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About Last Summer by Patricia B. Tighe
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Pretend to be from Spain? Act like she can barely speak English? Sure, why not? It wouldn’t be the first time Gabby Vega had agreed to a challenge from her best friend, Kenzie. Besides, it’s only for a week of vacation with Kenzie’s cousins. Gabby will prove to Kenzie she can keep up the fake identity for the whole trip—that she’s not a quitter.
There’s just one major surprise. Noah Jernigan is also staying with Kenzie’s cousins. Noah, the boy she fell in love with at drama camp last summer and the boy she had to dump when it was over. The boy who knows who she really is.
Noah can’t believe it when Gabby appears at the Bryson’s vacation home in the New Mexico mountains. He hasn’t seen her in a year. It practically took that long just to get over her. And now she’s Gabriela from Spain? All he wants is to get as far away as he can. Or maybe the exact opposite. Stick as close to her as possible and find out what the heck happened last summer. And definitely get some payback.
Now Gabby has to keep Noah at arm’s length as she pretends to be Gabriela. She doesn’t want to answer his questions or rehash last summer. Because one thing is clear—the more time she spends with Noah, the more she’s in danger of falling for him all over again.
About Last Summer by Patricia B. Tighe Publication Date: May 30, 2017 Publisher: Swoon Romance
Available for Purchase: Amazon
Gabby
We entered a
bright corner room with windows on two sides and twin beds. It was pretty, but
I couldn’t really take it all in.
“Sit down,”
Kenzie said, taking the backpack from my shoulder. “What’s the matter? You look
like you’ve lost your best friend, and I’m still right here, so talk.”
I sat on one of
the beds and slid my hands under my thighs. “Remember last fall when I was
getting over the guy from drama camp?”
“Yeah?”
“That’s him.
Noah Jernigan.”
Kenzie’s mouth
fell open. “No way.”
I nodded.
“But, how
could—? I mean, I thought he lived far away from Austin, like San Diego or
something.”
“No, San
Antonio.”
Kenzie was
shaking her head. “And he goes to Geoff’s school. What are the odds?”
“I don’t know.
But I can’t stay here. This is a nightmare.”
“No, you have to
stay. That would be quitting. You wanted a challenge, didn’t you?”
“This is more
than a challenge. I have no idea what he’s going to do. He knows me, Kenz. He
can tell everyone who I am.”
She plopped onto
the opposite bed. “But you don’t know that for sure. I mean, he went along with
it outside, didn’t he?”
“Yeah, but it
was so sudden. After he thinks about it, he’ll probably want to stand on the
table and announce it to everybody.”
Kenzie laughed.
“Still. He didn’t give you away, and he could’ve.” She got up and walked to the
window. After staring out for a second, she turned back. “I say wait it out.
See what he’s going to do. He might be really cool about it.”
I rubbed my
forehead. “Would you? If someone
dumped you and a year later you saw them pretending to be somebody else … would
you be nice about it?”
***
Noah
I took a swig of
Coke and chanced another look at Gabby. She was staring at Kenzie who was
describing the nearby town and things to do. Gabby’s dark brown hair hung
around her shoulders in loose curls. I could still remember how it felt to wrap
one of those silky curls around my finger, and then let it slide free.
The conversation
went on, but I wasn’t listening anymore. What would it be like to run my hands
through Gabby’s hair again, to have her look only at me? And, as if she heard
my thoughts, she made eye contact. Her smile fell away. There was a weird look
in her dark brown eyes. One I’d never seen before. And then it sank in. Fear.
Gabby was afraid
of me.
I turned back to
my plate, but it was empty. I couldn’t remember finishing the sandwich. A pasty
taste filled my mouth, so I chugged the rest of my soda. What did she have to
be afraid of? I almost laughed out loud. Stupid question. I knew who she was. I
could ruin her little game. The Spanish girl. Anger surged back through me.
The girl from
Spain, who was really the girl from Austin, who was the girl who’d dumped me,
who was the girl I’d been in love with. It had hurt. It was embarrassing how
much it had hurt. Had she cared at all? I doubted it.
But she was
afraid. The opportunity for revenge appeared as easily as if I’d asked someone
at the table to pass it to me.
Hey, Geoff, pass the revenge.
Sure. Mind if I take some first?
Not at all. Help yourself.
Everything inside
me settled into determination. No way was I going home early. Not when I could
spend a week getting back at Gabby Vega. I smiled. She was scared of what I
might do? Good. Because I was just getting started.
The mother of two grown sons, Patricia B. Tighe lives in West Texas with her husband and dog. She eats way too much pizza, drinks way too much coffee, and watches way too much NFL football. On the bright side, she also reads and writes teen fiction. She promises to include as much romance, angst, and adventure as possible in her books.
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