{"id":25394,"date":"2017-09-07T11:00:53","date_gmt":"2017-09-07T15:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/?p=25394"},"modified":"2017-09-10T21:36:19","modified_gmt":"2017-09-11T01:36:19","slug":"excerpt-reveal-the-outskirts-the-outskirts-duet-book-1-by-t-m-frazier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/?p=25394","title":{"rendered":"Excerpt Reveal: The Outskirts (The Outskirts Duet, Book 1) by T.M. Frazier"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Swamp is about to get a whole lot hotter! The Outskirts by T.M. Frazier is coming September 12th!<\/i><\/strong><\/h4>\n

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The Outskirts
\n(The Outskirts Duet, Book 1)<\/strong><\/h4>\n

by T.M. Frazier<\/strong><\/h4>\n

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PAPERBACK<\/a> is LIVE! Grab yours today!
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Ebook releasing September 12, 2017
\n<\/strong>Pre-order today!!<\/strong>
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Blurb<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Sawyer wants a life of her own.
\nFinn wants to forget he ever had one.<\/p>\n

After a tragedy, Finn Hollis escapes
\ninto the swamp to be alone.
\nThat is until Sawyer Dixon shows up,
\nall SCORCHING HOT innocence,
\nclaiming she owns the land less than
\nfifty feet from his front door.<\/p>\n

Sawyer gets under his SKIN, but even worse?
\nShe makes him WANT things.
\nThings Finn hasn\u2019t wanted in a very very long time.<\/p>\n

Finn WANTS Sawyer gone.
\nAlmost as much as he wants her in his BED.<\/p>\n

*The Outskirts is Book One in the Outskirts Duet.*<\/span><\/p>\n

Find\u00a0The Outskirts\u00a0<\/em>on GOODREADS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Excerpt<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Sawyer <\/strong><\/p>\n

My throat tightened and a heaviness grew in my chest like my heart didn\u2019t know whether to beat faster or stop beating altogether. \u201cDid you leave me all this to show me the life you could\u2019ve had, but didn\u2019t? Why!?\u201d I pounded the wheel again and then again, and again and again until my vision was blurry and all I could see was the redness of my own heated rage. \u201cYou\u2019re a fucking coward! You fucking COWARD!\u201d I screamed to no one, pounding on the wheel until the skin across my knuckles split and blood dripped between my fingers. <\/span><\/p>\n

Strong hands bit into my biceps, yanking me from the cab. I was spun around by my shoulders and found myself face to face with Finn. \u201cI like it when you swear,\u201d he said, pressing close.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cFinn, get off me! Get off me! Let me go!\u201d I wailed, struggling to free myself from his grip. Kicking out my legs only to connect with the air as he evaded my every move. <\/span><\/p>\n

A growl tore from his throat. Finn picked me up and walked me to the back of the truck, setting me on the open tailgate. He pushed himself between my legs and hovered over me to keep me from leaping off.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cLet me go,\u201d I demanded, pushing at his hard chest. \u201cI don\u2019t have time for your broodiness right now.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

Finn held my wrists together with one hand. \u201cNo, of course you don\u2019t. You\u2019re too busy tearing up pictures and screaming at no one.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cLet me go,\u201d I repeated. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cNo,\u201d he said between clenched teeth. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cJust go! Leave me alone. Leave meeeeeee!\u201d I wailed as I pounded against his stone chest. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cYou don\u2019t want to hit me,\u201d he warned, his eyes hardened. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThen let me go.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWhy?\u201d He stepped in closer, unaffected by my attempt to fight against him. My inner thighs were touching his outer thighs. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cBecause she did!\u201d I screamed, my eyes sprang open to find his cold blue gaze. \u201cShe could have run anywhere and taken me with her. Instead she left him but she left me too. She was a coward who couldn\u2019t make the right decision and I love her. I love her\u2026but I hate her. I hate her so much\u2026so\u2026\u201d I was interrupted when Finn\u2019s lips pressed against mine, momentarily rendering me stupid. I pointed my toes toward the sky to avoid my initial instinct which was to wrap my legs around him. It was so consuming that I momentarily forgot to fight him off, but I didn\u2019t need to, he pulled his lips from mine. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cStop doing that,\u201d I said. I pushed him off but he stayed between my legs, his hands on my bare back just under the hem of his big t-shirt I was wearing. His gaze hardened. I could see the conflict written in his lined forehead and the deep V between his eyes. I had no doubt the conflict had everything to do with me. <\/span><\/p>\n

And kissing me. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s your fault that I do it,\u201d Finn said, his voice deep and smooth against my chin and then my neck. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cSo that\u2019s your plan? Kiss me every time you want to shut me up?\u201d I asked, still feeling every bit of my anger but also feeling something else. Something that sent tingles between my legs and an ache in my core. \u201cThank you for saving me. Really. Thank you. I appreciate it,\u201d my voice cracked. \u201cBut you can just leave me alone now. And please, STOP kissing me.\u201d My words a whisper.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m going to kiss you whenever I want to kiss you,\u201d Finn stated as if I didn\u2019t have a say in the matter. <\/span><\/p>\n

The early morning sunlight highlighted the beads of sweat trickling from his shoulders down his broad chest and across the valleys of his defined abs. He was standing so close that we were breathing in each other\u2019s air.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWhenever you want to kiss me?\u201d I laughed. \u201cI don\u2019t understand you. I don\u2019t understand any of this. You\u2019re always mad at me. Why did you save me? Why do you keep kissing me when you\u2019re always mad at me?\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s when I\u2019m pissed off at you that I want to kiss you the most,\u201d Finn said, his voice flowing over my skin like a silky blanket. He slid me closer so I could feel the outline of his rigid erection as if he were proving a point. He lowered his lips to mine and consumed my mouth in a greedy kiss that had me shaking with need and spinning with confusion. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cDo you always kiss everyone you hate?\u201d I asked, yanking my lips from his. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cDoes this feel like hate to you?\u201d he growled pushing his hard length between my legs.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The Outskirts Duet<\/strong><\/h4>\n

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The Outskirts (#1)<\/strong>
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\"\"Outskirts Duet<\/strong>
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About the Author<\/strong><\/h4>\n

\"\"<\/a> T.M.Frazier is a USA TODAY bestselling author. She resides in sunny Southwest Florida with her husband and her young daughter.<\/span><\/p>\n

When she\u2019s not writing she loves talking to her readers, country music, reading and traveling. Her debut novel, The Dark Light of Day was published in September of 2013 and when she started writing it she intended for it to be a light beachy romance.<\/span><\/p>\n

Well\u2026it has a beach in it!<\/span><\/p>\n

Stay up to date with T.M. by signing up for her NEWSLETTER<\/a> today!<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Check out our T.M. Frazier\u00a0Author Spotlight<\/a>\u00a0for more books!<\/strong><\/h4>\n

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