Title: Whatever You Do (Try Again, #2)
Author: Stephanie Smith
Release Date: January 15, 2014
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Blurb
How do you trust someone who is everything you’re trying to avoid?
Harper Lindell is having a bad day. You know, if a bad day consists of getting fired from your cushy job and then catching your boyfriend red handed playing hide the salami.
Sick of meeting the same guys over and over, Harper decides to try her luck at Internet dating. How bad could it be? Right?
Tate Washington wasn’t looking to meet anyone. Still dealing with the consequences of his one serious relationship, all he’s interested in is revamping his family’s behind-the-times café.
He didn’t plan on seeing the beautiful receptionist from Argo again, walking into his life to use his café as a dating hub, and using him as a BFF.
Can Harper really trust Tate, who is everything she thinks she needs to steer clear of?
Can Tate wait while Harper works through her insecurities and fears?
Excerpt
Tate chuckles as he picks up a tomato and throws it to me. Thanking my quick reflexes, I catch it mid-air.
“Here, cut those,” he says, gesturing to the pile of tomatoes already stacked on the bench next to where he is preparing bacon.
I pop the tomato down and head to wash my hands. Once I return to the counter, Tate approaches me with an apron and wraps his arms around me as he ties the strings in front. We get stuck into it and work in companionable silence for the next few minutes.
“I’m sorry about the other day,” he says, not pausing for a second from the bacon he is cutting.
“I know,” I respond.
“I’m glad we’re okay.”
“Me, too.”
Silence descends once more, and we continue our tasks before Tate speaks again. “The other day, you said how you’ve never felt an instant connection with someone before.”
“Yeah?” I ask warily, wondering if I freaked him out.
“I didn’t get to tell you that I feel the same. When we’re together, it feels right.”
“Yeah … it does.”
Even though we don’t mention another thing about it, the silence doesn’t come again as the shots keep flowing and the music on the old radio gets louder and louder. We are laughing and carrying on and there is more ‘accidental’ touching on both sides.
‘Black Widow’ by Iggy Azalea and Rita Ora flows through the speakers and I sigh in happiness. “I love this song.” I leave my tomatoes behind to shake my hips all over the kitchen to the beat, singing along with the lyrics.
Warmth covers my back as two strong hands land on my hips. Tate pushes into me from behind and moves his hips along with my own or forces my hips to move along with his—I’m not sure.
“You’re so fucking sexy, Harper,” he whispers into my ear. “I won’t be able to keep this friendship platonic if you keep shaking your ass like that in my kitchen.” His warm breath flows over my collarbone as he nuzzles my neck and goosebumps break out across my skin. Tate must notice as he lifts his head and slowly peppers small, light kisses along the crease of my shoulder.
My head rolls back onto his shoulder, and my body liquefies at the intimate and sensual touch. He’s breaking down my walls. My common sense. He’s slowly softening me, melting me so he can mould me as he pleases, and it’s working.
As the realisation hits me, I jump out of Tate’s arms, grab hold of his hand, and pull him to the middle of the kitchen. I smile seductively at him and wink. “I’ll just have to keep you in line and focused then.”
He throws his head back and laughs, allowing me to ignore the moment and lead him around the centre workbench as we shake, shimmy, and wiggle to ‘Shake it Off’ by Taylor Swift, which is now playing on the stereo.
Wherever You Will Go (Try Again, #1)
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Whatever You Do (Try Again, #2)
About the Author
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I have recently started writing as a way to relax and spend some time for me. My first novel Wherever You Will Go is due to release later this year. I'm having so much fun writing my first story and I'm looking forward to the journey it is taking me on.
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Harper is having the worst day of her life. First she gets fired from her job at Argo, and
then she catches her boyfriend hiding his sausage in someone else. So she decides to go visit Brooke at her new
gallery she opened with Saxon. She gets
there at tells Brooke everything that happened from the time she woke up this
morning till she got there. Brooke tells
her that it is a sign that she should accept the job Brooke has been offering
her for the last 6 months. So she does,
Brooke tells her to take the rest of the week off and start fresh Monday. Harper has never had any luck in the
boyfriend department they all seem to cheat on her. So she decides she is going to try online
dating. At least then she can screen
them first. During her week off Harper
gets a lot done. She cleans her house, gets
rid of all the left over take and creates her dating profile. Come Monday to goes to the gallery to start
her new job working for Brooke, she also has her first date that night. She plans at her date at her favorite Italian
coffee shop. When she arrives at the café
for her first internet date she is greeted by Tate. Harper is attracted to Tate but she thinks he
is just like all the other hot guys she has encountered, only interested in sex
not settling down. Tate is attracted to
Harper as well he calls her Daisy. He
thinks so is too pretty to be dating online.
He hasn’t had the best luck in the dating department either. He comes off different than he really is, he
doesn’t want to get hurt again. Daisy quickly
realizes the dates she is finding online aren’t any better than the ones she
finds off line. They are different just
not any better, dud after dud after dud.
She continues to have the dates at the café where Tate works. He doesn’t understand why she won’t go out
with him. She points out that he hasn’t
actually asked her on a date just back to her apartment. So he asks her on a real date and she
accepts. She finds herself very
attracted to Tate but is afraid of getting hurt again. Will Harper take a chance on Tate? Will Tate be the one for Harper?
Harper is so worried about getting hurt herself she forgets
she isn’t the only one in this. She
forgets that Tate could get hurt too?
She is terribly insecure. Tate
has been hurt in the past and his past is part of his future. He feels responsible for the girl in his
past. I really liked this book. Harper and Tate are great characters. It was fun to hear more about Brooke and
Saxon as well. Brooke and Saxon are so
happy together. Brooke wants to help
Harper find someone also. She is there
for Harper as a sounding board. She
helps her pick up the pieces and tells what she needs to hear when that is
needed. In this book I felt more for
Tate. No matter how hard he tried Harper
still had doubts. They would be a great
couple if Harper could just stop lumping him in with all the guys from her
past. She needs to let he speak for
himself. Harper really finds herself in
this book. She grows up a lot and learns
how to trust people. I can’t wait to
read the next book in this series.
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