by Annie Jocoby
Even better, mom and dad were back to normal. I don’t know what happened, except that mom somehow got over her feelings that she was responsible for my losing my leg. As if she was responsible for my also getting cancer. If the doc had to amputate, he had to amputate. It would have been the same thing even if my dad were around for that decision. I think that mom finally realized that, and she forgave dad.
Whatever happened, it was amazing. Mom not only came back to the way that she was before I got sick, but she and dad were back to normal too. They were back to holding hands and slipping food on each other’s plates at restaurants. They were back to teasing each other in the kitchen, and dad was back to swatting mom’s behind with towels in a playful manner. They were back to looking all googly-eyed at each other, which used to make me want to vomit, but now seemed pretty sweet. Because it meant that I had my parents back. As much as I thought for a time that they would never be the same, I was thankfully proved wrong.
Dad pulled his car to the Food Network studios, and I took a deep breath. This could be it. This could be my moment. That moment that I would never forget as long as I lived. The moment when I would realize one of my dreams. It was crazy that I was actually going to do this.
“Break a…” Mom started to say, and then she stopped herself. She looked embarrassed, and I burst out laughing.
“Break a leg? Really mom? Really.” I crossed my arms in front of me, but I couldn’t quit laughing about it. Poor mom was still trying to censor herself, which made me pretty pissed when I didn’t find it hilarious. Right then, I found it hilarious.
She nodded her head and started to laugh as well. “I guess that saying has taken on a whole new meaning from now on.”
“You think?” I asked, still laughing.
Dad shook his head with a smile on his face. “You guys are too odd, do you know that?” He put his arm around my mom in the front seat. “Which is why I love both of you so much. And Chloe too, of course.”
Chloe rolled her eyes, which made me laugh some more.
As I made my way to the elevator, which would take me to the Chopped Junior studios, I crossed my fingers behind my back. I didn’t know if that would bring me the kind of luck that I would need to win the competition.
What I did know was that I was due for some good luck to come my way.
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Beautiful Illusions - a page-turning, sexy, and very contemporary adult romance novel.
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Beautiful Illusions is a Cinderella Romance With a Twist - and what a twist it is!
Attorney Iris Snowe drinks too much, eats too much, and spends too much. Her sex life has been as spectacularly unsuccessful as her law practice, so she spends her evenings in her tiny apartment watching bad TV, talking to her cat, and rescuing pit bulls.
And her name might be Iris, but it should be Jade. As in jaded, which is how she feels about romance and men in general.
So, when a gorgeous and sexy stranger appears in her law office on Monday morning, after a one-night stand the previous Saturday, she doesn't think that he is coming to see her because he is interested. She just figures that she left something behind in the room and he is enough of a gentleman to deliver it to her.
How wrong she is.
As it turns out, Ryan Gallagher not only looks like a Ralph Lauren model come to life, but is also fabulously wealthy, as he is the son of a prominent billionaire.
In other words, light years out of Iris' league.
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And so begins the erotic Cinderella romance of her life, with a man who truly loves her. And oh, if it could just be that simple. But, of course, it's not -the fairy tale is fractured, as it is marred by obsession, jealousy, and dark secrets that Ryan has desperately sought to conceal and repress. It turns out that, behind those magnificent green eyes, lies the memories of a past that nobody should ever have to experience. Nobody.
But when his past becomes his present, his secrets come to light.
And one of those secrets just might be deadly...
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About the Author
Annie Jocoby is the author of 14 contemporary romance novels and 3 New Adult contemporary romance novels. Her motivation to begin writing these novels is that she was interested in writing about rich men who actually love and respect their women. Her heroes are alpha and damaged, yet also genuinely good guys.
Slade, Ryan, Nick, Luke and Asher are all complicated characters who have experienced plenty of darkness, yet always seek the light. They would all go to the ends of the earth to protect the women they love. And they're all sexy, enigmatic, magnetic and great in bed. :)
All of Annie's books have things in common: they all combine a touch of mystery and intrigue with drama, love, and lots of hot sex. Some of the books have action and even some criminal elements in them. Her current book, in fact, is her first book that would be classified as straight romantic suspense, although it also combines definite elements of the thriller genre! If you're in the market for a book that is fast-paced, where the heroes are beautiful and wealthy, and the heroines are strong, vulnerable and flawed, then try these books out!
Annie lives in San Diego with her two fur-babies, Bella and Toby, and her significant other, Joey. When she's not writing, she's busy reading, cycling or watching trashy television shows like "The Bachelor."
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