Blog Tour Excerpt: FRACTURES IN INK by Helena Hunting
Fractures in Ink by Helena Hunting Publication Date: November 14th, 2016 Genre: Contemporary Romance
Sometimes the things we
shouldn’t want become exactly what we need . . .
Waitressing at a seedy
strip club isn’t ideal, but it pays Sarah Adamson’s tuition. Her goal is to
finish her master’s program and get a job that doesn’t involve tight skirts and
groping hands. She doesn’t need distractions. Especially not the one that comes
in the form of a hot-as-sin tattoo artist who works across the street from her
apartment.
Kicked out at sixteen, and
a high school dropout, Chris Zelter is familiar with wanting things he can’t
have. His fractured life has never been easy. As the product of someone else’s
bad decisions, he knows exactly what happens when the wrong person controls
your marionette strings. Now an accomplished tattoo artist in a renowned studio
in Chicago, Chris has it together.
Mostly.
Apart from his infatuation
with Sarah. She’s way out of his league, and Chris knows it.
But he’s willing to be her bad decision. At least for now.
I’d been
seeking out Chris as much as I could lately, even though he was worried about
my lack of sleep. My feelings for him had become like weeds, growing faster
than I could contain them. I should’ve been protecting my heart instead of
trying to hand it over so it could be crushed later.
So tonight,
instead of pushing him to talk about whatever was making him hurt, I let him
have what he wanted: an escape. I could be that.
I was
exactly that every night I worked in the club. I was my customers’ escape from
life, from the wives who ignored them, or from the girlfriends who didn’t
exist. I smiled and batted my eyelashes and pretended their lewd comments were
funny.
Tonight
I could easily be whatever Chris needed, and if that was naked and a distraction
from the things outside of his control, so be it. Or that’s what I told myself
as I pushed his boxers over his hips.
My
clothing took a little longer to remove since I was fully dressed. Chris wasn’t
as slow as usual, or gentle. There was an urgency in him I’d never experienced
before. What he wouldn’t give me in words, he gave me in actions. Desperation
leaked through, making him frantic as he pulled my shirt over my head and
fought with the clasp on my bra.
“Fuck,”
he groaned.
“I just
wanna get my hands on all of you.” I brushed him away, taking care of the bra
for him. Sitting on the edge of the bed, I opened my legs and welcomed him
between them. He locked shaking fingers around the waistband of my jeans and
paused, his expression clouding.
“You
sure you’re okay with this?”
“With
you wanting me?” I popped the button.
He
lifted his gaze. “I fucking need you.”
I
shivered at his tone, wishing it indicated a different kind of need—a sustained
one that was more than physical. But I pushed the feelings down, locked them
inside my aching heart, and released my zipper. “Then you should have me.”
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NYT and USA Today bestselling author of PUCKED, Helena Hunting lives on the outskirts of Toronto with her incredibly tolerant family and two moderately intolerant cats. She's writes contemporary romance ranging from new adult angst to romantic sports comedy.
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