by Elodie Nowodazkij
(Broken
Dreams, #2)
Publication
date: October 13th 2015
Genres: Romance, Young
Adult
Synopsis
Sometimes
being first isn’t what you expected.
Seventeen-year-old
ballerina Emilia Moretti is tired of always being second best. And she’s going
to prove the world she deserves to be first. In her upcoming School of the
Performing Arts showcase. In the eyes of her birth parents. And in the heart of
the guy she loves. She spends hours rehearsing, hours dreaming about becoming
number one, hours imagining how her entire life is about to change. But when
nothing goes the way she planned, she’ll need to realize what it really means
to be first.
Eighteen-year-old
Nick Grawski doesn’t want to follow Daddy Dearest’s rules any longer. He’s
going to prove he’s meant to be a dancer—not a lawyer—and he is not going to
stay away from Em just because his father demands it. He needs to show Em
that—this time around—he’s there to stay and that he won’t break her heart
again. Even when her world goes down to shit, even when he finds out his dad
may have been trying to protect him all along, even if being there for one
another is harder than falling in love.
ALWAYS
SECOND BEST is a novel of hope and heartbreak and broken dreams. It’s a novel
about falling in love and discovering that being first isn’t always what
matters.
Excerpt
I
FORGET MYSELF in his kiss, in the way his arms tighten around me, in the way my
entire body wants to get even closer.
One
of his hands cups the side of my face. I jump so my legs are around his waist.
He’s holding me and I deepen our kiss. I don’t ever want to stop.
“Em.”
His voice is hoarse and he walks forward, my legs still around him, until my
back hits the mirror.
His
lips trail down my face, to my collarbone, and his hands detangle mine from his
neck to bring them over my head.
I
can feel him, all of him. “I’ve missed you,” he says.
And
I’ve missed him too. So much. My brain’s screaming for me to stop, my heart’s
hesitating. What am I doing? What are we doing? Setting ourselves up for
failure again.
“I
have to go.” My voice shakes. “I have to go,” I repeat and Nick slowly puts me
back on my feet before stepping away.
“What
are you talking about?” He’s almost out of breath.
“I
have to go.” I can’t look at him, or I’ll never leave.
I
rush out. My feelings and my heart trailing behind.
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Elodie Nowodazkij
was raised in a tiny village in France, where she could always be found a
book in hand. At nineteen, she moved to the US, where she learned she'd
never lose her French accent. Now she lives in Maryland with her husband,
their dog and their cat.
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also a serial smiley user.
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