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UNDECIDED
Julianna Keyes
Releasing April 4th, 2016
Nora Kincaid has one goal for her
second year of college: be invisible. Last year’s all-party-no-study strategy
resulted in three failed classes and two criminal charges, and if she messes up
again she’ll lose her scholarship. But there’s one problem with her plan for
invisibility, and his name is Crosbie Lucas: infamous party king, general
hellraiser…and her new roommate’s best friend.
Crosbie’s reckless reputation and
well-known sexcapades aren’t part of Nora’s studious new strategy, but as she’s
quickly learning, her new plan is also really boring. When Crosbie’s unexpected
gestures of friendship pull her head out of her books long enough to see past
his cocky veneer, she’s surprised to find a flawed and funny guy beneath it
all. The muscles don’t hurt, either.
But as Nora starts to fall for
Crosbie, the weight of one of last year’s bad decisions grows even heavier.
Because three failing grades and two misdemeanors are nothing compared to the
one big secret she’s hiding…
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“Want to see
a movie?” Crosbie asks as we drive closer.
I squint at the list of shows. It’s
an enormous multiplex and the parking lot is packed. He inches past the front
so we can see what’s playing.
“Kill Glory 3 is out? I thought it
wasn’t coming until December.”
Crosbie laughs uncomfortably when I
name the latest installment of the popular horror franchise. “What else is
playing?”
I look at him. “You don’t like scary
movies?”
He purses his lips. “I like
them fine.”
My jaw drops. “You’re afraid.”
“Am not.”
“Maybe Toy Story 6 is playing.”
“The Toy Story franchise is
classic.”
“Okay, fine.” I crane my neck to try
to see some more names. “There’s Tanker Race 2, Soda Shoppe Gals, Operation—I
think that’s based on the board game—and that documentary about seals. Anything
you’re dying to see?”
He finds parking at the end of a row
and unbuckles his seatbelt. “Lady’s choice.”
“Kill Glory 3.”
“Never mind, you can’t choose.”
“Have you seen the first two?
They’re excellent. It’s about this death angel named Glory who keeps returning
to earth to try to get revenge—”
“I saw five minutes of the first
one, and that was enough.”
“So…Soda Shoppe Gals?”
He tips his head to peer out the
windshield at the start times. We’ve got half an hour until the next showings.
“We can see Kill Glory 3,” he says reluctantly, reaching over to tug me in by
the collar. “But let’s make out for a bit first.”
“Make out?” I feign offense. “You
haven’t even bought me popcorn.”
“Can I just give you the ten
dollars?”
We’re laughing when our lips meet,
teeth bumping until we get serious. Crosbie displays none of the urgency I’m
feeling, kissing me leisurely, exploring, learning. Again, it’s a surprise.
He’s got one hand curled against my neck while the other rests against the back
of the seat. If I’d ever given any thought to making out in a car with Crosbie
Lucas, I’d have pictured him sticking his hand up my shirt—or down my pants—in
the first thirty seconds. But that doesn’t appear to be the plan for tonight,
and I quash the tiny part of me that’s disappointed and tell myself to just
enjoy the moment. I’ve actually never done this before. I had zero boyfriends
in high school, and I don’t think any of the guys I kissed last year even had a
car. At least, I never bothered to learn enough about them to find out if they
did.
Teenagers walk by and holler “Get a
room!” breaking us apart. We’re both breathing hard, the windows only starting
to steam up, advertising our activities without actually obscuring them.
“Hi,” Crosbie says.
I can’t help but smile. “Hi.”
Julianna
Keyes is a Canadian writer who has lived on both coasts
and several places in between. She’s been skydiving, bungee jumping and white
water rafting, but nothing thrills—or terrifies—her as much as the blank page.
She loves Chinese food, foreign languages, baseball and television, though not
necessarily in that order, and writes sizzling stories with strong characters,
plenty of conflict, and lots of making up.
In addition to Undecided, she is
the author of four contemporary romances: Just Once, the story of a
world weary socialite and a stubborn ranch foreman; Going the Distance,
a love story set in China between a kindergarten ESL teacher and a former army
interrogator; Time Served, the tale of an ambitious young lawyer
whose perfect world is jeopardized when she reunites with her ex-con
ex-boyfriend; and In Her Defense, in which a ruthless young lawyer
realizes there’s more to life than being the best…right?
For more details on these and any upcoming books,
visit her online at http://juliannakeyes.com, or sign up for her free
newsletter at http://juliannakeyes.com/newsletter.html.
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