Breakout
Trish
Arcangelo
Genre:
Romance, Post-Apocalyptic
Publisher:
The Wild Rose Press
Date
of Publication: 11/18/15
ISBN:
9781509204441
Number
of pages: 140
Word
Count: 34,775
Cover
Artist: Kim Mendoza
Book
Description:
A
global pandemic has killed most of the world’s population. Alone,
Monarch Winslow struggles to survive. An empty house, gas station
food and the hope of reaching a refugee camp in Austin, Texas keep
her alive. Then one night an injured man breaks into her house. A
dangerously sexy man.
Monarch
is wary but intrigued. Corbin claims he’s a mechanic and she can’t
reach the camp without a working car. She needs his help. But he
needs hers, too. As the days pass, they work together and a tenuous
relationship turns to turbulent desire. But Corbin refuses to discuss
his past and his secrets lie between them. Falling for a man she
knows nothing about could endanger her life, as well as her heart.
Meantime,
a hundred miles away, is safety, perhaps even surviving family. She
hopes. But Monarch is no more sure of that than she is of Corbin...?
Excerpt:
“What
the hell do you think? You can’t treat the wound through my jeans.”
Feeling
like a complete idiot, Monarch just stood there. He was right of
course, it just hadn’t occurred to her. Last night she accessed the
wound easily through the rip in his jumpsuit. Tonight he was wearing
clothes and would have to strip down in order for her to see it. Her
mouth went dry as she watched him pull his jeans down over his hips.
“Well…of-of course I knew that. I just thought you might be a bit
more modest about it. I mean you could lay down under a blanket and
just stick your leg out or something. I don’t want to see—”
His
jeans fell to his ankles. “I’m wearing boxer shorts for Christ’s
sake. What are you, a nun?”
Monarch
stared at his bare legs. They were thick and muscular and covered
with crisp light hair. His boxers covered everything important. But
it was just…it was just so intimate. Personal. They were alone, a
man and a woman, and he was in his underwear.
He
lay down on the couch and lifted the leg of the boxers so that the
entire wound was accessible. Monarch knelt in front of him, seeing
that the bandages were lightly stained with blood. She undid the
bandages as delicately as possible, trying not to pull hair or skin.
Her fingers shook badly and she cursed herself.
Corbin
reached over and gripped one of her hands with his own, startling
her. “You don’t need to be nervous. If I was gonna attack you
don’t you think I would have by now?”
Monarch
blanched. Of course he would bring up the elephant in the room,
mannerless oaf that he was. “Why would I know that? I know
absolutely nothing about you or what you are capable of. I know I
don’t trust strangers.”
“Especially
strangers who are convicts, huh?” Corbin said softly, and for a
moment Monarch thought she detected hurt in his voice. But then his
tone shifted, becoming aggressive, raspy. “I might as well be a
caveman or an ape, is that it? A male with no scruples or impulse
control. One who acts on his basest sexual urges whenever he feels
like it, right?”
About
the Author:
Trish
read her first romance novel as a teenager and was immediately hooked
(it was Hearts Aflame by Johanna Lindsey). An avid reader of romance
fiction ever since, she nursed a long-time dream to write it as well.
One day she realized there was only one thing stopping her from
making that dream a reality: HERSELF. She sat down and vowed to
actually finish a manuscript. After finishing her first book,
Darkness Embraced, she has never looked back. She completed her
second book, Breakout, and is currently working on a third.
A
native Texan, Trish lives just outside Austin with her incredibly
supportive husband and their two incredibly spoiled dogs. Aside from
romance fiction, her other loves include wine, warm weather, playing
trivia, social media, and supporting dog rescue.
1 prize pack - Bag of goodies including an autographed copy of Breakout and my first book Darkness Embraced as well as bookmarks, a wild rose press pen, chapstick, notepad, and screen cleaner.
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