Have you ever gone just a little too far?
Lexie Banks has.
Yep. She just had mind-blowing sex with her stepbrother.
In her defense, she was on the rebound, and it’s more of a
my-dad-happened-to-marry-a-woman-with-a-super-hot-son situation. But still,
he’s been her best friend and confidant for the better part of the last few
years … and is so off limits. It’s a good thing she’s leaving in two days for a
year abroad in Rome.
But even thousands of miles away, Lexie can’t seem to
escape trouble. Raised Catholic, she goes to confession in hopes of alleviating
some of her guilt … and maybe not burning in hell. Instead, she stumbles out of
the confessional and right into Alessandro Moretti, a young and very
easy-on-the-eyes deacon … only eight months away from becoming a priest. Lexie
and Alessandro grow closer, and when Alessandro’s signals start changing
despite his vow of celibacy, she doesn’t know what to think. She’s torn between
falling in love with the man she shouldn’t want and the man she can’t have. And
she isn’t sure how she can live with herself either way.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Lisa Desrochers lives in central California with her
husband and two very busy daughters. There is never a time that she can be
found without a book in her hand, and she adores stories that take her to new
places, and then take her by surprise.
Look for her New Adult novel, A LITTLE TOO FAR
, courtesy of HarperCollins Sept 17, 2013, and companions, A LITTLE
TOO MUCH (Nov 12, 2013), and A LITTLE TOO HOT (Jan
21, 2014). Also in stores is her YA PERSONAL DEMONS trilogy
(Macmillan).
For more info, find me on-line at https://www.facebook.com/LisaDesroche..., or visit www.lisadwrites.com
EXCERPT #1
- Lexie’s Confession
I breathe deep and pull myself to my feet, walking
slowly to the open confessional. I hesitate at the door, but then remind myself
that this is Italy … where they speak Italian. I can confess my worst of sins,
and the priest probably won’t understand a word. I step in and close the door,
then kneel in front of the thick red curtain separating the saint from the
sinner.
“Nel nome del Padre, e del Figlio, e dello
Spirito Santo. Amen,” a deep sandpaper voice says from the other
side of the curtain.
I cross myself as the priest prays the Sign of the
Cross, then bow my head and close my eyes. “Forgive me, Father, for I have
sinned. It has been … well … a whole lot of days since my last confession.
Probably a year or more. I accuse myself of the following sins. I … used the
Lord’s name in vain at least … oh, God—” Shit! My hands fly to my face.
“Like that … I just don’t think about it, and it comes out of my mouth. I’ve
done it thousands of times. Maybe a million. Twice just since I walked into
this church.” I shake my head at myself. “I’m terrible. But that’s not the
worst. I’ve stolen from my friends. There was this scarf I got for Sam for her
birthday that I decided to keep … so I guess it’s not really stealing, but it
felt like it, and there were the flip-flops that Katie loaned me that I never
returned—I even brought them with me to Italy. And I swore at my stepmother
when she wouldn’t let me go out with my boyfriend until I cleaned the bathroom,
but I knew he had this big romantic thing planned for our three-year
anniversary and I was pretty sure we were going to have sex … which I guess I
also need to confess … I had a lot of sex with my boyfriend before he turned
into a douche—pardon my French … or English, I guess—but that was almost a year
ago … when I still had a boyfriend … and, what else … I sort of cheated on a
history exam last semester because Drake Mulhollan left his book open where I
could see it, and during finals I wished my roommate dead one day when she was
having sex with her boyfriend all freakin’ day so I couldn’t get into my room
to get my books—she didn’t die, by the way … I mean, my wish didn’t come true
or anything like that … but I wished it, which I’m pretty sure is a sin. And
then there was the time I lied to Dad about the dent in the car … and the
baggie he found in my backpack wasn’t really oregano … which, oh yeah, there
was the pot thing too, but it was just a phase so …” I trail off, recognizing
the fact that I’m babbling on to avoid the actual reason I’m here. I breathe deep
and wipe my sweaty palms on my jeans. “And I stole my stepbrother’s T-shirt …”
I swallow hard, “after we had sex,” I blurt, then I’m running downhill again,
words tumbling out of my mouth before I even think them, “and it was truly
mind-blowing. It’s all I can think about, and I want to do it again and, oh
God—shit! See, I just can’t stop myself from saying oh God. But my
stepbrother is so …” I growl in frustration and grab fistfuls of my hair. “ …
incredible. He’s just fucking incredible—pardon my French. I’ve never felt the
things he made me feel, you know … and God, I think I might …” I yank my hair
as I shake my head hard. “I don’t know. It was just sex, right? I mean … as
much as he made me feel, it was just …” I bury my face in my hands. “He’s my stepbrother.
Why can’t I stop wanting him?”
“That is a question you will have to answer for
yourself,” the voice says from the other side of the curtain.
“Oh God!”
“That would now be a million and seven, by my count.
I hope you brought your rosary to Italy as well as your friend’s flip-flops.”
“You speak English!”
“I do, child. Is there more you are in need of
confessing?”
“Hell, no!”
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5 comments:
Brilliant excerpt. This is definitely going on my TBR list.
I have gone A Little Too Far, but I've learned from it so in the end it was okay.
This book sounds really good!
I've gone a little too far, especially recently.. Needless to say, I pretty much ruined my ex girlfriend's life, but she hurt me! I really am not as vindictive as I sound, but.. it was definitely a little too far.
wow! cant wait to start this book! and thanks for the giveaway! :)
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