Welcome to the blog everyone, today I have a special
treat! The talent Kary Rader is here with an exclusive excerpt for her new
release, A Taylor-Made Life. I'm so excited to share this! But first, check out
the blurb and cover!
They lived the
life they were given; they loved the life they made.
Cheerleader Taylor Smith doesn’t want to die a virgin.
Unfortunately, if the terminally-ill leukemia patient doesn't find a lover or a
stem-cell match within months, her fear will become reality. When her cancer
mentor is revealed to be a hottie entrepreneur from California, it seems fate
might finally be on her side.
Tech-geek Gavin Taylor has
everything he ever wanted, except someone to grieve for him when he's gone.
With his melanoma cancer beyond the help of his riches, he agrees to
participate in a cancer patient mentoring program where he's matched with a
dying teen from Texas. Despite his immediate attraction, the Silicon Valley
whiz intends only to provide friendship and happy memories to the beautiful,
young woman who is determined to win his love.
When it's discovered that his
frozen sperm and her harvested eggs could lead to a cure, Taylor's mother
offers to be a surrogate. And Gavin must decide if he can risk the heart he has
never given and a child he'll never know to a girl he just met.
Exclusive Excerpt from A
Taylor-Made Life by Kary Rader
Avery, thank you for having me on the blog
today. I loved A Stiff Kiss. I still think about that story.
My new release, A Taylor-Made Life, is a
story that is so special to me I wanted to share an exclusive excerpt with you
and your readers. The story is about opening up to love
no matter how much life you have left to live. It follows two terminally-ill
cancer patients as they walk the hard road of life and find each other.
This is a scene where Gavin has finally
realized his feelings for Taylor are beyond mere friendship. And because of
their limited timeline, he is proposing a permanent arrangement for them—well
as permanent as any relationship can be in this life.
I hope you enjoy!
Exclusive Excerpt
He feathered kisses down my jaw to my ear
and whispered, “Oh Taylor, what’re you doing to me? My life is slipping away,
and now you’ve stolen my heart.” He nuzzled his face in my neck. I shivered
when warm breath skimmed bare skin.
Oh
Wizards. Was this really happening? Looping my arms
around his waist, I pressed against him and breathed in his fresh scent. Not
spicy like Matt or old like my dad, but like rain in the woods or the mint that
Mom grew in the backyard and put in iced tea on summer days. His heart thumped
hard and steady against my ear, and I smiled. “Does this mean we’re more than
friends?”
He lifted my chin to gaze into my face.
“We’re whatever you want us to be.”
I widened my eyes and tried to process what
he meant. He was leaving us up to me?
He smiled and walked me to the living room.
We sat on the loveseat part of the sectional. “I’ve wasted too much time
already. Time neither of us has to spare.”
Sliding to his knee, he pulled out a
ginormous ring with a honking yellow diamond—wait, that was my ring. The one I’d tried on. A tiny gasp escaped
me, and a wave of waterworks built behind my eyes. I looked from the
sunshine-colored stone back to him.
“I didn’t know at the time why I’d bought
it. At least, that’s what I told myself.” His eyes glinted with emotion he
didn’t even attempt to hide. “I want you to be my wife. Will you marry me?”
My face tingled as the blood drained from
it, and the pulse in my neck beat out a reggae rhythm. “Marry you?” Was that
squeaky mouse voice mine?
Thanks for letting me
share. I hope you consider picking up
A Taylor-Made Life.
Thank you so much, Kary for taking over my blog for a
day!!
To learn more about Kary
and her books, click on one of the links below!
23 July 2013 at 13:49
Thanks for hosting me, Avery! So glad to be here.
23 July 2013 at 14:06
This is a wonderful story. Thanks for sharing an excerpt.
23 July 2013 at 14:11
What a wonderful excerpt!! I tweeted.
23 July 2013 at 15:48
Be still my heart...I love Gavin!
23 July 2013 at 17:08
Oh Wizards, I love their geek talk.
and I hate hate hate proving I'm not a robot.
trying desperately to get pas the faded twisted digits....
23 July 2013 at 17:51
Kary, your writing is so beautiful. I'm going to be starting this story in a few days.
25 July 2013 at 12:28
That was beautiful, Kary! Congrats on your release! :D