Title: Chasing Forever Down (Drenaline Surf #1)
Author: Nikki Godwin
Date of Publication: March 14, 2013
Genre: contemporary YA romance with sports
Blurb:
After
seventeen-year-old Haley Sullivan meets a mysterious stranger who plays
by his own rules, she's more than determined to learn every trick of
the trade from the master himself. But her dream-chasing mentor
disappears after that night, and according to the local newspapers, he's
been dead for years. Knowing he's very much alive, Haley enlists best
friend Linzi to join her on a scavenger-hunt-style road trip that
ultimately lands them in the surf town of Crescent Cove, California.
Mystery guy is no mystery here, though – he's Colby Taylor, the west
coast's biggest professional surfer.
If Haley wants to talk to the wave rider again,
she'll have to get past his four intimidating bodyguards who are highly
skilled in the business of sending starstruck fangirls back to where
they belong. Haley is up for the challenge if it means chasing her
dreams and escaping the perfectly corporate future that's been planned
for her. But dealing with these bodyguards isn't exactly what Haley
imagined it'd be. Sure, being thrown off a jet ski sucks, but falling in
love with one of them might just be worse.
About Nikki Godwin
Nikki
Godwin is a Young Adult/New Adult author from the southern USA. She is a
city girl who can't live without Mountain Dew, black eyeliner,
Hawthorne Heights, and candles from Bath & Body Works. When not
writing, she's not-so-secretly internet-stalking her favorite bands. She
may or may not completely love One Direction.
Twitter: https://twitter.com/NikGodwin
Excerpt
“Yeah,” Alston agrees. “So we were thinking that you guys
should meet up with us tomorrow and go jet skiing.”
Linzi agrees before I can argue, but I know Reed expects me to
decline. I straight up told him last night that I’m not the jet
skiing type.
“What time?” I ask.
“Twelve?” Reed asks.
Linzi tells him we’ll be there and says good night to Alston. I’m
still in a half-daze as we walk to the car. I strolled up and down
this beach tonight wondering where he might be, and he was just up
the street, sound asleep in his beach mansion.
“Shoot!” Linzi says. “My tank top is on their couch.”
I hand her my keys. “Go crank up. I’ll go back for it.”
I stay under the streetlights until I get back to their condo. I cut
through the sand and hope I can knock on the back door. I hear their
voices through the privacy fence around the pool. They’re still
outside.
“North Carolina, Alston. It’s just not safe. Something’s not
right. You don’t just randomly pick a place like this for a
vacation.” Reed’s voice spills through the cracks of the wooden
fence.
“So we’ll jet ski tomorrow and they’ll bail. It’s foolproof.
A.J. never lets us down, and if we can’t find him, you know Brooks
will finish the job,” Alston says.
I cut back through the sand and move through the shadows until I see
the parking lot. Heat fills up my face, and now I’m mad
enough to curse out the cops. Reed’s nice guy act and Alston’s
make-out-with-the-best-friend ploy is not how this is going to end.
“Did you get my shirt?” Linzi asks from the passenger seat when I
get in the car.
“They weren’t there,” I lie. I put the car in drive and head
toward the hotel. “I guess they decided to go find their friend or
something.”
“Oh well. Tomorrow then,” she says through a yawn.
Tomorrow – we’ll go jet skiing.
Tomorrow – we’ll find the party boy.
Tomorrow – the battle is on.
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I loved the excerpt. I can't wait to read the whole book. I loved American girl on Saturn so I know I'll love this too.
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