Title:
Off
Limits
Author:
Sawyer Bennett
Publisher: Big Dog Books, LLC
Release date: April 16, 2013
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Age Group: New Adult
Plot:
“There is a vulnerability there, hovering just below the surface. And I want to pick at it until I expose it. Then I want to kiss it."
Two years ago, Emily Burnham, had an epiphany about the shallowness of her life. And she made it her mission to become a different person…a better woman. Out from under the controlling thumb of her mother, Emily is tasting the real world for the first time. And she likes it.
Nixon Caldwell has served his time in the Marine Corps, surviving two brutal tours in Afghanistan. He is back home, surrounded by what he likes best…isolation. It's certainly the easiest way to avoid confrontation of the consuming guilt that is weighing him down.
When an accident brings Emily and Nix together, he soon learns he is not the master of his own fate. Struggling with his own pain, Nix tries to guard himself against Emily’s charms. He wants her in his bed, but he doesn’t want her in his heart.
Having grabbed life by the horns, Emily wants it all. But is she willing to accept just the small part of himself that Nix is offering? Can she reach the part of his soul that he has deemed to be Off Limits?
Trailer Reveal:
Excerpt:
Nix is walking toward us...his eyes focused on Todd. His fists are clenched and pure savagery has taken his face hostage. The first thing that pops into my mind is the fact that Nix has suffered in the past from rage issues. He has wanted to rain violence down when he gets that way.
And I'm suddenly very frightened for Todd right now. I can tell by the furious mask on Nix’s face that he's witnessed the entire exchange between Todd and I. Oh, he wasn't close enough to hear what was said, but I'm sure he saw me struggling to get out of Todd's grasp.
I immediately pull my arm away and step around Todd, walking to intercept Nix. I'm scared of him...by the look on his face. He wants to kill Todd...or at the very least do severe bodily harm to him. And there is a good chance that his wrath may be inadvertently misdirected at me.
I meet Nix five paces from where Todd and I were standing. I lay my hands on his chest and quickly say,
"Nix...I'm okay. He wasn't hurting me. In fact, it's not what you think at all."
Nix doesn't even look at me but continues stalking toward Todd. I, of course, have no choice but to keep my hands on his chest and now I'm walking backward to keep myself in between the two men.
Without ever taking his eyes off Todd, he says to me,
"You need to get out of my way, Emily, before you get hurt. I don't have much control right now." His words are harsh and blazing with madness.
I'm terrified and I tell him. In a small voice that quavers, I say,
"Nix, please. You're really scaring me."
About The Author
Sawyer
Bennett is the pen name for a snarky southern woman and reformed trial lawyer
who decided to finally start putting on paper all of the stories that were
floating in her head. She is married to a mobster (well, a market researcher)
and they have two big, furry dogs who hog the bed. Sawyer would like to report
she doesn't have many weaknesses but can be bribed with a nominal amount of
milk chocolate.
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