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He’s the boy who wants to disappear.
One mistake and seventeen-year-old Shake LeCasse lost everything. Now there’s no going back and no way to move forward. The once-popular Varsity hockey captain is living in the basement of a grandmother he barely knows, ditching school, avoiding friends and working hard on self-destruction.
She’s the girl nobody sees.
Cleo Lee survives however she can. Lie, cheat, steal, whatever it takes, and saving Mr. Popular isn’t part of the plan. Telling him the truth about the night that destroyed his life is downright dangerous. She needs to keep quiet, be smart and let the guy she’s been half in love with since middle school throw away a future she’d do anything to have. Too bad she sucks at playing it safe.
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Why would she give me another chance?
I can’t come up with the last time I cared what a girl thought. Maybe never. But right now, I’m so nervous I’m chewing my thumbnail like it’s a competitive sport.
I don’t know how long Cleo works, so I wait. And sweat. It’s hot as balls outside, and I’m dying a slow painful death.
Leaning against the brick wall of a hardware store, I lurk in a narrow strip of shade. I’m not sure if I’m loitering, stalking, trespassing, or just plain creepy, but I grab more attention than Batman in drag. Apparently every car needs to slow down and confirm I am totally pussywhipped.
This is why I’ve kept to myself. Not the pussywhipped part. The part where I keep screwing Cleo over. Not literally screwing. If that were the case, you wouldn’t hear me complaining. But well, shit, I totally messed everything up.
Anyway, my point is … yes, there is a point. If I’m not making sense, blame my hangover. My points are about as sharp as a kindergartener’s crayon this morning. Right. The point, the point … Cleo doesn’t need to witness or participate in the shitshow I starred in last night. I am an ass. A moron. A lifeform lower than a worm. A selfish worm who deserves to be ripped in half by a pair of starving robins.
Yup. My teammates knocked some sense into me. But that’s not what has me taking a hard look at myself. The thought of Cleo going back to the yellow house, because I am too far up my own buttcrack to take care of her, is worse than an acid enema.
Cleo Lee actually needs me, looks at me with something besides pity, and I blew it. If I sucked any harder, I could vacuum the carpets. So why would she give me another chance?
About the Author:Emily Award Finalist and Melody Of Love Award Finalist, Charisse M Moritz divides her life between upstate NY and northern Florida. When not barricaded inside her writing cave or enjoying every possible minute with her husband and three kids, you’ll find her listening to 60’s music, singing offkey and looking for new reads.
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ReplyDeleteThank you so very much for hosting an excerpt from my mature YA romance novel, Shakespeare Burning.
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ReplyDeleteI spent approximately two years writing this book. As I plot my stories, the characters gradually develop their personalities and their names come to me as a part of this process. For this book, the length of the main characters' two names reflect the differences in their backgrounds. I'm hoping to finish up editing and publish my second book in May.
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