Contemporary Romance/Women’s Fiction
It had only taken a month for Liam Malloy to fall in love
with Ebony Devane during the summer before their senior year of high school,
but fifteen years for him to do anything about it. Yet when they meet again at
the state fair, he doesn't waste any time letting Ebony know they belong
together.
Ebony had been prepared for Liam to be her "one who got
away", but she hadn't expected him to boomerang back into her life wanting
to pick up right where they'd left off. Though Ebony has beaten many odds to
forge her own personal success, she is still the daughter of a teenage single
mother while Liam is still the son of a prominent Charleston family. And as his
father's mayoral race enters its final leg, the political intrigue has
far-reaching consequences no one could have foreseen.
Can a summer love withstand the fall years later, or will
past relationships shatter it all?
Savannah J. Frierson realized writing was her calling her
junior year of high school. She completed her first original work,
Reconstructing Jada Channing, as her senior thesis at Harvard University,
earning the 2005 Dorothy Hicks Lee Prize for most outstanding thesis concerning
African or African-American literature. In 2007, Savannah released her first
novel, Being Plumville, which earned Savannah SORMAG Readers’ Choice Awards in
2007 and an Emma Award nomination for Debut Author of the Year at the 2008
Romance Slam Jam Conference.
Savannah is dedicated to ensuring representations of Black
womyn are as full of breadth, life, and vitality as they exist in the world.
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Excerpt (Chapter 6)
Liam stripped off his shirt but didn’t shuck off his pants
yet. He didn’t keep track of the time, either, as he gathered his belongings.
Maybe it was a good thing Ebony wasn’t here. He’d finish packing tonight, get
some sleep, and be well rested for the drive to Charleston. Then after a quick
stop home, he would visit some work sites, maybe even get in a few hours at one
or several—
The knock on his door broke his planning, and he wondered
what Pierre and/or Ashton wanted. He opened the door without looking,
immediately going back to his bed. The door closed, but no one spoke.
“Yeah?” Liam prompted. He didn’t have time for this. Well,
he did, which was why he was so frustrated in the first place.
“I hope I’m not imposing…”
Liam’s movements slowed to a stop, and it felt like his
heart did as well. He took his time turning around, as if quick movements would
make everything unreal. But there she stood, his Ebony, a duffel bag in her
hands and an unsure expression on her face. He didn’t move or say anything. She
tightened her grip on the duffel’s handles.
Exhaling sharply, she asked. “Am I overstepping my bounds?”
Liam shook his head.
“Um, okay,” Ebony said, frowning. “You…don’t seem happy to
see me.”
“That’s because I’m tryin’ not to jump you,” he said
faintly.
She gave him a half smile. “Jump me?”
“Yeah,” Liam said. She wore exactly what she’d had on
earlier, even the coat, despite the fact it was comfortable in the room without
it. Liam sat on the edge of the bed, still gazing at her, still awed she was
even here.
“I figure…um…” Ebony licked her lips and averted her eyes
briefly before looking back at him. “I brought a change of clothes so I could—”
“Come here,” he interrupted. He didn’t need to know the hows
and whys of her presence. He was just thankful she was here.
Ebony shuffled to him, as if he
were a headmaster and she were a naughty child sent to his office; and then the
image of Ebony wearing a short, Catholic schoolgirl uniform had him putting a
pillow onto his lap.
Her coy, yet feminine grin made
things even less helpful to willing away his current state.
“I came,” she told him
unnecessarily.
“Not yet.” She began blushing
and he grinned. “Come closer, sweetness.”
Still blushing, she did as
told. And because his Ebony was a smart woman, she bent low enough so her lips
could meet his. But it still wasn’t close enough for him, so he wrapped his
arms around her waist and forced her to straddle his hips. Her ass was now on
the pillow, but he didn’t care. He had his arms full of Ebony Devane, and he
was a very happy man.
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