Cover Reveal & Excerpt
When the Chips are Down
by
Beth Rinyu
by
Beth Rinyu
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Release Date: March 20, 2015
Photo & Cover Design by: Lindee Robinson
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~ Synopsis ~
Melanie
Hanson's life didn't go quite the way she had planned. Her cheating ex-husband
traded her in for a newer model and she’s in over her head dealing with the
drama that comes along with raising her twin teenage daughters.
The last thing she is looking for or needs in her life is a man - or is it?
Ben Wilder is the boy that Melanie loved to hate throughout high school, the boy that all the girls loved and the boy that didn't give Melanie the time of day, unless it was to tease her. When she runs into him once again she realizes...he’s not a boy anymore. Older and wiser, she’s determined not to fall for her secret crush from all those years ago. But sometimes our heart has different plans than our head. Will she finally get her happily ever after with the man she least expected to have it with?
Take a humorous journey with Melanie and her daughters as their lives begin to parallel and they discover that although they may be separated by a generation their struggles are still the same.
The last thing she is looking for or needs in her life is a man - or is it?
Ben Wilder is the boy that Melanie loved to hate throughout high school, the boy that all the girls loved and the boy that didn't give Melanie the time of day, unless it was to tease her. When she runs into him once again she realizes...he’s not a boy anymore. Older and wiser, she’s determined not to fall for her secret crush from all those years ago. But sometimes our heart has different plans than our head. Will she finally get her happily ever after with the man she least expected to have it with?
Take a humorous journey with Melanie and her daughters as their lives begin to parallel and they discover that although they may be separated by a generation their struggles are still the same.
~ Excerpt ~
I tried
my best to ignore him, but I could feel his eyes settling on me. I took a deep
breath when he got up and sat next to me. “Well, at least I know your real name
now.” I shook my head, still trying to avoid eye contact. “So, how’s your ass
doing?”
“What!?” I finally turned my head and looked directly at him.
“From your fall the other day.” I looked away. “Was I really that much of an
ass to you during high school that you are still carrying a grudge all these
years later?”
“Don’t flatter yourself. It has nothing to do with you.”
“Oh, okay. So, are you bitchy like this to every guy you come in contact with?”
“Yeah, maybe I am! What’s it to you?”
He held his hand up in defense. “Doesn’t matter to me one bit, sweetheart, but
you’ve clearly been shafted by a guy a time or two to have an attitude like
that. I mean, don’t get me wrong. The bitchy ones are better in bed with all
that pent-up aggression.” He smirked and took a sip of his beer.
“Oh, you are such a pig, you know that? You are the same arrogant ‘I’m so in
love with myself’ jock you were back in school! Well, reality check. Despite
the fact you may have never grown up, most women have. So your good looks,
perfect body, and smooth talking will no longer work.”
He chuckled
loudly. “What’s so funny?”
“I think you just admitted you thought I was good-looking and had a perfect
body.”
“No. That’s not what –” He had me feeling so flustered. “I meant MEN, in
general!”
“Whatever you say, princess.”
“My name is Melanie! Oh, wait. Maybe you’ll remember Smellanie better!”
His grin widened. “Ahhhh, now I remember you! You were that cute little blonde
girl who used to sit in front of me in French class. You were the little goody
two-shoes who always knew exactly how to respond in perfect French to the
teacher, while the rest of us struggled to maintain a D average. You know you
really didn’t smell, right? That was just a nickname for you.”
“I know I never smelled, thank you very much!”
“Well, Smellanie, can
I say that you are just as cute now as you were back then?”
“No, you may not!”
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