Simon has doubts,
and Gia has secrets—will they be able to let go of the past that
hurt them both or will history repeat itself? Find out in ONE MORE
ROUND by Lauren Helms, book two in her Gamer Boy series. Fans of RS
Grey and Penny Reid will enjoy this playful and flirty second-chance,
standalone romance.
Title:
One
More Round
Author:
Lauren
Helms
Release
Date: May
24, 2018
Publisher:
Self-published
Series:
Gamer Boy #2
Genres:
New
Adult Romance
Word
Count: 65K
Format:
Paperback,
digital
Synopsis:
Can
the gamer keep the girl?
Gia
is living the dream with an amazing career and wonderful friends. Her
life is on the right track, until a tall, broody blast-from-the-past
breezes back into her life, sending her into a tailspin. She never
forgot about Simon—her first love—or the way she cut him from her
life all those years ago. Now, she doesn’t know what to do.
Simon
never forgot the girl next door, or how she broke his heart when she
left without even a goodbye. Thankfully, life as a professional gamer
keeps his mind off his broken heart. That is, until he suddenly finds
himself back in her path. Now he’s pushing her boundaries and
testing her limits.
Simon
and Gia have to find a way to coexist. They started as friends, and
maybe it’s time to go back to the beginning. Only, this time
around, being ‘just friends’ doesn’t seem to be enough. Simon
has doubts, and Gia has secrets. Will they be able to let go of the
past that hurt them both or will history repeat itself?
**
This book can be read and understood as a standalone, but does
contain minor spoilers for Level Me Up, book one in the series. **
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ONE
MORE ROUND Excerpt
Copyright
© 2018 Lauren Helms
“I
think it's Morgan's turn. Let's get started without her. Go ahead and
list Pee-Wee Herman and Bart Simpson as two of the guys she's gonna
marry." Ruby says excitedly.
"And
why are we playing this again? Are we going to make those paper
fortune tellers next?" Morgan asks as she plops down beside me
on the couch.
"Oh,
I love those," I add.
"We
are playing this because watching movies and playing video games are
all we ever do these days. I thought some margaritas and MASH would
be fun." Ruby defends.
"Fair
enough. But might I point out, that you are the only one really
playing video games in your downtime? It doesn't count for Bern since
that's what she does for a living. So...," Morgan trails off as
she goes back to reading her texts.
She's
right though. Video games have been thrown into our lives ever since
Dex came along. He is a professional video gamer, so our little group
- Morgan, Ruby, and I - has kind of been taken into Dex's group.
Well, more like his team. He's on a team with several other players,
Bernie being one of them so, video games are now a very prevalent
fixture in our lives.
I
don't mind. I used to love playing video games when I was younger.
But, I stopped playing them the day my family uprooted our lives and
moved to a new state. I pretty much left my life, and those in it,
back in Wisconsin. A shiver shoots down my spine at the thought of
that mess.
Along
with Dex, my best friend from my old life, Simon, came crashing back
into my new life. I hadn't thought about Simon in years. Mostly
because I taught myself years ago not to. It hurt too much. But now,
he's here. He's always around. Things are awkward. I mean, like
he-hates-me awkward. I can feel it. I can see it in his face. I'd say
I could see it in his eyes, but he'd have to make eye contact with me
first.
Redirecting
my thoughts, I realize that I'm being watched intently by Ruby. She's
on to me. These days, I feel like she is always watching me, waiting
for the perfect moment to ask me about Simon. I have this gut feeling
that she, and probably Link, have been plotting and planning on how
they are going to figure out what the hell is going on with Simon and
me.
I've
done a swell job of keeping the real history of Simon and Gia at bay.
I've told them the basics. He was my friend, we had to move abruptly
for family reasons, and we lost touch. The girls questioned how that
would have caused the iciness Simon saves for just me, and I let on
that we may have been more than just friends and I had let the
communication between us drop.
It's
the truth. More or less.
Fortunately,
they've been so consumed with why after months of coldness between
us, they haven't asked why we had to move. I consider that another
bullet dodged. For the moment. Simon is the only one who knows why.
He knows everything, and I've just got to hope that he will keep it
to himself because if he doesn't people are gonna find out I'm really
not the cool, easy-going, caring Gia everyone thinks I am.
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About
Lauren Helms:
Lauren Helms has forever been an avid reader from the beginning.
After starting a book review website, that catapulted her fully into
the book world, she knew that something was missing. Lauren decided
to take the plunge and write her first novel. While working for
a video game strategy guide publisher, she decided to mix what she
knew best--video games and romance. She decided to take the plunge
and joined NaNoWrimo and a month later, she had her first draft.
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