“Fireworks” is a Contemporary
Romance novella by Lindsey Gray, author of "Lies Inside", "Redemption", "Revisited", and "Not the Same Season". This eBook exclusive will be released June 20th,
2013.
Sophie
McKibbin finds herself back in Sam Crawford’s life after ten years.
Unfortunately, Sam is dating Lola, Sophie’s high school nemesis. Lola dumps Sam
the day before he was supposed to introduce his mystery girlfriend to his
family over the Fourth of July holiday. With the looming fear of disappointing
his mother once again and his long held feelings for Sophie, he asks her to
take Lola’s place. With family feuds, an old flame, and feelings that have been
locked away for a decade, there is bound to be some fireworks.
Excerpt
Sam was waiting
patiently for the barista to make his drink with two extra shots of espresso
when he heard the tinkling laughter of two nurses ordering their own coffees.
He turned to see
what all the fuss was about. The tall, dark haired nurse was showing the
slightly shorter, brunette friend something on her cell phone.
“Two venti cafe
mochas, please,” the tall one ordered.
“Venti, Lexi? I’m
going to have such a sugar high by the time I get to the bottom of the cup.”
The other one laughed.
Sam noticed
something familiar about the brunette nurse at that moment and her voice
confirmed it. For years, he’d dreamed of long, wavy brown hair, a pair of bright
blue eyes, and heart shaped lips. Sam couldn’t believe it’d been almost ten
years since he last saw her in his parents’ kitchen. There was no thought in what
he did next, he acted on pure instinct.
“Why, if it isn’t
little Miss Sophie McKibbin.”
Sophie turned her
head in his direction, and a soft smile spread across her lips when she
giggled. “Mr. Sam Crawford. Fancy meeting you here.”
Lexi looked
between the smiling pair with confusion. “Someone fill me in, please?”
“Sorry, Lexi. Sam,
this is my best friend and roommate Lexi Carter. Lexi, this is Sam Crawford.
He’s from Halston, too, and happens to be the brother of my cousin’s wife,”
Sophie explained.
“Well, that
explains the greeting. I guess the two of you didn’t know you worked in the
same hospital?” Lexi asked.
Sophie looked at
him in surprise. “You work here?”
Sam rubbed the
back of his neck nervously. He never imagined he would be so uncomfortable in
Sophie’s presence, but she’d grown even more beautiful since he last saw her.
“Yes. I’m one of
the evening hospital administrators. I’m assuming you two are part of our top
notch nursing staff?”
“Yes, in the intensive
care unit,” Sophie responded.
“You must be the
team Dr. Thomas has been bragging about.” Sam was stuck smiling as he gazed
into her crystal-blue eyes. “We should all go out for a drink sometime.”
“Sounds great,”
Sophie replied.
Sam dug his
business card out of his pocket and wrote on the back. “This is my office
number, but my cell is on the back.”
“Thanks.” Sophie’s
cheeks reddened as she took the card from him.
“See you later.”
He lifted his coffee cup to the two before he left the cafeteria.
Lexi grasped
Sophie by the elbow and forced her into a nearby booth. “I need details. Who is
that sex-on-a-stick, and why have I never met him before?”
Sophie shook her
head as memories of a younger Sam flooded her mind. The years had been very kind to him in her
opinion. He was over six feet tall, with what appeared to be a lean yet muscled
body. His light brown hair looked like it needed a trim, but was incredibly
sexy at the same time. Like her own were, his eyes were blue, yet they seemed
hold a sparkle she’d never seen before when he smiled.
“His younger sister and I were friends in high
school. Sam was in college at that time, so I didn’t see much of him, but when
I did . . .” Sophie got a faraway look in her eyes.
“You liked him!”
Lexi smacked Sophie’s hand that lay on the table between them.
“Yep, I fell hard.
I admit there was a bit of flirting, but nothing ever came of it.” Sophie ran
her fingertips over her warm cheeks. “I thought I might see him a bit more once
Caroline and my cousin, Drew, started dating, but he was working somewhere out
east. Then I started dating Josh, and you know how that turned out.” Her
relationship with Josh Reynolds had been a complete disaster, dictating how she
had spent the last several years of her life.
“It’s time to get
back on the horse, so to speak. I’m sure that cowboy wouldn’t mind a ride.”
Sophie laughed,
but deep down in the dirty recesses of her mind, she could picture it
happening.
* * *
Lindsey Gray dreamed of being
several different things as a child such as a doctor, an actress, and a chef,
but none held her attention like putting pen to paper and creating her own
world through words. She has written three full-length novels and one
short story for The Writer's Coffee Shop Publishing House and is now taking the
self-publishing leap with her novella, "Fireworks".
A mid-west native, Lindsey enjoys
spending time with her husband and two children, reading almost anything she
can get her hands on, and making life interesting at each and every turn.
To learn more about Lindsey and her other works visit her Blog, like her on FaceBook, follow her on Twitter, or visit her Amazon
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