Sky High is the third book in The Attraction Series. Like the other books in the series, Sky High is a standalone novel—although characters from Constructing Us (Book 1) and A Hot Winter (Book 2) also appear, so readers can see how they’re doing! I had a lot of fun with this book, because Jamie is one-of-a-kind and I hope I captured that.
Publication date: May 2015
First she stole my parking spot. Then we became friends. Then I fell completely, mind-torturingly in love with her. Oh, wait—I think that happened first.
Sky High is the third book in The Attraction Series. Like the other books in the series, Sky High is a standalone novel—although characters from Constructing Us (Book 1) and A Hot Winter (Book 2) also appear, so readers can see how they’re doing! I had a lot of fun with this book, because Jamie is one-of-a-kind and I hope I captured that.
What makes Jamie and Sky such a great couple?
When the story begins, Sky is in a tough transition, finally coming to terms with the fact that her ski career is over after it had only just begun—and that she has to figure out what’s next. She has become somewhat negative and cynical, but when Jamie comes along with his easygoing, funny personality, he inevitably brings a positive energy to Sky’s life.
EXCERPT
“Why are you so
pissed?”
Jamie spared her a
cold glance over his shoulder. For a
fleeting moment, she thought he might deny his anger or talk around it, but
instead he muttered, “You know why.”
Sucking in a
breath, Sky hesitated. For a long
moment, she watched him picking up weights and stacking them (loudly), feeling
like she had a wad of cotton in her throat.
She wasn’t sure what to say or how to play this; she only knew that she
needed Jamie to be her friend again—and so much more than that—and she wasn’t
going to insult his intelligence by playing dumb.
“Look, I didn’t
even want to go on that date,” she
told him, still talking to his back. “It
was a last-minute favor to Alison—she begged me!” Wordlessly, Jamie stacked two more weights,
then scooped up a dumbbell.
Frustrated, Sky
said, “Look, she begged me as a personal favor to go out with him.”
With his back
still to her, he said, “Yeah, did she beg you to bring the guy back home with
you, too?”
Sky winced at
that. “The date didn’t mean anything,
Jamie.”
God, he was being
difficult. Was he going to make her say
it first? Didn’t he know how scary that
was?
Suddenly he whipped
his head around, as if a thought had just occurred to him. “Wait—is he downstairs right now?
Waiting for you?”
“No!” Sky nearly
yelped. “No, he’s not there. He left.”
“Ah,” Jamie said
with a nod. “So that’s why you’re
here. Let me guess: you want my opinion
now.”
“No,” Sky began,
shaking her head, “that’s not—”
“Well,” Jamie
declared, “my opinion is that this is bullshit.”
Stunned, Sky just
blinked at him for a second. “Exactly
which part?” she asked, confused.
“This whole thing
with you and me,” he stated bluntly.
“And I’m done with it.”
For a terrifying
second, Sky panicked. How was he “done”
with it? With her? “What does that mean?” she said, trying to
keep her voice from betraying what a hot mess of emotions she was right now.
Jamie started
walking toward her, his eyes burning with anger. “It means: I don’t want to be your friend and
I don’t want to hear about these guys anymore.”
“That’s what I’m
trying to—”
“What do you even
need my input for anyway?” Jamie continued brusquely, and Sky’s breath hitched
in her throat. She’d never seen him this
angry (and was it wrong that it was turning her on?) “You’re a grown woman,” he practically barked
at her, stopping his processional about five feet away from her. “You go be with whoever you want to be
with.”
Nodding, Sky felt
her adrenaline rise. “Fine, I will. In fact, that’s exactly what I’m going to do,” she promised, walking closer to
him. If he was missing her meaning, he
certainly wouldn’t be missing it for long...
About the author:
About the author:C.J. Lake is a storyteller who is passionate about art, surfing, and skiing/snowboarding. Residing near the coast of Massachusetts, C.J. is currently working on a new book. Readers can get in touch via:email (writercjlake@gmail.com) or follow C.J.:
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