Isabella's Airman - A Birthday Treat
Birthday Book
Happy birthday to Sofia, my lovely guest today. Let's eat cake while we read on...
In my Out
of Time series I’ve created a sterile future world, where emotions are
hidden, information is controlled, and love is unknown. Time travel is used for
collecting historical data, but it doesn’t always go to plan.
Isabella’s
Airman is the
second in this time travel romance series, but it can also be read as a
standalone.
Here’s
a brief excerpt:
My quiet words hung between us. Inside, I
cringed. There was no reason ever to tell the natives why we were there
or to hint at future tech. Nothing would corrupt the timelines quicker than a
peek at the future, and I felt cold at the secret I almost revealed.
Davy replaced his cup in its saucer, and
then reached across the table and touched the back of my hand. My gaze leaped
to meet his. “Maybe when I go on leave next time, you might come with me? I
could take you to Hadrian’s Wall and to sample my mum’s baking.”
Shame flooded me at the deception I was
creating. I couldn’t look at him. I tucked both hands in my lap and stared down
at the table. The tea left a bitter taste in my mouth, or maybe that was guilt?
This was so unfair.
I didn’t even realize I was trembling until
Davy spoke in a low, pained voice. “I’m sorry, Isabella. I didn’t mean to make
you feel uncomfortable.”
Looking up, I saw the hurt in his eyes and
the way his jaw tightened. “I’m sorry,” I blurted. “I can’t do that.”
His mouth twisted, but he didn’t look away.
“I’ve only known you a couple of days, and I know it’s too soon to be making
plans, so don’t say no. Not yet.” He hesitated. I wondered if he could hear how
loud my heart was pounding. “Let’s just take it as it comes. One day at a
time.” His lips curved in a ghost of a smile. “Can we do that?”
I longed to say yes. This was supposed to
be a fact-finding exercise and a step toward an excellent grade for the field
trip. Over a pot of tea in a bustling café, it had grown into something I didn't recognize.
“Isabella?” His voice was soft, coaxing me
to speak. I remembered when he said my name that first night. The gentle lilt,
the way it rolled off his tongue like an endearment. I swallowed. I was in way
over my head already.
Still he watched me. Tension vibrated in
the air. I couldn't say yes, but it would kill me to say no. The paper I’d
written was meaningless. Their chances of survival—this man’s chance—was
dependent on more than proximity to home. He wanted someone to come back to.
There was a lump in my throat the size of a
rock. “One day at a time.”
His smile
was real this time. “That’s all right, then.” He slid the plate of forgotten
carrot cake toward me. “We start with cake.”
Giveaway
Birthdays
are always an excuse for presents, right? So here are my gifts for you.
Leave a
comment to tell me the best birthday present you ever had, and you’ll go into a
draw to win this bundle:
-
an
ecopy of Lila’s Wolf (Out of Time #1)
-
a
$5 Amazon gift card
-
a
swag pack of fridge magnets and postcards
Time travel student Isabella Gillman is
about to embark on her most challenging assignment--leaping back to 1941 to
observe World War II. The rules are simple: don’t get emotionally involved, and
don’t interfere.
She breaks the first rule when she falls
in love with rear-gunner Davy Porteous. The second is on its way out as well,
when she realizes history says he won’t survive the war. Torn between the
fundamental laws of her society, and the man she loves, Isabella faces a harsh
reality: does she risk both their lives for a future that may not happen?
She can’t predict the results if she
corrupts the timelines, but without her actions, Davy is out of time.
Watch the trailer: https://youtu.be/81eQC1WmBks
Author
links: www.SofiaGrey.com
Author
bio:
Romance author Sofia Grey spends her days managing projects
in the corporate world and her nights hanging out with wolf shifters and alpha
males. She devours pretty much anything in the fiction line, but she prefers
her romances to be hot, and her heroes to have hidden depths. When writing, she
enjoys peeling back the layers to expose her characters’ flaws and always makes
them work hard for their happy endings.
Music is
interwoven so tightly into my writing that I can’t untangle the two. Either I’m
listening to a playlist on my iPod, have music seeping from my laptop speakers,
or there’s a song playing in my head – sometimes on auto-repeat.
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