Penny E-Book

Kate Russell

• Herausgeber: Kate Russell Books
• Kategorie: Gesellschafts- und Liebesromane
• Sprache: Englisch

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2018

Beschreibung

Penny Martin's college freshman year is starting off on the wrong foot. She hates her passive-aggressive roommate, thinks her Spanish professor should be committed, and meets her arch nemesis, Surfer Boy. But is Surfer Boy more than he seems? Penny's about to find out. Penny is a sweet college romance short story: 12,100 words.
 

Leseprobe

Penny

Sweethearts of Sumner County, Volume 9

Kate Russell

Published by Kate Russell Books, 2013.

This is a work of fiction. Similarities to real people, places, or events are entirely coincidental.

PENNY

First edition. November 15, 2013.

Copyright © 2013 Kate Russell.

ISBN: 978-1497788633

Written by Kate Russell.

10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

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The Great Bookstore Disaster of '08

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Never Let You Go

Is This Seat Taken?

This Heart of Mine

Need You Now

Love, Life, and Chicken Pot Pie

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Me and Mr. Jones

His Expectant Ex

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Second Chance Boy

Tales of a One-Fourth Vampire

And Then He Bit Me

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Claus & Frost: The Nearly Disastrous Day Before Christmas

Under My Skin

My Favorite Mistake

New Adult Romance Trio

Sweet Kisses Trio

Because of You

Burning Ambition: It Starts at Home

The Birthday Wish

What's Love Got to Do With It?

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Sweethearts of Sumner County, Vol. 2

Table of Contents

Title Page

Copyright Page

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Dedication

Penny (Sweethearts of Sumner County, #9)

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About the Author

 

For my mother, who encouraged overflowing bookcases.

Cover design by The Black Humor Fairy Cover photography by ersler Stock photo provided by Bigstockphoto

Sweet college romance: 12,100 words

Michael Laertiades was smart, handsome, and popular. Everybody loved him.

As for me, I couldn’t stand him.

I first noticed him at our freshman orientation and already I was surrounded by the future leaders at Landon, both male and female. He was, as I’ve just mentioned, handsome. Dirty blond hair, blue eyes, impressive physique, he looked like some surfer boy. That is, if the surfer wore preppy clothes and was missing a board.

We were divided into the three primary color groups. This was the college version of The Dating Game, I suppose. My group was red, and we introduced ourselves over and over with each silly game. I got to know some of them so well, I assumed I’d dream only of names and faces that night. I guess that was the point. I figured I had the next four years to get acquainted with the blues and yellows, including the cute surfer boy who had a lazy smile.

It would have been difficult to ignore him on a normal day, but there was just something about him that either made you want to go up and kiss the fire out of him, or as I felt soon afterwards, strangle him.

Actually, that second urge came about only on the first day of my classes.

I was running late that morning. My passive-aggressive roommate had apparently been angered because I had asked her to finally turn the television off at 2:30 earlier that morning. Since I didn’t believe in gremlins, Shelley had to have unplugged my alarm clock—what fun!—so after checking my phone, I realized I had five minutes until my 7:40 class began. I brushed my teeth, pulled my hair up into a sloppy bun, and threw on a tee shirt and shorts and my glasses. I raced off [...]