Title: Reflection
Author: Jessica Roberts
Publisher: S/P
Pages: 304
Bright, spunky Heather Robbins has escaped her small hometown and is anxiously beginning her freshman year of college. Rising above her rocky childhood, she’s found a place where good things are finally starting to happen: her own private apartment, refreshing college classes, and an intense attachment to a mysterious and rugged classmate, Nick Richards.
But when her dreamy college life turns out to be nothing more than a wonderful dream while resting in a coma, questions threaten.
Now, Heather must press forward to unlock the real past, and find the answers buried deep in her mind. What she unlocks instead is a roller coaster ride through flashbacks, embellished memories, and a whirlwind romance.
And when it’s all over and she comes face to face with the truth, will she lose everything she’s fallen in love with?
About the Author
JESSICA ROBERTS grew up in the San
Francisco, California Bay Area where she spent most of her time playing sports
alongside her six siblings. She was
crowned Miss Teen California her senior year of high school, and went on to
Brigham Young University where she graduated in Human Development. Her love of family, church, writing,
athletics, and singing and dancing keeps her life busy and fulfilled. She currently resides in Utah with her
husband and three children.
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Excerpt
And
then all of a sudden Nick got up. While
my brain was determining where he was going and if I’d gone too far, my eyes
studied his physique as it strolled away from me. His t-shirt clung to the evident muscles of
his upper back, hanging flawlessly in the hollow down to his waist. I’d never noticed something like that. To my eye’s dismay he hunched behind the
counter. I was fascinated and confused
by the draw I felt to him and the alien emotions pulling inside my
stomach. Emotions I was certain I’d
never processed before.
A few
seconds later his eyes fastened on me.
“Garbage?”
“What? Oh.” I
stood, laughing sheepishly. “Yeah. I don’t have one. I mean, I need to get one.” I placed my clumsy hands on my hips and then
glanced behind me because I didn’t know where else to look.
Visually
I followed him as he wadded the white paper in his hand, snatched his keys off
the counter, and strolled toward me. But
because my eyes were nervously stiff I didn’t really see him. I twisted Creed’s ring around my finger; then
my hand scratched the back of my neck; and then my foot propped behind me on
its tiptoe and I almost lost my balance.
Say
something! He’s leaving!
“You’re
leaving already and I haven’t even finished my sandwich.” I scrunched my nose at what came out. “Not that I want you to stay or
anything. I mean, it’s your choice to
stay or leave but—”
His
nearness cut me off. In the course of my
bird-brained comments, he had been advancing toward me, finally stopping
uncomfortably close to me. His lips were
curved in a wicked grin and I swallowed with a bashfulness I rarely felt.
To my
utter shock, a hot finger lifted my chin and our faces came even closer. Too close.
Breathe,
Heather.
“Would
you like that, if I stayed?”
My eyes
dropped from his, but they only made it to his chest since he was holding my
head in place.
“Actually,
I have so much to do today,” I said, trying my best to sound bored. But my voice held a nervous quiver that most
likely made him smile more.
Though
he dropped his hand from my face, he didn’t back away and his deep voice
rumbled through my head again. “Some of
us attend class.”
My nose
scrunched. Had I missed class this
morning? Before I had time to pinpoint
what day it was, he was gone.
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