Title:
When I’m with You
Author:
Cecilia Gray
Release
date: December 2012
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Kat is destined to be a star and her
big break has arrived at last! As the assistant to a celebrity
classmate on the set of a feature film, she's going to show everyone
she has what it takes. That is, until she discovers pursuing her
dreams may mean forfeiting her heart. Unless she can find a way to
have both…
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Don't miss the rest of the Jane Austen
Academy series, where sassy girls, hot guys and Jane Austen collide!
Book 1: Fall For You (Lizzie)
Book 2: So Into You (Ellie)
Book 3: When I'm With You (Kat)
The Jane Austen Academy series are
modern retellings of Jane Austen classics set at a beachside
California boarding school.
The last thing that the girls at the
elite Jane Austen Academy need is hot guys to flirt with. But over
the summer the school has been sold, and like it or not, the guys are
coming. And it’s about to turn the Academy—and the lives of its
students—totally upside down…
Kat pulled the edges of her hat down
over her ears. What had she done? She’d turned sweet Henry into a
paranoid freak. “Careful,” she squealed as he swerved the truck
across three lanes toward an exit, following his father’s car.
“This isn’t the way to the
convention center,” he said grimly.
“I’m sure he’s just getting gas,”
Kat said. “Even if he is seeing Scarlett, he wouldn’t meet her in
his extraordinarily recognizable Tesla, would he?”
“I don’t know what he’d do,”
Henry said, his voice rising. “I never thought he and my mom would
spend Christmas apart, but all of a sudden she has a project at some
museum in Paris that she just can’t miss, and she calls but only
speaks to me and not to him, so maybe I don’t know anything.”
Kat’s heart sank as she watched
Henry’s face contort and crumble.
“Tom Trenton proposes to long-time
girlfriend beneath the Eiffel Tower. Tom Trenton celebrates fairytale
marriage in Paris. Those weren’t just headlines. I thought that
was their life. I thought their marriage was perfect.” Henry
slapped the steering wheel. “I sound like a ten-year-old.”
“It’s okay,” Kat said soothingly.
“Their marriage probably was perfect…while it was perfect. But
people change. Your dad…your parents are just people, too. Every
emotion you’ve been taught to harness…every human flaw you’ve
trained to portray in your character…they have those.”
“I know.” Henry turned to her and
his brown eyes looked deep into hers. “I know my dad’s flaws. I
know when he wants something, he goes for it and damn the
consequences. That’s what makes my father Tom Trenton. That’s the
problem.” He turned his attention back to the road and followed the
car into the Canyon, making sure to stay several cars behind the
Tesla.
“Do you know where Scarlett Hill
lives?” Kat asked.
Henry shook his head. “I heard it was
closer to the coast. Not all the way out here.”
“He’s waiting for a gate.” Kat
pointed ahead.
Henry drove past his father, then
carefully turned down the next street and parked behind a manicured
bush. They watched as the gate of a large property slowly rolled
open, and he drove inside.
“Who lives there?” Henry jumped out
of his truck.
Kat quickly unbuckled her seatbelt to
follow. “Are you sure this is a good idea? If anyone spots
you—paparazzi—they might suspect something.”
Henry stopped, anxiously chewing the
inside of his cheek. Then he threw up his hands and said, “I have
to know.”
They walked down the tree-lined
sidewalk of the ritzy community. Another car came down and Henry
turned, pushing Kat up against the manicured bushes. He covered her
body with his, his face close to hers, both hats acting as shields.
“Act natural,” he said.
But she could barely hear him over the
beating of her heart. His hands lay lightly against the green
branches on either side of her hips. Once the car passed, he must
finally have realized how close he was, because his head snapped up.
Their eyes met, and his breathing quickened.
Kat looked away, taking in patches of
him. His shirt clung at his collarbone. A tuft of hair over his ear
had grown back faster than the rest and she wanted to brush back the
downy softness. His chest rose and fell with each breath. His lips
parted.
About
the Author
Cecilia
Gray lives in Oakland where she reads, writes and breaks for food.
She also pens her biographies in the third person. Like this. As if
to trick you into thinking someone else wrote it because she is
important. Alas, this is not the case.
Cecilia
has been praised for "instilling a warmth and weight into her
characters" (Romancing The Book Reviews) and her books have been
praised for being "well-written, original, realistic and witty"
(Quills & Zebras Reviews).
Her
latest series of young-adult contemporary Jane Austen retellings was
named a What's Hot pick (RT Book Reviews magazine) and is a Best of
2012 pick (Kirkus Reviews) where it was praised for being a "unique
twist on a classic" and offering "a compelling mix of
action, drama and love."
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new series for me and one I'm definitely checking out further
ReplyDeleteThese books look so great, I can't wait to read them! :)
ReplyDeleteI have not read any of these, but I would like to. Sounds good.
ReplyDeleteThanks for commenting ladies.>:)
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