Lions and Tigers and Boys Author: Tawny Stokes
Genre: YA Paranormal
Release Date: January 8th, 2018
Publisher: Entangled Crave
Description:
The last thing a girl as awkward as Dani Gale should be doing is trying to learn the high wire. Yet that’s exactly where Dani ends up—at OZ, the Oswald Zinzendorf School of Circus Arts. Trying to overcome her shyness is near impossible when her new partner—the hottest guy she’s ever laid eyes on, and whose touch seems to give her poise she thought impossible—also seems to be sabotaging her progress.
The last thing Cai Coppersmith needs is a distraction, especially in the form of the new, cute shy girl. He needs to focus on trying not to shape-shift into a tiger on school grounds, and completing his mission to keep Dani from winning the school’s high-wire competition. In fact, the entire safety of OZ is relying on Dani not succeeding. But there’s something about the girl that draws him in. She has magic, he can feel it. So he’ll do what he can to protect her, even if it means pushing her away.
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I spread my legs into a straddle and flattened my torso onto the floor.
This was one of my favorite stretches, as it really worked on the lower
back. I was rewarded with a whole bunch of snapping and popping sounds
when my spine repositioned. As I turned my head slightly to the left, I
saw Cai walk into the studio. My belly instantly flip-flopped.
He wore a form-fitting dark blue tank top and baggy knee length shorts.
He wasn’t football player big, but he was strong-looking with wide
shoulders and trim arms that were cut sharp with muscles. He looked lean
but powerful, and I imagined he could do a one armed push-up with
little difficulty. He looked a bit like Eddie Redmayne, but with fewer
freckles and redder, wilder hair.
His gaze flicked to me briefly, then he strode across the floor and
found a spot to toss his bag on the opposite side from where I was. I
tried not to make a big deal out of it. He was just sitting with the
other sophomores. It wasn’t like he was avoiding me altogether.
I sat up and tried to catch his gaze, but he was talking with the boy
stretching next to him. It was probably a good thing, because I needed
to focus. I didn’t come to this school to chase a boy. I came to be the
best high-wire act the world had ever seen. I came to make my mother
proud.
Suddenly the lights flickered overhead. We all looked up to the ceiling
to see our instructor Miss Gisele balancing on one of the high wires.
She smiled and waved. “Bonjour mes beautés.”
She walked easily across the wire, and it hardly even moved. She then
stopped, bent backward, and did a walkover. When she was upright again,
she went onto her toes and did a pirouette. I gaped in awe. After
another wave, she let herself drop from the wire and landed in the net
beneath it.
She was weightless. Like a fairy dancing on a flower petal. That’s what I
wanted to do, what I wanted to be.
“Welcome to OZ,” she said, her voice thickly accented. We all got to our
feet. “In my class, you will learn to find balance. Not only here,” she
held out her arms to her sides, “but in here.” She tapped her head,
then her heart, then her stomach.
You can visit her on twitter @TawnyStokes
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