Dance (37 page)

Midian
Sosa endured all my meltdowns while I was
writing,
and
all my nervous freak-outs when the book was ready for beta reading.
She
beta read it, proofread it, gave me feedback, encouraged
me and helped in any way she could.

Charmaine
Butler who beta read and proofread, and was the first person to finish reading
the book. She was the first person to give me positive feedback and stop me
from pulling my hair out while waiting for people’s reaction. Oh, and she’s an
excellent cherry pie maker.

Kathryn
Grimes was one of the first people I told about writing DANCE and she welcomed
the idea wholeheartedly, giving me the thumbs up. She also beta read, and gave
me invaluable feedback.

Veronica
Bates, who also beta read and loved the book, saying the things I needed to
hear when I was riddled with self-doubt. You know me so well, V.

Kelly
Schwertner
who got to experience the MM romance genre
for the first time when beta reading DANCE – seriously, she didn't even know
what MM stood for! I was very nervous what she’d think of it, and when she
texted me to say how much she loved it, I was so relieved! Thanks, Kelly, for
giving my book a chance and I hope that won't be the last MM romance book
you’ll read.

Kellee
Fabre who beta read and wrote such a lovely, sweet review that made me
grin
like an idiot.

All
those people supported me and my work, no questions asked. I’m so lucky to have
such people in my life. Thank you!

I’ve
written about love at first sight before, and I’ll continue to write about it
in the future because I truly believe in it. It’s real – I know, because I’ve
lived it. I still am living it. My husband and I met eleven years ago and have
been together ever since. He endures all my crazy while I write, all my tears,
all my ramblings about books and characters and series and covers... He’s my
lobster and I love him.

My little boy who is such a lovely, smart, funny person and
inspires me every single day.

All
the bloggers, readers and reviewers who took the time to read the book and give
me feedback – thank you, guys!

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Hi, my name is
Teodora
and I live in London with my husband Ted and my son
Jason. I've been writing ever since I can remember, but it became my full time
job in 2010 when I decided that everything else I've tried bores me to death
and I have to do what I've always wanted to do, but never had the guts to fully
embrace. I've been a journalist, an editor, a personal assistant and an
interior designer among other things, but as soon as the novelty of the new,
exciting job wears off, I always go back to writing. Being twitchy, impatient,
loud and hasty are not qualities that help a writer, because I have to sit
alone, preferably still, and write for most of the day, but I absolutely love
it. It's the only time that I'm truly at peace and the only thing I can do for
more than ten minutes at a time - my son has a bigger attention span than me.
When I'm procrastinating, I like to go to the gym, cook Italian meals (and eat
them), read, listen to rock music, watch indie movies and True Blood re-runs.
Or, in the worst case scenario, get beaten at every Nintendo
Wii
game by a six-year-old.

CONTACTS

www.facebook.com/teodorakostovaauthor

www.teodorakostova.blogspot.com

[email protected]

@
Teodora_Kostova

Also by
Teodora
Kostova

IN
A HEARTBEAT

Stella
“I’ve been in and out of hospitals for the past ten months. I’ve had half my
liver removed and even though
this time
the doctors
are very optimistic that they’ve removed all of the tumours, they can’t be
sure. In another three months they want me here again for a check up. Right now
I feel better than I’ve ever felt. I know the damn thing is gone, at least for
the moment. Despite that, I can’t make any plans for the future, not yet. I
need to go somewhere where nobody knows me, where I can relax and maybe even
forget about all this. Where I can meet people who don’t think of me as the
girl who lost her father and her brother in a car accident, and who has cancer.
I want to have fun, even if it’s for a couple of months.” 
When Stella decides to visit her
estranged cousin Lisa in Genoa, she has no idea Italy will give her a new
reason to live.
Max
“Her gaze locked on a scene so beautiful, the picturesque beach paled in
comparison. A lifeguard emerged from the water, his orange trunks stuck to his
legs and water dripping all over him. He shook his head to get rid of some of
the water in his hair and Stella felt as if everything started developing in
slow motion – tiny drops of water slid from his neck down his broad chest and
muscular arms, along a weaving tattoo on his right shoulder, and continued
downwards towards his chest and washboard stomach, finally getting lost in the waistband
of his trunks. A part of another tattoo peeked over his trunks on his left hip,
the other part hidden under them. It was a total Baywatch moment.”
Their love is epic. But there are too many things keeping them apart.
“How could you keep this from me, Lisa? If you had told me the first day I met
him, I would have avoided him like the plague. Nothing would have happened
between us.”
“I kept your secrets, too, Stella.”
Are Max and Stella strong enough to fight not only for their love, but for
their lives?

THEN, NOW, FOREVER

THEN
"Gia had let Beppe into her life so easily, as if it was the most natural
thing in the world. She’d held him when he’d hurt so badly he’d thought he
might die; she’d talked him down when he’d been so angry he’d considered doing
something he’d regret for the rest of his life. 
Gia had saved his life.
At least once he needed to be strong for her.
This right now, this moment, was theirs. It belonged to them, not to abusive or
dead fathers, not to guilt, regret or sorrow, not to the past or the
future."
But will their love survive when tragedy
separates them?
 
“I have to go, Gia. I’m tired and I feel empty. I know you need me, but I have
nothing left to give you. I need to heal.”
“I miss you so much it’s hard to breathe.”
NOW
"Beppe was still Gia’s closest friend. But they’d never be anything more
than that again. Remembering what it felt like to have the person you love most
in the world torn away from you still hurt. Gia was determined never to be put
into that position again."
There was never lack of love, but can
Beppe win Gia’s trust again?
FOREVER
“When I was broken you gave me pieces of yourself and made me whole again.”