by Rachel K. Burke
Publisher: Harper Impulse
Release Date: 12/29/15
Genre: New Adult
Synopsis:
What do you do when you fall in love with your best friend’s boyfriend?
That is the question that twenty-six year-old Justine Sterling has been asking herself ever since the day she met David Whitman, her best friend Renee’s boyfriend. Justine is determined to ignore her growing feelings for the irresistibly charming David, until one night, when she finds herself in the bed of the one person she should stay away from.
When Justine and David’s affair ends in heartbreak, Justine is forced to repair the damaged friendship with her best friend. In doing so, she learns that right and wrong decisions aren’t always black and white, and sometimes you have to follow your heart to see where it leads.
I didn’t sleep with
David that night. I mean, sure, I slept with him, but not in the sexual sense. Only
in the nocturnal sense.
After changing out of
our soaking wet swimsuits, David and I somehow ended up in my bed. I’m not
really sure how it happened. One minute, I was curled up under my covers,
trying to warm up because my hair was soaking wet. The next minute, David was
sitting on the edge of my bed, attempting to continue our conversation.
Eventually, we both fell asleep without leaving that general proximity.
By the time I woke up
the next morning, David was no longer in my bed, so it sort of felt like it
never happened. Instead, he was now in the kitchen, making coffee and eggs and
toast. God, he was so damn perfect. Even in his gym shorts with messy bedhead.
I remember, at that distinct moment, thinking about how much I wished I could
find someone like him. And hating Renee for not realizing how lucky she was.
“So, little lady,”
David said, placing two plates of food down on the kitchen table. “What are
your plans for this evening?”
I sat down at the
table and rubbed my throbbing temples. “Well, I can tell you what I won’t be doing.”
“Hmm… breaking up more
families?”
I glared at him. He
grinned.
“Too soon?”
I picked a piece of
crust off my toast and threw it at him. “Funny,” I retorted. “I think I’m just
going to stay in tonight.”
He took a bite of
scrambled eggs and nodded. “Well, if you’re here later, maybe I’ll swing by. I
don’t really feel like going out either.”
There was a part of me
that felt like I should say no, because it felt wrong to be spending time with
Renee’s boyfriend when she wasn’t there. But there was also a part of me that
thought I was overreacting. I mean, what was the big deal? We hadn’t done
anything wrong. We had a drink, went swimming and fell asleep. That was it.
So why did I feel
guilty?
Deep down, I knew why.
It was because of the way I felt about him. The way I’d felt about him since
the moment I met him. But of course, I couldn’t tell him that.
“That’s fine,” I said.
“As long as it’s cool with Renee.”
“I’m sure she’d be
happy that I was here to cheer you up. Since she couldn’t be.”
It was then that I saw
something in his eyes. That look. It was the same look I always fought to
ignore, but it seemed more intense now, more dangerous. Maybe because we were
alone. Or maybe because my feelings for him weren’t entirely one-sided. But I
could’ve sworn, at that moment, that I felt something between us change.
Rachel discovered she wanted to be a writer at the age of ten, when her love of R.L. Stine murder mystery novels inspired her to start writing her own.
In 2008, Rachel combined her love of writing and music and began freelancing for a music column in Worcester Magazine. She also worked as a music journalist for Starpulse News Entertainment and Jamsbio Magazine, as well as a fitness journalist for Prevention Magazine.
Rachel graduated from Bridgewater University in 2011 with a B.A. in Communications and Media Studies.
She currently resides in Santa Monica, CA.
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