Title: The
Karmic Connection
Author:
Libby
Mercer
Release
date: April 24, 2013
Genre: Chick
Lit/Romance hybrid
Age
Group: Adult (although it might appeal to some YA and NA fans)
Event
organized by: AToMR Tours
Links:
Barnes and Noble - http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-karmic-connection-libby-mercer/1115196368?ean=2940016521626
Book
Description:
What is
the universe up to?
Guilty of nothing more than
working too much - or so they say - Adam Stowe is dumped at a "wellness
center" in the middle of nowhere by a couple of concerned colleagues. When
he meets
Lorraine,
the beautiful and bewitching yoga instructor, his spirits start to lift, but
once he discovers what a flighty fruitcake she is, they drop back down to
subterranean levels.
For
Lorraine Jameson, Luna Wellness Center was a beacon of solace when her life was
falling apart, and she can't stand the way Adam's toxic energy is poisoning the
peace. He embodies everything negative about the life she discarded eighteen
months ago. Despite being fiercely attracted to the arrogant man, she's
determined not to let Adam Stowe anywhere near her heart.
Adam and
Lorraine couldn't be more unsuitable as a potential couple... so why is the
universe so dead set on uniting these two?
The Karmic Connection is a
different kind of love story with a cast of quirky characters and a mystical,
magical New Age-y flavor.
About
the Author
Born and raised in the Midwest, Libby Mercer’s adventurous
spirit kicked in after graduating from high school, and she’s since lived in
Boston, NYC and London. For several years, Libby worked in fashion – first as a
journalist and then as a shopkeeper, and for a while she dabbled in design.
Libby has been a writer for as long as she can remember. She penned her first
book at age seven – a picture book entitled BIG and small. Countless numbers of
stories later, her first book, Fashioning a Romance, was published in May 2012,
followed by Unmasking Maya and The Karmic Connection. Libby lives in San
Francisco.
EXCERPT 1
She walked over and knelt down beside
him. “Adam?” she murmured. She touched his shoulder and he lifted his head with
a wince. “Are you okay?”
“Yeah. I’ll be all right.” He closed his
eyes and when he opened them again, he gave her a wry smile. “I just sat up too
fast.”
She nodded in understanding. “How many
cups of coffee do you drink each day?”
“Usually about seven. Or eight.” He
lowered his head back to his knees. “I don’t suppose you guys have any
aspirin?”
“I’m afraid not.” Lorraine bit down on
her bottom lip. He looked so miserable. Her hands burned to stroke his cheek,
to kiss away his pain, and she was mortified by her inappropriate desire. In
order to prevent herself from doing something unacceptable, she kept talking.
“But I can make you a special tea that will help.”
“Tea. Great.” He closed his eyes again.
Serena looked over from where she was
rolling up her yoga mat, concern written all over her wise, old face. “Is he
okay?” she mouthed.
Lorraine shrugged and then nodded. He would be okay, although she knew how
gruesome he must have been feeling at that moment. She’d been there once.
She felt torn. There was something she could do to help (in addition to the special tea)
but it would probably complicate her feelings further.
Stop
being a baby, Jameson.
In truth, Lorraine really had no choice
in the matter, being bound by oath and all…
“Give me your hand, Adam,” she
instructed, sitting back on her feet.
He opened his eyes in surprise and then
promptly narrowed them in bemusement. “What for?”
Now it was Lorraine’s turn to close her
eyes in irritation, but only for a brief moment. She reopened them and said,
“Pressure points. Just do it.”
He gave her a sceptical look, but he
relented and offered her a hand.
Lorraine did her best not to notice the
perfect shape of Adam’s hand, and she tried to ignore the thrilling sensation
that shot through her body as she took that smooth, warm hand in hers. She did
her best not to notice the way the candlelight gave Adam’s hand a delicious
golden glow, as if it had been lightly glazed in butterscotch sauce, and she
tried desperately not to fantasize
about licking the sweetness off.
Honestly! She needed to get a hold of
herself. She took one deep, cleansing breath after another, and then she balled
her hand into a fist, jammed it under Adam’s palm, found the fleshy bit between
his thumb and forefinger, and she pressed down as hard as she could with her
thumb.
One,
two, three, four.
“Yikes, Lorraine. You’ve got really
strong thumbs,” he said quietly.
“Mm hmm.” She didn’t look at him. She
couldn’t. Why wasn’t he being rude? It really helped her when he was being
rude. Where was that negative energy when she needed it? He was so close. He
was too close. The scent of him was intoxicating. Most of the men she came
across these days smelled like patchouli and sandalwood. Adam just smelled
clean. Like rain.
Goddess,
forgive me. I just want him so much…
Focus,
Jameson! Sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, nineteen.
She tried to slow her breathing, but it
was no use. Her body was out of control. It felt like each and every one of her
nerve endings was waving a sparkler around and a marching band had set up camp
inside her heart. As for her belly, it felt like there were two or maybe
two-hundred trapeze artists swinging through the air down there.
What was going on?! Lorraine shook her
head and peeled her gaze away from Adam’s hand. The studio buzzed with
activity. Frank rolled up his yoga mat. Naomi pulled on a pair of warm, woolen
socks. Joel waved to Lorraine before he left the studio, and she nodded back at
him, smiling goodbye.
Breathe
in… and breathe out. Breathe in… and breathe out.
The deep breathing helped. And it also
helped to avoid looking at Adam and his hand. She locked her gaze on the
candles flickering from the low wooden bench against the wall and focused on
her breathing.
Lorraine was so preoccupied with
maintaining control that she completely lost sight of the matter at hand. She
tried to figure out how many seconds had gone by. Forty-seven? Sixty-two?
Seventy-eight? She had no idea.
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