Promise
Me This by Sarah Ashley Jones
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Genre:
New Adult Contemporary Romance
Summary
Welcome to the South - where the tea is sweet and the accents are sweeter. This Southern way of life is all Charlie has ever known. It’s not until she loses the only person who pushed her to break free of the Southern Belle mold that she starts living the life she needs and not the life her parents forced on her.
Jhett has lived on the edge for as long as he could remember - constantly teetering back and forth between being a rock star and living a normal life. His rebellious and sometimes arrogant attitude is known to get him into trouble, especially with the girls who hang on his every move.
Charlie never thought that a trip to pack up her brother’s apartment would leave her feeling even more unsettled about the grainy details of her brother’s death. Her quest for information leads her straight to his old hangout and into arms of Jhett, who suspiciously knows more about her situation than he ever should.
Only a few questions remain - Can you trust someone based on their word alone? And if you make a promise, how far will you go to keep it?
Jhett has lived on the edge for as long as he could remember - constantly teetering back and forth between being a rock star and living a normal life. His rebellious and sometimes arrogant attitude is known to get him into trouble, especially with the girls who hang on his every move.
Charlie never thought that a trip to pack up her brother’s apartment would leave her feeling even more unsettled about the grainy details of her brother’s death. Her quest for information leads her straight to his old hangout and into arms of Jhett, who suspiciously knows more about her situation than he ever should.
Only a few questions remain - Can you trust someone based on their word alone? And if you make a promise, how far will you go to keep it?
About The Author
Sarah
Ashley Jones was raised in San Diego, California, but currently wrangles her
husband and four dogs in Clarksville, Tennessee. When she's not writing she
works in a pottery studio and comes home covered in paint on a daily basis. She
has a slightly unhealthy obsession with cupcakes and chapstick. She is an
eternal optimist and can often be found dancing and singing to music at any
given time. It's rare to see her not smiling or laughing, but if you do, just
bring her a cupcake and it will cheer her up.
Promise
Me This is her first novel and is a story that weaseled its way into her heart
and wouldn't leave her alone until she typed it up on the computer. She already
is hard at work on ideas for her next book and hopes that the
characters
never stop coming to her. Her huge imagination was always in overdrive as a
child and now she is beyond excited to put it to good use as an adult. She
plans to write as long as she has stories that need to be told.
FIND ME ON
YOU CAN FIND PROMISE ME THIS ON
EXCERPT #1
Music began to trickle through the
backyard. Hannah found the outside stereo system and led me out into the grass.
The backyard was strung with white lights that draped above us, which
illuminated the trees that grew in the corners of the yard. Jhett watched from
the porch while Hannah and I jumped around to the beats on the radio. I was
fixated on him while I danced; he always seemed to draw me in, no matter how
far apart we were.
“Thank you,” I mouthed to him. I knew
Ginger wasn’t the only reason why Hannah had come.
“You love him, don’t you?” she whispered
in my ear as our bodies still swayed in time to the beat.
Hannah’s question caused a fire to rise
through my toes and up into my chest. I never thought about what loving Jhett
would be like. I only knew that I didn't want to find out what life was like
without him.
“I knew it!” she accused me. My response
was a short, knowing smile and nod in her direction. “He loves you, too, you
know.”
I turned to Hannah and searched her eyes;
I wanted to find the truth to her theory. There was a longing in them that told
me she was envious, which made me wonder - was she right?
EXCERPT
#2
The faint sound of laughter drifted over
me and I stretched my leg up and over Jhett’s. Reflexively, he wrapped me
tighter in his arms, tucking me closer into him. I wasn't ready to get up and
have last night officially come to an end.
The laughter returned, only this time, it
sounded as if it were right next to us. In an attempt to shield my eyes from
the sun, I rolled over onto my elbow, using my other hand to block out the
light. I saw two pairs of tiny, sandy feet before I looked up and took in the
giggling little girls staring down at us.
“Holy Hell, Jhett! Wake up!” I flipped
around, completely ignoring the girls. I clutched the top of my dress to my
chest and tried to quickly tie the back into a messy knot before turning my
attention to Jhett, shaking him in a panic. Jhett shot up like a bat out of
hell, blinking the sleep from his eyes and startling the two girls, causing
them to run away in a continued fit of laughter. What a show we must put on.
