The Right Moves by Emma Hart
(The Game #3)
Publication date: March 27th 2014
Genres: Contemporary, New Adult, Romance
Synopsis:
Her past is wrought with demons.
His past is full of heartbreak.
Yet he’s the one person that can remind her what it means to live.
Abbi Jenkins never thought she would leave the walls of the mental institution that’s housed her for the last year. Now she has, but that doesn’t mean she’s forgotten everything Pearce put her through.
She knows there’s only one way to deal with the depression that claws at her mind each day, and ballet becomes more than a hobby, a dream. Ballet – and Julliard – becomes a reason to live. Something to hold on for.
Blake Smith left London for one reason and one reason only. Running from the heartbreak of his past was never something he wanted to do, but with constant reminders everywhere he turned, it became his only option. When he arrives in New York City, he vows he’ll keep the promise he made to his sister and get into Juilliard.
But he doesn’t expect to be paired with Abbi in class, the girl whose eyes show a world of pain he’s seen before. Pain he knows too well. As each hour they spend together pulls them closer, Blake can’t fight his need to save her from herself.
Lines blur as their pasts are wrenched into the open, and they have to ask themselves whether they’re too broken to ever to be fixed, or if they’re the healing the other needs.
His past is full of heartbreak.
Yet he’s the one person that can remind her what it means to live.
Abbi Jenkins never thought she would leave the walls of the mental institution that’s housed her for the last year. Now she has, but that doesn’t mean she’s forgotten everything Pearce put her through.
She knows there’s only one way to deal with the depression that claws at her mind each day, and ballet becomes more than a hobby, a dream. Ballet – and Julliard – becomes a reason to live. Something to hold on for.
Blake Smith left London for one reason and one reason only. Running from the heartbreak of his past was never something he wanted to do, but with constant reminders everywhere he turned, it became his only option. When he arrives in New York City, he vows he’ll keep the promise he made to his sister and get into Juilliard.
But he doesn’t expect to be paired with Abbi in class, the girl whose eyes show a world of pain he’s seen before. Pain he knows too well. As each hour they spend together pulls them closer, Blake can’t fight his need to save her from herself.
Lines blur as their pasts are wrenched into the open, and they have to ask themselves whether they’re too broken to ever to be fixed, or if they’re the healing the other needs.
Excerpt:
Blake:
I grin slowly, putting
one of my hands behind her, and lean back. I don’t take my eyes from hers, and
her tongue runs across her lips when the flush disappears from her cheeks.
“That’s because boys need the Karma
Sutra. They haven’t worked out there are more ways to make a woman happy than
just using your dick.”
Her eyes widen and her
lips part as blood rushes to her cheeks again. She pushes hair away from her
face and drops her eyes for a second. Only a second. Before I can say another
thing, those baby blues are focused back on mine and holding me trapped.
“I’m guessing you
consider yourself more than a boy?”
“I know I’m not a boy. I
can probably use my hands better than boys can use their tool.”
She coughs and looks
away. “Point taken.”
I watch her, still
smiling. “I’m guessing you’ve only ever been with a boy.”
“Who said I’ve been with
anyone?” she asks quietly.
“No one can look the way
you do and be a virgin.”
Her lips twitch. “This
conversation is getting real personal, y’know.”
“We’re here to get to
know each other.” I grin. “And I maintain my last statement. There’s no way
you’re a virgin.”
“I think I’m taking that
as a compliment.”
“Good. It’s meant to be.
But, uh …” I nudge her and she looks at me. “If you are a virgin …”
Her lips twist upward,
and she shoves me off the boulder before I can finish my sentence. I laugh as I
try to steady myself on the small pebbles underfoot.
“Idiot,” she mutters,
smiling.
I take a step but get my
footing wrong and fall backward. Pebbles dig into my butt and Abbi doubles over
with laughter. Hell no. I put my shoes on the boulder next to me and crawl
across the small but strong stream of water toward her. My hands find her bare
ankles and tug on them.
“Blake!” she cries,
sliding down the rock. I laugh at the shocked look on her face as she falls
into the water. It splashes as she lands in front of me. I grin.
“Not so funny now, huh?”
I tease.
“I’ll give you funny!”
She shoves me again and I fall sideways. My hand grabs hers at the last minute
and I pull her with me, both of us laughing. She lands half on me and half in
the water, and freezes.
Her body and her eyes
tell different stories. Her body is frozen and the only part of her that’s
moving is the rapid rising and falling of her chest. Her hand, pressed against
my chest, trembles in something akin to fear. But her eyes aren’t wide and
scared. They’re hooded and full of laughter. They’re focused on mine, intense,
unrelenting, unwavering. They’re beautiful. She’s
beautiful.
AUTHOR BIO
By day, New York Times and USA Today bestselling New Adult author Emma Hart dons a cape and calls herself Super Mum to a terrible two year old and growing bump, due September 2013. By night, she drops the cape, pours a glass of juice and writes books.She likes to write about magic, kisses and whatever else she can fit into the story. Sarcastic, witty characters are a must. As are hot guys. Emma is currently working too many books to even count - including Playing for Keeps, the companion book to the New York Times and USA Today bestselling novel, The Love Game. She likes to be busy - unless busy involves doing the dishes, but that seems to when all the ideas come to life.
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