I never planned on Jason Marconi.
He wasn't the kind of boy my parents had in mind for their Harvard-bound daughter. He came from the wrong side of everything—the wrong neighborhood, the wrong crowd, the wrong dreams. And the wrong-on-paper boys are not what you bring home when your whole life has been engineered for an Ivy League finish line.
But the way he looked at me from behind that drum kit? Like I was the only girl in the room—the only girl in the world—was something I'd never felt before.
So I let him kiss me. I let him hold me. I let him sing to me in front of a hundred people at a party I wasn't supposed to be at. I lied to my parents; I borrowed his Slipknot t-shirt; and I gave him things I'd been guarding my whole life.
And when his band, Pretty Little Lies, started talking about touring after graduation while I was still talking about Harvard, I made the only wish that mattered.
Just one wish—that both my worlds would align, so I could have everything I want.
But love and ambition don't always end up in the same zip code. And when senior year ends and real life begins, one of us is going to have to let go first.
Just One Wish is a coming-of-age, opposites-attract first-love novella set in southeast Colorado, the birthplace for the band Pretty Little Lies. Perfect for readers who love high school sweethearts, forbidden romance, drummer book boyfriends, and the kind of bittersweet first love that stays with you long after the last page.
If you read this story in Rock Out Together: An Anthology, please note that this version has a bonus chapter at the end that sets up the next story featuring this couple.
Genre: Romance
He wasn't the kind of boy my parents had in mind for their Harvard-bound daughter. He came from the wrong side of everything—the wrong neighborhood, the wrong crowd, the wrong dreams. And the wrong-on-paper boys are not what you bring home when your whole life has been engineered for an Ivy League finish line.
But the way he looked at me from behind that drum kit? Like I was the only girl in the room—the only girl in the world—was something I'd never felt before.
So I let him kiss me. I let him hold me. I let him sing to me in front of a hundred people at a party I wasn't supposed to be at. I lied to my parents; I borrowed his Slipknot t-shirt; and I gave him things I'd been guarding my whole life.
And when his band, Pretty Little Lies, started talking about touring after graduation while I was still talking about Harvard, I made the only wish that mattered.
Just one wish—that both my worlds would align, so I could have everything I want.
But love and ambition don't always end up in the same zip code. And when senior year ends and real life begins, one of us is going to have to let go first.
Just One Wish is a coming-of-age, opposites-attract first-love novella set in southeast Colorado, the birthplace for the band Pretty Little Lies. Perfect for readers who love high school sweethearts, forbidden romance, drummer book boyfriends, and the kind of bittersweet first love that stays with you long after the last page.
If you read this story in Rock Out Together: An Anthology, please note that this version has a bonus chapter at the end that sets up the next story featuring this couple.
Genre: Romance