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Emily Krat!!!!
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Book Title: Flawed and Damaged
Author: Emily Krat
Genre: New Adult/Contemporary Romance
Release Date: 23 July, 2014.
Synopsis:
Two people haunted by their past…
The collision of two damaged hearts…
Meet Elizabeth Williams. She is at the airport on an important work assignment. If everything goes smoothly, after three years of hard work, she’ll get a promotion and a much-needed raise. Elizabeth is putting her life back on track after it was ripped out from under her feet four years ago when she lost her parents along with all her dreams. Standing here, she believes her life is going to change for the better any moment now. Nothing can go wrong, right?
Meet Ryan Price. He came to Moscow on business. Right now, Ryan is standing at the airport looking at a ‘present’ from his brother, judging by the sign a beautiful young woman is holding. Damn his brother for not cancelling this arrangement as Ryan asked.
Miscommunications and misunderstandings and a brilliant love story begins.
There will be a scary flight, lovely breakfasts, long evening conversations, sharing a secret or two, discovering one another, a lot of laughter, tender moments and some tears, a fight and, of course, the I-am-ready-for-the-end-of-the-world kiss.
Somewhere along the way, they won’t be able to fight their feelings any longer.
For the first time in his life, Ryan will experience a different shade of lust. And for the first time in her life, Elizabeth will have to trust despite all of the times she has been hurt.
Will these two wounded lost souls find love, peace and comfort in each other or will they just break each other more? Is it a train wreck of a love story or a happily ever after?
Excerpt
“I
just feel like I’m on the edge of the cliff I am afraid to be shoved
over, so I’m trying to find something, to hold on to some straw, but
maybe in the process I am hurting that straw.”
Suddenly
Ryan is cupping my face in his hands, drawing our faces closer, forcing
me to meet his eyes. And the intensity in them makes my whole body
week.
“Baby,
your constant fight for your grandmother is worth admiring, but you
need to try to think about yourself. Your self-destruction is not an
option, Liz. Now you have me, and I won’t let you fall from that cliff.
You’ll be safe. I promise.” Unable to summon any restraint, I press a
soft kiss against Ryan’s check.
No
matter how perfect things are between us, this will end soon. We’ll
return to our lives. What’s most important is that only I can fix
myself. This is on me to try to make something meaningful out of my
life.
Ryan brushes his lips over mine in consolation and then says, “It’s cold, let’s get inside.”
When we enter the house, Ryan leads me to the couch in the living area, then brings a soft afghan and pulls it over me.
“I found it in the closet.”
He
walks over to the marble fireplace and takes his time building a fire. I
trace his every move with my eyes, trying to commit everything to
memory. I might also do some ogling of his cute butt, shown off nicely
in blue jeans.
When
Ryan turns to me, his arms are folded. “Are you blaming yourself for
being here with me instead of being by your Granny’s side?”
“No,
Ryan. I’m not.” My answer is truthful. I feel a little guilty, but it’s
who I am. I always overthink everything. “I put my own life on hold, on
the second plan so many times, that it’s … It’s weird to enjoy life
without feeling guilty, but you need to know I haven’t been so happy in
my entire life, Ryan. You make me deliriously happy.”
“Want me to see if we have a hot cocoa to raise your mood?”
Staring
into the burning embers and flames licking the wood, I think of
something else that can cheer us both up. “I want something else.”
“Anything, just say a word.”
“Make love to me, Ryan.” I want him to take charge not only of my body, but also of my feelings and my senses.
Ryan
complies without hesitation. We undress each other slowly, layers of
clothing coming off until we are skin to skin. And then he makes sweet
love to me on the plush carpet in front of the fireplace. The man I love
takes his time with me, his fingers paying particular attention to all
the right places, kissing me everywhere, making me crazy with sexy
whispers and intense stares. I do the same with him, memorizing his
every line, every inch with my lips and hands.
The
intense need, red-hot need, takes over every cell in my body, every
space in my mind. I surrender myself to physical desire. And the heat of
our passion leaves no space for grief and regrets.
Before we fall asleep nearly at dawn, Ryan murmurs in my ear, “I’ve never been so happy in my entire life, either, Liz.”
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About the Author:
Emily Krat is an independent author of Damaged Hearts Series who lives with her loving husband and her wild imagination. Always an avid reader who consumes whole books in a single day, she is ecstatic to now be on the other side of the page. For her writing stories and developing ideas for novels is a true passion and a dream come true.
Emily is a chocolate junkie, Grey’s Anatomy fan, and admirer of good music. She loves summer rains, warm blankets on cold winter nights, as well as traveling, sleeping in late, watching TV shows, cooking, and baking. When she’s not writing or rewriting, she loves spending time with family and friends.
Emily loves to hear from readers. To get write to her directly at emilykratauthor@gmail.com
Interview With Emily Krat:
- Can you tell us a little about your book?
The
first book in the Damaged Hearts Series, my debut novel, is called
Flawed and Damaged. It’s a New Adult/ Contemporary Romance novel.
And it’s about chance encounters, falling in love, opening up to
another person completely and healing.
- Do you have a title for book 2?
The
working title is ‘Fears and Scars’ but it still may be changed. I
came up with ‘Flawed and Damaged’ a month before it was
published. Before being ‘Flawed and Damaged’ is was called ‘Here
I am’.
- When can we expect the second book in Damaged Hearts to come out?
I
hope it will come out late spring 2015. It is taking me a bit longer
than I expected, but the most important thing is to give my readers
the best book I can write. I also understand that people are waiting
so I am trying to be as fast as I can.
- If your book was made into a movie, who would play Elizabeth and Ryan?
A
movie would be a dream come true. I am a huge fan of Henry Cavill, so
I imagine him as Ryan. As for Elizabeth, I truthfully have no one in
mind. But I am all for discovering new unknown talents in the acting
field.
- Do you have a favorite spot to write?
I
love to write in the open air – on a balcony or at a café terrace
while watching people. But since I live in a flat and it’s a cold
season now, I write wherever I can – in the kitchen, in my bed or
some comfy couch. Changing locations is also important to me. Like
each spot for a deferent mood – sweet, angsty, sexy.
- What's your favorite TV show?
It’s
hard to name only one since I love TV shows, so I will name a few –
Good Wife, Grey’s Anatomy, How to Get Away with Murder, Gossip
girl, Vampire Diaries, Bitten, Big Bang Theory and Scandal.
- Do you listen to music while you write?
Yes,
I always do. Here is my playlist for Flawed and Damaged -
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLa-n0DapFFkykPLchMjPCKr4gsgDVn5Hi.
And I already started one for the second book, but it’s not
complete yet.
- When did you know you wanted to write a book?
I’ve
been writing since I was a kid, but for some reason I never
considered publishing anything. I guess I was busy getting a degree,
then being a teacher and I only looked at writing as a hobby. One day
I came up with how Ryan and Liz would meet and wrote it down. Then
more and more chapters were added. After several months, I reread
everything and decided I wanted this story to be read by others and
not only me. It deserved to be shared. It’s a blessing other people
seem to enjoy it too :)
- What's one random fact about yourself that you can share?
I
can’t fall asleep without curtains being closed. Even if I do, I
wake up in a couple of hours feeling scared and I can’t go back to
sleep.
- Are you attending any author signings this year?
Unfortunately,
not this year. I plan to publish at least two books in 2015 –
Flawed and Damaged #2 and a stand alone I am also working on. If
everything goes as planned, I will attend some events in 2016. I
really hope I will.
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