COVER REVEAL
Title: Rescue Breathing (The Breathe Series - Book One)
Authors: Zoe Norman
Genre: Contemporary
Romance
Release Date: June 11,
2014
Book
Description
When Manhattan
Psychologist Olivia Burke receives an invitation to present her research on
trauma in servicemen in Seattle, she is determined to turn the business trip
into the start of healing her own traumatized heart.
FDNY
Firefighter Owen Maxwell is an unapologetic playboy who spends his days saving
lives and his nights breaking hearts. He puts his life on the line every
day and is skeptical about doing the same with his heart. But when he
meets Olivia, the girl with the shattered spirit–sparks fly.
They share a
hot weekend in Seattle and discover that they want to share so much more.
Both Olivia
and Owen are in need of help mending their hearts. What remains to be
seen is if they can do that for each other, or if they are so damaged they go
up in smoke.
Rescue Breathing
is the journey of two lost souls, trying to breathe new life into each other
without losing themselves along the way.
Book
Excerpt
Light is
hurting my eyes, and I give a groan. One eye struggles to open, and
I get a full face of sunlight coming through the enormous window I obviously
forgot to shut prior to passing out last night. Clearly that was
because I was exhausted after Owen and I made love for most of the
night.
Mmmmm...last
night. I look over to the space beside me and note that I’m alone in my
bed. Owen left last night, leaving me to sleep by myself and ruminate about
what has been going on in the last few days. I feel a bit overwhelmed by
all that’s happened, and I suddenly feel an urge to think it through, start to
make some sense of it all.
Realistically,
this can’t happen can it? I mean, yes we come from the same city, but
what are the chances that he’s really going to reach out to me when we get
home? And I sure as hell won’t be reaching out to him. Aside from
not wanting to look like an idiot if he rejects me, my recent history does not
set me up to be the one to make the first move. I’m lucky if I make any
move at all.
And just as I
start to feel hopeless about Owen, I remember moments like last night, or in
Starbucks, and the connection we clearly have. Yes, we have had a lot of
sex. But is that just because we’re out of our element and we’re just
doing what’s accessible? I mean, it’s not like we can learn about our
regular lives when we’re not home. Maybe it’s opening a door to our being
able to learn more about each other moving forward.
But didn’t he
say he wasn’t looking for a relationship? Yeah he did. Of course,
that was before all that’s happened this weekend, before last night. And
last night... Just…wow. We didn’t just fuck last night.
That’s not what that was. We made love. We connected.
And I swear that’s not just me being a silly girl. In fact, there were
moments where he seemed downright uncomfortable, like he was feeling things he
wasn’t accustomed to or didn’t want to.
Why does all
of this have to be so complicated? Why can’t it be like in the
movies? Boy meets girl, boy seduces girl, they have sex, they get
married, they have a kid, roll credits. I pull the covers over my head
and groan. This is going to be a problem. And I don’t know what to
do about it. I’m leaving tomorrow. Then
what? I don’t want to get hurt. I’m really terrified of that.
The bottom line is that if I let this guy into my life, then I risk
letting him into my heart. And if I let him into my heart, I risk getting
hurt. Simple.
But as Charley
says, I can’t spend the rest of my life wanting but not trying, hurting and not
living. I think it might be time for me to take some chances, and who’s
to say that taking chances has to end in my being hurt? I can take some
calculated risks, right? Be careful where I step, make my intentions
known, let him know about my fears, and keep an open mind. Christ, my
fears… Wait until he hears that story.
About the
Authors
Zoe Norman is
the brainchild of Stephanie Krulewitz and Heidi Haveman, two women with one
very important thing in common—their love of good erotic romance novels.
After a year of writing fanfiction and developing a swoon-worthy friendship
from across the country, the decision was made to write their own
novel.
Connect with Zoe
Norman
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