Book Info
Title- A
Stunning Accusation
By-
Sarahbeth Caplin
Genre- New
Adult/Romance/Women’s Fiction
Publication
Date- July 6th, 2015
Blurb
Adelaide
Scott is a 25-year-old relationship advice columnist for Stunning! Magazine.
Her new boyfriend, Jordan Johnson, is a renowned photographer for Sports
Unlimited. Their relationship seems perfect, until his ex-girlfriend confronts
them at a bar – and accuses Jordan of raping her, turning their world upside
down.
It doesn’t
help that her best friend and editor, Kiersten Sharp, sees rape as a
black-and-white issue, with no shades of doubt. Addie is about to discover that
the truth – in all its forms – is complicated, and not at all what she expects.
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Excerpt
“So
I met with another one of Jordan’s exes today.”
“Oh,
that’s right. So is JJ still not a rapist?”
Talk
about a loaded question. Holding my wine glass by the stem, I spin it on my
knee, contemplating how to answer. “Long story short, he tried some kinky
things she didn’t like, so she asked him to stop, and he likened it to a
second-grader pulling a girl’s hair to tell her he likes her.”
Kiersten’s
eyes bulged as she held her glass close to her lips, as if anticipating
shocking news that would require an emergency pump of alcohol to face. “That’s
it?”
“Uh,
yup. That’s what she said.”
That’s what she said. Ha, ha.
“Wow.”
Kiersten sets the glass roughly on the table, causing the Merlot inside to
vehemently swish. “Jordan’s dated some pretty weird women, if that’s their
definition of assault.”
“Well
remember, they weren’t the ones who accused him. Only Samantha did.”
“Right.
Why don’t you just forget the whole ‘interview’ thing and get the information
you want straight from the horse’s mouth? Quit wasting your time with his exes
and just talk to Samantha already.”
I
had considered doing that. Funny how Jordan didn’t recommend I do that in the
first place. Unless she’s just too volatile, too fragile to confront. Not to
mention, I could never use a fake identity with her. She’d know exactly who I
am and what I’d want from her.
“Maybe
I will later,” I say. “This is still worthwhile, though. I’m too intrigued to
give up now, especially when there are still two more names left. I’m halfway
done already.”
Kier
shakes her head. “Allow me to give you my unsolicited opinion, since I’m your
best friend. You aren’t getting anything useful from them. At all. They sound
like lonely, jilted women who saw an opportunity to dress up the story of their
failed relationships to get sympathy, and you know what? It’s working. Don’t
you see? Maybe they’ve seen through your little charade and are just playing
you.”
“I
don’t think that’s what–”
“They’re
cobbling together stories to put doubts in your head so you’ll dump Jordan!
That’s what they want! They hate him for not wanting to get serious, so this is
their payback. Not the best kind that I’ve seen, but still ruthless in its own
way.”
“And
what could they possibly have to gain from this? Wouldn’t falsely accusing
someone only come back to bite them in the ass?”
Kiersten
seems to consider this. “You would think. But who says Jordan dates smart women?”
It
only took a few seconds to realize her mistake. “Oh, shit, Addie, I didn’t
mean…”
“You
meant to say that Jordan only dated bimbos before
he met me,” I clarify for her. “Thanks to me he’s raising his standards.”
“Exactly
what I meant. Cheers?”
We
clink our glasses.
About the Author
Sarahbeth
Caplin is the author of three novels and a memoir, Confessions of a Prodigal
Daughter, which ranked #51 in Amazon’s top 100 books on personal growth in May
2015. She lives in Colorado with her husband and kittens, and is working on an
MFA in Creative Writing at Colorado State.
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