At 24 years old, Holly Scallanger has the perfect life. Everything a girl could want; a beautiful man, a stunning home, as well as being in the midst of preparing for the wedding of her dreams. This all vanishes the night she catches her fiancé, Brandon Morgan, in bed with her worst nightmare, Donna Sinclair, just a week before Holly is set to walk down the aisle.
Attempting to recover from his betrayal, Holly swears off the affections of men in order to pick up the pieces of her crumbling life. Unfortunately, meeting Jake 'Hooligan' Peters is not part of her plan. The tall, dark-haired and handsome as hell med student, sweeps Holly away from the pain of her past and reveals to her the bright future that lies ahead. That is, until she falls pregnant just as Jake begins his internship at P&E; his family's hospital.
Will this love at first sight lead her to the fairytale she has always craved? Or, will she fall victim to a betrayal of the heart yet again?
It's the first novel in the Forever Series by USA Today best selling author, Isabella White (another pen name). It's perma Free, meaning that the novel is free on all online stores. It's doing really well and the second novel has a ranking between 17-27 000 on Amazon. It's fairly a new series, the third part will only be published at the end of this year. Ranking is 555 on Amazon.
Holly had silently thanked the heavens that Bernie hadn’t requested another immediately thereafter. She was tired of preparing shots, even if it had meant spending time with her yummy new assistant.
“So, can I ask you a question?” Holly looked at Jake.
“Is it Sonic related?”
“No.”
“Then, shoot.”
“How on earth did a hooligan and a doctor become friends?”
The laughter that followed was roaring loud. Holly had clearly missed something, but when she noticed tears streaming down Leo’s face, she put two and two together.
“You were into cage fighting, too. You hooligan,” she teased Jake.
“Now that was a long time ago.”
“That used to be the shit,” Leo said defensively.
“What, beating people up?” Holly asked.
“Never had the time to beat them up,” Jake explained. “It took a mere round or two to knock them out, stone-cold.”
“Always?” she looked at Jake.
“No, not always.”
“How did your mom feel about that?”
He chuckled. “Didn’t like it one bit.”
“I’ll bet,” she said. “Why did you stop?”
Leo gave Jake a concerned look, which in turn made Holly feel like crap.
“You don’t need to answer. Forget I asked…”
“Why not? It’s fine. I got badly injured. So badly that the doctor told me I’d never walk again.”
Holly could feel this was a very sensitive topic and she wanted to kick herself for bringing it up.
“But thanks to Leo and Bernie, I’m walking again.”
“Seriously?” She looked at Bernie.
“I’m a good friend,” Bernie sang.
