A romance with a Hollywood heartthrob falling in love with a girl, helping her heal from a tragic past? Yes, please! Rachel Van Dyken is always an exciting writer and her latest, Capture, packs the sexy, the sweet and the feels. Plus, if you’re a fan of the Seaside series, you’re in for a treat with some much loved characters making an appearance!ย Capture is a new spin-off series related to the Seaside novels, and it can be read as a standalone. The book is out tomorrow, but today, I have an exclusive excerpt and your chance to win a signed copy of the novel (with that amazing cover)!
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Synopsis
Losing your ability to speak at the age of seventeen; itโs not normal or fair.
But trauma, has a way of throwing normality out the window.
Dani lives anything but a normal life.
Her sister is married to one of the biggest names in Hollywood.
Her best friends are rockstar duo AD2.
And she has more love around her than most people experience in a lifetime.
But that doesn’t change the fact their parents are dead.
Or that it’s her fault.
It seems her new normal is being a mute, living on the inside, unable to actually communicate on the outside.
That is until Hollywoodโs newest heartthrob Lincoln Greene hires her as his assistant for the summer.
He’s gorgeous, completely unavailable, and unobtainable.
But that doesn’t stop her from wondering…if things were different…would he want her?
If she was whole, would he be the other half?
Excerpt
โCue music!โ Jaymeson called out. โAction.โ
A techno mix of AD2โs latest song filled the air as the extras started dancing around us. I stayed glued to the wall while Lincoln delivered his lines to Pris, and then he lifted his head, meeting my gaze.
Itโs just a movie. Itโs just a movie.
The breath left my chest on one slow exhale as he moved toward me, his body making fluid, purposeful movements through the crowd.
My lips parted; my entire body felt heavy as he approached.
He stopped in front of me, his forehead grazing mine as he leaned in a few inches. Our breath mingled as the music and scene faded around me.
โCut!โ Jaymeson yelled.
Holy crap on a cracker! I almost experienced my first stroke โ at seventeen.
โYou okay?โ Lincolnโs eyebrows knit together in concern.
I licked the lipstick from my lips and nodded quickly.
Jaymeson approached. โTime for the kiss, remember kissing, not hockey. Clearly, you were confused earlier.โ
Lincoln gritted his teeth and let out a little groan.
I patted his arm and grinned, my way of encouraging him. He seemed to pale more.
My stomach sank.
Maybe it was me.
I was the problem.
Not the kiss, but me. If heโd had trouble kissing my gorgeous sister, how was he going to be able to kiss me?
โHeyโฆโ Lincoln cupped my cheek. โโฆ focus on me, nothing else, alright? Itโs only us.โ
I nodded.
โYou ever been to a party?โ
I rolled my eyes.
โEver made out with a guy at a party that wasnโt your boyfriend?โ
I thought about it then slowly shook my head.
โSo thatโs what this scene is about. Itโs about a guy seeing a girl from across the room and wanting her so badly that heโs willing to cheat on his own girlfriend for just one taste. Granted, heโs supposedly drunk and high, but that just takes the romance out of it, doesnโt it?โ
He released my cheek and stepped back. โImagine youโre trying to attract me, make your body as inviting as possible. Hell, just stand there and look at me, and youโll sell it.โ
Sell it. I repeated the words in my mind.
I could do that.
Because I wanted him to kiss me.
It made my heart beat faster.
My blood pump harder.
And for the first time since my parentsโ death, I was actually excited about something. Nervous, but excited.
โOkay,โย I mouthed.
I must have surprised him again because his eyes darkened, and then he grinned. โOne day, Dani. One day Iโm going to hear my name coming from that gorgeous mouth of yours, and Iโm not going to be held responsible for my actionsโฆ damn the consequences.โ
My breath hitched.
โQuiet on set! And action!โ
There was no warning. Suddenly, Lincolnโs mouth was fused against mine, no teeth, just his soft lips pushing, prodding, moving slowly back and forth until his tongue slid through and made contact with mine.
Heart racing, I opened my mouth enough to deepen the kiss as heat washed over me.
He groaned and dug his fingers into my shoulders then slid his hands down my back and gripped my butt. I let out a squeak of surprise as I flicked his tongue with mine.
โCut!โ Jaymeson yelled.
I kept kissing.
So did Lincoln.
His chest brushed roughly against mine; my breasts ached at the sharp contact. I let out a little hiss at the exact time Linc let out a groan and nudged his knee between my legs.
โCut!โ Jaymeson yelled again.
Slowly, Lincoln pried himself away from me, chest heaving.
โGood enough,โ said Jaymeson.
โNo,โ Lincoln argued without taking his wild, grey eyes off me, โI went off script. We need to do it again.โ
โThe hell you do,โ someone mumbled. I wasnโt surprised to see Demetri glaring daggers at Lincolnโs back. Alec was next to Jaymeson, giving him an earful. I noted the strong tick in his jaw.
โFine.โ Jaymeson waved them both off. โWeโll do it again.โ
โTake two, and action!โ
This time the kiss was slow, languid in its movements. Hot waves of pleasure coursed through my body as his tongue slid seductively past my lips. His taste, the feel of his mouth was unlike anything Iโd ever experienced. Greedily, I moaned, desperate for more of him as I reached for his shirt, ย fisting it with my hands and tugging him tighter against my body, wanting more contact with him. I felt every plane of muscle as he slowly turned us so his back was semi facing the camera. His knee nudged my legs apart as pressure increased down the middle of my body. I hadnโt really looked long at the script, but I was pretty sure that this wasnโt part of it.
Not that I was complaining.
He rocked into me, my back connected with the wall. With a possessive growl, he nipped my lower lip then started kissing down my neck. Kissing in public had never been my thing โ but maybe that was because Iโd never kissed Lincoln.
I would kiss him anywhere.
All he needed to do was ask.
Body humming with pleasure, I let out a little gasp as his warm lips met the pulse on my neck. Then his tongue licked where his lips had just been.
His knee rose higher and higher as my body sank onto his; the first contact of his leg had my body screaming with pleasure โ just a little higher, just a little more.
โCut!โ someone shouted, though it didnโt sound like Jaymeson.
Suddenly, Demetri was pulling Lincoln away from me and glaring daggers at both of us. โI think you guys got the scene.โ
Embarrassed, I looked down, tucking my silky hair behind my ear. Did I really almost just dry hump Lincoln Greeneโs leg? In front of about twenty people, including my sister?
โYou sure?โ Lincoln asked, voice hoarse. I glanced up at him, his chest was heaving with exertion, his lips swollen. โBecause I could have sworn I messed up my lines.โ
โThere are no lines, you bastard,โ Demetri muttered under his breath.
About Rachel
Rachel Van Dyken is the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today Bestselling author of regency and contemporary romances. When sheโs not writing you can find her drinking coffee at Starbucks and plotting her next book while watching The Bachelor.
She keeps her home in Idaho with her Husband and their snoring Boxer, Sir Winston Churchill.
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jjohnson09 said:
Awesome excerpt and giveaway ๐ ๐