If she sees you, I’ll spend the rest of the night with a guilty conscience.” “When was the last time the girl at the hamburger stand let you pay for food?” I snagged one of his belt loops to stop him. “I’m going to grab a cheeseburger,” I told Patch. The smell of cotton candy, popcorn, and sizzling meat hung thick in the air, and my stomach reminded me I hadn’t eaten since lunch. Waves crashed into the beach just down the hill, and carnival music tinkled at top volume. The fire department was setting off the fireworks on a dock that couldn’t have been more than two hundred yards down the beach from where we stood, and I felt the boom of each one vibrate in the sand under my feet. I’d enrolled in one summer school course-chemistry-and had every intention of letting Patch monopolize the rest of my free time. I was celebrating two months of sun, sand, and plenty of exclusive time with Patch. It was late June, and Maine was jumping into summer with both feet, celebrating the beginning of two months of sun, sand, and tourists with deep pockets. Overhead, fireworks lit up the night sky, raining streams of color into the Atlantic. His smile was sexy and warned of trouble, but I’d made up my mind that not all trouble was bad. The color of his hair gave midnight a run for its money, with eyes to match. He stood two inches over six feet tall and had a lean, athletic build that even loose-fit jeans and a T-shirt couldn’t conceal. PATCH WAS STANDING BEHIND ME, HIS HANDS on my hips, his body relaxed. 'synopsis' may belong to another edition of this title. But when she finds them, will she be able to count on Patch or are the things he’s hiding from her darker than she can imagine? Since Patch isn’t answering her questions, she has to start finding the answers on her own.

The farther Nora delves into the mystery of her father’s death, the more she comes to question if her Nephilim blood line has something to do with it as well as why she seems to be in danger more than the average girl when she has a guardian angel. Not to mention that Nora is haunted by images of her father and starting to become obsessed with finding out what really happened to him that night he left for Portland and never came home. Patch is starting to pull away and Nora can’t figure out if it’s for her best interest or if his interest has shifted to her arch-enemy Marcie Millar. Despite starting a relationship with her bad boy guardian angel, Patch, and surviving an attempt on her life, things are not looking up. Nora should have known her life wouldn’t stay perfect for long. The second book in the breathtaking New York Times bestselling Hush, Hush saga, soon to be a major motion picture!

Crescendo by becca fitzpatrick