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Lucky Penny
by
L.A. Cotton
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Genre: Contemporary Romance
Release Date: November 30, 2015
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~ Synopsis ~
I was his lucky Penny. He
was my light in the dark, hope in despair. Our bond was one of survival,
friendship... first love.
But then we were ripped
apart and Blake Weston became the memory I turned to when everything else in my
life fell apart.
Seven years later, a
summer working at Camp Chance is supposed to be my fresh start. Beautiful
scenery and the chance to better the lives of foster children--kids like me.
But when my eyes land on him across the fire, time stands still and feelings
come rushing back to the surface. I thought I'd moved on, tucked him away in my
heart. One look into his soulful blue eyes and I know I'm wrong. Blake Weston
can heal the broken parts of me. Restore my hope. Love me.
It's our second chance. A
sign we are supposed to be together.
Isn't it?
I was twelve when I
survived the accident that killed my parents. Fourteen when I survived the
devil. And sixteen, when I survived a heartbreak of the worst kind.
But in my twenty-three
years, Blake Weston might just be the first thing I won't survive.
~ Excerpt ~
Marissa didn’t follow me. It was most likely she had pieced
together our story after Blake’s song. How could she not? It was as if he had
weaved our entire relationship into his lyrics. I could feel his
sixteen-year-old self singing every line to my sixteen-year-old self. Although,
I was pretty certain the sixteen-year-old Blake I’d known then had no clue how
to play the guitar.
After washing the tearstains from my face, I brushed my teeth.
It was still early, but I couldn’t face going back out there, so I changed into
my shorts and tank top and climbed into bed. Sleep would be impossible, but at
least here, I was safe.
Most people felt lonely in solitude, but I welcomed the silence.
I embraced it even. Something about the quiet, the knowledge no one else was
around, comforted me. I knew it made me different. I didn’t need a shrink to
tell me that, but it didn’t change the fact that I found sanctuary in being
alone.
I lay there not really allowing myself to think. Thinking was
dangerous; it led to remembering, and my memories were stained with pain and
hurt and the kinds of things that made most people’s nightmares look like a
walk in the park. Instead, I tracked the uneven cabin ceiling. My eyes followed
the planes of the wood from one end to the other and back again until they grew
heavy.
A knock on the door startled me sending my already restless
heart into overdrive and I rubbed at my eyes.
“Hello?” I called out hoping to hear Marissa’s voice, but I knew
it wasn’t her. She wouldn’t have knocked; she would have barged right in and
demanded answers.
“Penny, it’s me.”
I squeezed my eyes shut, but my mind betrayed me as an image of
Blake’s face filled my head.
Another knock.
“Penny.”
Forcing myself to sit up, I swung my legs over the edge of the
bed. He wasn’t going away. Blake—our connection—was something I was going to
have to deal with sooner or later, and from Blake’s admissions over the last
few days, it seemed that he was making the decision for me.
My legs were like lead as I walked to the door. It swung open
and Blake stood there looking at me with such reverence in his eyes I almost
crumpled. Maybe I did crumple because, before my head had time to process what
was happening, I was in Blake’s arms, and he was holding on to me like he
needed me to breathe.
“I’ve missed you so much. I’ve tried to stay away, to give
you space, but I can’t. I can’t spend another day feeling like you might slip
through my fingers again.”
One of Blake’s hands buried itself in my hair and cradled my
head holding me to him. My face pressed up against the collar of his hoodie,
and I breathed him in. He smelled familiar, like damp grass and fresh air, of a
time when things were less complicated, and my heart ached for us. At that
moment, we weren’t two strangers reunited by chance; we were sixteen-year-old
Blake and Penny.
And we needed each other to survive.
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~ About the Author ~
Contemporary romance and
romantic suspense … written with feeling
L.A is author of the
Fate’s Love Series and Chastity Falls Series. Home is a small town in the
middle of England where she currently juggles being a full-time mum to two
little people with writing. In her spare time (and when she’s not camped out in
front of the laptop) you’ll most likely find L. A immersed in a book, escaping
the chaos that is life.
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