SWOON Thursday (#2): Torn by Erica O'Rourke

Hosted by YA Bound

From the book you’re currently reading, or one you just finished, tell us what made you SWOON. What got your heart pounding, your skin tingling, and your stomach fluttering. Shout it out on Twitter with the hashtag #YABound, post it here in the comments, or grab the adorable button above and share it on your blog! We want to know :-)

Here's mine:

He was gentle at first, slow, easy kisses, but I nipped at his lip, once, and then there was nothing slow or gentle, only his mouth crashing against mine, lips and tongue and teeth, one hand tangled in my hair, the other one bringing me closer, and I forgot there was any world at all outside of Luc, here with me.
- Torn SWOON #YABound

And since there is a love triangle, I have to put one up for Colin, too:

He stepped between my legs and hauled me closer against the solid expanse of his chest, the heat of his skin nearly scorching me through our shirts.

- Torn SWOON #YABound

Teaser Tuesday (#1): Torn by Erica O'Rourke

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

• Grab your current read
• Open to a random page
• Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
• Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

My Teaser: (Mine's a little longer than two sentences...)

He touched my cheek, where the flying glass had cut me. "Looks like you caught it pretty good. Close your eyes."

"Why?"

"So I can fix it. Can't take you home looking like you were in a bar fight. What's Cujo gonna say?"

I had a pretty good idea of what Colin would say---none of it good, all of it loud. "I meant, why do I have to close my eyes?"

He shifted. "Feels strange to have you looking at me, I guess."

"I like to," I said without thinking. "Besides, it's not fair. You're looking at me."

He held back a smirk, only partway successfully. "Suit yourself."

- Torn by Erica O'Rourke, Page 184