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The Only One by Magnan Vernon
Expected Publication: Fall 2013
Genre: New Adult/Contemporary Romance
Honor student, manager at the campus coffee shop,
owner of an impressive sweater collection – Melanie Wilder has it all together.
Then John “John Boy” Walden strolls into her life wearing nothing more than an
impish grin and all-too-revealing loin cloth.
Soon, make-out sessions replace homework, lust triumphs over work. And to further crumble her perfect world, an unexpected phone call threatens to take away everything she’s worked for.
Now, as Melanie struggles to pick up the pieces, she realizes that John may be the only one to put her life back together…unless he shatters it first.
Soon, make-out sessions replace homework, lust triumphs over work. And to further crumble her perfect world, an unexpected phone call threatens to take away everything she’s worked for.
Now, as Melanie struggles to pick up the pieces, she realizes that John may be the only one to put her life back together…unless he shatters it first.
Excerpt:
I looked
around the basement, sipping whatever concoction some guy poured out of a
cooler. He called it a ‘magic potion’ and I hoped that didn’t mean he rufied
it. I don’t know how Monica talked me into this.
A horde
of girls clad in nothing more than lingerie pushed past me as if I were nothing
more than another one of the paddles on the paneled wall. I tried to pull back
but then I came face to chest with a set of abs and felt all of the magic
potion cascade down my cardigan.
I gasped
once the cold liquid soaked through both my layers and hit my skin.
“Too
bad, that was such a nice sweater…” A deep voice said.
I looked
up, all the way past the chiseled six pack and to a pair of cool blue eyes.
“Maybe you should just take it off up in my room and I can help you dry off.”
He leaned in, his full lips right on my ear. “Or make you wetter.”
My
breath caught in my throat, rendering me speechless. Luckily my best friend
Monica jumped between us, pushing the guy back so I got a full view of him and
realized he was only wearing a loin cloth and a large smile.
"Down
John Boy." She scowled at him and then turned to me, almost knocking her
beret off. "What the hell happened to you?"
"I-I-I
spilled my drink."
Monica's
eyes narrowed as she looked down at the red liquid soaking through my gray
sweater. She whipped her head around to the loin cloth clad guy. "Was this
your fault? Are you trying to get my friend naked?"
He held
up his hands, a cockeyed grin on his face. "Purely an accident, Lib."
Ah, now
I knew where I’d seen him before. He had come into the coffee shop we worked at
a few times. I don’t think he even glanced in my direction more than to hand me
his student ID to pay, but was always calling Monica ‘Lib.’ I’m guessing
because she was an extreme liberal.
Monica's
boyfriend, the governor's son Trey Chapman, pushed through the crowd. When I
usually saw him he was polished in dress pants and a dress shirt, but his
Halloween costume was nothing more than a pair of American flag boxers, a dress
shirt, and some gray hairspray. He looked ridiculous. I still don't know how
Monica talked him into the Clinton and Lewinsky couples costumes.
"Hey,
I’ve been looking for you." He slipped his arm around Monica's waist.
"What's going on here?"
"Your
big brother here spilled a drink on Melanie to try and get her naked."
"Hey!"
John yelled.
"It
wasn't his fault," I piped in. "It’s crowded here and he just ran
into me. It’s fine."
"Fine?"
Monica raised her eyebrows. "That Hermione costume you've been wearing
since middle school is covered in ever clear and Kool aid. That’s not
fine."
"I
haven't worn this since middle school!" Okay, truth was, it was my go-to
costume. I bought it for the first movie's midnight showing and wore it for
every movie opening and Halloween since.
"Whatever." Monica turned her head to Trey and tugged on his
shirt. "You can just wear Trey's shirt."
I loved, loved, loved the Only Exception and I cannot wait for this one!!
Add to your Goodreads TBR Shelf!!
Tidbits on the Author:
Magan
Vernon is a Young Adult and New Adult writer who lives with her family in the
insurance capital of the world. When not writing she spends her time fighting
over fake boyfriends via social media.
Ways to Stalk Her:
Blog www.maganvernon.com
Twitter https://twitter.com/
Facebook fan page https://www.facebook.com/
Pinterest http://pinterest.com/
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