The Boys of Summer Blog Tour: Promo Post
Welcome to my stop on The Boys
of Summer blog tour hosted by YA Bound. Click HERE
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by C.J.
Duggan
Release Date: 12/17/12
294 pages
Summary from Goodreads:
It seemed only natural to nickname them the ‘OnslowBoys’. Every time they swaggered in the front doorof the Onslow Hotel after a hard week’s work, their laughter was loud and genuine as they settled onto their bar stools. I peeked through the restaurant partition, a flimsy divider between my world and theirs. I couldn’t help but smile whenever I saw them, saw him ... Toby Morrison.
Quiet seventeen-year-old Tess doesn’t relish the
thought of a summertime job. She wants nothing more than to forget
the past haunts of high school and have fun with her best friends
before the dreaded Year Twelve begins.
To Tess, summer is when everything happens: riding bikes
down to the lake, watching the fireworks at the Onslow Show and water bomb
fights at the sweltering Sunday markets.
How did she let her friends talk her into working?
After first-shift disasters, rude, wealthy tourists and a taunting
ex-boyfriend, Tess is convinced nothing good can come of working
her summer away. However, Tess finds unlikely allies in a
group of locals dubbed ‘The Onslow Boys’, who are old enough to
drive cars, drink beer and not worry about curfews.
Tess’s summer ofworking expands her world with a
series of first times with new friends, forbidden love and
heartbreaking chaos.
All with the one boy she has never been able to forget.
It will be a summer she will always remember.
Warning: sexual references, and occasional course language.
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About the Author
C.J Duggan is an Australian author who lives with her husband in a
rural border town of New South Wales, Australia.
The Boys of Summer is Book One in her Mature
Young Adult Romance Series.
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Excerpt 2
Moon rays filtered
through the windshield, giving the cabin an otherworldly glow.
Toby’s perfect teeth were
illuminated when he smiled. “You know, you are the worst winner!” He shook his
head. “Ever since you won the bet, you’ve been apologising. Just go with it,
enjoy it, because I assure you, next time …” - he leaned closer - “… you will
not be the winner.” He pulled back, smug.
I curved a brow. “Next
time?”
He nodded. “I fully
intend to redeem myself.”
“Want a chance to rebuild
your shattered ego, do you? I bet you’re itching to fix my bike so you can be
rid of me once and for all.” I shouldered him gently, teasing him as I would
Adam. And then I realised what I had done; I had treated him like my friends.
He looked down at his shoulder, then up at me. His eyes shadowed with untold
meanings that I couldn’t read.
“What if I didn’t want to
fix your bike?” he said in all seriousness.
“Why, is my company so
stimulating that you can’t bear the thought of being without me?” I teased
nervously.
I was aiming for light
and airy, but something must have gone wrong with my delivery because Toby’s
face went blank. He looked out into the lights of Onslow, ran his tongue over
his bottom lip and sighed.
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