That One Summer (Summer Series, #3)
Author: C.J. Duggan
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Synopsis: Loving Chris Henderson would be wrong. Diabolically disastrous. I mean, what is there about him to love? He’s moody, bossy, brooding, a control freak, and that’s on a good day … but there was one achingly obvious fact that haunted my every thought, every minute of every day …
He sure could kiss.
As the countdown to the new millennium begins, there is one thing everyone agrees on: no one wants to be in Onslow for New Year’s Eve.
So that can only mean one thing: road trip!
No longer the mousey, invisible, shy girl from years ago, Tammy Maskala is finally making up for all those lost summers. A new year with new friends, which astoundingly includes the bossy boy behind the bar, Chris Henderson.
She likes her new friends (at least most of them), so why does she secretly feel so out of place?
After chickening out on the trip, a last-minute change of heart sees Tammy racing to the Onslow Hotel, fearing she’s missed her chance for a ride. The last thing she expected to meet was a less-than-happy Onslow Boy leaning against his black panel van.
Now the countdown begins to reach the others at Point Shank before the party is over and the new year has begun. Alone in a car with only the infuriating Chris Henderson, Tammy can’t help but feel this is a disastrous start to what could have been a great adventure. But when the awkward road trip takes an unexpected turn, Tammy soon discovers that the way her traitorous heart feels about Chris is the biggest disaster of all.
Fogged up windows, moonlight swimming, bad karaoke and unearthed secrets; after this one summer nothing will ever be the same again.
SNEAK PEEK
“So
what do you think?” Chris stood with his elbow leaning casually on the open
door of his jet black panel van. He looked up at me expectantly. “Pretty sweet
ride, huh?”
“If
you’re a serial killer,” I said, cautiously descending the steps.
Chris’s
head snapped around with surprise, his eyes almost as dark as the van itself.
He slammed the car door and folded his arms, glowering at me as I approached.
“I’ll
have you know, Toby and I have spent the better part of six months fixing this
old girl up.”
I
wrinkled my nose. “Really?”
“It’s
got a 308 and a four barrel carby.”
“Why,
it could be grease lightning,” I smirked. I didn’t think a death stare could
vary in so many ways, but Chris had mastered a variety of pissed-off stares
like no other. The one he was now casting me was a whole new level of anger.
Oops.
I
cleared my throat and looked away, suddenly super aware that the last thing I
should do was alienate my ride, but then the thought did occur to me: did I
want to be trapped in a car with Chris Henderson for three days? Three long,
insufferable days – could I subject myself to any more death stares, sneers,
scoffs and deep sighs? Maybe I would be doing myself a favour if I gave him
good reason to leave me behind. Before I fully acclimated to the idea, my
attention was snapped back to the present and the duffle bag that landed at my
feet.
I
frowned toward the verandah where Chris had moved and was readying himself to
turf my other bag down.
“Hey!
Watch it,” I snapped. “You might break something.” It was a possibility, though
I didn’t know exactly what. Maybe Mum had slipped in a crockery set? Who could
honestly guess?
“Let
me guess,” Chris said with a smirk as he slung my beach bag over his shoulder
and trotted down the steps. “Hairdryer?” He threw a cocky smile and grazed my
shoulder as he passed, heading for the van. My eyes burned into his back as he
opened the double doors to chuck in my bag. He turned to me expectantly, his
hand out for me to pass him the duffle. I snatched it up, trying not to let the
strain of its weight show as I lugged it over and carefully placed it intothe
back. I attempted to, anyway. With a rather inelegant lack of grace, I hitched
it up onto my knee, trying to be all cool and casual, as if I was totally in
control …
I
so wasn’t.
Chris
plucked it from me as if the bag weighed nothing and turfed it into the back.
“Careful!”
“Relax,
it landed on the mattress.”
Mattress?
I
peered into the back. Sure enough, a mattress lined the whole floor up to the
front bucket seats. The windows were blacked out and the inside walls were
lined with black carpet. Oh, ick. All it needed was some leopard-print cushions
and a disco ball.
It
would seem that black was a common theme throughout Chris’s van, and the colour
matched his mood.
Chris
slammed the back shut. Viewing time was over.
I
half expected him to say, “Let’s get this show on the road,” or “We’re burning
daylight,” but instead I got a rather lacklustre, “Get in.”
Yep!
Three long days.
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About the Author
C.J Duggan is a Number
One Best Selling Australian Author who lives with her husband in a rural border
town of New South Wales, Australia. When she isn’t writing books about swoony
boys and 90’s pop culture you will find her renovating her hundred-year-old
Victorian homestead or annoying her local travel agent for a quote to
escape the chaos.
Where to Chat with C.J. Duggan!
Check out the other books in the series!
The Boys of Summer (Summer Series, #1)
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Synopsis: 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 coarse language.
An Endless Summer (Summer Series, #2)
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Synopsis: Sean looked out over the lake, squinting against the sunlight. He turned to me, his expression sobering as his eyes flicked over my face in a silent study.
“Come on Amy, I saved you once, I’ll save you again.”
I met his stare unflinchingly. “I don’t need saving.”
A wicked grin formed slowly. “Don’t you?”
After a rebellious summer night that almost claimed her life, Amy Henderson – the Onslow publican’s only daughter – is sent away to suffer a fate far worse than any other punishment:
Boarding School.
Three years on, a now nineteen-year-old Amy returns to Onslow for the summer. What once was a cauldron of activity with live bands, hot meals and cold beers, the Onslow Hotel now lies dark, deserted and depressing. All fond childhood memories of loitering on the hotel stairs and eavesdropping on customers’ colourful conversations are in the distant past.
How had her dad let it come to this?
With the new threat of putting the Onslow up for sale, Amy reluctantly turns to a local tradesman for help: Sean Murphy, the very same Onslow boy who saved her life all those years ago. With his help and that of some old friends, the task is clear: spend the summer building the hotel back up to its former glory or lose it for good.
In an endless summer, Amy soon realises that sometimes in order to save your future, you have to face your past, even if it’s in the form of a smug, gorgeous Onslow boy.
Coming March 2014
Ringer (Summer Series Novella)
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Synopsis: They say it’s the quiet ones you have to worry about, and she was quiet, very quiet—when she wasn’t busy despising me with a burning passion.
Ringo ‘Ringer’ James has a no-strings-attached policy.
Love them, leave them, and remain the eternal bachelor.
After a summer in which every one of his mates has succumbed to settling down, or so it seemed, Ringer is on the lookout for a quick exit. Having had enough of the stomach-turning love fest witnessed over the past three months, Ringer jumps at the opportunity to help out his mate, Max, by heading to Max’s dad’s property for a working holiday.
It’s just what he’s looking for. A remote, dusty homestead in Ballan, with only hard work, a cold beer and a comfy bed to worry about – no women.
Until Miranda Henry.
The privately educated daughter of his boss has returned home from overseas and things are about to get very complicated, very fast. As summer draws to its end, Ringer is about to learn that sometimes attraction defies all logic, and that there really is such a thing as ‘enemies with benefits.’
Coming July 14, 2014
Forever Summer (Summer Series, #4)
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Synopsis: You see there’s this boy.
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