Genre: New Adult Contemporary
Release Date: September 23, 2013
Ellie Martin hates her beautiful, man-crazy mother. Her mother’s wild and wanton behavior has left Ellie with a deep longing. To escape. To belong. To know who her real dad is. To really be loved. Her mother finally crosses a line that sends Ellie running, escaping to college with one, focused goal–to find and confront her bio dad, who doesn’t even know she exists. Then she meets Logan. Hot, charming, and troubled. He turns her world upside down and puts all her plans in jeopardy.
Logan Walker is hiding a shameful and painful secret. One that nearly cost him everything. When he meets the beautiful and mysterious Ellie at a Week of Welcome event, something inside him awakens and he finds himself drawn to her.
But the attraction they both feel for each other is as delicate as the web of secrets they each hide behind. And as the truths are revealed, their reckless longing may not survive the fallout.
The evening was going about as well as I expected. How likely is it in any given mating-game situation that the wingman will fall for the girl's moral support sidekick? In this case, given my mindset, the odds were exactly zero. With the pounding music, even trying to make idle conversation was pointless.
We got our subs and energy drinks and found an empty patch of lawn to sit on. Bre cooed to Dan. Jake and I were awkward and ate mostly in silence. My gaze landed on an Up All Night sign advertising the events of the evening.
PRECISION PIERCING. SPECIALS—TONIGHT ONLY! HALF OFF THE USUAL PRICE. BELLYBUTTON, EARS, CARTILAGE, AND NOSES ONLY.
My heart pounded in my ears. I'd read enough. I knew what I wanted, what I had wanted for a couple of years now but was too rebellious to do—pierce my navel. To understand how not piercing my bellybutton is rebellious, you have to know my mom. It was what she wanted me to do, so it was exactly what I refused to do. But now I didn't care what she thought. I could pierce or not pierce at my pleasure. I was of age and didn't need her permission. She'd never know unless I wanted her to. And even then, she wouldn't be around to gloat and enjoy her triumph.
Anyway, that wasn't the way I saw it. Doing what I wanted without regard to her was my victory. I looked around at the party atmosphere that I should have been enjoying and found myself almost smiling.
Dan and Jake wolfed down their sandwiches and were ready to party. Bre wrapped the remains of hers, ready to toss it so she could get on with the evening. I'd barely touched mine, but that wasn't unusual. Since the breakup I'd lost my appetite for just about everything in life and ten pounds along with it. And I hadn't been overweight to begin with.
Dan offered Bre a hand up. "Dance or take in the magic show?"
Gina Robinson loves a good love story and always has. She writes romance of all kinds--new adult, contemporary romance, historical romance, and romantic suspense.
Currently she's best known for her Agent Ex series-- contemporary romance featuring sexy spies and plenty of adventure and humor. License to Love, the latest book in the series is available now.
She lives in the Pacific Northwest with her husband and children.
GUEST POST
Gina Robinson talks
about her new adult romance Reckless
Longing
Reckless Longing
is the first book in my college-set new adult Reckless romance trilogy. I
actually read my first new adult romance just this spring. And then I got my
daughter hooked on them. A writer should love the genre she writes in and I
fell in love with new adult books and simply had to write one myself.
When I was in high school I used to ask my mom—if you could
time travel, would you go back to high school? Her answer was the same every
time—"I loved high school. But I'd rather go back to college. " And I
have to agree with her. I had a fantastic time in college. It's such a unique
life experience. Liberating, fun, and horribly stressful and emotional at the
same time. I think that's the appeal of new adult. I joke with my friends about
writing the Reckless series, saying "I'm going back to college, but
without the expense!" I've tried to capture that college feeling and
experience in the books.
Reckless Longing
is told from the heroine Ellie Martin's point of view. Ellie is a wounded
heroine. In the mysterious Logan Walker, I tried to give her her perfect love
match. But as Shakespears said, "The course of true love never did run
smooth." Some early pre-release reviews have commented that they wanted
more from the ending. Because my goal as a writer is to please readers, I
modified the ending slightly, revealing just a bit more. But the lead-in to
book two, Reckless Secrets, is just
as strong. Right now I'm working like mad on Reckless Secrets and hope to publish it later this year.
Here are what early reviewers are saying about Reckless Longing:
"The best college story I've read since Easy! The plot was fresh and different
and the author really made me feel like I was back in college."—LJ
Anderson's blog on Goodreads
"WOW!...What a brilliant plot…I loved the
characters…I'd recommend it to anyone looking for a surprising plot and a UST
couple you'll learn to love."—Nerea Nieto, Goodreads
"Reckless Longing
was an extremely satisfying and interesting read that kept me on my toes until
the last page. I can't wait to dive into the sequel and hope I won't have to
wait long for it."—Patrycja at Smokin' Hot Book Blog
So what about you—if you could time travel back to an
earlier time in your life, when would it be? Or would you stay right where you
are?
If you'd like to know when the second book of the series, Reckless Secrets, will be available, you
can sign up for my new release newsletter either on Facebook or on the homepage
of my website, http://ginarobinson.com.
Happy Reading!
Gina
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