I am so excited to be one of today's stops on the Second Chance Boyfriend Blog Tour! I recently devoured One Week Girlfriend and absolutely adored it. My stop includes a review, guest post from author Monica Murphy, and giveaway.
Series: Drew + Fable #2
Category/Genre: New Adult Contemporary Romance
Publisher: Self-Published
Publication Date: 4/2/13
Format: eARC
Source: Received from author for review
Lost. That one single word best describes my life at this very moment. I lost the last games of the season and both my team and my coach blame me. I lost the last two months because I drowned in my own despair like a complete loser. And I lost the only girl who ever mattered because I was afraid being with me would destroy her.
But now I realize how truly lost I am without her. She has become my story…and even though she acts like she’s moved on, I know she still thinks about me just as much as I think about her. She’s beautiful, sweet—and so damn vulnerable, all I want to do is help her. Be there for her.
Love her…
If only I could convince Fable to give me a second chance. Then I wouldn’t feel so lost anymore, and neither would she. We could be found together.
Forever.
After One Week Girlfriend, I was a devastated yet hopeful wreck. And I know that sounds like a contradiction, but it's accurate and it fits the characters. Drew and Fable experience many contradictions. They are a contradiction. Popular football player and the Townie from the wrong side of the tracks. Drew entered the series quiet and weakened by shame. Fable is strong and independent. One week changed them both for the better.
Drew began to see that he was innocent, manipulated by someone he should be able to trust. He begins to believe that he has the right to a full life, and wants that with Fable. Fable wants Drew, but needs independence as well. Her life has been spent putting the needs of her family before herself. Her selflessness is admirable, and it was a catalyst for Drew's transformation. He loves her for it, yet wants to take care of her the way she has taken care of him. Her innate independence contradicts Drew's need to return the care she's shown him. To help her carry the load she was given too young. Drew and Fable want the fairy tale. They deserve it. Drew and Fable are both realists. Their lives have taught them that life isn't always fair, and it's not always easy. But they're both willing to work for it, and they are determined to grab their own fairy tale.
I love Monica Murphy for writing this series. I love her for writing these two beautiful, broken people who both have such a capacity for love and acceptance. Their individual life stories were sad and tragic, but together they build something new, healing and beautiful. Murphy's writing was tender, yet fiercely brave. Her words made my heart break, melt, and fly. This series is so remarkably unique. To the many people who insist that all books of this genre are alike, I urge you to read Drew + Fable.
I love Monica Murphy for writing this series. I love her for writing these two beautiful, broken people who both have such a capacity for love and acceptance. Their individual life stories were sad and tragic, but together they build something new, healing and beautiful. Murphy's writing was tender, yet fiercely brave. Her words made my heart break, melt, and fly. This series is so remarkably unique. To the many people who insist that all books of this genre are alike, I urge you to read Drew + Fable.
Favorite Quote:
I stare at my stupid little poem that the girl I love will never read. I draw little squiggly lines around it. A cursive F, just like I was taught in elementary school. Her name. Fable. A story. A myth. A fairy tale. She's my story. I want to live and breathe and die for her and she has no idea how much she consumes my thoughts. To the point I think of nothing else. ~eARC, 9%
We should talk. I know we should. There's still so much to tell her. But I can hardly think when she's in front of me, touching me, kissing me. I want to drown in her.
So I do. Just a little while. ~eARC, 44%
"I want to make a promise to you."
She clears her throat, looking nervous. "What sort of promise?"
Reaching across the center console, I grab her hand and lace our fingers together.
"No matter what, from this day forward, I'm here for you. You need me and I'll come running." ~eARC, 49%
Once upon a time, we were cynics facing the world alone. Our story changed into two warrior cynics facing the world together.
Now we own the happily ever after and we refuse to let that bitch go.
Ten Things You Don’t Know About Drew Callahan
Ah yes, the mysterious Andrew D. Callahan. He’s pretty closed-off, isn’t he? That drives Fable nuts. She’d love to find out more about him. I bet readers would love to find out more about him too. I mean, come on. He’s pretty dreamy. He makes me swoon and I’m the one who created him (ha, so silly).
So here are the top ten things you don’t know about Drew.
10. He’s a really good student. As in, almost straight A’s throughout college.
9. He’s addicted to junk food. Luckily enough, he burns all those calories out on the football field.
8. When he was younger, he had a ton of friends. He only became closed off after everything that happened with…you know (boo, hiss).
7. He wishes he could remember his real mom better—he was pretty young when she died.
6. He would’ve paid Fable zero dollars if that’s what it took to get her to go with him to his family’s house for Thanksgiving.
5. From the minute Fable accepted him so easily, Drew knew he never wanted to let her go. As in, he wants to spend the rest of his life with her.
4. Drew wishes he had a better relationship with his father.
3. As a kid, Drew never really had any pets.
2. He’s still not sure what he wants to be when he “grows up”.
1. But he does know he wants to have at least two kids—hopefully one’s a girl with pale blonde hair and flashing green eyes just like her mom.
I stare at my stupid little poem that the girl I love will never read. I draw little squiggly lines around it. A cursive F, just like I was taught in elementary school. Her name. Fable. A story. A myth. A fairy tale. She's my story. I want to live and breathe and die for her and she has no idea how much she consumes my thoughts. To the point I think of nothing else. ~eARC, 9%
We should talk. I know we should. There's still so much to tell her. But I can hardly think when she's in front of me, touching me, kissing me. I want to drown in her.
So I do. Just a little while. ~eARC, 44%
"I want to make a promise to you."
She clears her throat, looking nervous. "What sort of promise?"
Reaching across the center console, I grab her hand and lace our fingers together.
"No matter what, from this day forward, I'm here for you. You need me and I'll come running." ~eARC, 49%
Once upon a time, we were cynics facing the world alone. Our story changed into two warrior cynics facing the world together.
Now we own the happily ever after and we refuse to let that bitch go.
The Drew + Fable series
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Ten Things You Don’t Know About Drew Callahan
Ah yes, the mysterious Andrew D. Callahan. He’s pretty closed-off, isn’t he? That drives Fable nuts. She’d love to find out more about him. I bet readers would love to find out more about him too. I mean, come on. He’s pretty dreamy. He makes me swoon and I’m the one who created him (ha, so silly).
So here are the top ten things you don’t know about Drew.
10. He’s a really good student. As in, almost straight A’s throughout college.
9. He’s addicted to junk food. Luckily enough, he burns all those calories out on the football field.
8. When he was younger, he had a ton of friends. He only became closed off after everything that happened with…you know (boo, hiss).
7. He wishes he could remember his real mom better—he was pretty young when she died.
6. He would’ve paid Fable zero dollars if that’s what it took to get her to go with him to his family’s house for Thanksgiving.
5. From the minute Fable accepted him so easily, Drew knew he never wanted to let her go. As in, he wants to spend the rest of his life with her.
4. Drew wishes he had a better relationship with his father.
3. As a kid, Drew never really had any pets.
2. He’s still not sure what he wants to be when he “grows up”.
1. But he does know he wants to have at least two kids—hopefully one’s a girl with pale blonde hair and flashing green eyes just like her mom.
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About the author
Monica Murphy writes books with boys and kissing in them. She also likes to read books with boys and kissing in them. Writer of new adult contemporary romance-ish stuff. Mom and wife. Native Californian.
Connect with Monica at:
Website | Blog | Twitter | Facebook (Author Page) | Facebook (Drew + Fable Page) | GoodReads (Author Page) | Amazon (Author Page)
Monica Murphy writes books with boys and kissing in them. She also likes to read books with boys and kissing in them. Writer of new adult contemporary romance-ish stuff. Mom and wife. Native Californian.
Connect with Monica at:
Website | Blog | Twitter | Facebook (Author Page) | Facebook (Drew + Fable Page) | GoodReads (Author Page) | Amazon (Author Page)
