We are so excited to bring you the Release Day Launch for Ann Aguirre's incredible THE SHAPE OF MY HEART! THE SHAPE OF MY HEART is a New Adult contemporary romance, published by Harlequin HQN, and is the third book in the 2B Trilogy Series.
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THE SHAPE OF MY HEART Synopsis:
Some
people wait decades to meet their soul mate. Courtney Kaufman suspects she met
hers in high school—only to lose him at seventeen. Since then, Courtney’s social
life has been a series of meaningless encounters, though she’s made a few close
friends along the way. Especially her roommate, Max Cooper, who oozes damaged
bad-boy vibes from every pore.
Max
knows about feeling lost and trying to move beyond the pain—he’s been on his own
since he was sixteen. Now it’s time to find out if he can ever go home again,
and Courtney’s the only one he trusts to go with him. But the trip to Providence
could change everything…because the more time he spends with Courtney, the
harder it is to reconcile what he wants and what he thinks he deserves.
It
started out so simple. One misfit helping another. Now Max will do anything to
show Courtney that for every heart that’s ever been broken, there’s another that
can make it complete.
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I WANT IT THAT WAY
AS LONG AS YOU LOVE ME
THE SHAPE OF MY HEART
EXCERPT:
So many questions ricocheted around my brainpan, but Max’s shoulders were
pulled up almost to his ears, his chin nearly on the table. Without looking at
me, he shredded the napkin in his hands into four pieces and then in half again.
The waning sunshine streaming in the smeared window behind him haloed his hair,
so that the highlights shone blue instead of tawny or copper.
“You don’t have to tell me a bedtime story,” I said gently.
“No, you need to know. So you understand what’s going on and why it’s so tense
when we get there.”
“Okay. If you’re sure.”
“I’ll set the stage.” His tone was brittle, uneven, and the bits of paper in his
hands kept getting smaller. “I was sixteen, just got my license. My dad was
drinking, acting like a fuckhead. Business as usual. When he started in on
Mickey, I grabbed the keys. Figured I’d get us both out of there for a while. I
don’t know if you’ve noticed but taking off is kind of my specialty.”
“Between your bike, the garage office, and the place you showed me by the river,
I’ve picked up on the pattern, yeah.”
“I thought I was doing the smart thing, you know? But I was driving too fast and
some asshole blew the stoplight. T-boned us. Mickey got the worst of it… weeks
in the hospital without knowing if he’d make it. Then once he stabilized, we
found out he’d never walk again.” He curled a fist and slammed it onto the
table, making the pizza box dance. “Ironic, huh? I was worried that my dad would
hurt Mickey but I’m the one who—”
“Not true,” I cut in. “That’s a textbook accident. Don’t tell me you blame
yourself.”
“It’s impossible to do anything else. No, wipe that look off your face, Kaufman.
I didn’t open up to make you feel sorry for me. I just want you to know the deal
going in. I mean, my dad’s the biggest asshole I ever met and he hates
me, too.”
“What about Mickey?”
“We weren’t talking much when I left. Every day I think, what if I’d put up with
my old man’s shit for five minutes more? What if I’d picked a fight with him
instead of grabbing those keys? I—” His voice broke on a shuddering
inhalation.
Until this moment I didn’t realize how much weight Max carried on a daily basis
or how good a job he did hiding it. I came out of my chair and rounded the
little table before I consciously decided to make a move. Standing beside him, I
hovered, unsure what to do. He answered the question by wrapping both arms
around my waist and pulling me onto his lap. Unsettled, unnerved, even, I let
him press his face into my shoulder, resting a hand on his head.
His breath warmed the skin of my throat, rousing an inappropriate shiver. Now
is not the time. It wasn’t like I’d never noticed his hotness; he
specialized in a scruffy, soulful appeal that women of all ages seemed unable to
resist. But it was so much better for him to call me Kaufman and confide in me
instead of flirting. At the moment, Max needed a friend. I stroked his back for
like five minutes before he raised his gaze to meet mine.
“Sorry. The closer we get to Rhode Island, the worse I feel.”
“It’s understandable. You have to be worried about how your brother will react
when you see him.” The rest of his family sounded like jackwagons. Though he’d
only told me about his dad, if he had any decent aunts, uncles or cousins, they
would’ve stepped up when his old man went upside his head with a bottle. A scar
like that would take eight or ten stitches, minimum. I imagined Max as a scared
kid with blood gushing from his scalp, and all of my protective instincts roared
to life. People had been calling me a bitch since I was fifteen, and I was ready
to wade in against Max’s family. Yeah, the funeral might be tense and shitty,
but if his family said one fucking word—
About Ann Aguirre:
Ann Aguirre is a New York Times & USA Today bestselling author and RITA winner with a degree in English Literature; before she began writing full time, she was a clown, a clerk, a voice actress, and a savior of stray kittens, not necessarily in that order. She grew up in a yellow house across from a cornfield, but now she lives in sunny Mexico with her husband, children, and various pets. Ann likes books, emo music, action movies, and she writes all kinds of genre fiction for adults and teens, published with Harlequin, Macmillan, and Penguin, among others.
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