Excerpt: Wicked Dance by Olivia Boothe
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WICKED DANCE
Olivia Boothe
Series: Chronicles of a Dancing Heart Book 1
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Publisher: The Wild Rose Press
Publication Date: October 27, 2017
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Publisher: The Wild Rose Press
Publication Date: October 27, 2017
She never imagined her heart could ever dance again
She never imagined her heart could ever dance again…
Former dance student Sara Hart had aspired to grace the stage on Broadway, but a reckless decision forced her to renounce that dream. Years later, while struggling with an ungratifying job and an even more unsatisfying love life, she literally stumbles upon a dangerously sexy stranger who sends her heart—and her body—into hyperdrive. His touch makes her feel alive again and sparks a desire to rebuild her dance career. But Sara is still haunted by the demons of her past. One dark lie could cost her everything.
He’d stopped believing in love …
Real estate mogul Tom Wright caters to the rich and famous. He lives the life of the perfect bachelor—partying hard and dating the most beautiful women in Manhattan. But he has one golden rule–no commitments. Ever. Then he meets sexy Sara Hart, and something about her makes him want to throw the damn rule book out the window. Every time she’s near, the blood in his veins pulses with a raging fire he can’t contain. But Tom’s shadowed history is resurfacing, unearthing ghosts he’d rather remain buried.
Will this wicked dance be their last?
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EXCERPT
Seemed all I knew was how to screw things up.
I looked down at my crossed arms for a brief second then gazed up at him, trying to find the courage I needed, the strength he’d always been able to give me. All I saw reflected in his eyes was anger bathed in sadness and soaked in disappointment. My heart fractured. His anger I could bear—I deserved every ounce of it—but to see him slowly blink away the moisture in his eyes made my universe crumble. I’d broken our trust, the one thing he’d lost in women and only recently been able to restore. I felt his pain and was no longer able to hold back the tears beginning to trickle down my face. “Baby, I can explain—”
“Explain what?” He dropped his arms and placed his hands on his hips, his face taut with frustration. “There’s nothing that can justify why you’ve been lying to me or why I found you here. Alone. With Alexei.”
My spine tightened. This wasn’t how I’d wanted to tell him about my past, and certainly not how I rehearsed it. I needed to salvage the situation, but his harsh attitude and the disapproval in his eyes unraveled me. “Tom, I was going to tell you when you got back.”
He paced. “That’s not the point, Sara. You should have never lied in the first place. Baby, there was never a need for you to lie to me about this. It doesn’t make sense.” He paused, confusion dimming the glow that always sparkled in his eyes. He looked away as if trying to conceal his thoughts. “Unless…”
“Unless what?” I demanded, not sure where he was going with the statement, but tasting the sourness of his words.
He was silent for a long moment before he replied, weariness enveloping his voice. “Unless you didn’t want me to know about Alexei,” he uttered as he looked back at me, his poignant stare cutting through my core.
I shook my head in disbelief. This is where he was taking this? He couldn’t have been farther from the truth, and the insinuation I could stoop so low made the ice in my blood evaporate before it turned to liquid. “How dare you accuse me of such a thing? Maybe if you’d called me to tell me you were coming home we might have been able to have this conversation earlier and none of this would have happened.”
“I did call!” he yelled, his tone nearing fury. “Perhaps if you bothered to answer the phone, you might have known I was actually worried about you. But, you were too busy prancing around twirled up in Alexei’s arms.”
My eyes bulged as steam blew out of my ears. “You’re gonna pull the jealous boyfriend on me?”
He stopped pacing and stared at me hard. “Jealous boyfriend? You keep trying to make this about me instead of calling it for what it really is.”
I walked up to him and stood inches from his chest, my gaze sharp as razor blades. “Oh yeah, and what exactly is that?”
He sucked in a deep breath as his nostrils flared, pressing his lips into a tight line. “I’m ending this conversation before either one of us says anything else we’ll regret.” He turned to leave, but I grabbed his arm.
“You don’t get to say when this conversation is over. You can’t leave,” I ordered.
“Watch me.” He yanked his arm back.
“Not until you tell me why you came here.”
He stalked back toward me and pinned me with an unflinching stare. “I came to make sure you were okay. You’re alive and kicking. I can go.”
“Why wouldn’t I be okay?”
“Listen to your messages.”
“Tom, please. You have to let me explain.”
He looked back, his eyes liquid fire. “Where’s the girl I had in my arms a few days ago? Because it sure as hell isn’t the person standing in front of me now. I…I can’t believe I was so wrong.” He shook his head in disbelief as he continued to walk toward the back door.
“What are you talking about, Tom?”
He stopped for a second, his back still to me. “Sara, it’s obvious you didn’t want me to know about this.” He opened his arms wide, showing me he meant the studio. “After everything we’ve talked about and shared, I don’t know why you would lie to me about it. Finding you so intimately close with Alexei…I mean, all the stuff you’ve said about him. I don’t get it. And to tell you the truth, I no longer care.” He kept walking.
“Where are you going?” I ran toward him, fear crawling up my skin. As I caught up to him, he stopped to look at me one last time.
“Sara, I don’t want to do this. I don’t have time for nonsense in my life. I know I told you I’d wait until you were ready, but finding out like this…”
“You weren’t supposed to find out like this. Just give me a chance to explain. Please.”
“Sara, stop,” his voice quavered as he held back the pain he was clearly trying to cover up with anger. “I’m done. It’s over. It’s not even that you lied, it’s all this other stuff. Plus, accusing me of being the jealous boyfriend when I was simply worried about you? It’s what you think of me I can’t handle.”
Something inside me cracked. It was like watching your most precious porcelain treasure slip from your hands and fall to the ground, shattering into a million pieces. There’s this moment of awe, disbelief. Then this feeling of helplessness settles in when you know there’s no way of putting it back together, and even if there was a way, the porcelain would be full of nicks and craters. Never perfect. Never whole.
What have I done?
“Tom…”
“Save it. Don’t bother calling.” He walked out.
I could have followed after him, but I had no right. My body was numb. A meteor had collided with my world, obliterating me from existence.
I’d been exposed for what I was.
A hypocrite.
A shameful liar.
I was a foolish girl standing alone in the place where I had sought redemption, but where all that now remained was humiliation and self-reproach.
And too many regrets.
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About Olivia Boothe
Author of deep and sexy contemporary romance, Olivia Boothe enjoys crafting novels about complex characters and compelling storylines. Her romances encompass a blend of heartfelt emotion and steamy passion.
Coffee addict and red wine lover, when she’s not busy conjuring up a new story, Olivia likes to binge read across genres. You’ll typically find her with one book on her e-reader, a second on her phone, and a print book in her oversized handbag.
Olivia resides in Northern New Jersey with her husband, their three boys, and a miniature dachshund.
Official website: https://oliviaboothe.com/
About The Wild Rose Press
The Wild Rose Press has been publishing electronic and print titles of fiction for more than nine years. Our titles span the sub-genre spectrum from sweet to sensually erotic romance in all lengths to mainstream and womens fiction. To check out the latest and upcoming releases and more, visit https://catalog.thewildrosepress.com.
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