{"id":118,"date":"2012-04-16T02:23:00","date_gmt":"2012-04-16T07:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/morefrommom.com\/second-nature-excerpt\/"},"modified":"2012-05-22T07:32:56","modified_gmt":"2012-05-22T12:32:56","slug":"second-nature-excerpt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/morefrommom.com\/?p=118","title":{"rendered":"Second Nature Excerpt"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-Cjum8miuh14\/T4wZ3AKGxVI\/AAAAAAAABuY\/k4QRxkhWrmY\/s1600\/secondnaturetourbadge-300x150.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-Cjum8miuh14\/T4wZ3AKGxVI\/AAAAAAAABuY\/k4QRxkhWrmY\/s1600\/secondnaturetourbadge-300x150.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<h2 _idv_element_hash=\"18260304\" style=\"background-color: white; color: #1d8ed4; font-family: Georgia, arial, serif; font-size: 30px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 36px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;\">   &nbsp;<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B006QX1JHS\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=taktimformom-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B006QX1JHS\" style=\"color: #333333; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;\">Second Nature (Forces of Nature Book 2)<\/a><\/h2>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;\">Amelia Hoffman always knew she would be with Nathaniel Peplow forever, but after they bonded everything started to go wrong. Nate treats her like the enemy, her siblings are in danger, and an old threat grows closer. As Nate pulls away and Amelia\u2019s burgeoning friendship with a handsome stranger blossoms, she worries she made the biggest mistake of her life. If sorting out her love life wasn\u2019t enough, a new drug emerges that not only threatens the ones she&nbsp;<nobr><a class=\"FAtxtL\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.promotionalbooktours.com\/2012\/03\/second-nature-book-tour-and-contest\/#\" id=\"FALINK_3_0_2\" style=\"background-color: transparent !important; border-bottom-color: rgb(243, 91, 0) !important; border-bottom-style: solid !important; border-bottom-width: 1px !important; color: #2780c7; display: inline !important; padding-bottom: 1px !important; text-decoration: none;\">loves<\/a><\/nobr>, but seems to be part of something larger than she could ever imagine. Amelia\u2019s new and old friends must work together to not only save themselves, but the whole world.<\/div>\n<div _idv_element_hash=\"18069824\" style=\"background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;\">Buy it  <iframe _idv_element_hash=\"117163024\" frameborder=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"http:\/\/rcm.amazon.com\/e\/cm?lt1=_blank&amp;bc1=000000&amp;IS2=1&amp;bg1=FFFFFF&amp;fc1=000000&amp;lc1=0000FF&amp;t=myuent09-20&amp;o=1&amp;p=8&amp;l=as4&amp;m=amazon&amp;f=ifr&amp;ref=ss_til&amp;asins=B006QX1JHS\" style=\"height: 240px; width: 120px;\"><\/iframe>&nbsp;in&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.createspace.com\/3755129\" style=\"color: #2780c7; text-decoration: none;\"><strong>Paperback<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;\/&nbsp;<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/second-nature-elizabeth-sharp\/1108089515?ean=2940013782532&amp;itm=6&amp;usri=second+nature\" style=\"color: #2780c7; text-decoration: none;\"><strong>Nook<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;\">Follow Elizabeth&nbsp;<nobr><a class=\"FAtxtL\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.promotionalbooktours.com\/2012\/03\/second-nature-book-tour-and-contest\/#\" id=\"FALINK_1_0_0\" style=\"background-color: transparent !important; border-bottom-color: rgb(243, 91, 0) !important; border-bottom-style: solid !important; border-bottom-width: 1px !important; color: #2780c7; display: inline !important; padding-bottom: 1px !important; text-decoration: none;\">Sharp<\/a><\/nobr>&nbsp;on&nbsp;<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/SomeSharpWords\" style=\"color: #2780c7; text-decoration: none;\"><strong>Twitter<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;\/&nbsp;<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ElizabethSharpBooks\" style=\"color: #2780c7; text-decoration: none;\"><strong>Facebook<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/a>\/&nbsp;<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/somesharpwords.blogspot.com\/\" style=\"color: #2780c7; text-decoration: none;\"><strong>Blog<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<p>You know you want this book! Here&#8217;s a teaser about it.<\/p>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0.5in;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><br \/><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">\u201cSo what do you want to talk about?\u201d Nate asked, looking away from me <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/post-edit.g?blogID=7844941499304125415&amp;postID=287843125026985074\" name=\"_GoBack\"><\/a>again.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0.5in;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">I scoffed, spreading my hands in disgust. \u201cOh, I don\u2019t know. The weather? The price of tea in China? Or maybe the elephant in the room should be a priority.\u201d I bit my tongue to keep more sarcasm from pouring out of me like venom. I hadn\u2019t realized how much bitterness I harbored until I started to let it out, and now I was afraid I wouldn\u2019t be able to hold it back. Wasn\u2019t sure if I wanted to.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0.5in;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">\u201cDo we have anything left to say?\u201d he asked with a shrug.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0.5in;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Tears threatened but I refused to let them even shine in my eyes. After all we had been through together, was there nothing between us? Was I hopelessly in love with a man who wanted nothing to do with me? He looked at me, and that warm golden glow I had come to recognize as his love washed over me. \u201cDo you exist to contradict yourself?\u201d I asked in exasperation.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0.5in;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">\u201cWhat do you want from me, Amelia? You want me to tell you I love you. I do! Is that enough? No, it\u2019s not! I\u2019m not ready to be settled, to be the happy little gaia husband and make little gaia babies!\u201d<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0.5in;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">\u201cI never asked for that.\u201d My voice wavered, but I had to get the words out. \u201cAll I asked was to work it out together. I love you, Nate, but right now, I don\u2019t like you very much. Are you trying to hurt me?\u201d<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0.5in;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">\u201cYou know I wouldn\u2019t do that.\u201d His eyes went wide in indignation.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0.5in;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">\u201cHow am I supposed to know, Nate?\u201d My voice was dangerously quiet. He gaped at me, his attitude suggesting I was being deliberately obstinate. Nevertheless, I had to get a few things off my chest. \u201cYou abandoned me. You stuck around long enough to get my hopes up, then you disappeared. Every time you reappeared, it was with an attitude like you were doing me a favor. 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