(Fighting Chance #1)
by: Caylie Marcoe
Publication: November 13, 2014
ISBN: 1503056724
ASIN: B00ODJ2LQK
Length: 253 pages
Genres: Contemporary, New Adult, Romance
Blurb:
The road of Hayley Cavanaugh's life has been filled with cracks, potholes,and detour signs. Her mom's cancer forced her to grow up too fast and her brother has moved across the country instead of sticking around when she needs him most. Now, her parents are forcing her to move out. They say she needs to follow through with the plans she's set for herself, bu Hayley is torn between her dreams and her family's reality. The only thing she has to look forward to is living with her best friend, Kyler.
What she doesn't need right now? Eli Park. Hayley remembers him as Kyler's boyfriend's geeky roommate, but he's anything but geeky now. Now, he's downright hot. And Haley cannot get him out of her head.
It would be easier if they didn't have class together five days a week. Or have weekly study dates. And if she didn't spend way too much time with Kyler at Eli's house. But, the closer he gets and the harder she falls, the more Hayley pulls away. Her heart is too fragile to end up broken on the side of the road. She thinks she's got it under control until Eli brings home another girl nad Hayley realizes what she has to lose.
As Hayley's life is turned further upside down, will she be left to pick up the pieces of her heart alone?
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Excerpt :
I swung back and forth for a while,
letting the breeze settle my nerves. I don’t know how long I was out there for,
but eventually, I heard a car pull up. The door shut and footsteps thumped up
the stairs.
“Hello,” a masculine voice drifted
towards me.
I opened my eyes and was greeted with
crystal blue eyes, messy brown hair, a lopsided smirk and six feet of tall,
lean man.
“Er…um…hi,” I croaked out. Okay…the man
was gorgeous. Pretty sure I was blushing.
“Haley?” gorgeous mystery man asked.
I nodded. I didn’t know who this guy
was, but he seemed to know me. And if I opened my mouth to ask him, I’m sure I
would sound like an idiot again.
He gave me that adorable lopsided grin
again. “Eli.” He pointed at himself, like I should know who he was. Eli was leaning
against the porch railing, staring at me with amusement in his eyes. Maybe if
he wasn’t so damn attractive I could get my brain to start working again. But
for now, I could only stare.
“You don’t remember me, do you?” he
asked. “The four of us hung out together when I roomed with Noah in the dorms.”
Holy shit. This
man in front of me couldn’t be Noah’s roommate. There was no possible way he
was the same guy. I hung out with the kid all the time, and this guy…no, not
him. Not him at all.
“You look nothing like you did freshman
year.” I blurted out. Then quickly turned red and clamped my hand over my
mouth.
Oh God, he’s going to think you are the
biggest idiot.
Eli laughed. “I was a lot scrawnier
back then. Had longer hair. Wore thick framed glasses all the time.” His voice
still sounded the same. That was something at least. “When I moved back home to
help my mom, I worked with my uncle at his construction company. I guess that
helped me gain a little muscle.” He shrugged like he was not confident with how
he looked.
The more I stared at him, the more he
was becoming familiar. Freshman year, he was this quiet, slightly nerdy kid. He
always wore comic book t-shirts. He had spent most of his time on his computer
or playing video games with Noah. Kyler had kept telling me that he had a crush
on me, and she even begged me to go out with him a few times, but I always came
up with reasons I couldn’t. Mostly those excuses dealt with my crush at
that time—Drew. Blah. I was so not going to think about that douche when
Eli was standing in front of me.
I mean, I enjoyed hanging out with him
as a friend, but dating? He was definitely not what I thought my type was.
Though, what I thought my type was turned out to be a bunch of jerks, so maybe
I should have given the nice guy a chance.
“You okay?” he asked gently, pushing
off the railing and taking a seat next to me on the swing. “You seem lost in
thought.”
I shrugged, not knowing what to say.
“You don’t remember me, do you?”
“Oh no, I do.”
About The Author:
Born and raised in the frozen tundra of Wisconsin, Caylie fell in love with reading at a young age. With her lively imagination, she created numerous stories in her head throughout her childhood and teenage years.Her first novel, Choose Us, released in April 2014 and became an Amazon Bestseller.
When she isn't slaving away at the keyboard, Caylie is an avid reader, and lover of coffee... copious amounts of coffee. She also has an unhealthy addiction to coffee mugs, chapstick, water bottles, football, and tv shows--binge watching is her favorite.
She chases her two kids around the house all day, and has a husband whom she adores.
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