Bridie Hall writes
young adult and new adult contemporary stories. She sold her first story at
fourteen. Since then, she has written dozens more, translated books, studied
writing, and started writing novels. Her days revolve around stories and words,
her sleepless nights involve plotting and inventing fascinating new characters.
Here's what you would find on the back cover.
Snowboarding means everything to Charlise, but
she hasn’t met Sam Miller yet.
Charlise is
a snowboarder with a promising career ahead of her. Despite the fact that her
father hates her risking her life on the slopes that had taken the life of
Charlise’s mother she is determined not to give up her career the way her
mother did when she fell pregnant. Charlise wants to win medals, lots of them.
The last
distraction Charlise needs is the American freestyle champion, Sam Miller, who
utterly enthrals her with his wit and friendliness. Refusing to risk her career
for a relationship, Charlise returns home for Christmas, determined to sort
things out with her father. But the holidays culminate in an epic fight, and
with a repeat of the painful breakup with Sam. However, new discoveries from
her family’s past might change Charlise’s mind about Sam …
And to give you a little taste of the story, check out this excerpt.
“Can you drive stick?” Once the rain let up in the
afternoon, Sam needed to go into town. It was his turn to buy groceries.
“Sure.” Charlise grabbed at the chance to get out of the
house because so much testosterone was doing her head in. “Why?”
Sam let out a breath. “You’re driving, then. I don’t get
these European cars. Why can’t they be automatic?”
She chuckled, thrilled to be better at this than one of the
boys.
Sam and Todd were from the US,
while Thor was German. Most of the film crew was American, hired by their
American sponsor. She was the only French on the team.
“Aren’t men supposed to be tech savvy?” she teased him as
she started the car and turned up the heater. The temperatures had dropped to
around zero, and snow had been forecast for the evening.
“Not being able to drive stick is not a gender thing, it’s
cultural,” he said indignantly.
She snickered. “Freud would have a field day with you
mentioning stick and gender in the same sentence.”
“Har fucking har,” Sam said, but, despite his grumpy tone, a
smile curved his lips.
“It’s a good thing, anyway,” she said smugly. “You not being
able to drive around at least means you can’t kick me out because you need me.”
“I’m sure there are others on the team who can drive stick,”
he said, challenging her.
She glanced at him with a grin. “I’m sure.” After a pause,
she added, “But none of the boys are as cute as me.”
He chuckled, but it annoyed her that he didn’t agree. He
always liked to flirt with all the girls at snowboarding competitions, but he
never flirted with her. She didn’t feel comfortable being singled out this way.
She liked it when boys flirted with her. It made her feel powerful, and it was
a big letdown Sam wouldn’t grant her the power.
I like the banter with the characters. Charlise sounds like she knows how to take care of herself. You can learn more about Bridie at her website, or check her out on Facebook.
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