Book Excerpt
The
laughter and talking had stopped as soon as they entered the room and saw me.
They stood, as if unsure what to do. The boy with the long brown hair recovered
his composure first and held out his hand.
"Hello,
I'm Theo," he said in a deep voice that didn’t quite match his young boy
look. He had a British accent, too, though it was different from Betsey's. He
added a smile as we shook hands, and I saw gray eyes and dimples to go with the
perfect teeth.
The
blond boy, whose eyes were a dark, rich brown, held out his hand next.
"I'm Ronan, nice to meet you." For a moment, my jet-lagged brain
refused to process the words because his accent was so thick. I desperately
flipped back through all the movies I'd seen, trying to place it. Irish. This
boy was Irish. Just as I was wrapping my mind around that, the redhead stepped
forward.
"Hi,
I'm Gethin, pleasure to meet you." He, too, had a lovely smile, but his
eyes were green. And his accent was different, kind of British, but more
sing-song, with elongated vowels, like English on a graceful roller coaster.
Was
there something in my coffee besides coffee?
The
curly haired boy stepped forward to introduce himself. I stared at him warily.
He had stunning dark blue eyes, which contrasted with his brown skin, and the longest
eyelashes I'd ever seen on a boy. Given what had come out of the other boys'
mouths when they'd spoken, if he started speaking Icelandic or produced yet
another English accent, I was going to jump right out the window.
He
held out his hand, and as I reached for it, he said, "My name is Matthew,
and I'm very happy to meet you." I nearly yanked my hand back. This boy
was Scottish, sounded just like Professor McGonagall from Harry Potter, and
looked like he should be breaking hearts on the Nigerian soccer team.
About the Book
Title: Living the Shallows
Author: Tani Hanes
Genre: YA Romance
Aileen Foster, a shy, 22 year old
student from LA, thinks she has landed a dream job as an interpreter for
some actors making a film in Japan. She gets a surprise when she
arrives in Tokyo and finds out that they are UK Crush, the hottest
boyband around. She has been orphaned for most of her life, and it’s a
shock for her to enter their world of frank physicality. The boys come
to love her, and Aileen is forced to look at her life and choices, and
decide if she’s ready to be brave and start living.
Author Bio
My name is Tani Hanes, and I am a 51
rear old substitute teacher. Im from central California and am a recent
transplant to New York City. The most important things to know about me
are that I’m punctual, I love grammar and sushi, and I’m very intolerant
of intolerance. The least important things to know about me are that I
like to knit and I couldn’t spell “acoustic” for 40 years. I’ve wanted
to write since I was ten, and I finally did it. If you want to write,
don’t wait as long as I did, it’s pointless, and very frustrating!
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