Delicious Excerpt From M. Leighton’s UP TO ME and Giveaway

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I love Michelle Leighton. We met online a few years ago and it has been a blast to see all the wonderful things happen for her in the past year in particular. I’m sure by now you’ve at least heard of The Wild Ones and the yummy Bad Boys series (and if you haven’t read them yet, do so now!), but I also hope that once you’ve read those that you go back and read her backlist. Bo from the Blood Like Poison series? Oh, he’s my kind of book boyfriend…
I digress.
Today is all about the wicked fun Bad Boys series, and the latest release UP TO ME. I inhaled this book just as quickly as I inhaled the first book, Down To You, and I’m so excited to not only share a sexy snippet from the latest installment of the Olivia and Cash/Nash love story, but also host a giveaway of the first book in the series for anyone who maybe hasn’t gotten a taste of this yummy couple.
First, A Glimpse Into UP TO ME: 

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Up To Me (The Bad Boys, #2)

M. Leighton

January 6th, 2013, Contemporary Romance

Available: Amazon and Barnes and Noble

Happily ever after doesn’t come easy.  But for love, it’s always worth the fight.

Olivia finds bliss unlike any she’s ever known in Cash’s arms.  He sets her skin on fire and melts her heart right inside her chest.  Unfortunately, their happily ever after is short-lived when a shadow from Cash’s past threatens to turn their world upside down.

Dangerous people from his father’s world have discovered that Cash holds information that could put them away for a very long time.  And they’re willing to do anything—and hurt anybody—to get it back.  Giving it up means Cash must choose between the life of his father and the life of Olivia.

Having nearly overcome her wariness of bad boys, Olivia’s trust is shaken when this new threat arises.  Now she finds that Cash is not only a danger to her heart, but his family has associations that are a danger to her life as well.  She soon discovers that there are some situations in life where trust is a girl’s only option.  And this is one of them.  If she’s to live, she must trust Cash with her life.  But to Olivia, that’s much, much easier than letting go and trusting him with her heart.

 

And The Sexy Snippet…From My Favorite Scene:

Cash’s back is to me. I see him run his fingers through his hair and I hear him sigh again.  “I’m asking you to trust me, Olivia.”  He turns to face me.  “Trust in what you know about me.  Because I know, if you stop listening to your fear, you know who I am.  Deep down.  You know me, Olivia.  You know me.”

His voice is sincere. His expression is urgent.  I close my eyes against his face, his handsome face, the face that haunts both my waking and my sleeping world.  I open them again when I feel warm hands cup my cheeks.  Cash is a breath away, his eyes pools of midnight, drawing me in.

“It’s me,” he says softly.  “Stop listening to everything else.  Remember the way you feel when I’m kissing you and touching you.  Don’t think with your head.  You know me.  And when my lips are on yours, you trust me.”  As if to make his point, he dips his head and brushes his mouth over mine.  Sparks fly between us.  As always.  “You trust me, when my hands are on your skin.”  He runs his palms down my arms and then over to my waist where he pushes them up under the edge of my shirt.  Chills break out down my back.  “You trust me when you turn your mind off, when you just feel.”

 

And Now, For The GIVEAWAY!!

 

  • One eBook copy of DOWN TO YOU (The Bad Boys, #1).
  • Book formats available are for Kindle, Nook, or Kobo only. (if you do not have an e-reader you can download the Kindle app for free to your computer on Amazon)
  • Yes, this is open Internationally 🙂
  • Contest ends January 24th at midnight.
  • How To Enter: Simply leave a comment here for a point. If you tweet this post, come back and let me know and that’s another point. Easy peasy, right?

 

 

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Down To You (The Bad Boys, #1)

M. Leighton

 Contemporary Romance

The scorching tale of one girl, two brothers and a love triangle…that’s not. Olivia Townsend is nothing special. She’s just a girl working her way through college so she can return home to help her father run his business. She’s determined not to be the second woman in his life to abandon him, even if it means putting her own life on hold. To Olivia, it’s clear what she must do. Plain and simple. Black and white. But clear becomes complicated when she meets Cash and Nash Davenport. They’re brothers. Twins.

Cash is everything she’s always wanted in a guy. He’s a dangerous, sexy bad boy who wants her in his bed at any cost. He turns her insides to mush and, with just one kiss, makes her forget why he’s no good for her. Nash is everything she’s ever needed in a guy. He’s successful, responsible and intensely passionate. But he’s taken. Very taken, by none other than Marissa, Liv’s rich, beautiful cousin. That doesn’t stop Olivia from melting every time he looks at her, though. With just one touch, he makes her forget why they can never be together.

Black and white turns to shades of gray when Olivia discovers the boys are hiding something, something that should make her run as far and as fast as she can. But it’s too late to run. Olivia’s already involved. And in love. With both of them. Both brothers make her heart tremble. Both brothers set her body on fire. She wants them both. And they want her. How will she ever choose between them?

 

Meet Michelle

 

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New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Author, M. Leighton, is a native of Ohio. She relocated to the warmer climates of the South, where she can be near the water all summer and miss the snow all winter. Possessed of an overactive imagination from early in her childhood, Michelle finally found an acceptable outlet for her fantastical visions: literary fiction. Having written over a dozen novels, these days Michelle enjoys letting her mind wander to more romantic settings with sexy Southern guys, much like the one she married and the ones you’ll find in her latest books. When her thoughts aren’t roaming in that direction, she’ll be riding horses, swimming in ponds and experiencing life on a ranch, all without leaving the cozy comfort of her office.

About Michelle:  I love coffee and chocolate, even more so when they are combined.  I’m convinced that one day they could be the basis for world peace.  I also love the color red and am seriously considering dying my hair.

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Good Luck… And Happy Reading!