What do we know
about Chloe? Well, besides the fact that she is beautiful, blunt, and blithe,
she has a tragic past. There's a reason Chloe Steele doesn't want to let love
into her life. Her childhood friends are all marrying, or happily involved; but
Chloe...she doesn't let any guy, even Brett, break through her barrier.
Will it take the
one person she never thought she could forgive to finally unlock her heart. Can
he help her fall head over heels in love? Chloe must realize it’s not the love
that kills, it’s the absence of love that makes us bitter, and ultimately
destroys us?
If you liked the twists and turns and romance in the first two books by J. H.
Cardwell, get ready for Chloe, the third book in the Attainment Series. Find
out what the characters from Attainment and Atonement are up to. Who will make
a dramatic return and rock Chloe’s world? Read Chloe as the third in a series,
or as a stand-alone. She certainly holds her own!
The light was blinding.
I was determined to keep my eyes shut, to filter out as much brightness as I
could. My brain, fuzzy and pounding, was clicking away in total confusion. As
thoughts came to the surface, I realized I was laying on something smooth and
soft. Feeling around with my fingertips, I felt a rich, cool fabric. Yep, soft
and luxurious…oh my God, where was I!? My heart-rate picked up and my breathing
became erratic. I jumped up in a prone position, my eyes flying open. Wincing
at the pain and dizziness; my eyes slowly focused on an ornate four poster bed,
in an enormous…
Bedroom! Where was I!?
I felt the blood slowly
leave from my head; and I could feel myself falling back down on the bed, just
as I caught movement from the direction of the door. I hastily patted myself
down to make sure I was, in fact, fully dressed.
“Hey hot head. I was
just coming to check and see if you were awake yet.” That voice…
“Uhhh,” I let out a long
breath. “As you can see, I’m awake.” My voice was throaty and barely
recognizable, even to my own ears. My hand quickly flew to my head. The pain
was like nothing I had experienced before. Then grazing my fingers over
something sticky on my head; my hand withdrew sharply, back to my lap, as I let
out a loud gasp.
“Hey, take it easy,” he
said sitting near me on the bed. “You took a nasty fall, and now you’re sure as
hell going to pay for it today.” I snuck a peek at John out of the corner of my
eye. “I’ll fill you in shortly. Let’s just say six stitches later, confirmation
of a pretty intense concussion, and you were finally released to my custody
around 3am this morning.”
“YOUR CUSTODY!” I made myself jump. My voice started out strong,
with some necessary gusto, but quickly died off. I couldn’t stand to hear
myself. Each syllable caused my head to split more.
“Here, take these so you
can start to drown that nasty headache.” John handed me some white pills and a
glass of water. “A couple of pain pills and a little bit of time, and I’ll
explain everything. For now, just know, I have my assistant downstairs,
available for anything medical you may need.” I got ready to swallow the pills,
but paused and glanced at him with a questionable look.
“What? You really don’t
trust me do you? I promise, they’re pain pills only.” He started to leave then
slowly paused, “and Chloe…” He turned around with a full on stare, freezing me
on the spot, “nothing happened.” His eyes darted back and forth between me and
the bed.
I lifted my eyes to his,
although my eyelids were mostly closed.
Somehow I croaked out,
“Uh, what?”
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Julie has spent
years in the medical field. The first few as a Cardiac Specialty Nurse, and
over the last decade as a Pharmaceutical and Medical Sales Representative. She
has gathered mounds of experience both personally and professionally to pour
into her long time passion…writing. After years of power points in the
corporate world, she is finally pursuing literary fiction/New Adult/Contemporary
romance with her first novel, Attainment, and the now released sequel
Atonement. The third book in the series, Chloe, will be released in 2014. Julie
resides in a small town in NC with her husband and four children. She continues
working full time in sales, exploring her writing late at night and in the wee
hours of the morning when her children are tucked safely in bed.
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