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#Giveaway Exclusive Excerpt RETURN TO YOU by SAMANTHA CHASE #win a Coach Prize Pack @SamanthaChase3 @SourcebooksCasa

February 22, 2015 By Mary 66 Comments

Return to You by Samantha Chase
Published by Sourcebooks, Inc. on 2015-03-03
Genres: Contemporary, Fiction, Romance
Pages: 352
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He can't stop thinking about their future...

 

James Montgomery has achieved everything he'd hoped for in life...except marrying the girl of his dreams. After a terrible accident, Selena Ainsley left ten years ago. She took his heart with her and she's never coming back. But it's becoming harder and harder for him to forget their precious time together, and James can't help but wonder what he would do if they could ever meet again.

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Selena didn’t remember moving but suddenly found herself toe-to-toe with James, almost chest to chest. She looked up into his brown eyes, and it was as if ten years had suddenly disappeared; in front of her wasn’t the present–day man, but the boy she had fallen in love with. Lines became blurred; past and present seemed to collide.

 

Her heart beat erratically in her chest and her breath caught in her throat. Against her chest, she could feel his heart beating just as rapidly. His gaze met hers: heated, narrowed. Selena swallowed hard and licked her lips. His face mesmerized her—-it always had. Her fingers itched to reach out and touch it, to feel the rough stubble on his jaw, to trace the soft fullness of his lips. Her body trembled with the need she felt and with the restraint she was forced to have. It wasn’t fair that she still responded so strongly to him.

 

And that she couldn’t act on it.

 

Or shouldn’t act on it.

 

Or…

 

The broom dropped to the floor. “Damn you,” he muttered before lowering his head and crushing his mouth to hers. It wasn’t a kiss of reacquaintance. He poured ten years of anger and frustration into it, and he was surprised when Selena didn’t put up a struggle. One of his hands reached up and tangled into her hair, anchoring her to him while she grabbed fistfuls of his shirt in her own haste to keep him close.

 

All James could think about was how one taste, one impulsive moment, wasn’t going to be enough. He would have been fine if she had been outraged or if she had tried to push him away. The fact that she seemed just as crazed at the moment as he was spurred him on in a completely different way.

 

Taking a step forward, he tried to back her against the nearest wall. Glass crunched under their feet as they moved, and Selena whimpered with need when her hip bumped into the countertop. He wanted to haul her up on top of it, to step between her legs and pull her snugly against him. His hands moved from her hair to her jaw and lower, to skim down her hips, when he heard Jen’s voice and the front door open. He pushed Selena away as if she’d burned him.

 

Which she had.

 

 

About the Author

New York Times and USA Today Bestseller/contemporary romance writer Samantha Chase released her debut novel, Jordan’s Return, in November 2011. Although she waited until she was in her 40’s to publish for the first time, writing has been a lifelong passion. Her motivation to take that step was her students: teaching creative writing to elementary age students all the way up through high school and encouraging those students to follow their writing dreams gave Samantha the confidence to take that step as well.

When she’s not working on a new story, she spends her time reading contemporary romances, playing way too many games of Scrabble or Solitaire on Facebook and spending time with her husband of 25 years and their two sons in North Carolina.

 

 

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  1. Rhianona – Reader and reviewer of all sorts of books.
    Rachel B says

    February 22, 2015 at 9:23 pm

    Honestly? There isn’t anyone I’d want to reunite with. I’m in touch with my childhood friends and I’m very happy with my husband.

    Reply
  2. 1006penguins
    Sue says

    February 22, 2015 at 11:52 pm

    I can’t think of anyone I would want to reunite with.

    Reply
  3. judethomas21
    Judy Thomas says

    February 23, 2015 at 12:13 am

    In my case it would not be wise to do it but I love it when someone does that and it all works out well 🙂

    Reply
  4. Angelica M. says

    February 23, 2015 at 2:43 am

    I’m gonna go back to my hometown too and I wanted too reunite with my childhood crush.

    Reply
  5. Renee-chan says

    February 23, 2015 at 5:47 am

    At the moment there isn’t anyone I’d want to reunite with.

    Reply
  6. samanthachaseauthor
    Samantha Chase says

    February 23, 2015 at 7:57 am

    Thank you so much for sharing this! Your blog is adorable!

    Reply
  7. denise says

    February 23, 2015 at 8:02 am

    there’s no one from my past I want to reunite with.

    Reply
  8. Linda Kish
    Linda Kish says

    February 23, 2015 at 8:51 am

    Well, I don’t really want to return to the Los Angeles area, but I’d like to return to my old boyfrriend…find him anyway. Too common of a name to find him.

    Reply
  9. ttoombs08 – Phoenix, AZ – Terrye Toombs states that her major accomplishments in life include getting out of bed and remembering to rinse the conditioner out of her hair. She is currently married to a male blow up doll. Terrye is the mom to a very active, non-verbal son facing the challenges of living on the Autism Spectrum. She has a love/hate relationship with writing and when the desire hits, she can be found at asshatrants.blogspot.com. She used to write at misplacedalaska.com but was cut off when she attempted to pay her internet host with Girl Scout Cookies. Someday, she hopes to be an accomplished something so she’ll have something to brag about. Until that day, she’ll continue to pound away on her keyboard under the nearest bridge.
    Terrye says

    February 23, 2015 at 9:25 am

    Nope, not a single person I want to reunite with. They are exs for a reason.

    Reply
  10. Vivian says

    February 23, 2015 at 11:22 am

    I never left, so I couldn’t return. There are a couple of young guys I really liked who moved away that I would like to catch up with, just to see how they are and what they have been up to.

    Reply
  11. Kim says

    February 23, 2015 at 12:06 pm

    I don’t have anyone in my past I would want to reunite with but if I could return to any of the places I lived it would be Renton,WA

    Reply
  12. Melissa says

    February 23, 2015 at 12:18 pm

    There is one guy that I’d love to seek out now and see where things could go.

    Reply
  13. Rita Wray
    Rita Wray says

    February 23, 2015 at 12:23 pm

    There isn’t anyone I want to reunite with.

    Reply
  14. esseboo
    Leslie Rodriguez says

    February 23, 2015 at 12:51 pm

    No-one i am happily married to my husband since 1996.

    Reply
  15. Jillyn says

    February 23, 2015 at 1:46 pm

    I’d like to reunite with some of my old friends from high school.

    Reply
  16. castings@mindspring.com
    cheryl c. says

    February 23, 2015 at 1:57 pm

    I wouldn’t go back. I am happy with my life just as it is.

    Reply
  17. Felicia Sidoma
    Felicia Sidoma says

    February 23, 2015 at 2:43 pm

    I would go back to my first true love because I am not a young girl of 18 just starting the rest of her life. I know me and what I am capable of when it comes to my mind.

    Reply
  18. Anita Yancey says

    February 23, 2015 at 3:12 pm

    There isn’t anyone that I would want to return to, and even though I go back to visit I wouldn’t want to return to my home town for good.

    Reply
  19. Diane Sallans says

    February 23, 2015 at 5:16 pm

    it might be fun to meet up with some friends from high school

    Reply
  20. coffeecup25
    shaunie says

    February 23, 2015 at 6:02 pm

    I would never leave

    Reply
  21. holdenj says

    February 23, 2015 at 7:50 pm

    There isn’t really a person to reunite with, but it would be fun to go back and see our old house.

    Reply
  22. Glenda says

    February 23, 2015 at 8:15 pm

    I can’t think of anyone from my past I’d rather be with than my husband. I keep in touch with all my friends I’m interested in doing so.

    Reply
  23. Heike says

    February 23, 2015 at 8:37 pm

    Thanks for the Chance!

    Reply
  24. Sayo May
    Mary G loki says

    February 23, 2015 at 9:00 pm

    Nobody from where I hail from! I want to meet and be with someone out of my home town!

    Reply
  25. Sarah Turner says

    February 23, 2015 at 11:42 pm

    My friends in Florida!

    Reply
  26. Teja K. says

    February 24, 2015 at 2:54 am

    Don’t know since I haven’t left yet..

    Reply
  27. doreen lamoureux – I love finding new products from awesome blogs. The giveaways are a bonus.
    Doreen Lamoureux says

    February 24, 2015 at 4:32 am

    I really thought about that and there is no one. I felt absolutely blessed to be with the man that I am with. His heart, his love, his everything is perfect for me. We are a perfect match.

    Reply
  28. Karen Triolo says

    February 24, 2015 at 9:01 am

    Some friends from high school and college; that is about it.

    Reply
  29. Maegan Morin
    Maegan Morin says

    February 24, 2015 at 10:32 am

    I am where I have always been. There is no place for me to go back too. As for reuniting with anyone I think It would have to be my late grandfather. Everyone alive who is important to me is still in my life. No reunion necessary. Im pretty lucky like that. No regrets.

    Reply
  30. Elaine R says

    February 24, 2015 at 6:20 pm

    I think it would be interesting to go back to my hometown and visit with my first love (if he even still lives there) to find out where life took him,who he married,etc.

    Reply
  31. crystell joy grado says

    February 25, 2015 at 1:25 am

    he’s not in our hometown at the moment, we’re staying in the same city for college right now 🙂

    Reply
  32. Erin Ellis says

    February 25, 2015 at 7:01 am

    I have been married to my first love for over 20 years, so I don’t think I would go back.

    Reply
  33. Riya says

    February 27, 2015 at 10:33 am

    I would reunite with my first love too wherever he is.

    Reply
  34. deanne01
    Deanne Patterson says

    February 27, 2015 at 2:41 pm

    I would like to return to Western PA and reunite with my grandmother.

    Reply
  35. Laurie Nykaza says

    February 28, 2015 at 2:01 am

    I would go to my home town and hang out with my old friend there. We always had so much fun when we lived there just doing simple things like riding out bikes those were fun times.

    Reply
  36. Lori Moore says

    February 28, 2015 at 3:45 pm

    I’m happy with where I am in life including who I’m married to!!

    Reply
  37. Elin says

    March 1, 2015 at 6:52 am

    I don’t have anyone in my past I would want to reunite with.

    Reply
  38. nikki robak says

    March 1, 2015 at 7:02 am

    medicine hat cory

    Reply
  39. storytimenook
    Brooke B. says

    March 2, 2015 at 8:47 pm

    I still live in my hometown. 🙂 I guess I would reunite with my mother, as she lives in a different town now and we aren’t as close as we were before – we don’t see each other very often.

    Reply
    • Victoria Sanders – I earned a Bachelors Degree in Literary Science at University of Dallas in 1988. I worked as an Editor for Lullaby Times, a children's picture book company for 9 years before opening Victoria Sanders Literary Agency in Plano, TX. I represent work in the genre of fantasy, science fiction, paranormal and detective crime.
      JoAnne Myers says

      March 3, 2015 at 3:23 am

      Hello Samantha, Return to You sounds like a wonderful romance. All the best to you.

      Reply
  40. donnasquaw1952
    Donna Harris says

    March 3, 2015 at 4:10 am

    I live in my hometown and there isn’t anyone I would reunite with. I’m still friends with everyone I went to school with and there isn’t any past boyfriends that I want to see.

    Reply
  41. Crystal Sell says

    March 4, 2015 at 2:46 pm

    There isn’t a place or person I’d like to reunite with, but I love stories that have this theme!

    Reply
  42. Robin in NC
    Robin in NC says

    March 4, 2015 at 4:30 pm

    I would like to return to my childhood hometown, just for a visit & reunite with kids I grew up with.

    Reply
  43. Sandie W says

    March 7, 2015 at 5:03 pm

    I’m right where I need to be…would not go back.

    Reply
  44. mmbear55
    Mary Bearden says

    March 8, 2015 at 4:32 am

    Gosh, there are so many that it would be hard to choose but I think back to when I had 2 different men that both asked me to marry them. I was so not expecting that and the really weird is that the rings were both in the pea shaped look that was very strange.

    I am very confident that I choose the best man but I do wonder what would have been the deal breaker if I had married him and how long would it have taken for him to ask for a divorce.

    Reply
  45. Susan T. says

    March 8, 2015 at 12:40 pm

    Left and came back. Didn’t reunite but remain friends.

    Reply
  46. angela smith says

    March 8, 2015 at 11:25 pm

    theres no where i need to return to.and no one i want to reunite with

    Reply
  47. Natalie Patalie says

    March 11, 2015 at 12:39 am

    Yay! Thanks for doing this 🙂 I’m still in my hometown, so I guess this question doesn’t resonate with me hahah. Maybe someday, though 🙂

    Reply
  48. Ruzaika @ Wordy and Whimsical – I’m Ruzaika Rifaideen, a 20-something voracious reader living in the lovely (but frequently-overlooked-in-maps) island of Sri Lanka. I’ve been labeled as a bookworm ever since I discovered Enid Blyton in fourth grade and contrary to popular belief I think it’s something cool. Reading, k-daramas and listening to music are what keep me sane and it’s once in a blue moon that either of these fails to fix my mood. I’m currently reading for my postgraduate degree in psychology and I love it! I love Tumblr and am lately quite into Twitter, Pinterest and Goodreads. I’m no believer in horoscopes, but I do love checking out my star sign- Cancer- which I think suits my personality a lot. Talking of which, I’m an ENFP type personality in the MBTI test- you simply HAVE to check it out, it's a highly valid psychometric test! Finally, I'm a constantly evolving Slytherin willing to use any means to achieve her ends. You can catch me talking about all things bookish @ Wordy and Whimsical.
    Ruzaika says

    March 11, 2015 at 2:05 am

    I really never left anyone, anywhere! So there’s nowhere I want to return to! 🙂

    Reply
  49. Kelly W. says

    March 12, 2015 at 3:46 pm

    For me it would have to be my best friend from childhood. I haven’t seen her in 4th grade. I’ve been searching on FB for her, but there are too many people with her name. Also, I’d like to revisit my a certain EX. I’d like for him to see me for who I am now.

    Reply
  50. mamaduckblog
    Tina Duckwald says

    March 12, 2015 at 7:21 pm

    I wouldn’t want to return, I am happy.

    Reply
  51. Lisa D says

    March 13, 2015 at 6:51 am

    I actually still live in my hometown and I can not think of anyone from my past I would want to reunite with. I am looking forward to reading this book. I am currently reading the other Montgomery Brothers stories and just got to Mac’s story:)

    Reply
  52. jodielynne620 – Texas (for the moment!) – I am a married mother of 2 beautiful teenaged girls. I have been married for 18 years to a wonderful man that is also my best friend... I figure that life throws a lot my way, and provided I always have Faith and chocolate, I will definitely make it through!
    Jodie Catan says

    March 13, 2015 at 8:49 am

    id return to my hometown this summer for our 30 year reunion for high school. But I’m in Texas and that is on Maui so a no go… Would love to connect I person to people I’ve reconnected with on FB

    Reply
  53. Michela morari says

    March 14, 2015 at 1:47 pm

    I’d reunite with a boy that has made me feel happy for the first time. Something went wrong, But I MISS HIM.

    Reply
  54. Karla says

    March 14, 2015 at 11:25 pm

    I think the concept of returning to your hometown and rediscovering an old flame sounds deliciously romantic. Alas, all mine are taken!

    Reply
  55. notsuchatabularasa
    Sarah M says

    March 15, 2015 at 6:45 am

    Hmm. I think it’d be nice to return to Silicon Valley. I interned in the area one summer and met this awesome guy/was a shameless flirt (so was he, all’s fair in love and war!) I was in one of those weird “I don’t know if we’re dating” situations with a guy back at college, so nothing happened. Kinda regret that. It’d be nice to run into him down there (he’s somewhere else for graduate school now) and get another shot!

    Reply
  56. Belinda McNabb says

    March 15, 2015 at 6:22 pm

    I would love to return to mexico but other than my boyfriend (whom I have never been to mexico with) I can’t think of anyone I would want to be with

    Reply
  57. Alexandra
    Alexandra says

    March 15, 2015 at 9:26 pm

    Childhood friends with whom I have a lot of great memories with 🙂

    Reply
  58. laura Wilson says

    March 16, 2015 at 6:37 pm

    I would want to return to the town I grew up in so I could raise my daughter there. I would love for her to go to the same schools that I did and possibly have some of the same teachers.

    Reply
  59. Melanie S says

    March 17, 2015 at 6:45 pm

    To be honest I am not big on revisiting my own past.. I think I would leave well enough alone

    Reply
  60. chiara says

    March 18, 2015 at 5:11 am

    i love present

    Reply
  61. Tina says

    March 18, 2015 at 3:28 pm

    In my highschool years

    Reply
  62. Mina M says

    March 18, 2015 at 11:27 pm

    There are some old friends I miss so much… love to get in touch!

    Reply
  63. Kati – Kati is a virtual assistant by day and a recovering romance book addict and blogger by night. When not assisting, blogging or reading, she spends time ogling the local firemen behind the safety of her aviators at Starbucks. A lover of the color pink, you can always spot her at conferences with a giant pink bag.
    Kati says

    March 19, 2015 at 4:21 pm

    I am great where I am now. I wouldn’t go back to anywhere or anyone.

    Reply
  64. cottagebunny
    Wanda Tracey says

    March 19, 2015 at 5:27 pm

    This is definitely not in my character to return home or reunite with someone else.Maybe that’s the reason I find this so intriguing when someone else does this.

    Reply
  65. jodi hayes says

    March 19, 2015 at 5:28 pm

    I would go back to jr.high. school and reunite with my first real boyfriend. Although I would definitely do things very different.. lol

    Reply

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