Review & Excerpt Tour ~ PLAY ON by Samantha Young
Friday, September 8, 2017
PLAY ON
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Design By Hang Le
Nora
O’Brien chased a dream from Indiana to Scotland, so sure it was the right thing
to do. Three years later she was left in her adopted country with nothing to
her name but guilt and regret.
Until
Aidan Lennox entered her life.
Older,
worldlier, a music producer and composer, the sexy Scot should never have made
sense for Nora. But somehow in each other they found the light they were
looking for, the laughter and the passion—the strength to play on despite their
past losses.
But
when life dealt Aidan another unlucky hand, instead of reaching for her he
disappeared. The agonizing loss of him inspired something within Nora. It fired
her spirit— the anger and hurt pushing her forward to take control and reach
for her dreams.
Finally
pursuing a career on stage while she put herself through college, everything is
how Nora wants it. She’s avoiding heartbreak and concentrating on her goals.
Sounds
easy but it’s not. Because Aidan is back. And for some reason he hates Nora.
He’s
determined to be at war with her.
And
she has absolutely no idea why.
Out September 12th 2017 in digital and paperback edition!
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Read an Excerpt
Silence fell over the car and I
could tell he was lost in his thoughts about it. Wanting to leave him to muse,
I watched traffic. And then I realized we were driving out of the city center.
“So … where are we eating?”
“There’s a pub right on the
promenade at Portobello Beach. It’s a nice day. I thought we should enjoy it
while it’s here.”
That was something people said a
lot around here. Scottish summers were mercurial beasts, with more rain than
anything else, so when the sun came out, we appreciated and made the most of
it.
“Sounds good.”
With Jim, I’d been comfortable
with him from the start. Silence fell between us and I’d never felt the need to
fill it. Similarly with Aidan, the silence between us didn’t bother me. But the
atmosphere between us wasn’t comfortable. I was too aware of his every
movement, watching him out of the corner of my eye as he drove us east to
Portobello.
“Sylvie cares about you,” Aidan
said suddenly.
Warmth filled me at the thought.
“I care about her. I won’t hurt her, Aidan.”
He glanced at me, his expression
sincere. “I know that now, Nora.”
Relief moved through me. “Thank
you.”
“I just want her to be okay.”
“It would be expected if she
wasn’t,” I told him. “She lost her mom. You can protect her from everything,
but you can’t protect her from that loss, and thinking that you can is only
going to make you feel like you’ve failed somehow. And you’re not failing.”
He was quiet so long, I thought
maybe my presumption had pissed him off. But he said, “How did you get so
wise?”
When
it comes to loss, I know what I’m talking about. I didn’t say it out loud. “Born
that way, I guess.”
Not too long later, Aidan parked
on a street facing the water. The sun glinted off the waves in the distance and
I could see the promenade was busy with people eating lunch, walking their
dogs, or just hanging out. The salty sea air immediately put me and everyone
else in a good mood. It was a little past one o’clock so people were on lunch
breaks, but with how busy the beach was, you’d think it was a weekend day.
“Do you think we’ll get a table?”
I said. He insisted on opening my door and taking my hand to help me down.
Warm, calloused skin slid over
mine and I drew in a breath at the sparks of electricity that danced up my arm.
My eyes flew to his. Our eyes locked.
Did he feel it too?
As if I’d asked the question
aloud, he squeezed my hand and closed the door once I was out of the car. To my
shock, he kept holding my hand, leading me down the street toward the
promenade.
“I called ahead,” he said. “I know
a guy who works at the pub.”
I hurried to match his long
strides, my heart banging hard against my chest as I stared up at him. Feeling
my gaze, he looked down and gave me a quizzical smile.
“What is it, Pixie?”
I decided to be honest. “You’re
holding my hand.”
His smile transformed into that
sexy one that cut me off at the knees every single time. “So I am.”
He didn’t let go.
I bit my lip to stop the girlish
giggle that wanted to escape. “Is there a reason for that?”
“So you don’t fly off to Neverland,
of course.” He winked.
I laughed. “Cute. Very cute.”
Aidan stopped to push open the
door to the pub, his beautiful eyes filled with laughter.
I let him lead me inside. There
was an area, a few steps up from the bar on our right, with tables at bay windows
overlooking the water. The place was packed, no tables free at all.
“Uh …” A young woman with bright
blue eyes and short, white-blond hair glanced at the seating and then back at
us. “It’s about a thirty-minute wait right now.”
“Where’s Giggsy?” Aidan asked.
“Right here, mate.” We turned to
watch a guy walking down a passageway by the bar. When he reached us, his eyes
flicked to Aidan’s hand in mine and he shook his head laughing. “They get
younger every time.”
“Fuck off, Giggsy.”
“Nice. And here I’ve been
enduring bleeding ears from these buggers,” he thumbed behind him to the bar
staff, “to reserve you a table last minute on the promenade.” Without saying
another word, he strolled away and Aidan followed. He led us up the platform to
a set of French doors that opened out onto the promenade and to my delight, to
one of only four tables set out there, looking over the water.
A sweet breeze blew up off North
Sea offering a light relief from the rare hot September sun. Gulls cried out as
they flew high in the sky above us.
“There you go.” Giggsy gestured
to our table and Aidan held out a chair for me. “What a gentleman.” His friend
clapped him on the shoulder. Aidan rolled his eyes and Giggsy mock frowned at
me. “Please tell me you’re legal.”
While I was mortified by the idea
that I looked that young next to him,
Aidan sighed heavily. “Have you got a death wish?”
About the Author:
Samantha
Young is the New York Times,
USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling
author of adult contemporary romances, including the On Dublin Street series and Hero, as well as the New Adult duology Into the Deep and Out
of the Shallows. Every Little
Thing, the second book in her new Hart’s
Boardwalk series, will be published by Berkley in March 2017.
Before turning to contemporary fiction, she wrote several young adult
paranormal and fantasy series, including the amazon bestselling Tale of Lunarmorte trilogy. Samantha’s
debut YA contemporary novel The Impossible Vastness of Us was
published by Harlequin TEEN in ebook & hardback June 2017. Play On is an
adult contemporary romance and the first in a brand new series set in Scotland.
Samantha
has been nominated for the Goodreads Choice Award 2012 for Best Author and
Best Romance for On Dublin Street,
Best Romance 2014 for Before Jamaica
Lane, and Best Romance 2015 for Hero. On Dublin Street, a #1 bestseller
in Germany, was the Bronze Award Winner in the LeserPreis German Readers
Choice Awards for Best Romance 2013, Before
Jamaica Lane the Gold Medal Winner for the LeserPreis German Readers
Choice Awards for Best Romance 2014 and Echoes of Scotland Street the Bronze Medal Winner for the
LeserPreis German Readers Choice Awards for Best Romance 2015.
Samantha
is currently published in 30 countries and is a #1 international bestselling
author.
Connect with Samantha Young online:
Website:
http://authorsamanthayoung.com
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