Please Welcome my guest blogger Alexa Bourne with HEAR MY CRY.
Alexa
Bourne
HEAR MY
CRY
Book 1
in The Protector Cell series
Bio:
Alexa Bourne is a teacher by
day and a romance writer by nights, weekends, and all school holidays. She also
teaches online classes for writers throughout the year. She writes mostly
romantic suspense (some with paranormal elements!) and is thrilled to have the
chance to share her stories with readers everywhere.
When she’s not concocting
sinister plots and steamy love scenes or traveling and exploring new cultures,
Alexa spends her time reading, watching brainless TV, and thinking about
exercising. Okay, she also spends way too much time interacting with readers
and writers on social media sites. But don’t tell her editors! Find out more
about her and her books on her website, www.alexabourne.com.
Blurb:
Harper Monroe has simple goals- work her day job, pay her
debts and finish college. But life rarely goes as planned. When two lunatics
spouting off weird phrases attempt to kidnap her, Harper’s world turns upside
down and she loses her hearing.
All bartender Scott Jackson wants after work is his couch, a
Longhorn game and a cold beer. Instead, he reluctantly becomes Harper’s
protector. As the two of them work to find out why
she’d wanted, Harper’s hearing returns. Only now she can hear everything.
With more research, they discover Harper is a member of The
Protector Cell, a secret society of men and women with superpowers. Harper
refuses to accept her fate until The Collectors, the people hunting the
Protectors, make her their number one target. Suddenly, Harper will have to
choose: deny her frightening future or use her new skill to save the man she
loves.
Excerpt:
Harper squeezed her eyes shut and pinched
the bridge of her nose. What if she never heard another sound again?
A gentle hand brushed along her arm.
Warmth seeped through the palm. Heat wasn’t what she needed, though. Did the
person have any courage to share?
She opened her eyes. Gone was the stern
looking doctor. Only her hero stood before her, with a soft glance of concern
covering his features. Of course he hadn’t grown since she met him, but somehow
he seemed taller, wider, more of a force to be reckoned with. Yet, he still
held onto a boy-next-door look. His dirty-blond hair held streaks from where
he’d run his fingers through it. The strands fell below the standard male cut,
but still didn’t reach his broad shoulders. Across his chest stretched a black
t-shirt decorated with the words The
Stone Shelter Pub. From her few visits to the bar, she knew it was the
shirt the staff wore.
He pointed to her. Once he gave her the
hand signal for okay, he held his hand out as though waiting for an answer.
Her all right? She had a couple who
wanted to grab her, to use her as a test subject. Defending herself completely
healthy was hard enough. With no hearing, she might as well put a sign on her
back that read take me, I’m at a tactical
disadvantage.
But she couldn’t tell that to an innocent
stranger.
A slim smile was all she could give him.
“I will be.” She had to be, right?
He reached behind him to the table to grab
the notepad and pen. Don’t be scared,
okay? Since there’s nothing physically wrong with you then it stands to reason
you’ll be able to hear again soon.
He’d written the message, but Harper
could see the doubt rumbling through his eyes.
When she pulled her gaze away, it fell on
the bandage covering part of his forearm. An injury he wouldn’t have gotten if
he had walked away. A knot clutched in her stomach. “What’s your name?”
Scott
Jackson.
“Thank you for saving my life.” The
admission brought a whole new wave of worry.
You were
doing pretty good on your own.
With a light touch of her pinkie, she
traced the tape around his bandage. “I’m sorry you got hurt because of me.”
He shook his head. You didn’t burn my arm. There’s no reason for you to apologize.
“But if I hadn’t stopped you…”
He held up one finger, close to her mouth
but not touching. She pressed her lips together, and then he continued writing.
My choice.
Rich green eyes stared back at her with
strength and pride. Moisture gathered in the corners of Harper’s eyes. When
she’d called out to him for help she hadn’t wanted him hurt. For her. “I’m so
sorry.”
He brushed away the tears before they
fell down her cheeks.
She knew it wasn’t fair, wasn’t right,
but she didn’t want him to leave her alone. With his soft touch, his
straightforward words, and his ability to hear, Scott Jackson was the only
person who made her feel safe at the moment.
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Thanks so much for stopping by, Alexa. :)
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