Blog Tour Stop : The Disappearing Girl by Heather Topham Wood

The Disappearing Girl Blog Tour was organized by AToMR Blog Tours.

Hi guys!

Welcome to my tour stop for The Disappearing Girl blog tour. It's a New Adult book that deals with so much more than romance. It's also a book about body image issues and eating disorders, so I think it's worth reading! For my tour stop, I'll be sharing with you all an excerpt from the book and you can scroll below for a giveaway! Also, be sure to check out the other tour stops here. Enjoy!

Summary (from Goodreads)

Title : The Disappearing Girl
Author : Heather Topham Wood

Publication Date : May 7th 2013
Publisher : Self-Published

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Kayla Marlowe is slowly vanishing…

Last year, Kayla’s world imploded. Her beloved father died, leaving her alone with a narcissistic mother who is quick to criticize her daughter’s appearance. During her winter break from college, Kayla’s dangerous obsession with losing weight begins.

Kayla feels like her world changes for the better overnight. Being skinny seems to be the key to the happiness she has desperately been seeking. Her mother and friends shower her with compliments, telling her how fantastic she looks. Kayla is starving, but no one knows it.

Cameron Bennett explodes into Kayla’s life. He’s sexy and kind—he has every quality she has been looking for in a guy. As Cameron grows closer to Kayla and learns of how far she’s willing to go to stay thin, he becomes desperate to save her.

Kayla’s struggles with anorexia and bulimia reach a breaking point and she is forced to confront her body image issues in order to survive. She wonders if Cameron could be the one to help heal her from the pain of her past.

Excerpt

Twenty minutes into the movie, Cameron’s soft snores drew me out of the film. Moving slowly, careful not to wake him, I took my time to study his sleeping form. His hair had become more unruly than usual, with one of the lighter locks falling across his forehead. His eyelashes were dark and thick, set against his perfect complexion. A small amount of stubble had erupted on his chin, and I wanted to feel the roughness of his skin.
His eyes popped open when I shifted closer to him. “What did I miss?”
“Just the beginning of an epic love story,” I chided. “Tired?”
“Long and shitty day at another campus. Remind me to update my resume so I can find a new job.”
“You know you love it,” I teased. “Your job requires you to score the names and numbers of dozens of pretty college coeds.”
“I get it now, that’s what you think I do all day,” he said sarcastically. “Meanwhile, I’m thinking about you at work and counting the minutes until I can do this again.” His hand cupped my chin and guided my mouth to his. The privacy of my room gave us the opportunity to not hold back. He kissed me expertly while running his hands down my back. His touch caused my nerve endings to sizzle, and I ached with need each time his mouth moved away from mine. My neck flushed as his lips began to trace a line from my jaw line to my ear. I tilted my head back and let out a low moan.Sweeping his hand behind my head, he pulled out my hair clip and tossed it aside. My hair tumbled down past my shoulders and he combed his fingers through it. His lips trailed down the nape of my neck until stopping at my collarbone. Seizing the back of his head, I tugged him toward my mouth and sucked gently on his lower lip. He grunted and I snuck my tongue inside his mouth when his lips parted. As our kisses became impassioned, Cameron settled me on my back. His hands swept under my shirt, and his fingers splayed across my ribcage over my camisole. Cameron’s mouth teased me, moving leisurely from my collarbone to the swell of my breasts.I momentarily disappeared into a chasm where only Cameron and I existed. I was falling, falling hard for this man with cerulean blue eyes and a tempting smile. If I stayed there with him forever, things could be different for me. I would no longer have to wake up each morning feeling leaden, as if the weight of the world was crushing me. 

Author Biography

Heather Topham Wood’s obsession with novels began in childhood while growing up in a shore town in New Jersey. Writing since her teens, she recently returned to penning novels after a successful career as a freelance writer. She’s the author of the paranormal romance Second Sight series and the standalone The Disappearing Girl.Heather graduated from the College of New Jersey in 2005 and holds a bachelor's degree in English. Her freelance work has appeared in publications such as USA Today, Livestrong.com, Outlook by the Bay and Step in Style magazine. She resides in Trenton, New Jersey with her husband and two sons. Besides writing, Heather is a pop culture fanatic and has an obsession with supernatural novels and TV shows.

Author Social Media Links:

https://www.facebook.com/HeatherTophamWood
http://authorheather.com
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/275908.Heather_Topham_Wood
https://twitter.com/woodtop255

Giveaway

The giveaway is opened internationally.

Prizes :
- 5 ebook copies of The Disappearing Girl
- 1 $30 Amazon Gift Card

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