**Recommended for ages 17+ due to sexual content and language, mature subject matter**New Adult Contemporary
Lost. That one single word best describes my life at this very moment. I lost the last games of the season and both my team and my coach blame me. I lost the last two months because I drowned in my own despair like a complete loser. And I lost the only girl who ever mattered because I was afraid being with me would destroy her.
But now I realize how truly lost I am without her. She has become my story…and even though she acts like she’s moved on, I know she still thinks about me just as much as I think about her. She’s beautiful, sweet—and so damn vulnerable, all I want to do is help her. Be there for her.
Love her…
If only I could convince Fable to give me a second chance. Then I wouldn’t feel so lost anymore, and neither would she. We could be found together.
Forever.
And Now...An Excerpt
I stare
at my stupid little poem that the girl I love will never read. I draw little
squiggly lines around it. A cursive F,
just like I was taught in elementary school. Her name. Fable. A story. A myth.
A fairy tale. She’s my story. I want to live and breathe and die for her and
she has no idea how much she consumes my thoughts. To the point I think of
nothing else. I’d rather sit in class and write her love poems with secret
messages in them than pay attention to what’s really going on my life.
What a
fucking mess I am.
For a girl
As pretty as she deserves the
Best. No more
Lies. She is my
Everything.
But I’m
not brave enough to tell her. I stare at this new bit I wrote for her and
disgust fills me. I’m not good enough for her. I can’t even tell Fable how I
really feel about her to her face.
“Are
you a writer?”
I
glance up to find my pseudo-Fable smiling at me and I frown. Her face is all
wrong. She has brown eyes. And she’s not as pretty, though she’s definitely attractive.
I don’t know how I thought she looked like Fable. “What did you say?” I ask.
She
nods toward the piece of paper filled with my scribbling. “You’re not paying
attention to the lecture. Are you writing a poem? It looks like one.”
Sliding
my hand over the paper to hide the words from her seeking eyes, I study her
face, willing her to look more like Fable. But it doesn’t happen. This girl is
nothing like her. And I hate her for it. “I’m taking notes.”
She
smiles. “Don’t worry. I won’t tell if you’re not.”
“But I
am,” I insist defensively because these words are for no one else. They’re for
me and a girl who will never see them.
“No
need to freak out,” she whispers. Her gaze narrows, as if she can see in me,
through me, and I’m tempted to run. “Or get so defensive.”
I say
nothing. How can I defend myself against that when she speaks the truth?
“Hey,
aren’t you Drew Callahan?” She cocks her head, her expression full of sudden
interest. “Mister Big Shot Quarterback?”
Her
voice is full of sarcasm. I let down the entire school at the end of the season
in one spectacular fail after another. I fell apart and everyone knows it. I
can see the contempt in her gaze, feel it radiating from her body, and I know
she thinks I’m a joke.
Grabbing
my backpack at my feet, I shove the piece of paper into it, along with my book.
I get out of my chair and haul the strap over my shoulder. “He doesn’t exist
anymore,” I mutter to her before I make my escape. Right in the middle of
class.
But I
don’t give a shit. I just keep on going. Until I’m outside and breathing in the
sharp cold air, the sun shining on me, the people bumping past me as I push
through the crowd. I hear someone call my name but I ignore it. All sorts of
people seem to know me but I don’t know them.
That’s
my bullshit story, no matter how much I don’t want it to be.
Who Is Monica Murphy
Author Bio:
Monica Murphy writes books with boys and kissing in them.
She also likes to read books with boys and kissing in them. Writer of new adult
contemporary romance-ish stuff. Mom and wife. Native Californian.
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Loved One Week Girlfriend and I could not wait for this book to come out. They are quick reads, but I couldn't wait to see how Drew opens up more to Fable.
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ReplyDeleteI love the cover of this one and the idea, I think I have heard a little about the first book in the series
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Soma
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Totally in book love with Drew and Fable! And now I have a new blog to stalk! Win win!!!!!
ReplyDeleteI want to read SCB because I loved OWG and fell head over heels for the characters.
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