The equations are simple.
Ashby = Twin Siblings
Tanner McCain = Best Friends
Tanner McCain = Off limits
butterflies.
skipped heartbeats.
lingering stares.
invisible line once, exponentially changing the equation. I was convinced we
could make our relationship work until Tanner broke the trust he embedded in me
from the age of seven.
built for that short month vanished. I swore never to speak to him again and
it’s worked. Until now—two years later, when my brother’s wedding places me face-to-face
with the best man—Tanner McCain.
twice?
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have no choice but to take a break to recoup some energy. Gripping the side of
the pool, I toss my goggles on the cement and lay my head on top of my hands,
leaning over the edge of the pool. Mentally tormenting myself on my recent
obsession with Tanner McCain, I’m surprised when the echo of someone else in
the pool alerts me.
them on my head. My eyes glance up to see if the person is one of my teammates,
but what I find halts my breathing. Tanner snakes into the water, gracefully
picking up each plastic rope and ducking underneath, until he reaches the lane
right next to me. I gulp down the last of my saliva when he casually swings
back and forth on the lane separator closest to me.
resting on the top of his head and his strong biceps holding his body up in the
water. “I thought I’d find you here.” His classic smirk from last night is back
in place.
timid and unsure voice. Even worse, the hopefulness it’s laced with.
or Dare?” He doesn’t make eye contact with me. Rather, he peers across the
empty pool.
California beats themselves up on their workouts, imagining their fingertips on
that tile wall before Tanner’s.
half of my energy when I go against you.”
the pool, splashing his face. He shakes his head, water droplets spraying off
his divine features.
the tile wall. I purposely don’t allow my body to win the fight to break the
distance between us.
nods toward the other end of the pool. “One lap.”
creature rises within me. I want to pick his brain and dig through the layers
to discover exactly why he sought me out in this pool so early in the morning
and why his hands roamed places on my body they never ventured before last
night. Most of all, I want to know how he left me without even a good-bye.
my eyebrows at him a few times for competition.
Michelle moved around the Midwest most of her life, transferring from
school to school before settling down in the outskirts of Chicago ten years
ago, where she now resides with her husband and two kids. She developed a love of reading at a young
age, which helped lay the foundation for her passion to write. With the encouragement of her family, she
finally sat down and wrote one of the many stories that have been floating
around in her head. When she isn’t reading or writing, she can be found playing
with her kids, talking to her mom on the phone, or hanging out with her family
and friends. But after chasing around
twin preschoolers all day, she always cherishes her relaxation time after
putting the kids to bed.
Our Review:
Love Surfaced by Michelle Lynn
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
piper and tanner have a love of a lifetime, it just takes them a few years to get there. i always like friends to lovers stories and this is no exception. their chemistry is hard to deny no matter how much piper’s brother makes her think they can’t be together. their story had a few good twists that were unexpected. both characters were good to the bone – there was no reason to dislike either one of them.
overall, this was a pretty great read that i hope we see more of…brad’s story is going to need to be told, as is bea and dylan’s story 🙂
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