Release Date: August 20, 2015
SYNOPSIS:
Losing your ability to speak at the age of seventeen; it’s not
normal or fair.
But trauma, has a way of throwing normality out the window.
Dani lives anything but a normal life.
Her sister is married to one of the biggest names in Hollywood.
Her best friends are rockstar duo AD2.
And she has more love around her than most people experience in
a lifetime.
But that doesn't change the fact their parents are dead.
Or that it's her fault.
It seems her new normal is being a mute, living on the inside,
unable to actually communicate on the outside.
That is until Hollywood’s newest heartthrob Lincoln Greene hires
her as his assistant for the summer.
He's gorgeous, completely unavailable, and unobtainable.
But that doesn't stop her from wondering...if things were
different...would he want her?
If she was whole, would he be the other half?
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4 Star Review by Lisa Kane
I have not read the Seaside series so I must admit that at first I was a little lost as to a few of the secondary characters. But I quickly caught up. Dani Garcia's life has been put on hold. After losing her parents in a car accident and a series of devastating events, she can no longer speak. She is mute-she communicates by texting. Those around her are fiercely protective of her. Her sister Pris is making a movie under the direction of her husband Jamie Jaymeson, the British heart throb. Her best friends are singers Demetri and Alec, members of the rock duo AD2 and their wives. Their stories were told in previous books. Jaymeson thinks she spends too much time alone and needs to venture out and start to live again. But Dani has lost so much-first her parents and then her muteness lead to her boyfriend Elliott dumping her and taking up with her former best friend. She is tired and drained and lost.
Jaymeson arranges for her to be the assistant to Lincoln Greene, the gorgeous 22 year old actor playing Demetri in his new movie. Dani is freaked out by this-first off she has a bit of a crush on this guy and second, how is she supposed to get past her inability to speak. It's one thing for her to be that way around friends and family-but a stranger?
Typically, once people discovered I was mute, they stopped noticing me, almost like I didn't deserve the attention because I couldn't properly contribute to the conversation. It sucked.
Linc has it all-money, fame, girls. He has been acting for years. It was a way for him to gain independence from his crazy, abusive parents. He likes to keep things easy-one night stands and no ties. When he and Dani meet; he is intrigued and not the least put off by her muteness. She brings a calm feeling to him, he's just not sure why.
I didn't obsess over women.
Because women surrounded me.
Constantly. If I wanted one, all I needed to do was speak up and take my pick-it wasn't arrogance speaking, just a simple fact of life-which is why I stayed blessedly single and kept any relationship I had on a twenty-four-hour basis. Fun was shared, and then the shared fun ended. Both sides satisfied. Story over.
Sparks fly, barbs are exchanged and the ground work for a great friendship is laid. Dani is efficient, thinks quickly and seems to instinctively know what Linc needs before he even tells her. Linc is fighting his attraction for her-for one thing, she may be finished high school, but she is only 17, and that makes her jail bait. And for another thing-the guys who are her self appointed protectors are pretty damn scary.
But how long can you fight your feelings? And do you really want to? Dani can't understand why someone like Linc would be interested in someone like her.
The only thing that brought me back down to earth was the simple fact that he was my boss. That, and the fact that he was Lincoln Greene. He dated supermodels, not seventeen year old mutes. No, I was the charity case he took with him to fancy dinners in order to gain good PR.
Capture is a sweet, slightly angsty story about second chances in life and finding the one you can trust to give your heart to-while there is some sex it is more implied than graphic. The secondary characters are so interesting; I have to check out the previous books and their stories. Zane's story is next and I have a feeling there is much more than meets this eye to this marshmallow popping hottie.
Would my relationship with Dani be one in which there was so much left unsaid that at the end of my life I'd always look back and wonder how the outcome would have differed had I actually said what I'd meant rather than let her assume what I didn't?
Jaymeson arranges for her to be the assistant to Lincoln Greene, the gorgeous 22 year old actor playing Demetri in his new movie. Dani is freaked out by this-first off she has a bit of a crush on this guy and second, how is she supposed to get past her inability to speak. It's one thing for her to be that way around friends and family-but a stranger?
Typically, once people discovered I was mute, they stopped noticing me, almost like I didn't deserve the attention because I couldn't properly contribute to the conversation. It sucked.
Linc has it all-money, fame, girls. He has been acting for years. It was a way for him to gain independence from his crazy, abusive parents. He likes to keep things easy-one night stands and no ties. When he and Dani meet; he is intrigued and not the least put off by her muteness. She brings a calm feeling to him, he's just not sure why.
I didn't obsess over women.
Because women surrounded me.
Constantly. If I wanted one, all I needed to do was speak up and take my pick-it wasn't arrogance speaking, just a simple fact of life-which is why I stayed blessedly single and kept any relationship I had on a twenty-four-hour basis. Fun was shared, and then the shared fun ended. Both sides satisfied. Story over.
Sparks fly, barbs are exchanged and the ground work for a great friendship is laid. Dani is efficient, thinks quickly and seems to instinctively know what Linc needs before he even tells her. Linc is fighting his attraction for her-for one thing, she may be finished high school, but she is only 17, and that makes her jail bait. And for another thing-the guys who are her self appointed protectors are pretty damn scary.
But how long can you fight your feelings? And do you really want to? Dani can't understand why someone like Linc would be interested in someone like her.
The only thing that brought me back down to earth was the simple fact that he was my boss. That, and the fact that he was Lincoln Greene. He dated supermodels, not seventeen year old mutes. No, I was the charity case he took with him to fancy dinners in order to gain good PR.
Capture is a sweet, slightly angsty story about second chances in life and finding the one you can trust to give your heart to-while there is some sex it is more implied than graphic. The secondary characters are so interesting; I have to check out the previous books and their stories. Zane's story is next and I have a feeling there is much more than meets this eye to this marshmallow popping hottie.
Would my relationship with Dani be one in which there was so much left unsaid that at the end of my life I'd always look back and wonder how the outcome would have differed had I actually said what I'd meant rather than let her assume what I didn't?
EXCERPT:
“Finally!” Jaymeson
pointed at both of us. “Lincoln, show her to her mark. Dani, for this scene
you’re simply staring at him like you want to eat him. Think you can do that?”
I nodded.
Any woman could do
that.
Most men too.
“Cue music!”
Jaymeson called out. “Action.”
A techno mix of
AD2’s latest song filled the air as the extras started dancing around us. I
stayed glued to the wall while Lincoln delivered his lines to Pris, and then he
lifted his head, meeting my gaze.
It’s just a movie.
It’s just a movie.
The breath left my
chest on one slow exhale as he moved toward me, his body making fluid
purposeful movements through the crowd.
My lips parted; my
entire body felt heavy as he approached.
He stopped in front
of me, his forehead grazing mine as he leaned in a few inches. Our breath
mingled as the music and scene faded around me.
“Cut!” Jaymeson
yelled.
Holy crap on a
cracker. I almost experienced my first stroke — at seventeen.
“You okay?”
Lincoln’s eyebrows knit together in concern.
I licked the
lipstick from my lips and nodded quickly.
Jaymeson approached.
“Time for the kiss, remember kissing, not hockey. Clearly, you were confused
earlier.”
Lincoln gritted his
teeth and let out a little groan.
I patted his arm and
grinned, my way of encouraging him. He seemed to pale more.
My stomach sank.
Maybe it was me.
I was the problem.
Not the kiss, but
me. If he’d had trouble kissing my gorgeous sister, how was he going to be able
to kiss me?
“Hey…” Lincoln
cupped my cheek. “… focus on me, nothing else, alright? It’s only us.”
I nodded.
“You ever been to a
party?”
I rolled my eyes.
“Ever made out with
a guy at a party that wasn’t your boyfriend?”
I thought about it
then slowly shook my head.
“So that’s what this
scene is about. It’s about a guy seeing a girl from across the room and wanting
her so badly that he’s willing to cheat on his own girlfriend for just one
taste. Granted, he’s supposedly drunk and high, but that just takes the romance
out of it, doesn’t it?”
He released my cheek
and stepped back. “Imagine you’re trying to attract me, make your body as
inviting as possible. Hell, just stand there and look at me, and you’ll sell
it.”
Sell it. I repeated
the words in my mind.
I could do that.
Because I wanted him
to kiss me.
It made my heart
beat faster.
My blood pump
harder.
And for the first
time since my parents’ death, I was actually excited about something. Nervous,
but excited.
“Okay,” I mouthed.
I must have
surprised him again because his eyes darkened, and then he grinned. “One day,
Dani. One day I’m going to hear my name coming from that gorgeous mouth of
yours, and I’m not going to be held responsible for my actions… damn the
consequences.”
My breath hitched.
“Quiet on set! And
action!”
There was no
warning. Suddenly, Lincoln’s mouth was fused against mine, no teeth, just his
soft lips pushing, prodding, moving slowly back and forth until his tongue slid
through and made contact with mine.
Heart racing, I
opened my mouth enough to deepen the kiss as heat washed over me.
He groaned and dug
his fingers into my shoulders then slid his hands down my back and gripped my
butt. I let out a squeak of surprise as I flicked his tongue with mine.
“Cut!” Jaymeson
yelled.
I kept kissing.
So did Lincoln.
His chest brushed
roughly against mine; my breasts ached at the sharp contact. I let out a little
hiss at the exact time Linc let out a groan and nudged his knee between my
legs.
“Cut!” Jaymeson
yelled again.
Slowly, Lincoln
pried himself away from me, chest heaving.
“Good enough,” said
Jaymeson.
“No,” Lincoln argued
without taking his wild grey eyes off me, “I went off script. We need to do it
again.”
“The hell you do,”
someone mumbled. I wasn’t surprised to see Demetri glaring daggers at Lincoln’s
back. Alec was next to Jaymeson, giving him an earful. I noted the strong tick
in his jaw.
“Fine.” Jaymeson
waved them both off. “We’ll do it again.”
“Take two, and
action!”
This time the kiss
was slow, languid in its movements. Hot waves of pleasure coursed through my
body as his tongue slid seductively pass my lips. His taste, the feel of his
mouth was unlike anything I’d ever experienced. Greedily, I moaned, desperate
for more of him as I reached for his shirt then fisting it with my hands and
tugging him tighter against my body, wanting more contact with him. I felt
every plane of muscle as he slowly turned us so his back was semi facing the
camera. His knee nudged my legs apart as pressure increased down the middle of
my body. I hadn’t really looked long at the script, but I was pretty sure that
this wasn’t part of it.
Not that I was
complaining.
He rocked into me,
my back connected with the wall. With a possessive growl, he nipped my lower
lip then started kissing down my neck. Kissing in public had never been my
thing — but maybe that was because I’d never kissed Lincoln.
I would kiss him
anywhere.
All he needed to do
was ask.
Body humming with pleasure,
I let out a little gasp as his warm lips met the pulse on my neck. Then his
tongue licked where his lips had just been.
His knee rose higher
and higher as my body sank onto his; the first contact of his leg had my body
screaming with pleasure — just a little higher, just a little more.
“Cut!” someone
shouted, though it didn’t sound like Jaymeson.
Suddenly, Demetri
was pulling Lincoln away from me and glaring daggers at both of us. “I think
you guys got the scene.”
Embarrassed, I
looked down, tucking my silky hair behind my ear. Did I really almost just dry
hump Lincoln Greene’s leg? In front of about twenty people, including my
sister?
“You sure?” Lincoln
asked, voice hoarse. I glanced up at him, his chest was heaving with exertion,
his lips swollen. “Because I could have sworn I messed up my lines.”
“There are no lines,
you bastard,” Demetri muttered under his breath.
“Damn it!” Jaymeson
shouted. “Hey, guys, I’m going to need you to shoot it one more time. Remember,
Lincoln, you’re supposed to proposition her.”
Lincoln grinned
smugly at Demetri.
Demetri didn’t move.
Rachel Van Dyken is the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today Bestselling author of regency and contemporary romances. When she's not writing you can find her drinking coffee at Starbucks and plotting her next book while watching The Bachelor.
She keeps her home in Idaho with her Husband, adorable son, and two snoring boxers! She loves to hear from readers!
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ABOUT RACHEL VAN DYKEN:
She keeps her home in Idaho with her Husband, adorable son, and two snoring boxers! She loves to hear from readers!
Want to be kept up to date on new releases? Text MAFIA to 66866!
You can connect with her on Facebook www.facebook.com/rachelvandyken or join her fan group Rachel's New Rockin Readers. Her website is www.rachelvandykenauthor.com .
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