Today we have author Skye Warren visiting. Welcome!
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* Skye Warren is the New York Times bestselling author of dangerous romance. Her books have sold over one million copies. She makes her home in Texas with her loving family, sweet dogs, and evil cat.
A look into…
~ Blurb ~
* Blood and sweat. Bethany Lewis danced her way out of poverty. Sheās a world class athleteā¦ with a debt to pay.
* Joshua North always gets what he wants. And the mercenary wants Bethany in his bed. He wants her beautiful little body bent to his will.
* She doesnāt surrender to his kiss.
* He doesnāt back down from a challenge.
* Itās going to be a sensual fightā¦ to the death.
~ Excerpt ~
* Blinding lights. Aching lungs. Thunderous applause. The final show concludes the same way we rehearsed for months, the same way we performed for weeks. My muscles know the movements better than they understand rest. The prospect of after, of what comes next, makes my breath catch. Even as the primas take their bows, relief echoes around the stage. Vacations are planned. Relief for strained muscles. Everyone needs a break, even professional athletes. Iām the only one onstage dreading it.
* We bow and curtesy with practiced grace. The curtain descends to the floor. Almost to the second we break formationāa flock of crows startled from the woods. The more exuberant among us, the young ones, the new ones, the ones using steroids, prance and jete toward the dressing rooms. Most of us limp our way out. One hundred percent of NFL players are injured every season. * Professional dancing is the same. We hurl our bodies through the air, forcing massive impact through tired joints night after night. I catch my friend Marlena in my arms. Her face is white with pain.
* āIce,ā she says. āOr better yetātequila.ā
* I push my shoulder under hers as we exit the stage. āDonāt sell yourself short. You can have both.ā
* A delicate snort. āNot likely. We have to smile and flirt with the old men with big, fat wallets. And for what? I wonāt be here next season. You wonāt be, either.ā
* The reminder clangs inside me like a copper bell. I wonāt be coming to the New York City Ballet after the break. We fall into our creaky chairs in the dressing room. āAre you going to miss it?ā
* āMiss it? Of course Iāll miss it.ā Marlena turned twenty-eight last month. Itās comfortably retirement age for a dancer. āWhen the little children do their terrible pirouettes, when they sneeze and throw up and cry all over my leotard, Iāll think fondly of the beautiful art I left behind. Then Iāll be able to walk home. That wonāt happen if I try to dance another season.ā
* āYouāll make a wonderful teacher. You know you were mine.ā She didnāt teach me to dance. It was my first love, before I learned to flip and contort myself. Before I ever leapt from a trapeze bar.
* Marlena taught me the ropes of the ballet company when I joined two years ago. Most of them thought I wouldnāt last a week. Some of them didnāt want me to. Itās a rigid world, the hierarchy stacked with graduates of Juilliard or the John Cranko school.
* I donāt have a pedigree.
* All I have is a body that does what it must, no matter how much it hurts.
* Which means changing out of my sweaty leotard into a fresh one. Weāre contractually obligated to attend the ball. Like Marlena said, we should smile and flirt with the high society people who attend. Both the male and female dancers have to do it. Itās what convinces the sponsors to write checks that will fund the next season. By the time theyāre rehearsing The Nutcracker Iāll be in New Orleans, the place I swore Iād never return.
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Thank you for joining us here today, Skye Warren! It was a pleasure getting to know you and your story.
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