The Only One
By Magan Vernon
Synopsis:
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.
ABOUT MAGAN VERNON:
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.
You can find her online at www.maganvernon.com.
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Exclusive 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."
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