Max proposed we spend the summer helping me forget my ex. He was everything I needed at the time-fun, sexy, up for anything, and only around for a few months since he'd signed with a new team three-thousand miles away. He was wearing a helmet, but I froze when he smiled.Īpparently, my fake blind date hadn't invited me to watch hockey with him, he'd invited me to watch him play.Īnd so began my adventure with Max Yearwood. A player's face flashed up on the Jumbotron. Just before the buzzer, one of the teams scored, and the entire arena went crazy. Disappointed again, I decided to leave at the end of the period. When I arrived, the seat next to me was empty. So on my way home, I decided to take a chance and stop by the game. I tossed the ticket into my purse and went about trying to enjoy the man I was supposed to meet.īut my real blind date and I had no connection. Before he left, he slipped me a ticket to a hockey game a few blocks away, in case things didn't work out on my actual date. To say I was disappointed would be an understatement. He only pretended to be until my real date showed up. Turned out, Max wasn't who I was there to meet. He also had the biggest dimples I'd ever laid eyes on.Įxactly what I needed after my breakup.Or so I thought.Until my real date arrived. Max was insanely gorgeous, funny, and our chemistry was off the charts. The first time I met Max Yearwood was on a blind date. A new, sexy standalone from #1 New York Times Bestseller, Vi Keeland.
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Like three little scenes that were not nearly enough time to work through these problems, and for Sonny to understand why Kelley said what she said. They were together for all of five to ten minutes through the whole book. And they were rarely together in the book. Just all of sudden together where they both wanted, and this lie still hanging in front of them. And when they finally see each other again, they fall straight into each other’s arms, and start kissing. Kelley had just said that she didn’t love Sonny, and he left heartbroken. And their reunion and trust in each other happened too suddenly. There was some love, they did kiss, but I didn’t really feel it. I was ready for some heartbreaking moments between Sonny and Kelley, fighting, tears, passionate love as they confessed their undying love to each other. I was left with such a bitter cliffhanger after Darklight, and was anxious for this book, but it fell flat. Tempestuous, just wasn’t what I was expecting. Shelf Unbound is proud to be a part of the Sips Card distribution network, which puts short fiction and poetry into local coffee shops around the country. Shelf Unbound is a 2012 Maggie Award finalist for Best Digital-Only Magazine and a recipient of the Alliance of Independent Authors’ Honoring Excellence Award. Please take time to take a look and if you would, say something….well, sweet? My publisher sent an electronic version of Off the Leashto the magazine editor months ago, who just happens to be a sweet gal from Texas, (there’s one of two of em’ around) and she chose to feature my book in her Odyssey Edition this month. It’s a book review magazine which reaches more than 125,000 readers in the United States and 56 countries around the globe. But I’m so excited to tell you that Off the Leash is being featured in the February edition of Shelf Unbound. Off the Leash: How my dog inspired me to quit my job, pack my car and take a road trip across America to reclaim my life. |