Hey-hey! Happy November and happy NaNoWriMo to those who’re participating, including myself! Yep, I’m taking the plunge for the first time this year. Pray for me! Here’s another snippet from Learning to Love, the book I plan to be finished by the end of the month! 🙂
Continuing from where we left off…
Somehow, they’d managed to make their way back to the Phys. Ed. office. Small school or not, there were enough hallways and corridors to make his head spin. He planned on staying a while longer just to get a little more used to the lay of the land, with no one watching or leading the way.
Pete jammed his key into the lock, and Will held his breath. Rebecca might be on the other side of the door. God, he hoped she was and prayed she wasn’t. He felt like a teenager again, scared as hell of talking to the prettiest girl and bullheaded enough to try, knowing that if he didn’t, somebody else would get to her first.Â
Disappointment lodged in his gut as the door opened to a Rebecca-less office. Pete set about gathering up his things, clearly anxious for his weekend to begin, and Will propped himself against the desk they’d designated for him to use while he worked there, if you could even call it a desk. Three of the drawers were jammed shut and the surface looked like it’d been through a war and came out on the losing side.
Here’s the blurb:
Rebecca Ledgerwood is a physical education teacher who’s ready to invest some sweat equity into a lasting romance. On a whim, she has her palm read before summer vacation ends, and she’s told she’s an old soul who’ll find happiness with a younger man.
William Whitney leaves an unfulfilling career to pursue teaching and gets placed at Rebecca’s school for his physical education practicum. He’s desperate to make a difference, convinced that the choices he made in the past contributed to his younger sister’s death. Kendal High School is nothing like the prep school he attended as a teenager, but he’s determined to make the most of his time there, especially if it makes Rebecca notice him.
Though they come from vastly different backgrounds, there’s an undeniable chemistry that sparks between the two. They resist, as they must, until his practicum ends, but when he’s offered a teaching position at his former prep school, will he take the easy way out, or fight for what’s right in front of him?
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I’m super excited to share that Steeped in Love, my debut novel, is now officially in audiobook format! It’s set to release on November 5th, but it’s available for pre-order now!
In other exciting news, I’m off to Kingston today to see the Rock the Rink skating tour with one of my pals, and we have ice level seats! This is the last time Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir will be on tour, so it’s history in the making! 🙂 Enjoy your day, my friends, and happy writing! xo
He has it bad…and got it fast. lol
Oh, I could see the desk. The company I work at has passed around several old desks that eventually made it to the dumpster. Sounds like that’s where his desk needs to go. 🙂
Love the description of his emotional roller coaster, as well as the desk – I could sure see that piece of furniture! Great snippet…
I loved the “Rebecca-less office”. It shows the intensity of his emotion.
I love the mixture of dread and anticipation! Excellent work!
LOL. That desk hadn’t been through a war, just a few years in a high school.
It’s so fun and sad at the same time to see how he wants to see her and is scared about it at the same time.
Love it! It’s been my experience that the first tour of a new school/office/any sort of building is disorienting, no matter how small or large it actually is. I swear that the first day I started this job I was taken down hallways and corridors that I’ve never been able to find again – and I’ve worked here for 13 years now! I also have a secondhand cabinet story. It was added to my office after our remodel, but nobody could find the keys for it, so it sat there, unusable, for a good six months, while I piled stuff on top of it.
Will’s so smitten, isn’t he? I love that he’s bullheaded enough to try for her, knowing that if he doesn’t, someone else will! Excellent snippet!
Great description of the office. That desk sounds familiar. lol His emotions are so up and down. Totally understandable.
Enjoy the ice show. That would be fun.
A great description of the office! I am able to picture it clearly.