Published August 28th, 2013
Description:
Ness's parents are shocked when she turns down her place at Leeds University and takes on a full-time job in a call center. Determined to begin her adult life the way she wants, Ness moves to Leeds to live with her best friend Abby.
One night she meets Evan, who is everything she hates about guys. He may be hot but he's also drunken, arrogant, and on top of that, he apparently has sex with girls and forgets about it. But Evan isn't what he seems and Ness soon discovers they have more in common than she thought.
Evan is struggling to escape from his past too, and when Lucy appears she threatens his new relationship with Ness. Unsure if she can deal with the effect Lucy has on Evan, Ness makes a decision about her future which pulls them apart.
When their new lives don't go as planned, Ness and Evan are both faced with difficult choices.
All because of Lucy...
EXCERPT:
(When Ness meets Evan)
I side step the sink and turn. A guy leans against the doorframe, trying
to appear nonchalant but his slackened stance indicates he’s attempting to keep
himself upright. His brown hair is longer at the front and spills into his
face, and unfocused brown eyes appear to be looking in my direction. He’s one
of the regulars. I don’t pay a lot of attention, but he’s a good-looking guy
and they never go unnoticed.
“Yes?” I snap. I’m so not in the mood.
His eyes sweep my figure. Unbelievable...
I straighten my sleeves and look at him with an eyebrow raised.
“Are you Abby’s housemate?”
“Who are you?”
“Evan.” He rubs his nose. “You’re not a student?”
“Correct, I am the one not lying in a drunken haze on the floor contemplating
my navel.”
Evan takes a step forward, steadying himself with one hand as my witty
repartee sails over his head. “Why?”
“Why am I not on the floor pissed?”
“Why aren’t you a student?”
“Because I work instead.”
“Hmm.” He pauses and grasps onto the sink, searching for a glass. I pass
him the spare one. “Did you fail?”
“Fail what?”
Evan fills the glass. “Or are you just not smart enough for uni? What is
it you do?” He gulps the water in three mouthfuls then wipes his mouth with his
hand.
Arrogant wanker.
“That’s right, I’m not smart enough. I’m living with Abby until I can
find a nice man to marry then I can have 2.4 kids and a house in the suburbs.
Because, as I’m not a student, I have no future.”
Evan leans against the sink. “Fair enough.”
Oh my god he believes me. How pissed is he exactly? “So, you think anyone
who doesn’t go to university is inferior to you?” I demand.
I’ve seen her friends looking down their noses at me. Inverted snobbery.
On top of that, the locals hate students and the students hate locals. I’m
neither. I can’t win.
We’re close now and he stinks of alcohol and pot, a faint hint of
deodorant lingering on his clothes. Evan’s T-shirt has come untucked and rides
up as he leans against the sink. He’s toned, evidently works out. I can’t help
myself, I check him out. Beneath his curls he has deep brown eyes. Incoherent
eyes. I hate to admit, but something about him is seriously sexy.
Even if he is a dick.
“Well, if you’ll excuse me,” I say.
He sniggers.
“What’s funny?”
“You sound like the Queen.”
Not this again. I get enough crap at work. I move from Cheltenham to
Yorkshire and suddenly I’m ‘stuck up home counties girl’.
I don’t dignify his comment with an answer and turn away from him, and
walk out of the kitchen.
“Want me to get the guy out of your bed?” he calls after me.
I stop and look round. “You know him?”
“I could replace him.”
My mouth drops open at his arrogance. An attempt at a flirtatious smile
plays around his lips but the unfocused eyes kill the effect he’s trying to achieve.
He’s serious. I imagine he has a ready supply of eager girls. No surprise with
a body and looks like his, such a shame he needs a personality transplant.
I step towards him. “Evan. I am not pissed. Nor are you getting into my
bed. Good night.”
Feeling happy with my retort, I saunter towards the stairs. Behind me,
Evan impersonates my sentence with an exaggerated posh accent.
It’s a good thing that I’m sober otherwise I’d go back there and punch
him.
Lisa is originally from the UK but now lives in Perth, Western Australia. She splits her time between writing, raising a family and running a business. She even leaves the house occasionally.
Lisa writes romance and is currently working on a series of new adult paranormal romance novels, the first book, Soul Ties, was published in July 2013. She also writes new adult contemporary - Because of Lucy was released August 2013.
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Uuuu..Bad boy here:> .
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