This Time Around by Ellie Grace Sneak Peek

Title: This Time Around
Author: Ellie Grace
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Age Group: New Adult
Expected publication: July 15th, 2013
Organized by: AToMR Tours
Links: Goodreads

Nora Montgomery left home and heartbreak behind in South Carolina when she moved to New York City after her high school graduation. Now, four years later, she returns home and is forced to confront the past she left behind and the reckless boy who broke her heart. It’s not long before the pieces of her past begin to blur with the present and she realizes that the feelings she had for her first love never really went away. As old dreams resurface and new truths come to light, she begins to question the future she's always planned on. Jake Harris has spent four years regretting the night he let her get away. When she finally reappears in his life, he is determined to win her back and prove how much he’s changed. She might never forgive him for that night, but if he tells her the truth about what really happened it will shatter the world she thought she knew. If he doesn’t, he might not get a second chance. He’s already lost her once and he won’t lose her again. They come from two different worlds that are threatening to tear them apart…can they make it this time around?

Ellie Grace is an avid reader, chocolate lover and caffeine addict. When a story popped into her head that she couldn’t seem to shake, she decided to pursue her childhood dream of becoming a writer. When she’s not writing, she’s usually curled up with a book by one of her many, many favorite authors.

My Favorite Excerpt

Nora hopped into the back and started handing me the heavy boxes so I could bring it 

all into the house. When it was all unloaded she stood on the tailgate and held out her hand so I 

could help her to the ground. Instead of grabbing her hand, I wrapped my arms around her thighs 

to lift her, letting her body slide down mine until her feet touched the ground. I kept my hands on 

her hips and looked her right in the eye so she would know exactly what was coming.

“Jake – don’t,” she stammered, but didn’t pull away.

“I have to,” I told her, as I leaned forward and gently placed my lips on hers. I held them 

there for just a moment before pulling back to look at her, and my heart felt like it was beating 

out of my chest.

“I – I can’t do this, Jake.”

“Then don’t kiss me back.” 

I leaned in to kiss her again and tightened my arms around her. Cautiously I moved my 

lips against hers and brought my hand up to touch her face. I heard her moan softly against my 

lips and it was all the encouragement I needed. I pressed up against her and when I felt her lips 

part for me, I let my tongue find hers and tilted her head as I deepened the kiss. As my lips began 

moving more intensely, she wrapped her arms around my neck and crushed her body against 

mine. 

The need I felt for her turned me completely inside out. I hadn’t planned on kissing her 

today, but when I looked up at her standing on the tailgate, illuminated from the light of the 

setting sun, I knew I couldn’t wait. I had to know what it was that I was feeling, and if it was 

something real or if it was just remnants of the past clouding the present. Still, I wasn’t expecting 

this. Instead of curbing my appetite for her, it only intensified it. I’d never needed anything as 

much as I needed Nora.

When I finally pulled away, I brushed my thumb against her cheek and tucked a loose 

strand of hair behind her ear. “God, I missed you, Nora.”

“This doesn’t change anything,” she said breathlessly, “I still have to go back to New 

York.”

“We’ll see,” I said simply.