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Perfect Moment by Becca Lee Extract

My point was
that it was frustrating, and sweet, and a whole lot of confusing. Nothing could
or would ever happen between me and baby Preston. I’d deliberately started
calling him that after the towel debacle. I knew it pissed him the hell off.
Immature? Definitely. Satisfying? Absolutely.

My prayers
weren’t answered. The ground didn’t open up and swallow me whole. I even
stamped my left foot to double check, which inevitably sent a wicked pain
through my head. To make the whole nightmare even more surreal and completely
screwed up, Preston clearly thought that it would be hilarious to take hold of
my hand and pull me toward the two empty chairs on our parents’ table. Of
course, they were sharing a table; that’s what close friends did.

Not to self: when you have children, no
bloody steak, illustrations or family discussions.
So, this meal
was going to be bad. The only play I could think of to avoid the two metres
until I got to the empty chair was to fain sickness, which actually wasn’t too
far from what I felt like. If I didn’t get bacon in my system soon, I would
throw up, and I’d make damned sure I did so in Preston’s lap. Begrudgingly, I
carried on along my path of humiliation and interrogation, Preston firmly
holding my hand the whole way.
*Unedited and
subject to change.
Synopsis
“When life threatens perfect, it’s time to step up and kick life in the balls.”
Ella's perfect moment was taken from her in the worst possible way. Humiliated, heartbroken and absolutely determined not to allow her heart be destroyed for a second time, she builds an ice wall around her heart.
Preston has known that he was in love with his big sister's best friend since the age of fifteen. Over ten years on, and an opportunity to be her knight in shining armour is too good to miss. Putting his heart on the line, he's on a mission to show Ella that the perfect moment is possible.
Ella's instinct is to run when she realises her feelings for her bestie's little brother may just run a little bit deeper than just friends. But if she can't run, she'll try every trick in the book to shake off his affection and realign his feelings.
She’s already had her perfect moment, and there is no chance she'll let her heart thaw for Preston. No matter how good he looks in the fire-fighter's Christmas calendar.
Expected Release Date: April 2014
Contemporary Romance
About the Author
Spending the last few years near the Queensland coast, Becca is rarely out of the sea or off the beach. Dragging her long board with her and her overworked Kindle Fire, Becca enjoys her three addictions: reading, surfing and ogling surfers, one of whom is her husband of ten years.
She can still be found regularly on the beach with her family. Becca tends to leave the surfing to her boys; she's far too busy immersed in her own writing or, of course, with her head still buried in a new read.
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