My name is Essalin Brant, but everyone calls me Essa. I attend a small college in a tiny town, and in my twenty-two years of life I’ve never even traveled outside the state of Pennsylvania. You could say my life is pretty boring. I live by the rules. I’m a good girl and nothing exciting ever happens.
But that’s all about to change.
Enter Farren Shaw. Not only is he older and intimidating, but he’s more sure of himself than any 29-year-old man has a right to be. Did I mention that he’s drop-dead gorgeous? Well, he is. He also happens to be my best friend Haven’s brother. And I would be content with just fantasizing about Farren from afar, but when Haven suddenly goes missing, her gorgeous brother is the only one who believes me when I say she was abducted, even though all signs seem to suggest Haven left town willingly.
I know better, though. As does Farren. So when he asks me to accompany him to search for his sister, I accept.
That’s when the real adventure begins.
Our quest to find Haven takes us across the country. And throughout the time we spend together, I find myself falling for Farren . . . falling hard. He's everything I’ve ever wanted. But is he really someone I should fear?
Because aside from making me feel things I’ve never felt before, Farren is hiding something. Something big. What could this stunning man be keeping from me? And why? Is Haven’s disappearance somehow connected to his mysterious job?
All I know is that things are about to get real.
Welcome to the Inevitable Detour that has become my life.
Excerpt
With me in the
driver’s seat of a car I never dreamed I’d ever even sit in—let alone drive—I barrel down a long stretch of
blacktop desert road that’s as straight as an arrow.
“I can’t remember
ever feeling this free,” I shout to Farren over the loud engine noise and wind.
He smiles. “You’re
doing great,” he shouts back.
“Damn, Farren”—wind
whirs through the open top, blowing my hair everywhere—“this thing is fast.”
He chuckles, nods.
But at 150 mph, he urges me to “ease up a little, baby.”
My cheeks warm,
and it’s not from the blazing sun beating down on us. No, I’m heated by the
recollection of how Farren uttered those same words to me an hour ago, before
we left the warehouse, and after he’d loaded our luggage and his cache of
weapons into the Ferrari. His hand trailed up my skirt when he was back in the
car. I was seated in the driver’s seat, and within minutes, I was grinding down
hard on his fingers.
Now, just like
then, I don’t listen.
I don’t ease up,
and when we hit a patch of gravel, the wheel jerks in my hand. I lose
control—again, just like earlier. But instead of coming hard, like I did
clenched around Farren’s fingers, my whole body now tenses in a different way.
“Essa,” Farren
warns.
Finally, I ease up
on the gas and hit the brakes. The car fishtails but remains on the road. When
we come to a full stop, I let out a held-in breath. “Oh my God, that was
awesome.”
Farren
twists in his seat, placing his hand at the back of my head. He twines his
fingers in my hair and closes the gap between us. His lips crash to mine, hungry
and greedy. We can’t get enough of each other these days. I lose myself in
Farren as he urges my mouth open. He touches his tongue to mine. He tastes
delicious, even as he consumes me.
S.R. Grey is an Amazon and Barnes & Noble Top 100 Bestselling
author. She is the author of the popular New Adult novels I Stand Before
You (Judge Me Not #1) and Never Doubt Me (Judge Me Not #2). Her newest
novel, Inevitable Detour (Inevitability #1), is a wild ride combining
the New Adult genre with elements of Romantic Suspense. She is also the
author of the Harbour Falls Mystery trilogy. Ms. Grey's novels have
appeared on Amazon and Barnes & Noble bestseller lists in
multiple categories, including Amazon Top 30 and Barnes & Noble Top
5.New novels slated for 2015 release dates are Just Let Me Love You (Judge Me Not #3), Inevitable Circumstances (Inevitability #2), and a New Adult novel to be revealed in the future.
Ms. Grey resides in Pennsylvania. She has a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration degree, as well as an MBA. Her background is in business, but her true passion lies in writing. When not writing, Ms. Grey can be found reading, traveling, running, or cheering for her hometown sports teams.
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