Welcome to the Boys of Summer Book Blitz! This is a book I've had my eye on for awhile now, it sounds so good!
The Boys of Summer (Summer #1) by C.J. Duggan
It seemed only natural
to nickname them the ‘Onslow Boys’. Every time they swaggered in the
front door of the Onslow Hotel after a hard week’s work, their laughter
was loud and genuine as they settled onto their bar stools. I peeked
through the restaurant partition, a flimsy divider between my world and
theirs. I couldn’t help but smile whenever I saw them, saw him ... Toby
Morrison.
Quiet seventeen-year-old Tess doesn’t relish the thought of a summertime job. She wants nothing more than to forget the past haunts of high school and have fun with her best friends before the dreaded Year Twelve begins.
To Tess, summer is when everything happens: riding bikes down to the lake, watching the fireworks at the Onslow Show and water bomb fights at the sweltering Sunday markets.
How did she let her friends talk her into working?
After first-shift disasters, rude, wealthy tourists and a taunting ex-boyfriend, Tess is convinced nothing good can come of working her summer away. However, Tess finds unlikely allies in a group of locals dubbed ‘The Onslow Boys’, who are old enough to drive cars, drink beer and not worry about curfews. Tess’s summer of working expands her world with a series of first times with new friends, forbidden love and heartbreaking chaos.
All with the one boy she has never been able to forget.
It will be a summer she will always remember.
Warning: sexual references, and occasional course language.
Quiet seventeen-year-old Tess doesn’t relish the thought of a summertime job. She wants nothing more than to forget the past haunts of high school and have fun with her best friends before the dreaded Year Twelve begins.
To Tess, summer is when everything happens: riding bikes down to the lake, watching the fireworks at the Onslow Show and water bomb fights at the sweltering Sunday markets.
How did she let her friends talk her into working?
After first-shift disasters, rude, wealthy tourists and a taunting ex-boyfriend, Tess is convinced nothing good can come of working her summer away. However, Tess finds unlikely allies in a group of locals dubbed ‘The Onslow Boys’, who are old enough to drive cars, drink beer and not worry about curfews. Tess’s summer of working expands her world with a series of first times with new friends, forbidden love and heartbreaking chaos.
All with the one boy she has never been able to forget.
It will be a summer she will always remember.
Warning: sexual references, and occasional course language.
Available at the following places:
Amazon (kindle)
Amazon (paperback)
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Excerpt:
Moon
rays filtered through the windshield, giving the cabin an
otherworldly glow.
Toby’s
perfect teeth were illuminated when he smiled. “You know, you are
the worst winner!” He shook his head. “Ever since you won the
bet, you’ve been apologising. Just go with it, enjoy it, because I
assure you, next time …” - he leaned closer - “… you will not
be the winner.” He pulled back, smug.
I
curved a brow. “Next time?”
He
nodded. “I fully intend to redeem myself.”
“Want
a chance to rebuild your shattered ego, do you? I bet you’re
itching to fix my bike so you can be rid of me once and for all.” I
shouldered him gently, teasing him as I would Adam. And then I
realised what I had done; I had treated him like my friends. He
looked down at his shoulder, then up at me. His eyes shadowed with
untold meanings that I couldn’t read.
“What
if I didn’t want to fix your bike?” he said in all seriousness.
“Why,
is my company so stimulating that you can’t bear the thought of
being without me?” I teased nervously.
I was
aiming for light and airy, but something must have gone wrong with my
delivery because Toby’s face went blank. He looked out into the
lights of Onslow, ran his tongue over his bottom lip and sighed.
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I'm looking forward to meeting 'The Onslow Boys'.
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