Title: Streamline
Publication date: March 27th 2012
Publisher: Omnific Publishing
Age group: Young Adult
Genre: Contemporary
Buy: Amazon
Description via Goodreads:
Seems like Leo Scott has it all: looks, brains, and athletic talent. He’s captain of his high school swim team with a bright future in college and beyond. But Leo has secrets. His mother’s crippling car accident has devastated his family and left Leo to deal with his father’s abuse, battered and alone.
Leo’s girlfriend Audrey Rose is poised for her own share of success. As one of Florida’s top high school swimmers, Audrey dreams of college swimming stardom. But there’s an obstacle to her glorious rise to the top. Her number-one supporter--her father--is in prison for murder.
Part murder mystery, part tale of young love in a military family, this gripping story takes readers on a journey from Pensacola to Annapolis. Leo and Audrey must band together to rise above the adversity they encounter and find their true selves in the process. When everything’s on the line . . . streamline.
Excerpt:
Leo saw Audrey on T-court before she could see him, and she'd never looked prettier.
She'd pulled her thick auburn hair up high in a ponytail, and a sleeveless white shirt accentuated the soft curve of her breasts and hard definition of her arms. Eyelets and tiny sky blue flowers detailed the shirt, which she'd tucked into a navy blue miniskirt. Beaded sandals completed her cool summer ensemble. Already sweating in his whiteworks, Leo's temperature rose further just looking at her.
Ignoring his mother and her companion, he ran toward his unsuspecting girlfriend. At the last second Audrey noticed him and gave him a dazzling smile. He scooped her up, twirling her around. In that moment, Leo finally released the tension he'd been holding throughout Plebe Summer. It was now Audrey Summer, and the hairs on his body stood at attention as he held her tight.
''I missed you so much,'' Leo whispered into her ear, cradling the nape of her neck.
''I missed you even more than that!''
''Good to know you're still competitive.'' He smirked, holding her face next to his, cheek to cheek. Eventually Leo let go to go greet his other visitors.
*Giveaway*
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That's a great excerpt! This book sounds really good and I'm looking forward to reading it myself. Thanks for sharing! ;)
ReplyDeleteI really liked the excerpt, sounds like something I could read whilst snuggled in bed with a cuppa :) Thank you
ReplyDeleteGreat excerpt/tease! Haha. This sounds pretty good and the cover always reminds me of Tempest :)
ReplyDeleteHi Nicola, thank you for participating on the tour!
ReplyDeleteLove the excerpt, there is just enough mystery and intrigue to make me want to know what happens before and after and the cover is amazing!!
ReplyDeleteReally intruiged by the idea of a book about swimmers! Leo sounds really sweet too! x
ReplyDeleteI loved the excerpt....such a teaser!!! Definitely intrigued and I really want to read more.
ReplyDeleteThat is such a sweet excerpt Nicola, these little teasers are killing me! It sounds like a fab read! Also I love the cover! Thanks so much for the giveaway Nicola! :)
ReplyDeleteThis book does sound interesting even though its not what I'm usually into.
ReplyDeleteThat was an intense and sweet exerpt. THanks for sharing. I don't usually like stories that are intense and fragile, but every once in a while I do and this one looks like a good one!!
ReplyDeleteHaha, great teaser there! That's my favourite genre, what's not to love?
ReplyDeleteI love the fact that even though there are some tough circumstances for each they could still be successful.
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I'm quite interested in a review on this one as the description makes it seem quite exciting but extremely unrealistic. I can do unrealistic sometimes but I am quite intrigued on how this comes together. Thanks for putting this one on my radar. I'll be on the lookout for it.
ReplyDeleteOh excerpts! You know how to tease. :) Competitive teases....
ReplyDeleteThe excerpt was good, but it was the blurb that really caught my attention. I like to see characters grow and triumph over things so that is what I think I will like about this book.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the post and for the giveaway opportunity!
As an orginal Nancy Drew mystery lover, this sounds eight up my alley.
ReplyDeleteSaw this cover a long time ago and I was like 'I gotta have this' and then I read the excerpt and found out it's a mistery and that the MC are swimmers (I used to be a swimmer before med school) so I was like 'GIMME NOWWWWWWW!'
ReplyDeleteI have a weakness and that is to judge a book by the cover. I always do! And I absolutely adores this cover!
ReplyDeleteI saw this book on someone's WOW post awhile back. I read the blurb and was immediately knew I had to read it. The cover is beautiful and I'm very into murder mystery love stories! <33
ReplyDeleteThat excerpt was so sweet! it really makes me want to read it.
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