Can she go from BFF TO MRS?
Find out in FOOL FOR YOU (Crush on
You Book 1) from debut author Rina Gray...
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Sports journalist Melanie Foster has
achieved most of her goals: Bomb.com job—check.
Tomboy-to-smoking-hottie makeover—check. Convince her best friend, Damien
Richards, to slide a ring on her finger and father her two-point-five kids—not
so much. When she activates Operation: I’m Gonna Make You Love Me, she
never imagines her BFF already has plans to stroll down the wedding aisle with
another woman.
Damien is in the middle of crisis
mode. The non-profit for young athletes at which he volunteers is in financial
trouble. He’ll pull out all the stops to rescue the organization that saved his
life after his career-ending injury—even if it means sacrificing his personal
happiness.
But when he finally wakes up to love and the very
non-friendly feelings he’s long held for Mel, it might just be too late. Damien
must convince her that he’s worth the risk and turn the tables to show her he’s
the one ready to be a fool for love.
Now tell me what’s up with you.” Melanie pointed a
finger at Damien.
He leaned back in his chair. “Can’t get anything past you, can I?”
“Nope. Let’s have it.”
“Okay.” Taking a deep breath, he lifted his eyes to meet hers. “Completely random hypothetical question.”
“Sure, Damien,” she replied in a “yeah right!” voice. His questions were never random or hypothetical.
“Have you ever had to sacrifice your happiness for a greater good?”
Touching her chin, she tilted her head to the ceiling. “I can’t say that I’ve had the opportunity.”
He leaned forward and whispered, “Would you?”
Her eyes snapped back to his.
His voice was controlled. Calm. But the intensity that sparked from those brown eyes seemed anything but calm. Pressure weighed on her chest. She had a feeling the wrong answer could have dire consequences.
“I guess … I would. Like in Armageddon. When Bruce Willis’s character sacrificed his life so that his daughter’s fiancé didn’t have to detonate the bomb.”
Damien nodded. His body didn’t relax. If anything, it became rigid.
A feeling of dread rushed through her veins. She’d given the wrong answer. “Tell me what’s wrong.”
He dug into his pocket, took a ring from a small box, and pressed it into her hand. She immediately clasped it, too afraid to look. The ring cut into her palm, a taunting and painful warning of the hurt that waited ahead.
Reluctantly, she opened her fingers, revealing the most audacious, too-shiny, too-bright, gaudy ring.
“I’m going to ask Vanessa to marry me.”
“You’re marrying V-Vanessa?” Melanie’s eyes darted
between Damien and the offending object in her hand.
Despite the coolness from the ring, a pool of
liquid heated at the base of her stomach. Pressure built. Not slow, but fast.
Supersonic fast. The pressure rushed up and seeped through long, jagged cracks
that had formed across her chest.
She tossed the ring onto the table like dice.
Rolling and spinning, the silver band toppled in front of Damien. “I didn’t
know that … ” She cleared the large achy clump that blocked her throat. “I
didn’t know that you and Vanessa were serious. Or engaged, for that matter. Oh,
wait, that’s not right. You couldn’t be engaged because you haven’t asked her
yet. But I didn’t know … didn’t realize you were serious about her.” She was
babbling but couldn’t stop herself. Either ramble like a lunatic or cry like
one.
Rina Gray is one of the newest African American romance writers on
the rise. She is also a digital marketing professional who discovered her love
of writing in 2012. Writing has always been Rina’s passion, though initially,
she tried to deny it. In college she served as the copy editor for the
entertainment magazine and newspaper. During her tenure, she had the
opportunity to interview various talented entertainers including Chris Rock and
the cast from Reno-911.
Rina has always been an avid reader, sneaking to read her mother’s books she
had no business reading i.e. Stephen King’s The Stand, It,
and Anne Rice’s various vampire series. As a pre-teen, she received a load of
romance novels from a family friend and from that point on, she devoured any
book related to romance or horror. When she’s not writing, she can be found
with her head stuck in a book, kickboxing, or dominating game night with
friends and family. Rina resides in Atlanta with her husband.
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