WHERE
SEA MEETS SKY
KARINA HALLE
A new adult novel that perfectly captures the
existential angst of your early twenties with raw wit, fresh insight, and true
feeling from a critically adored USA TODAY bestselling author.
Joshua Miles has spent his early twenties spinning his wheels. Working dead-end jobs and living at home has left him exhausted and uninspired, with little energy to pursue his passion for graphic art. Until he meets Gemma Henare, a vivacious out-of-towner from New Zealand. What begins as a one-night stand soon becomes a turning point for Josh. He can’t get Gemma out of his head, even after she has left for home, and finds himself throwing caution to the wind for the first time in his life.
It’s not long before Josh is headed to New Zealand with only a backpack, some cash, and Gemma’s name to go on. But when he finally tracks her down, he finds his adventure is only just beginning. Equally infatuated, Gemma leads him on a whirlwind tour across the beautiful country, opening Josh up to life, lust, love, and all the messy heartache in between. Because, when love drags you somewhere, it might never let go—even when you know you have to say goodbye.
WHERE SEA MEETS SKY by Karina Halle
Atria Books
Paperback
On Sale: March 31,
2015
ISBN: 9781476796406,
$15.00
384 pages
eBook ISBN:
9781476796437, $7.99
About the Author
Karina Halle is the New York Times bestselling author
of Where Sea Meets Sky, The Pact,Love in English,
and other wild and romantic reads. A former travel writer and music journalist,
she lives on an island off the coast of British Columbia with her husband and
her rescue pup, where she drinks a lot of wine, hikes a lot of trails, and
devours a lot of books.
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EXCERPT:
“Gemma,” I whisper softly. Before I know what I’m doing, I’m
raising her palm to my lips and kissing along her scar. She smells so good,
feels even better.
She
lets me do it for a moment then she awkwardly clears her throat.
Don’t
make me let go, I think. Please don’t make me let go.
The
rustle in the bushes is back again. Gemma jerks her hand away, as if we’re
about to be caught by Nick the Peeping Tom, as if we’re doing something wrong.
Are we
doing something wrong?
Suddenly
the air around us fills with squeals, and the rustling increases. The nearest
bush to us at the base of the yard, near the fence, starts to move back and
forth.
I stand
up out of my chair to get a better look and see what looks to be little
creatures waddling out of the bushes and heading for the side of the house.
Once they hit a patch of light coming from the house, I can see what they are.
Little
blue penguins.
“What
the fuck?” I say softly, feeling like my mind has just imploded. “What the hell
are those?”
“Little
blue penguins,” she says proudly.
I turn
to her in disbelief. “Are you serious?” I thought I was making that up. In my
head.
She
nods. “Yup. Little blue penguins.”
And
she’s right. They’re about a foot high, miniature versions of the ones I’ve
seen on TV, and they’re entirely blue in color. I thought it was just the
darkness playing tricks on me but no, once they hit the light, you can see the
color on their oily feathers.
“I
don’t get it,” I say, watching as the last of their group quickly scampers out
of sight. That might have been the cutest and weirdest thing I have ever seen.
“You
never head of them?” she asks. “They probably have a burrow under the house.
It’s actually quite common for beach houses.”
“Look,
I wasn’t lying when I said I didn’t do a whole lot of research about the
country.”
“I can
see that,” she says. “Well, how about that, then.”
“How
about that,” I say, sitting back down. The penguins’ magical appearance has
somehow taken Gemma’s heartbreaking story to another place, and she’s quick to
jump on the transition. She tells me all about the interesting birdlife in New
Zealand, from yellow-eyed penguins on the Otago Peninsula down south, to the
Kea—cheeky green parrots that live in the snow-covered Alps. She’s animated as
she tells me all she knows, and I absorb it like a sponge.
I drink my beer and she goes back to drinking hers, and
before Nick, Amber, and the Irish show up all sloshed, she’s painted a
beautiful picture of what’s to come. I can only hope I’ll continue to be part
of the picture.
