Bobby Beckerson was the American All-Star
hockey player--he was the spitting image of perfection to his family. Goofy,
sweet and undeniably gorgeous, he had everything but the one girl he wanted:
River Ahlers.
River Ahlers is successful in everything but love. She's been in love with Adam Beckerson since they were kids. Worst of all she's stuck right in the middle of the brother's dueling over everything and anything, and she doesn't even know she's the ultimate prize.
Adam Beckerson was a boy with a guitar, a smile that sunk girl's hearts and a stone wall around his own. He was anything but perfect, and no matter how hard he tried he was nothing compared to Bobby. Sweet, damaged, with boyish good-looks, nobody thought Adam loved anyone but himself.
Bobby loved River, River loved Adam and Adam only loved himself--or so everyone thought. Then one night everything changes, and as it threatens to destroy everyone involved a tragedy strikes that will break them all...
GENRE: New Adult Contemporary Romance
Excerpt
I yawned as I closed
my laptop and blinked at the television clock - 10:00 PM - I
hadn’t even eaten yet. I began to stand, but dropped back down on the
couch when I heard the giggle from across the hall; it was accompanied by a
laugh I knew all too well, and the slam of the door. I sank deeper
into the cushions as my mind drifted back to another night filled with his
laughter…
My eyes open at the
sound. Someone was throwing a rock against my bedroom window. I shot up in bed
and looked around the pitch black room lit only by the hot pink comforter as
the sound hit again. Mom had to take my night light today of all days when
there wasn’t even a moon outside. There it was again, and it was definitely a
rock. I slipped out of bed and went to the window.
There hanging in the
tree next to my window was Adam and in his hand was a glowing jar.
I slowly lifted the
window so it wouldn’t squeak. “What the heck are you doing?”
“I heard your mom
made you get rid of the night light,” Adam replied, shoving the jar into my
hands.
I took it and
narrowed my eyes at him as he swung in the window.
“Who told you that?”
I asked. I was glad the room was now only dimly lit by the glowing jar so he
couldn’t see my pink cheeks.
“Bobby, who else?”
“What a jerk!” I
huffed.
Adam shrugged as he
pulled two other jars from his backpack. “I couldn’t fit them all in. I didn’t
realize how hard it was to climb a tree with one arm.”
“What’s in these?” I
asked as Adam set them on the ground and the room began to dance with the
light.
“Fireflies,” he
replied, and his thin lips turned into that crooked smile.
“You put what
in these?” I hissed at him, stepping forward.
Adam’s brow furrowed
over his face.
“I spent an hour
catching fireflies for you,” he repeated and I watched as his throat rose and
fell as he swallowed. “Don’t worry—I poked holes in the top.”
He moved closer to me
so I could smell his cologne—the one I’d bought him for his sixteenth birthday
a few days earlier. I tried to hide the deep breath I took of him as he moved
my fingers across the metal top so I could feel the holes he’d poked.
He smirked at me
again with his fingers still over mine. I could feel the calluses from
playing guitar—ones I’d felt a thousand times before as he leaned over me and
tried his best to teach me how to strum. “You know I’d never hurt your precious
fairies, Riv.”
Cassandra doesn't remember a time when she
wasn't writing. In fact, the first time she was published was when she was
seven years old and won a contest to be published in an American Girl Doll
novel. Since then Cassandra has written more novels than she can count and put
just as many in the circular bin. Her personal goal with her writing is to show
the reader the character's stories through their dialogue and actions instead of
just telling the reader what is happening. In 2012 she became a published Young
Adult author, releasing In Between Seasons (The Fall, #1)
and the Amazon bestselling thriller, Walking in the Shadows. In
2013 she branched out by using her artistic illustrating talents to publish her
first Children's novel, The Adventures of Skippy Von Flippy: Tales of
Friendship (Skippy Tales, #1). Cassandra released her first New
Adult novel, Love Exactly, which became an
Amazon Bestseller overnight in June of 2013. She's currently working on her new
New Adult Contemporary Romance, Beautifully Flawed.
The first novel in the series, Flawed Perfection is scheduled to
be published on March 7, 2014.
Besides being a writer, Cassandra is a professional photographer known for her automotive, nature and architectural shots. She is the owner of Gio Design Studios Photography and Gio Design Studios Publication Marketing . She is currently studying to receive a degree in Marketing. Cassandra is happily married to the man of her dreams and they live in the rolling hills of New England with the other loves of her life their dogs, Bubski and Kanga.
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