The
Beauty
The Beauty & The Thief Series, #1
by Ashlee Taylor
Genre: Romantic Suspense
Release Date: January 30th 2017
Art Gallery owner Emmeline Billings vowed to
keep her parent’s legacy alive by helping struggling artists.
Having lived a shell of a life since their
passing she finds her true self when other family members show their true
colors threatening what she's built.
What she wasn't prepared for was the thief in
the night.
Sebastian Stuart has lived a life in the
shadows. He's watched Emmeline from those shadows grow into a beautiful woman.
Seeing her living a shell of herself, he's
determined to help her. Sebastian re-enters her life when he can no longer
stand by and watch.
He does the only thing he knows how to do -
steals her heart.
EXCERPT
Prologue
Sebastian
The doorbell rang and
the noise resounded through the whole house, I cringed knowing that soon I’d
have to be polite and presentable to my parents’ friends. I knew they had a
little kid, a girl with a weird sounding name. I just hope she didn’t cry and whine
as much as my friend’s little brothers and sisters do.
“Sebastian, can you
come down now? Our guests have arrived.” Mom called out and I groaned.
Throwing down the
controller of my video game, I trudged down the steps venting my anger with
every movement.
“Here he is,
Sebastian my boy.” Dad said, his arm outstretched pulling me into a hug.
“Sebastian, these are our dearest friends, Cecile and Ezra Billings and their
daughter Emmeline.”
“Hello, nice to meet
you.”
“Oh Sebastian, you’ve
grown up so much since we saw you last, I believe you were our Linnie’s age.”
Mrs. Billings commented and I smiled.
“Linnie, darling,
this is Sebastian. Can you say hi to Sebastian?”
A little tiny head
poked from behind Mr. Billings, a big mess of brown curls came flopping out.
Her face lit up as she saw me, as if I was something she’d never seen before.
Her eyes were big and the weirdest color I’d ever seen, purple I think. When
she stepped around to stand in front of me, I looked down at this little person
while she just stared at me.
“Hi Assin.” She said
with a wave, causing my parents and hers to laugh.
“Sebastian.” I said.
“My name is Sebastian.”
“Assin.” She
exclaimed before throwing her arms up in the air and hugging my legs.
“Aww, she likes you
Sebastian.” My mother whispered to me before placing a kiss on my cheek.
“Well, I don’t like
her.” I mumbled low and under my breath so no one could hear me.
Author Info
Ashlee Taylor has always loved to read. She
was practically born with a book in hand. She even wrote short stories and
vignettes for fun at age eleven.
As she grew up reading was put to the side
but the book Fifty Shades of Grey brought back the love of the written word.
Swallowing every book she could get her hands on while befriending authors.
Eventually becoming a beta reader and helping authors work out critical scenes
and plot progressions.
Through this process, Ashlee decided to write
the stories in her head.
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