When the only choice is to run…
Jewelry designer Sophie Burke has fled Maine for the
anonymity of the big city. She’s starting over with a job she tolerates and a
grungy motel room she calls home on the wrong side of town, but anything is better
than the nightmare she left behind.
Stone McCabe is Ethan Cooke Security’s brooding bad boy more
interested in keeping to himself than anything else—until the gorgeous blond
with haunted violet eyes catches his attention late one rainy night.
Stone reluctantly gives Sophie a hand only to quickly
realize that the shy beauty with the soft voice and pretty smile has something
to hide. Tangled up in her secrets, Stone offers Sophie a solution that has the
potential to free her from her problems once and for all—or jeopardize both of
their lives.
Read an excerpt from Saving Sophie:
Sophie glanced
around one last time at the town she’d called home for more than twelve years
as Dylan merged south on the onramp towards Brunswick, knowing she would never
come back to the place where she and her mother had made their fresh start.
“Your train leaves
at nine. We should make it in plenty of time.”
“I’ve never traveled
by train.”
“Me neither.” Dylan
moved into the right lane, letting faster traffic pass. “Have you decided where
you’ll go?”
She shook her head,
even though she’d thought of little else since she woke this morning, knowing
today had to be the day. “Somewhere big. Somewhere where he can’t find me.” She
swallowed. “He’ll look. He’ll never stop,” she said, staring into the side
mirror, waiting for the black Mercedes to rush up behind them and force them to
pull over. “You have to be careful.”
Dylan huffed out an
amused laugh. “That bastard doesn’t scare me.”
She wished he didn’t
scare her either. “Be careful anyway.”
“I will, but he’s a
coward.”
“No more than me,”
she murmured, glancing down at the hints of bruised skin peeking out from under
her sleeves.
Dylan tossed her a
look. “Don’t go there.”
She sat back fully
in her seat, unable to take her eyes off the mirror until Dylan eventually
exited the interstate and drove toward the center of town, stopping in front of
the Amtrak station as the train pulled up.
“Looks like you
won’t have to wait.” She set the emergency brake and searched through her
purse. “Here’s my license.” She handed over the Maine ID and paper ticket she’d
bought and printed when Sophie gave her the green light from her kiosk at the
mall. “We don’t look all that different with your wig, so this should get you
your next ticket in Boston.”
“Thank you.” Sophie
leaned over and gave Dylan a big hug. “Thank you so much. I wouldn’t have been
able to do this without you.”
“Don’t look back,
Sophie.” Dylan eased away, squeezing her hand. “Get out of here and never look
back. Here are the phone numbers for the Stowers house shelters in Baltimore
and LA I told you about—just in case.” She handed over the March copy of Trendy magazine with papers sticking out
from the edges.
“Thanks. Please
don’t forget to put flowers on my mother’s grave.”
“I won’t.”
She nodded and
hugged Dylan for the last time. “Bye.”
“Bye. Take care of
yourself.”
“I will.” Sophie got
out, sliding her backpack on her shoulder as she made her way to the bored-eyed
man at the ticket kiosk.
“Ticket and ID,
Ma’am.”
Sophie handed over
both, holding her breath, waiting for her plan to fall apart.
“Safe trip.” He gave
them back.
“Thank you,” she
murmured, letting loose a shaky exhale as she turned and moved toward the
train, wanting to run instead of walk. She boarded the first available car and
stared out the window as she sat down, watching Dylan pull out of the lot in
the rusty hatchback, already missing the only person she’d had a connection
with. She bobbed her leg up and down, struggling to keep her fidgeting at bay.
Minutes passed, feeling like hours, until finally the doors closed. The train
jerked forward, moving toward Boston—the first stop on her journey to freedom.
Did you enjoy the
excerpt? You can read the first chapter
on my website, www.catebeauman.com, or
you can finish the whole book
here!
The Inspiration Behind Saving
Sophie
Stone and Sophie are
as opposite as can be—or so it seems—and that’s why telling their story was so much fun! Readers met Stone in Justice For Abby. He’s a
gorgeous bad boy, more interested in taking care of himself than worrying about
anyone else. Stone’s a hard-ass. There’s no other way to say it, but everyone
has an achilles’ heel. That’s what drew
me to Ethan Cooke Security’s latest bodyguard.
I kept asking myself what type of woman had the power to bring a man
like Stone McCabe to his knees. Enter
Sophie Burke, a shy jewelry designer dealing with lots of trouble, and you just
might have your answer.
I hope you enjoy
Sophie and Stone as much as I enjoyed writing them!
~ Cate
The Unofficial Saving Sophie
Soundtrack
Here are a few of the songs that I had on “repeat” while I
created Stone and Sophie’s story! You
can listen to them on my website www.catebeauman.com.
The soundtrack, of sorts, for Saving Sophie:
·
Grey Street by Dave Matthews
·
Sleep by Plumb
·
Come To Me by The Goo Goo Dolls
·
All I Want by Staind
·
I’d Come For You by Nickelback
·
Kiss Me by Ed Sheeran
·
In My Veins by Andrew Belle
·
Only You by Matthew Perryman Jones
·
Feels Like Home by Chantal Kreviazuk
About the author:
Cate currently lives in North Carolina with her
husband, their two boys, and St. Bernards, Bear and Jack. She is the author of
the best selling romantic suspense series, The Bodyguards of L.A. County. Before her career as an author, Cate worked in
special education for 12 years.
“I’m a pretty lucky girl; one
day I woke up and my entire life changed. I saw the light, so to speak, and
decided I was going to be a writer.
Now, four years later, I’m currently working on my eighth novel, Reagan’s
Redemption, which I plan to release in early spring of 2015. I’m very grateful for the support and success
I’ve had.” - Cate
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