He’s twenty-four. She’s eighteen.
His life is exactly the way he’s always wanted it to be...stable.
She’s quite possibly the very definition of unstable.
Noah saved her. Georgina never wanted to be saved.
Growing up, Noah Clark was passed from one relative to the next until he finally ended up living with his abusive, alcoholic uncle in Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina. Thanks in part to the unwavering love and support of his best friend, Ellie Turner, Noah survived those years, escaped his uncle, and grew into the man he is today. Now he runs his own business and lives a pretty normal, no-nonsense life—one where he maintains a high level of control.
Georgina is Ellie’s younger sister. Four months ago, Noah saved Georgie’s life, but he thought that was where his involvement with his friend’s sister would end. Now Georgie has returned home from the recovery facility her parents sent her away to and Noah, still haunted by the night that connects them, can’t stop himself from continuously trying to protect this girl he barely knows. But is he willing to give up all of the control he’s worked so hard to build in his life and risk everything for her? Even more importantly, would she do the same for him?
His life is exactly the way he’s always wanted it to be...stable.
She’s quite possibly the very definition of unstable.
Noah saved her. Georgina never wanted to be saved.
Growing up, Noah Clark was passed from one relative to the next until he finally ended up living with his abusive, alcoholic uncle in Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina. Thanks in part to the unwavering love and support of his best friend, Ellie Turner, Noah survived those years, escaped his uncle, and grew into the man he is today. Now he runs his own business and lives a pretty normal, no-nonsense life—one where he maintains a high level of control.
Georgina is Ellie’s younger sister. Four months ago, Noah saved Georgie’s life, but he thought that was where his involvement with his friend’s sister would end. Now Georgie has returned home from the recovery facility her parents sent her away to and Noah, still haunted by the night that connects them, can’t stop himself from continuously trying to protect this girl he barely knows. But is he willing to give up all of the control he’s worked so hard to build in his life and risk everything for her? Even more importantly, would she do the same for him?
Kill Devil Hills is a book about emotional healing. It
starts out when Noah walks into the bathroom and there is blood EVERYWHERE.
Georgina, his best friend Ellie's little sister, has just slit her wrists.
Ellie and Georgie's brother just died in an accident and Georgie is obviously
not coping well.
After Noah finds and helps save Georgina, her parents send
her to a treatment facility to help her heal physically and emotionally. The
whole time she has been gone, Noah is plagued with worry for her. When she
returns home, he finds that he is drawn to her and most at peace when she is
near.
The two start out slowly and almost walking on egg shells.
Noah doesn't feel right being with his best friend's "kid" sister.
Georgie is convinced he wants her because he wants to keep her safe. As the
story goes along, we find out more about Noah and how he has a dark, troubled
past. Georgie brings a light to his life and he helps bring her strength.
I absolutely love Georgie and Noah together. The love and
support they show just melted my heart. And Noah...definitely swoon worthy.
Love, love, love him! I really enjoyed the growth that BOTH the characters
showed throughout the story. The author did a fabulous job with making the
emotions of each character tangible. I felt the highs and the lows. This is
just a really well thought out and executed story. I can't wait to read more
works by this author.
Dammit, this girl was more drama than I ever bargained for. It
didn’t matter, though. Because maybe, just maybe, she was going to be worth everything to
me.
I retraced my footsteps, followed the stone stairs from the sand
up to the deck, and found the table where everyone, minus Georgie, still sat.
“Where is she?” I demanded, not bothering to be polite.
Three blank faces and one smug face stared back at me.
“Nine minutes,” Ellie answered, checking her phone. “Booyah.
Someone owes me a Coke.”
“I’m serious, Ellie. Where is she?”
Ellie took a giant breath. Then she pushed out her chair and made
a big show of standing to her feet. That easygoing, shit-eating grin that
always lingered on her face—it vanished. And a stern face, one I hardly
recognized, replaced it. “Sit down your ass down, Noah.”
What? “Why?” I asked,
leery.
“Because I have something to say.”
She meant business and Ellie never meant business. So I sat my ass
down.
She sat back down in her chair, as well. “Here’s the deal,” she
said, the entire table drawn into our conversation. Even Rhett seemed
mesmerized. “You’re my best friend, Noah, but Georgie…she’s my baby sister. I
love you, but if you’re not one-hundred bazillion percent sure about her—right
now, right this moment—then you need to stop this. I can’t see her hurt. Never
again. It would crush me.”
My jaw tightened. “That’s not what I want and you already know
that.”
“I know,” she muttered, her voice cracking. Shit. I
never meant to upset her.
And then I glanced up. Something across the room caught my eye.
Georgie. She was talking to her asshole ex or current boyfriend or whatever the
hell he was. I already knew Logan. He was Ben’s friend. I just hadn’t made the
connection between him and Georgie earlier. Before this moment, based on my
past knowledge of the guy, I’d already pegged him as a decent man. But he
instantly became an asshole in my book—because what kind of fool would give up
on such an amazing girl like Georgie? A real fucking asshole—that was who.
Ellie noticed what I’d seen and our conversation ended. All
conversation at the table ended. Georgie stood there talking to the asshole for
what felt like forever. I didn’t charge across the room or do anything
stupid—because, frankly, that had never been my style. I knew when to shut my
mouth, and I knew when to bide my time. And I also realized I knew Georgie a
little better than I thought.
At work earlier, I’d spent a full thirty minutes studying her,
memorizing that sexy little body of hers. When she felt comfortable, she had an
easygoing, playful way about her. Not too unlike Ellie. But the Georgie I
observed now, had her arms crossed tightly over his stomach and a rigid
posture. She was wildly uncomfortable and possibly in pain. And every ounce of
my being, every bone in my body, tingled with the need to go save her—to
interrupt her conversation with the asshole, swoop her up in my arms, and just
carry her out of this place.
I was about to go do exactly that because I couldn’t take another
nanosecond of this torture. But then she jetted out her hand and he shook it.
Well, that was a fucking relief. A handshake was about the last thing I’d ever
want Georgie to offer me. It spoke volumes. It told me all I needed to know.
Logan gave her a small, cringe-worthy hug and they parted ways.
Georgie back in my direction and Logan off in the other direction. And as
Georgie turned around, I noticed a little falter in her step as she spotted me
across the room. Heat scorched through my body as her eyes collided with mine.
That moment had come—the moment where I couldn’t go another minute
without knowing what those sweet, plump lips of hers would taste like.
“I’m one-hundred bazillion percent sure,” I whispered to Ellie,
standing, while my eyes stayed focused on Georgie. I left the table, crossed
the room, and gave her the kiss my whole damn body was aching for.
Sarah
Darlington lives in Virginia with her husband and crazy-active 2-year-old son.
She’s a former flight attendant, day-dreamer, traveler, and wannabe
photographer. Her debut novel HE
BELONGS WITH ME, a standalone, was released March 2014. KILL
DEVIL HILLS will be the first book of a three book series. Each
novel in this new series will feature a different couple's story.
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