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Publication Date: October 15th, 2019
Genre: Contemporary Romance
A Modern-Day Fairy Tale That Will Have Readers Swooning
Lily is headstrong, independent, and stuck in a loop of bad
luck. She makes fairy figurines that customers buy to bring them good
luck, but her merchandise doesn’t seem do the same for her. Maybe it’s because she
doesn’t believe in them.
Theos is handsome and charismatic, a kite-surfing superstar who travels
the world. So why is he drawn to Lily and the store on a California beach
she struggles to keep afloat? And could she be the one to trigger the awakening
of his unusual destiny?
“Summer Thunder is one of the most anticipated romance novel debuts
this year.” — Kendra Goldsborough, Four Seasons Books
BOOK IS AVAILABLE ON Goodreads & Amazon
Here is a stunning EXCERPT
Here is a stunning EXCERPT
“The wind and water are perfect,”
he announced. “Come out here, and I’ll help you on.”
Lily waded in, experiencing the
weird first-time feeling of water against a wetsuit. A wave broke and splashed
in her face. While she was wiping her eyes, a larger wave crashed on top of
her, throwing her into the surf. She staggered to her feet, but a third wave
pounded her under water again. “I’m done!” She pushed her matted hair from her
eyes and spit out sand. “I told you I couldn’t do it.”
“Don’t be silly. It’s impossible to stay dry in this sport, even for me.
Be glad you got that part over. Here, grab my arm.”
The way his hands glided over the rigging gave her confidence, and she
was glad not to have to worry which clips attached to what pieces of hardware.
“Ready?” He gave her that mischievous look again.
“Are you insane? What am I supposed to do now? I’m terrified!”
“Ha-ha. Nothing. You didn’t think I’d let you go up alone, did you?
You’ll be with me the whole time. We’re going tandem.”
He held the bar with one hand as he leaned her back against his chest
and positioned her feet on the board. His slick wetsuit felt strangely soft
against hers, and she pressed closer to him. Then he wrapped his other arm
around her and grabbed the bar for lift off. In seconds, they were up and speeding
over the waves. He squeezed her slightly before he made the board make its
first jump. She screamed in delight, and they jumped again. When he suddenly
whipped the board around and reversed their direction, her body rolled into his
strong arms, and she felt safe.
“Put your arms on top of mine.” She gripped each of his hands, and when
she lowered her arms over his, it was as though a circuit had been closed. A
massive jolt of energy raced through her body and from that moment she
registered every twitch of his muscles as he pushed and pulled on the bar
making subtle changes in direction and speed.
He put his mouth close to her ear, and she could feel his breath when he
shouted, “Get ready to pop!”
They lifted off the surface, and Lily watched their magic carpet fly
higher and higher into the sky and farther from the shoreline. So, this is what
they mean by hang time, she thought and wondered how long they could float. His
left hand released its grip, and she felt his arm tighten around her waist.
“Here we go!” The double somersault on the return down was more
thrilling than any amusement park ride, and she held him tight long after they
landed back on the water.
“Want to go back in?”
She was having the time of her life. “No. Keep going. I love this!”
They were far from the shore when he took the bar again with both hands,
turned the board around and screamed toward shore.
“Hold on!”
He pulled the board up to jump,
and when he brought it down, she looked back to see they were speeding across a
giant wave like the ones she’d seen in videos. In his fitted suit, hair
spraying straight behind him, Theos looked every bit a god. They rode the crest
all the way in, and the board came to a stop at precisely where they started.
He let her drop into the water. It was over her head, and she bounced on
her toes. He let her cling to him, and she couldn’t stop laughing from relief
and joy all at once. He leaned into the sway of the ocean and intuitively
adjusted his weight to suit the jerking made by the crosscurrents. Suddenly, he
wrapped his arms around her middle and pulled her into a quick embrace.
She pressed her hands against his chest to maintain some space, but she
found the rapid thump of her heart entirely pleasant.
“What are you doing?”
“I’m trying to kiss you, silly. Isn’t it obvious?”
Then it came to her. Theos had
just helped her overcome one of her greatest fears. Helping her with another
made perfect sense, and she had no problem reciprocating.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Alan’s first book, The Dead of Winter, is the inspiration for The
Seeding, a feature film he is producing with Ken Atchity Productions. Gibson
also is an Executive Producer of The Book of Leah, a feature film due for
release in 2020.
He serves as Co-founder and Chairman of OneClick.chat, a video social
engagement platform startup that often competes for time with his writing.
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