Title: When the Chips Are Down (Three of a Kind, #1)
Author: Beth Rinyu
Release Date: March 14, 2015
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Melanie Hanson’s life didn’t go quite the way she had planned. Her cheating ex-husband traded her in for a newer model and sheβs in over her head dealing with the drama that comes along with raising her twin teenage daughters.
The last thing she is looking for or needs in her life is a man – or is it?
Ben Wilder is the boy that Melanie loved to hate throughout high school, the boy that all the girls loved and the boy that didn’t give Melanie the time of day, unless it was to tease her. When she runs into him once again she realizes…heβs not a boy anymore. Older and wiser, sheβs determined not to fall for her secret crush from all those years ago. But sometimes our heart has different plans than our head. Will she finally get her happily ever after with the man she least expected to have it with?
Take a humorous journey with Melanie and her daughters as their lives begin to parallel and they discover that although they may be separated by a generation their struggles are still the same.
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Excerpt
I tried my best to ignore him, but I could feel his eyes settling on me. I took a deep breath when he got up and sat next to me. βWell, at least I know your real name now.β I shook my head, still trying to avoid eye contact. βSo, howβs your ass doing?β
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βWhat!?β I finally turned my head and looked directly at him.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βFrom your fall the other day.β I looked away. βWas I really that much of an ass to you during high school that you are still carrying a grudge all these years later?β
Β Β Β βDonβt flatter yourself. It has nothing to do with you.β
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βOh, okay. So, are you bitchy like this to every guy you come in contact with?β
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βYeah, maybe I am! Whatβs it to you?β
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β He held his hand up in defense. βDoesnβt matter to me one bit, sweetheart, but youβve clearly been shafted by a guy a time or two to have an attitude like that. I mean, donβt get me wrong. The bitchy ones are better in bed with all that pent-up aggression.β He smirked and took a sip of his beer.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βOh, you are such a pig, you know that? You are the same arrogant βIβm so in love with myselfβ jock you were back in school! Well, reality check. Despite the fact you may have never grown up, most women have. So your good looks, perfect body, and smooth talking will no longer work.β He chuckled loudly. βWhatβs so funny?β
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βI think you just admitted you thought I was good-looking and had a perfect body.β
Β Β βNo. Thatβs not what ββ He had me feeling so flustered. βI meant MEN, in general!β
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βWhatever you say, princess.β
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βMy name is Melanie! Oh, wait. Maybe youβll rememberΒ SmellanieΒ better!β
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β His grin widened. βAhhhh, now I remember you! You were that cute little blonde girl who used to sit in front of me in French class. You were the little goody two-shoes who always knew exactly how to respond in perfect French to the teacher, while the rest of us struggled to maintain a D average. You know you really didnβt smell, right? That was just a nickname for you.β
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βI know I never smelled, thank you very much!β
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βWell,Β Smellanie,Β can I say that you are just as cute now as you were back then?β
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βNo, you may not!β
About the Author
Ever since I can remember, I have always enjoyed Creative Writing. There was always something about being able to travel to a different place or become a different person with just the stroke of a pen – or in today’s world a touch of the keyboard. I am the author of The Exception To The Rule, An Unplanned Lesson, An Unplanned Life and Drowning In Love, A Cry for Hope. and A Will To Change.Β
My life is not as interesting as my books or the characters in them, but then again whose life is? I’m a mom of twin teenage boys, a crazy Border Collie and a cat with an identity crisis! I guess you can say writing is my form of Calgon!Β
Thanks for taking the time to learn about my books and me! If you decide to read them (and I hope you do!) please be sure to go on and review it for me – yes, even if you don’t like it!
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