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Authors: Cecilia Gray
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He lifted his head and ran one finger up her cheek to rest his palm against her face. "Are you certain? Are you not afraid anymore?"
She laid her palm over his hand. "Only of a life of silence, of letting others control us and our fate."
He dipped his lips to her forehead and pressed them there, hard. She felt him trembling against her skin.
"What do you expect happens now?" she asked.
"Now," he said, pulling her close again, "you let me love you. As I do."
She ran her fingers through his hair so they clasped behind his head. "Love me as I love you, instead."
"I expect," he said, drawing her lip into his mouth, "the end effect will be rather the same."
The End
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To say Lizzie and Dante are polar opposites is the understatement of the century. He’s a snooty Exeter transfer with more money than Google. She’s a driven study-a-holic just barely keeping up with tuition. It’s obvious that Dante thinks he’s way too good for Lizzie. And Lizzie knows Dante is a snob with a gift for pressing her buttons.
But things are changing fast this year at the Academy. And when Lizzie’s quest to stop those changes blows up in her face, taking her oldest friendship with it, she has nowhere else to turn but to Dante, with his killer blue eyes, his crazy-sexy smile, and his secrets… Secrets Lizzie can’t seem to leave alone, no matter how hard she tries…
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The Jane Austen Academy Series
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Fall For You: A Modern Retelling of Pride & Prejudice
So Into You: A Modern Retelling of Sense & Sensibility
When I’m With You: A Modern Retelling of Northanger Abbey
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Suddenly You: A Modern Retelling of Mansfield Park
Only With You: A Modern Retelling of Emma
Always You: A Modern Retelling of Persuasion
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About Cecilia
Cecilia Gray lives in Oakland where she reads, writes and breaks for food. She also pens her biographies in the third person. Like this. As if to trick you into thinking someone else wrote it because she is important. Alas, this is not the case.
Cecilia has been praised for “instilling a warmth and weight into her characters” (Romancing The Book Reviews) and her books have been praised for being “well-written, original, realistic and witty” (Quills & Zebras Reviews).
Her latest series of young-adult contemporary Jane Austen retellings was named a
What’s Hot
pick (
RT Book Reviews
magazine) and is a Best of 2012
pick (Kirkus Reviews) where it was praised for being a “unique twist on a classic” and offering “a compelling mix of action, drama and love.”
She’s rather enamored of being contacted by readers and hopes you’ll oblige.
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