretty well, too.” Pressing my
thigh in between his, I felt the hard heat of his erection. Almost as if there
was nothing between us, I could feel his pulse beating along what I imagined
was a thick vein running from his sac to his tip. My mouth watered at the
thought of feeling it beat against my tongue. He adjusted his stance, allowing
his dick to press up against mine and I barely concealed my pleasure, groaning
into his ear. If the song had lasted a minute longer than it did, I would have
come in my pants like some lust-ridden teenager jerking off for the first time.
Liam pulled back from me, angling his face in a way that
caught the yellow-white glow of the lights he’d strung up earlier. Not for the
first time, I was struck by how attractive he was. Everything about him was the
definition of male beauty. From the naturally tanned skin and amber-brown eyes,
to the day-old scruff dusting his jawline, to the rock hard muscles moving
against mine; Liam was everything I wanted in a man.
And just as that thought barreled through my brain like a
train inches away from derailing, he smiled at me—a gorgeously lopsided grin
that somehow settled something in my brain and my body.
When I tried to make sense of it all, the band shifted gears
once again, belting out the words to what was apparently Annie’s favorite song.
The crowd quite literally went wild, filling what little space was left on the
dance floor. We all moved together, laughing and having a genuinely good time.
Honestly, it was the most fun I had in recent memory.
Watching Liam dance with his friends, getting lost in the music myself, it was
as if I found a piece of myself I’d always been looking for. Or, to be more
accurate, it was as if I found a part of myself I used to possess, but had
somehow lost long ago.
About the Author:
Melissa Collins
Melissa Collins has always been a book worm. Studying
Literature in college ensured that her nose was always stuck in a book. She
followed her passion for reading to the most logical career choice: English
teacher. Her hope was to share her passion for reading and the escapism of
books to her students. Having spent more than a decade in front of a classroom,
she can easily say that it’s been a dream.
Her passion for writing didn’t start until more recently.
When she was home on maternity leave in early 2012, she read her first romance
novel and her head filled with the passion, angst and laughter of the
characters who she read about it. It wasn’t long before characters of her own
took shape in her mind. Their lives took over Melissa’s brain and The Love Series
was born.
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