What do you
think? Should I give him a try?
CONSOLATION PRIZE
Forbidden Men #9
Linda Kage
Released Nov 17th, 2016
Don't you just hate it when someone destroys all your carefully made plans?
I mean, I had goals: college to graduate in one semester, a future I was working hard to reach, and an image of myself I wanted the world to see. My life was stacked into these precisely placed blocks. But then Colton Gamble came along and knocked them all askew.
I hated how he messed everything up, how he could hog all my attention whenever he was around, how he made my pulse quicken--but only because he ticked me off...not because I was attracted to him. Oh! And I hated how he knew how attractive he was too, the shallow, full of himself, doesn't take no for an answer, too-flirty, too cocky, extremely irritating jerk.
The boy had all the qualities that turned me off. Or so I thought.
One night he wasn't quite the brainless, over-confident jerk I usually took him for.
One night, he took care of me when I was at my lowest. He opened up to me and made me open up to him.
Now I'm learning maybe he's not what I first thought he was. And maybe I'M not what I first thought I was. Maybe it’s okay to rearrange a couple of my perfectly set blocks. Maybe, just maybe, I’ll stop worrying about what I’m afraid everyone else will think and finally reach for something I really want. It’s possible some of my plans need to be destroyed, and Colton Gamble is exactly the kind of mess I need in my life.
What do you think? Should I give him a try?
Desperately seeking your advice,
Julianna Radcliffe
EXCERPT
“Just for that, I’m going to make you cuddle.”
“Cuddle?” My
eyes bulged as he crawled closer.
For some
reason, cuddling struck more fear inside me than getting slapped or punched. I knew
exactly how to respond to those—kick his ass out of my apartment. But with
cuddling, I was lost.
I edged away
from him, shaking my head, only to yelp out a surprised scream when he snaked
out a hand and caught hold of my leg, stilling me.
“Yes, cuddle,”
he said. “I like to cuddle.”
My muscles
clenched and limbs went tense as he climbed up right into my personal space and
wrapped himself around me like a second skin.
“I…I’m not
big on cuddling,” I finally admitted, my body board-stiff against him.
“Really?” He
sounded surprised by that. “Well, don’t worry, by the time I’m through with
you, you’ll love it.
Linda
Kage grew up on a dairy farm in the Midwest as the
youngest of eight children. Now she lives in Kansas with her husband, daughter,
and nine cuckoo clocks. Her life's been blessed with lots of people to learn
from and love. Writing's always been a major part of her world, and she is so happy
to finally share some of her stories with other romance lovers.
