Saturday, September 12, 2015

CHECK THIS OUT: Light My Fire, Book One in the Anthem Series by Kristina Knight

Well babies, summer's just about over. And my TBR list just gets longer and longer. I'm juggling a few projects again, thanks to my overactive brain and its incessant need for instant (okay, obviously not instant) gratification. We've got a third book in the hopper, plus a screenplay that I wrote long before I began Kirby - I'm so in love with this script that I'm starting to wonder if I can build the kind of team that would be able to get a movie funded and filmed in time for next year's film festivals. Dare to dream... 

But back to the TBR list - my 'Check This Out' posts always feature works that have sparked my interest enough to tell you guys that I'm excited about them and that you should be too. I feel like I should tack a disclaimer onto the things I recommend, because I try to find awe in everything. And before that turns into a debate, let me just get started on this three part blog that will spotlight Kristina Knight's Anthem Series over the next three weeks! First up, Light My Fire. 

 

Light My Fire by Kristina Knight


 Lily MacIntyre's life is offtrack, and she knows exactly how to right it: shed her America's sweetheart image in a big way. Getting down and dirty in a limo with rocker Nate Lansford seems like the perfect solution. Plus, she's had a mad crush on him practically since birth. The only problem? Nate is her brother's best friend…and he doesn't see her as anything other than a surrogate little sister.

 

 

 

Here's an excerpt from Light My Fire, courtesy of Kristina!


Nate smiled at her. “Still putting on a show?”
            She could only shake her head.
            “Because I’m about through watching it.”
            Her belly twisted at the innuendo. “Sometimes you have to be part of the sh—”
            He put his index finger over her lips. “No quippity-quips. Not now, Lil. Let’s just dance, okay?”
            Her lips burned under his finger, but she nodded and slid into his arms as the DJ switched from bass-thumping fun to guitar-sensitive slow.
            Nate slid his hands beneath her coat and reached under the camisole to play with the sensitive skin at the small of her back. And she melted into him. Lily rested her head below his shoulder and twined her fingers with his. She sighed at the rightness of being in his arms, even in the middle of a crowd and fully clothed.
            He played his fingers along her sides like a piano and then worked his way around to the small of her back again, burning her from the outside in. Lily swallowed. She might want Nate, but she wasn’t ready for him.
            Wasn’t ready for whatever this was building between them.
            A small part of her still wanted the Nate she remembered—the boy who stood up to school-yard bullies for her, who smiled at her and only her while he performed before the rest of the student body in talent shows. The boy she shared her lunch with, the boy who took her to the senior prom when Bailey Yeardley stood her up at the last minute. She had so many memories with Nate, and almost all of them also involved her brother. What if whatever this was messed up not only her friendship with Nate, but also Chase’s?
            Her waking up a year ago and realizing the boy she’d grown up with had become a heart-stoppingly attractive man didn’t mean a thing . He was still her brother's best friend. He might be the guy who would give the reporter's something to talk about besides her show being cancelled, but that wasn't a good enough reason to act. Not if they couldn’t salvage their friendship when this lust train arrived at the next station.

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