Spotlight & Giveaway: Saving Tess by J. Lynn Bailey

Today, HJ is pleased to share with you J. Lynn Bailey’s new release: Saving Tess

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Casey Atwood, a top contender in this year’s World Finals for the Professional Bull Riders, would rather leave Dillon Creek in his rearview mirror. He wants the past in the past with each eight-second ride. He’s not into the fame or the money of it all, he’s addicted to the adrenaline that allows him to forget.

But when Casey receives a letter from a local attorney that would put him, and the only woman that’s ever owned his heart, in the same place for an extended period, he’s not so sure about his future with the PBR, about his heart, especially with their fragile past.

HER

Tess Morgan is scheduled, regimented. A first-grade teacher, proficient in organization and list management, she finds solace with her students and has loved teaching since she started the profession. But when Tess loses her job, everything starts to unravel, including her history with Casey Atwood.

When she receives a letter from a local attorney, tying her past to her future, she takes the opportunity—that is until Casey Atwood appears at the door, rugged, sexy, and unpredictable. Yet the secret that ties them together leaves them both grasping for anything to help mend their hearts.
Eventually, the madness and chaos of that night all those years ago return and they can’t seem to stop the heartbreak they’re both headed for.

Will Casey and Tess have the ability to face their demons, or will they both break before the healing begins?

Enjoy an exclusive excerpt from Saving Tess 

What are you thinking, Tess?
It’s the wine.
Once, I read a story about a bottle of wine that was laced
with cocaine, and the woman who purchased the wine, after
she ingested it, had to be rushed to the hospital.
I pull myself from the floor, grab my plate and Solo cup, and follow Casey into the kitchen.
I try not to picture Casey with his shirt off, and this only makes things between us more awkward as we move like robots throughout the kitchen, trying to clean up.
“You know, Case. I’ve got this. I’ll clean up the kitchen,” I say. “Are you sure?” His voice is deeper than it normally is.
“Yeah, good change of pace.”
He jumps on the opportunity and walks back to the living room. He takes his spot on the sofa, and knowing Casey, it isn’t that he doesn’t want to be helpful; he’s just trying to make things easier on me.

A loud crack of thunder makes me jump, and the noise filters through my bones.
The wind blows, hollering around the perfect edges of the old house.
But she fights back with her groans and creaks. Her ability to adapt to change.
I finish the dishes just as the house goes dark. “Tess, are you all right?” I hear Casey’s voice.
“Yeah.” I grab a glass of water from the tap as the fire’s light guides me back into the living room to the roaring fire, where Casey is adding a few more logs.
Darkness surrounds us, and the orange flickers give us light.
Casey makes his way to the window just as the sky ignites with an unnatural bright light.
I, too, move to the window and stand a safe distance from him, looking down below to Ketchikan and the Tongass Narrows, waiting for the lightning to return.
Watching the town, the body of water, the unassuming world below us, I’m moved by the powers of the world and my inability to control my surroundings.
No matter what, I can’t control any of this. Not the lightning. Not the rain. Not the wind. And certainly not Casey Atwood.
A loud crack of thunder vibrates the floor below my feet, and it rolls on longer than I’d like to believe.
“It’s beautiful,” Casey says.
But when I look at him, he’s not looking down at the town; he’s looking right at me.
In the dark, he whispers, “Just so we’re clear, Tess, I didn’t pull away from you because of you. I pulled away because of me.”
Isn’t that always the way of things? I nod and don’t say this to him.
“Good night, Casey.” I tear myself away from the only man I’ve ever loved, knowing he’ll leave to make the finals because that’s what cowboys do.

Excerpt. ©J. Lynn Bailey. Posted by arrangement with the publisher. All rights reserved.
 
 

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Meet the Author:

J. Lynn is a bestselling author who hates to talk about herself. Loathes it. More importantly, she’s the mother of two beautiful children and a wife to her high school sweetheart. She’s also a mother of two extremely needy cats, Leo and Vinni, and an Australian Shepherd named Grizz.   She lives with her family in a small town tucked away in the redwood forest, located on California’s northern coast.

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