Title: A Tale of Two Centuries (My Super Sweet Sixteenth Century #2)
Author: Rachel Harris
Release Date: August 2013
Release Date: August 2013
Published by: Entangled Teen
Alessandra D’Angeli is in need of an adventure. Tired of her sixteenth-century life in Italy and homesick for her time-traveling cousin, Cat, who visited her for a magical week and dazzled her with tales of the future, Alessandra is lost. Until the stars hear her plea.
One mystical spell later, Alessandra appears on Cat’s Beverly Hills doorstep five hundred years in the future. Surrounded by confusing gadgets, scary transportation, and scandalous clothing, Less is hesitant to live the life of a twenty-first century teen…until she meets the infuriating—and infuriatingly handsome—surfer Austin Michaels. Austin challenges everything she believes in…and introduces her to a world filled with possibility.
With the clock ticking, Less knows she must live every moment of her modern life while she still can. But how will she return to the drab life of her past when the future is what holds everything she’s come to love?
EXCERPT
Austin pushes
the red and black Jet Ski into the water, past the first few crashing waves,
then throws a leg over the side. He turns to me, extending an upturned palm,
but as I watch the water pound against his legs, I slowly shake my head and
inch away. Forget the confusion of the past few minutes or my concern if riding
wrapped around Austin is appropriate…are jet skis even safe? So far, my
experience with modern machines has taught me that they travel at terrifying
speeds. What if I were to accidentally let go and fly off? I don’t know how to
swim!
Austin’s face
gentles and he curls his fingers, coaxing me closer to the watery death trap.
“I’ve got you, Alessandra,” he says. “I promise nothing’s gonna hurt
you. You can trust me.”
The sardonic
guise he hides behind drops for just a moment, but it is enough.
I say a quick
prayer and place my hand in his.
With my legs
straddling the seat, my arms wrapped tightly around Austin’s firm stomach, and
my chest and face pressed against his back, I do not need the extra layer my
wetsuit provides. I am quite warm without it. Under me, the engine rumbles.
Austin grabs my clasped hands, ensuring my death grip. And then we are
flying.
Fear is left
behind me on the beach. My laughter is swallowed by the wind. And I hold onto
Austin. The rest of the world falls away as he powers the machine forward.
Whistling sound envelops us yet there’s also silence in the midst of the roar.
Out here, there’s no room for worrisome thoughts about the future or about the
past. No time for concerns over when I will return or how much I miss my
family. In this bubble of Austin, wind, and water, all I can do is live and
breathe and smile.
Austin spins
us in circles and then we fly straight ahead, free as the winged creatures
overhead. He bounces us over a swell and a spray of water splashes my face,
tickling the skin left exposed from my wetsuit. I squeal, and under my clasped
hands, I feel his taut stomach muscles shake with laughter. Then he takes off
again in another sharp turn, racing in the opposite direction of which we came.
Excitement has me screaming, asking him to go faster. I close my eyes against
the sting of the salty air and the lash of my hair and tilt my head back,
feeling more uninhibited than I ever have before.
More free, more alive…just more.
GIVEAWAY
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