Title: Wrecking Ball
Author: B.N. Toler
Release Date: April 24, 2014
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Synopsis:
When Brandon and Sophia met, something
clicked. A guy who didn’t believe in love at first sight, suddenly
believed. A girl who believed a bad boy would always be bad, changed
her mind. With Sophia by Brandon’s side, he knew he could conquer
the world, and Sophia had never felt more loved or wanted in her
life. They were good together.
But even the strongest of foundations
can be crumbled.
Sometimes all it takes is one moment,
fleeting as it may be, to crush what was once strong and
indestructible, like a wrecking ball.
Now Sophia has left and as she
rediscovers herself, Brandon is left holding the shattered pieces of
their lives, trying to figure out how to put them back together.
He loves her.
She loves him.
All he needs now is to make her
remember that.
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Excerpt:
As what’s her name sat in my
lap and whispered in my ear that she’d like to go somewhere more
private, something smacked the back of my head.
“What the...” My lap dog slid off
me as I stood and spun around to see what hit me. And that’s when I
laid eyes on the audacious Sophia Marie Campbell.
“Oh, my God! I’m so sorry!” she
groaned as she bent down and picked up the ball.
I was speechless. She was a wet dream
in a red bikini with long blonde hair and legs that went for miles.
My eyes immediately fell to her chest when she stood back up, ball
tucked under one slim, but toned arm.
“Are you okay?” She gazed at me,
concern in her eyes. Everything was stunning about her. Her eyes, her
body, her boobs. Her boobs. “Uh, yeah. I—”
“That hit to your head must’ve
messed with your vision. My eyes are up here,” she interrupted me,
bending down slightly trying to meet my gaze with hers.
“Busted!” Ryan laughed from behind
me. My gaze snapped to hers and I mumbled some sort of excuse, but
was saved by Jake.
“You’ve got quite the arm,” Jake
noted as he approached us, and I could tell he was scanning her body
from behind his sunglasses. My teeth clenched at the thought.
“Yeah, just poor aim,” she laughed.
“Sophia!” One of her friends called
from the volleyball net and she turned.
“Be right there,” she yelled back
before returning her focus to me. “Seriously, I’m really sorry.”
“No worries.” I rubbed the back of
my head and shrugged. My mind fumbled for something witty and clever
to say to make her laugh again, but her presence overwhelmed me. Most
girls went into flirt mode when they were around me, batting eye
lashes, biting their lower lips, twirling their hair. Not this girl.
With that, she gave a slight nod and spun around to head back toward
her friends. I couldn’t let her go. I had to think of some way to
speak with her. There were guys playing with her. Could one of them
be her boyfriend? Did I care?
“Aw, shit.” I shook my head and
took off after her. “Where you going, Brandon?” Ryan shouted, but
I didn’t answer. Every one of my bodily senses honed in on the
beautiful bronzed blonde running away from me.
“Hey,” I yelled catching her off
guard as she spun around. “Yeah?” Her eyes were big and brown,
almost exotic-looking when paired with her blonde hair.
“Um, I was wondering if...” I
hesitated. When I was chasing her, asking her out didn’t seem like
a big deal, but facing her, staring into those beautiful eyes, I
wasn’t ready to take the chance she’d say no. “Do you guys need
another player?” She bounced on her feet for a moment and spun the
volleyball between her hands, running her eyes up and down my body as
if sizing me up. “You sure you can hang with us?” she challenged
with one eyebrow quirked.
“Yeah. I’m pretty good,” I lied.
What the hell am I saying? I suck at volleyball! Truth was,
I’d maybe played five times my entire life, but those games went
pretty well so I convinced myself I could easily play with a bunch of
girls and a few guys.
“Okay.” She grinned, a playfulness
lurking in her eyes. “Let’s see what you got.” When we reached
the sandpit where everyone was waiting for her to return with the
ball she motioned to me. “Guys, this is...” Her last word trailed
off and she turned to me, biting her lip. “I’m so rude. I didn’t
even ask your name and I hit you in the head with a ball.”
“Brandon.”
“Everyone this is Brandon,” she
yelled and ran across the pit to her spot, kicking up sand. “Can
you play setter?” “Uh, sure.” I shrugged and took the only
empty spot I saw, hoping it was where I needed to be. I was glad
asking to play didn’t backfire and she included me, but I was
disappointed when we weren’t beside each other.
The game pressed on and the other side
immediately gained five points on us. No one on our team outright
blamed me, but I could tell the general consensus was—it was my
fault. I had a hard time staying in the game because I was too busy
trying to catch glimpses of her. I finally snapped to as the ball was
flying over the net, and I lunged toward it only to collide head on
with Sophia. We both crashed to the ground, tangled in one another,
the ball landing right beside us.
“Game!” one of the girls from the
other side squealed and everyone on our side groaned.
“Are you okay? I’m so sorry,” I
apologized frantically. Nice move dumbass, you just physically
crushed the girl you have the hots for.
Rubbing her head where it hit mine, she
asked, “So, you don’t really play, do you?” She laughed as she
pushed up with her hands. Sand coated most of her, like sugar against
her tan skin, and it looked sexy as hell.
“That obvious?” I questioned
shaking my head, humiliation surging through me.
“I’m Sophia, by the way.” She
grinned as she hopped up and reached a hand down for me.
“That’s a pretty name.” I took
her hand and let her help me up.
“We should go rinse off.” She held
on to my hand and pulled me toward the water with her. “I guess now
were even, huh?”
“Even?” I questioned unsure of what
she was talking about.
“Yeah. I hit you with a ball and you
nailed me to the ground. We’re even.”
The douchebag in me wanted to say
something like, do you like to be nailed to the ground, but I
refrained. This girl was different. I had no idea what it was about
her I found so alluring, but I was hooked.
“Yeah, I guess so.” We waded into
the freezing cold lake, until we were waist deep when we both started
splashing water, rinsing our skin. My mind wandered to devious places
as I imagined her naked and wet, moaning my name as I thrust inside
her. I sank into the water planting my ass to the mush bottom, to
hide the hard on I was getting.
“I think your girlfriend is waiting
on you.” She nodded to the shoreline where what’s her name
stood with one of her friends, trying not to look obvious as she
casually glanced our way while they spoke.
“That’s not my girlfriend,” I
clarified a little too enthusiastically.
“Oh. Guess you just let anybody sit
on your lap, huh?” She smirked at me and I cursed to myself. Of
course she would think I was just some player after seeing me with a
random girl on my lap.
I had to change the subject and fast.
“Do you go to Alabama?”
“Yeah. Business. It’s my last year.
You?” She pulled a hair tie off her wrist and began pulling her
hair up, extending her torso, which only exemplified her tiny defined
body. Damn, I was a goner.
“Biology. It’s my last year, too.
I’ll go for my masters after this.”
“Oh, wow. You’re smart.” Her
eyebrows rose as if she was surprised. She wasn’t the first person
I ever told my major to that seemed shocked. I didn’t exactly fit
the nerdy scientist bill.
“Not what you expected?” I smirked.
“You don’t quite strike me as a
biologist, but what do I know?” She shrugged and began wading out
of the water toward the shore. Panic flooded me. I had to keep her
here. Here, we were away from everyone and I could speak with her,
but up there she would surely go her way and I’d be forced to go
mine. This could be my only chance to ask her out.
“What do you do besides school?” I
blurted. Lame question, I know, but I was desperate.
Sophia stopped and turned slowly,
facing me, squinting as if she were trying to determine something
about me. With a sly grin, she said, “Go on then. Do it.” She
gave me a pointed look and crossed her arms.
“Do what?” I stammered wondering if
I had been that obvious. Did she know I wanted to ask her out?
“You’re going to ask me out, right?
Or at least you want to.” Yep, she knows. Dear God this woman is
a ball buster. All of the blood drained from my face. There was
no more pretending. This girl didn’t waste any time. My heart
pounded in my chest. What the hell is wrong with me? Why am I
acting like such a pussy?
Before I could come up with some
coherent response she said, “I tell you what. You seem to be a
little...” She paused and looked to the sky as if waiting for her
next word to fall from it.
“Confused.” She finished as she put
her hands on her hips. “Maybe that ball hit you a little harder on
your head than I thought. When you think of what you want to say, I
bartend over at Bradley’s just outside of campus. Maybe I’ll see
you in there sometime.” With that, she rushed out of the water and
back to her friends.
With a heavy sigh I made my way back to
shore. I knew deep down I acted like an idiot in front of her and she
probably thought I was an ass, but I knew one thing for sure. Sophia
would be mine.
“Well, that was...” Jake let his
last word trail off.
“Pathetic.” Ryan finished for him,
laughing.
“What?” I shrugged as if I had no
idea what they were talking about.
“First, you practically latched on to
her leg and started dry humping her,” Ryan noted before chugging
the remainder of his beer.
“You looked like a jackass out there
playing volleyball. They must all play for the school or something.
They were good,” Jake added, and I rolled my eyes.
“I wasn’t that bad,” I grimaced.
“Brandon.” Ryan said my name as he
stared at me blankly.
“You sucked dick man. It was bad. You
fucking head-butted her.”
I squeezed my eyes shut. “Shit,” I
breathed. It was bad.
Review by Gia:
I liked the title of this book so I decided I wanted to read it based on the title. I didn't read the blurb. In the beginning of the book we find out that Sophia and Brendon are having marriage trouble and Sophia has asked to take a break. Brendon takes their girls and goes to spend time with his parents. My first impression was oh no this is going to be one of those boring broken marriage books. I kept reading and was pleasantly surprised, this book is definitely not boring and there is more going on then just marriage trouble. We slowly get all the details on how Brendon and Sophia met and what he did to for Sophia to ask for a break. Sophia's free spirited younger sister, Tia, comes to visit. She whisks Sophia away to travel. I loved Tia. Tia and Sophia have one of the best sister relationships I have ever read. Tia may seem care free and free spirited but she has a secret she is keeping. Towards the end of the book there are some great happy moments and some really sad ones.
Wrecking Ball is a great story. It is an emotional read and it may have you a little teary eyed.
4 Amazeballs Stars!!!!
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Author Info:
B N Toler lives in Virginia. When she's
not reading and writing, she's thinking about reading and writing.
Before she became a self-proclaimed writer, she worked as a real
estate agent and as an orthodontic technician. **She will notice your
teeth before your eyes or hair or anything.**
She enjoys shopping (way too much) and
is on a first name basis with several employees at the local Target
in her town.
She loves music,(bluegrass, country,
80's, actually she loves most music ~her favorite song is American
Pie by Don McLean and she worships anything that is Elvis and Johnny
Cash and Eric Church) dancing, (even though she sucks at it)reading,
writing, eating (too much) sleeping late, (which she rarely gets to
do) and laughing. If you can make her laugh, she will love you
forever.
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