Annie Caslo is a successful, young doctor, but when she begins rethinking the career choices she’s made, she makes a decision to find a way to stay focused and achieve her true ambitions – that is until fate steps in and she is thunderstruck by Colt Ballard. He’s six foot three inches of heart-stopping hotness, an adept, roguish soccer star and also one of her interns. But he’s a player – on and off the field – and Annie has better things to do. Still, the combustible chemistry between them is impossible to resist – Colt brings out feelings she never knew existed and Annie’s swept off her reluctant feet.
When she continues to second-guess her life choices, opportunities and obstacles begin piling up higher than the greasy Mexican food stacks she hates to admit loving. While in a state of emotional turmoil, she gets a celestial visit from a hunky, Hollywood heartthrob, lookalike, who claims to be her guardian angel. He takes her on a magical road trip to self-discovery with the help of several, dearly departed film icons.
Drawn into the excitement of a life she’s always dreamed of, this new life threatens to shatter the LIFE and love she already has—unless her quirky angel can help her find a way to have it all.
She kept reminding herself it was only temporary. Breathe. Just breathe. The student
interns would arrive any minute. “Oh, for heaven’s sake, you’ve written about the rules and
applications of thermodynamics. Surely you can figure out the workings of these young adult
minds!” She pulled her shoulders back and stood tall. Although, they were probably the same
age as Annie and she hadn’t been able to figure out her own mind. Her shoulders slumped as she
blew out a puff of air. “Hmmph. I’ve developed yet another crazy-ass habit of talking to empty
rooms to try to reassure myself—or to figure out what the hell I’m doing!” Her voice echoed in
the empty amphitheater-style classroom that seemed to swell in size every time she looked out
over its expanse.
Annie heaved another huge sigh. Her knuckles blanched to white as she clenched the top
of the podium. Confused thoughts were doing a Cortés flamenco dance through her head. This
prestigious position—although quite an honor—felt wrong. It wasn’t the life she wanted. It
wasn’t the life for a girl who loved to be creative and write until the wee hours of the morning—
a girl who loved to express every emotion and feeling both with the click of her keyboard and
her performances on stage. It wasn’t the life she’d planned for. It was just the life her parents had
wanted for her. Their daughter—the doctor.
“It’s fine. This is what I do. I calculate. I figure things out. That’s what I’ve been doing
my whole life.” Hell, that’s why they offered her this job. She could do this, take a few months, a
year at the most, get things running efficiently. Then someone else could take over. It was all
good. At least she wouldn’t have to move back to her parents’ home. She grimaced. It was way
better having her own apartment, and Philly was awesome. It would be a great experience. In a
few months—a year at the most—she’d move to L.A. She pursed her lips and blew out a puff of
air to sweep the stubborn strand of hair off her face again. “Okay, right now … first things first.”
She pulled her shoulders back again and tried to stand taller than her petite five-foot-four-inch
frame would allow.
Turning toward the door in anticipation of the first student, she saw him leaning against
the wall outside her classroom. Annie forgot all her self-instruction to breathe, and instead
gasped. Actually gasped!
Ho-ly mother of God! Please don’t let him be one of my students.
interns would arrive any minute. “Oh, for heaven’s sake, you’ve written about the rules and
applications of thermodynamics. Surely you can figure out the workings of these young adult
minds!” She pulled her shoulders back and stood tall. Although, they were probably the same
age as Annie and she hadn’t been able to figure out her own mind. Her shoulders slumped as she
blew out a puff of air. “Hmmph. I’ve developed yet another crazy-ass habit of talking to empty
rooms to try to reassure myself—or to figure out what the hell I’m doing!” Her voice echoed in
the empty amphitheater-style classroom that seemed to swell in size every time she looked out
over its expanse.
Annie heaved another huge sigh. Her knuckles blanched to white as she clenched the top
of the podium. Confused thoughts were doing a Cortés flamenco dance through her head. This
prestigious position—although quite an honor—felt wrong. It wasn’t the life she wanted. It
wasn’t the life for a girl who loved to be creative and write until the wee hours of the morning—
a girl who loved to express every emotion and feeling both with the click of her keyboard and
her performances on stage. It wasn’t the life she’d planned for. It was just the life her parents had
wanted for her. Their daughter—the doctor.
“It’s fine. This is what I do. I calculate. I figure things out. That’s what I’ve been doing
my whole life.” Hell, that’s why they offered her this job. She could do this, take a few months, a
year at the most, get things running efficiently. Then someone else could take over. It was all
good. At least she wouldn’t have to move back to her parents’ home. She grimaced. It was way
better having her own apartment, and Philly was awesome. It would be a great experience. In a
few months—a year at the most—she’d move to L.A. She pursed her lips and blew out a puff of
air to sweep the stubborn strand of hair off her face again. “Okay, right now … first things first.”
She pulled her shoulders back again and tried to stand taller than her petite five-foot-four-inch
frame would allow.
Turning toward the door in anticipation of the first student, she saw him leaning against
the wall outside her classroom. Annie forgot all her self-instruction to breathe, and instead
gasped. Actually gasped!
Ho-ly mother of God! Please don’t let him be one of my students.
A dreamer at heart, romance is, of course, the genre she spends most of her time writing and reading into the wee hours of the morning. When she’s not juggling work responsibilities and writing, she enjoys swimming, knitting and hiking the beautiful hills and woods around her home and spending time with her family.
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