Cover reveal: FAMOUS by Kahlen Aymes! (With Giveaway & Excerpt!)
COVER REVEAL!
FAMOUS by Kahlen Aymes
February 11th
Cover created by Sarah Hansen, Okay
Creations
BLURB:
Caden Carlisle is a world-renowned
superstar with good looks, million dollar movie deals and women throwing
themselves at him wherever he goes. He has it all… but wants nothing more than
a normal life without the paparazzi and glitz.
Brooklyn Holloway is an up and
coming starlet with a solid head on her shoulders and her eyes wide open. It’s
all about art for her and she isn’t looking to star in blockbuster films. She’s
perfectly happy keeping a low profile and doing indie projects with a message.
When fate throws the two of them
together on set; both are unprepared for their undeniable connection. Cade is
drawn to Brook’s down-to-earth wholesomeness and she can’t help the
irresistible pull of his good looks, sense of humor and chivalrous ways... So,
when he begins to think he’s in love with her, resisting is next to impossible,
despite being committed to someone else.
Only when filming ends and the
world's fascination with celebrity invades their bubble, can they decide if the
emotions they felt on set were scripted, or forever.
Excerpt:
Cade moved a little, as if to say
something, and I put a finger to his lips as a tear fell from my eye.
"I couldn't have done this with anyone else. You... brought me
to life. Not just the character, but me. I've felt things with you,
that... that I..." I stumbled over the words and shook my head,
"...didn't even know were possible. I care about you more than you
know."
I struggled to continue because I
was crying softly. I sniffed back the tears as his hand tightened on mine
again. "I'm really going to miss you." I felt a sob well
up within my chest, threatening to break free. "I'll miss you, every
day. I… um, I h-hope you'll al- always remember..." My voice caught
and I had to stop for a minute to keep from sobbing. I took a ragged
breath, my throat seriously aching.
He brought my hand to his mouth to
kiss my palm, his breath hot against my skin. "Oh, Brook..." he
sighed. “This is the worst bloody moment of my life. It’s hell.”
I nodded. "I brought you
something to remember me by, but please don't open it until you get back to
London," I said, wiping away my tears with my free hand. I offered
him a tumultuous smile, but I could barely manage it through my misery.
He took the package and placed a
hand lovingly on the top. His eyes closed and he sighed heavily.
"I don't need anything to
remind me of you. I won't forget a single detail, not a single second of
our time together here," he said softly. "But, thank you for wanting
to leave me with some part of you. It means the world to me."
When his eyes opened, he set the
package on the bed then knelt down in front of me. One of his arms
wrapped around my body and the other came up to cup my face, his thumb
caressing the line of my jaw. My skin tingled where he touched me and my
heart ached at the tears in his eyes. My shoulders started to shake in
silent sobs. It hurt so fucking bad.
"Brook." His
beautiful blue eyes stared right into my heart. "You've always been
stronger than me. You control your feelings so much better, than I."
The corners of his mouth lifted in a sad smile as his fingers brushed
along my jaw.
I gave a little laugh through my
tears. "I'm not feeling very strong right now, Cade.” I took a
shaky breath. "The only way I'm gonna get through this is to believe
that we’ll still keep in touch with each other. I feel so close to
you. I don't want to lose that." A tear slipped from my lashes
and slid down my face.
"There will be things we'll
need to do to promote the movie, so we'll be together again for some of
it." His eyes searched my face as he spoke.
"I'm holding on to that.
You’re so important to me." I swallowed hard and bit my lip against
the pain.
"We will be together again, I promise.
I don’t know how I’ll survive without seeing your beautiful face every
day." I blushed at his words, and gave a shaky laugh, though my
tears fell like rain.
I thought of my photo album gift,
and knew now it was just what he would want.
"As the whole world will
agree, you are the beautiful one." My eyes rose to his face. His
strong features were flooded with a mixture of confusion, sadness and denial.
He would never believe how
extraordinary he was. He couldn't see that he was amazing to everyone who
met him and even millions who hadn't. "I've always found you
beautiful. From afar, I mean. When I watched your movies.
But, who you are inside," I placed my hand on his heart, "is the most
beautiful part of you." I tried to brush a tear away with the
other. “I expected you to be so different then you turned out to be.”
Suddenly his arms went around me
and my hands came around his forearms as we stared into each other’s eyes.
"My God, Brook. I know
you don't want me to say it, and I know I have no right, but if I don't, it
feels like I'll die right here." His voice broke on the words, and
my heart stopped. "I'm SO in love with you." He searched
my face, trying to find an answer in my eyes. Tears were streaming down
my cheeks as I put my hands up to hold his face.
"I love you..." he
whispered, “and I don’t care if I’m going to hell for saying it out loud.”
I could see how urgently he needed me to believe it. My heart
thumped heavily and my breath caught, as I read the truth and emotion in his
dark blue eyes.
"Cade." At that
moment, he was the only thing that existed in my world. I breathed his
name as I kissed his eyes, his nose, his cheeks and forehead so softly. I
opened my eyes, and moved my mouth down to his lips, hovering over his mouth.
Our kisses had always been so
restrained. While passionate, so much was held back. We never
really let ourselves kiss each other like I knew we both wanted to. I
placed a feather light kiss on his lips, and I felt him draw in his breath, as
his lips moved gently with mine. The moment of hesitation was wondrous: a
pivotal moment in the fabric of my life, the precipice. If I jumped off,
it either could kill me, or fill my wings and lift me up to heaven.
I knew this was the time to let
Cade see my true feelings, and to take what I could of him while I had the
chance. I could feel my body and my voice trembling, as I finally asked
for what I'd been wanting for months.
"Cade, will you kiss me
goodbye? As you... not Ryan," I whispered against his lips.
He understood what I wanted, and
his mouth crushed down on mine instantly, our lips parted, our tongues melding
in deep, slow perfection. It was everything… and it wasn’t enough.
As we kissed, we held each other tightly, our arms moving up and down each
other's bodies, and into each other's hair, as our mouths devoured each other.
It was heaven. I never
wanted the moment to end.
He pulled me closer, and I kissed
him back so deeply that surely we would melt together. My tears and
Cade’s mingled on our cheeks. Our kisses softened, still passionate and
reverent. We couldn't bear to separate and continued to hold each other,
still placing little lingering clinging kisses on each other's mouths as his
hands cupped my face and he brushed my tears away with the pads of his
thumbs. He took my lower lip between both of his and sucked on it
lightly. I sighed into him, our breath meshing as he rested his forehead
on mine.
I didn’t want to fight it
anymore. I couldn’t.
How could I have ever questioned my
feelings for this man? I loved him so much it stole my breath.
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Author Info:
I’m a single mother of one
daughter, Olivia. She’s amazing in every way.
I was born in the Midwestern United
States and educated at a private university where I received a Bachelor’s
degree in Marketing and Business Administration.
I’ve always been creative with art,
music, theater and writing. I decided to write a story as a way to build a
network for a business venture. The reader support of my stories and my
overwhelming desire to find out where my characters would take me, soon had the
writing morphing the business. No one was more shocked than I. When readers
began nominating my work for online awards, it took my breath away and only
made me love it more. It soon became clear that writing was, and should be, my
focus.
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