Today we have the cove reveal for Cassia Leoβs The Way We Fall! I love this cover, AND Cassia is sharing an excerpt, as well as the playlist for the book. Be sure to read all the way to the bottom for all the fantastic extras!!
Title: The Way We Fall
Author: Cassia Leo
Genre: Contemporary romance
Release Day: February 20th
From New York Times bestselling author Cassia Leo comes a twisted and passionate love story that pushes the boundaries of loyalty.
Maybe we shouldnβt have fallen so fast and so willingly.
Maybe we shouldnβt have moved in together before we went on our first date.
Maybe we should have given our wounds time to heal before we tore each other to shreds.
Maybe we should have never been together.
Houston has kept a devastating secret from Rory since the day he took her into his home. But the tragic circumstances that brought them together left wounds too deep to heal.
Five years after the breakup, Houston and Rory are thrust together by forces beyond their control. And all the resentments and passion return with more intensity than ever.
Once again, Houston is left with a choice between the truth and the only girl heβs ever loved.
The Way We Fall is the first book in The Story of Us Series, which follows the tumultuous love story of Rory and Houston. The sequel, The Way We Break, will be released Spring 2015.
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Check out the playlist for The Way We Fall:
βI need to talk to you about the work situation,β he says as he follows me out. βI got the contract, but I want to make sure youβre okay with this before I sign it.β
βYou want to know if Iβll be okay working with you?β
I slide the key into the doorknob and Houston places his hand over mine to stop me from turning the knob. βI canβt go in there with you. Please stay out here until weβre done talking.β
I shake his hand off and turn around to face him. βThereβs nothing to talk about. You have to sign the contract. The way I feel about working with you shouldnβt matter.β
βBut it does matter. I donβt want to upset you. You were there first.β
I canβt help but laugh. βSo this is a territorial thing? You think because I was there first that I have some sort of right to keep you out?β His left eyebrow shoots up the way it always does when heβs confused and it nearly renders me mute. βHouston, if I didnβt work there you wouldnβt think twice about signing that contract. So thatβs what you should do. Justβ¦ please stop making this into something it isnβt. We hardly know each other anymore, and thatβs the way itβs going to remain.β
He swallows hard as he lets this sink in. βI guess youβre right. Iβm sorry I bothered you. I only wanted toβ¦ Never mind. Iβll get going. I have to get up early to go sign that contract. Not that you care.β
He shakes his head in disappointment as he walks away and Iβm glad I donβt have anything solid in my hand other than Skippyβs leash or I might throw it at the back of his head. So Iβm the one who doesnβt care? Ugh. Typical Houston and his endless psychological games.
Maybe I should have told him to walk away from the contract, but that would have meant admitting that he still has a strong hold over me. It also would have been the truth and the truth has never gotten me into trouble. In fact, the truth is something my previous relationship with Houston was sorely lacking.
Nevertheless, I donβt need to right the wrongs we made while we were together. I donβt need to tell Houston that the sight of him makes my throat dry and my stomach flutter. He doesnβt need to know that I still go to sleep with scenes from our life together playing on repeat in my mind. Or that sometimes I wake up with his name tumbling from my lips, the remnants of dreams where he never left and nightmares where he hovers just out of reach.
Before Wednesday, the last time I had seen Houston was the day after he met me at the Planned Parenthood clinic. I didnβt ask him to come, and I donβt know how he found the date and time of my appointment, but he was there when we pulled into the parking lot. Lisa, a girl from my Social Inequality class whom Iβd had coffee with a couple of times, had graciously agreed to take me to the clinic. The moment I saw him leaning against his truck, I knew I had to send Lisa home. Houston would insist on taking me back to the apartment after the procedure, to watch over me.
It was the last thing I wanted, to have Houston doting over me after terminating the pregnancy. But it was also the only thing I wanted. It was as if he was performing the last rites on our dead relationship.
New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Cassia Leo loves her coffee, chocolate, and margaritas with salt. When sheβs not writing, she spends way too much time watching old reruns of Friends and Sex and the City. When sheβs not watching reruns, sheβs usually enjoying the California sunshine or reading β sometimes both.
You can also follow her blog at http://cassialeo.com to stay up to date on new releases and giveaways.
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