Sleeping Tom
Sleeping Tom, #1
Sleeping Tom, #1
by E.V.
Fairfall
Publication date: February 14th 2015
Genres: Contemporary, Romance, Young Adult
Publication date: February 14th 2015
Genres: Contemporary, Romance, Young Adult
BLURB
Hitchhiking is a bad idea
but Caden is desperate.
When she accepts a ride
from the first car to come by she meets Gabriel. He’s her age, hot, and the
closest thing she has to a savior. Problem is, he is a total jerk. With nowhere
to go, Caden convinces Gabriel to let her stay with him for one night. He
reluctantly lends a couch.
That night Caden wakes up to
strange noises. Concerned, she rushes into Gabriel’s room, already anticipating
his bad temper. Instead, he’s kind, sweet, and suspiciously harmless—nothing
like the man who gave her a ride. He seems like a different person altogether,
and claims he is. By night he is Tom, and by day he is Gabriel. Caden finds
herself drawn to the mysteries hidden in his eyes.
For Gabriel, Caden is an annoying
mistake. One night turns into many, and despite all his anger towards her, she
stays. She even seems to accept him and his flaws, but he still doesn’t trust her—is
she staying for him, or has she already discovered more than he’s willing to
share?
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| EXCERPT Sleeping Tom |
“Don’t go.”
He was
creeping her out. She wanted to run and hide from him, but instead she held her
ground and, as casually as she could, leaned into the doorframe. “It’s like
three in the morning,” she reminded him, attempting a frown to hide her
anxiety.
“Do you
want to play a game?”
“What?”
Caden asked, his voice once again making her unsure. A game? It sounded like
something Sean would say. Caden shifted her weight, eyeing him warily. I
can handle this. She let out a deep breath; if nothing else she
could use this as an opportunity. Cleaning at three in the morning obviously
hadn’t scored her enough Good Samaritan points.
“Sure… We
can play a game.” She wondered if her hesitation would make him angry, like she
had when they had been in the car that afternoon.
She looked around for a weapon, anything she could use to protect herself. As her eyes scanned the room each surface was bare, aside from the bulky old alarm clock on the nightstand.
“First,
you have to turn off the lights.”
Caden’s
hand shook. This didn’t feel right. “Okay,” She mumbled, attempting to seem
unfazed, and she turned off the lights with a flick of her wrist. It took a few
seconds for her eyes to readjust, and when they did she saw the boy leap back
onto the bed, light and agile. She took an uneasy step back. Her chest
constricted and her breath caught in her throat. Caden couldn’t deny being
unsure of the situation, of this boy who somehow had to be the man she’d met
earlier that day.
His head
moved from side to side, watching her as intently as she watched him. “What do
you want to play?” he asked.
Even
then, with him in better visibility, Caden couldn’t tell if the boy was really
Gabriel. It was the same voice she had heard earlier, but without the rough
edge of his irritation it sounded much younger and innocent, like that of a
child. “I don’t know…”
“Oh, come
on, think of something,” he said.
When he
didn’t move to grab her, she relaxed a little, her breath evening out once
again. Caden could feel her confidence slowly building. Maybe
he really just wants to play a game. “Aren’t you tired?”
The boy’s
shoulders and head dropped. “So you don’t want to play,” he confirmed
dejectedly. She watched as he turned around on the empty bed, to face the other
wall.
Caden’s
little sister Reese always used guilt to get what she wanted. She hadn’t known
a guy her own age could make her feel just as guilty, if not worse. “No, no, I
want to play. I do.” As long as you stay on that side of
the room. Caden moved farther into the room but stayed a good six
feet away.
“What
game? What game?” He bounced on the bed in his sitting position.
“Do you
have any cards?” She clutched the blanket tighter around her, but tried to keep
her voice light and casual.
“Cards?”
The boy, who no longer seemed like Gabriel at all, stuck out his tongue. “Dumb.
Something else.”
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Author Info
The hunger is encompassing, so
she feeds the beast books. But the hunger never settles… so she writes. E.V.
Fairfall has an itch that drives her to the world of story telling. With
several published short stories, and soon several books (fingers crossed), she
explores the topics of humanity and hardship.
During the daylight hours, a book
is always within reach. She spends her nights reading with her husband,
surrounded by towers of tomes and three furry children curled in close. If she
isn’t reading, she is browsing bookstores or hiking, but always awaiting her
next adventure.
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