Perfectly Messy
Release Date: May 2014
Summary from Goodreads:
Popularity isn't everything it's cracked up to be. Justin Marshall knows
this better than most. For the captain of the basketball team, small business
owner, and son of Minnesota's next governor, life can get pretty overwhelming.
But Justin can handle anything as long as he has Lucy, the girl who fell for
the man he’s trying to be.
But for Justin and Lucy, finding time together proves challenging. Stolen kisses and whispered promises just aren't enough. That is, until scandalous photos of the couple are leaked to a press intent on creating a juicy scandal during Justin's dad's gubernatorial campaign. And when Lucy becomes fair play for the tabloids and gossip pages, Justin does the only thing he can to protect her: he breaks her heart.
For Lucy, junior year is everything she hoped it would be: new friends, second chances, and a boyfriend she can’t stop kissing. That is, until the boy she’s pretty sure she loves chooses the life his family wants for him, over her.
Now it’s up to Lucy to teach him what it really means to have everything. Because for Justin, being who everyone needs him to be just might cost him the one person he can’t live without.
But for Justin and Lucy, finding time together proves challenging. Stolen kisses and whispered promises just aren't enough. That is, until scandalous photos of the couple are leaked to a press intent on creating a juicy scandal during Justin's dad's gubernatorial campaign. And when Lucy becomes fair play for the tabloids and gossip pages, Justin does the only thing he can to protect her: he breaks her heart.
For Lucy, junior year is everything she hoped it would be: new friends, second chances, and a boyfriend she can’t stop kissing. That is, until the boy she’s pretty sure she loves chooses the life his family wants for him, over her.
Now it’s up to Lucy to teach him what it really means to have everything. Because for Justin, being who everyone needs him to be just might cost him the one person he can’t live without.
Guest Post by Lizzy Charles!
Hi! Thank you so much for having me on the blog today to chat about my top book boyfriends.
Now, this must be understood, these book boyfriends come in no order. In fact, let’s not even give them an assigned value. I love them all uniquely! Let’s just bullet point these hotties!
• Josh Walker from Full Measures by Rebecca Yarros. This guy has just enough bad mixed with a heart of gold that makes me swoon, big time. He gave me an entirely new perspective on hockey players. Like … who knew they could be so incredibly hot? (I assume you did, but for the most part I’ve steered clear of that sport. …Until now.)
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• Brody Grant from Reasons I Fell For the Funny Fat Friend by Cassie Mae. This novel is written from his perspective and there’s something about the way he goes all ga-ga for his best friend that makes butterflies go bazerk for me while I read it. He’s awesome and totally willing to sing in a car, which I love!
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• Peeta Mellark from The Hunger Games Trilogy by Suzanne Collins. Oh my gosh. There’s something about this baker and his unconditional love for Katniss that makes me melt. It’s his innocence and belief in good that really winds me around his finger.
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• Mr. Darcy from Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen. This man has had my heart since I was seventeen years old. I can say that he is truly my first book boyfriend. The way my main characters, Justin and Lucy, bash heads in Effortless With You is quite similar to the dynamics between Mr. Darcy and Lizzie Bennet.
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Aren’t these guys amazing? I'm a strong believer that true book boyfriends influence the type of guys an author creates for her audience. I definitely see traces of some of these guys in Justin Marshall from Effortless With You and Perfectly Messy! Here's a guy who looks very Justin-esque!
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Who are some of your favorite book boyfriends? I need a new Friday night date! ;-)
Interested in Lizzy Charles' novels Effortless With You and Perfectly Messy? They are available on Amazon, Nook, iBooks, and most ebook readers. Prefer a book you can actually hold in your hand and smell? Both novels are available in print via Amazon and available to order through many local bookstores if you ask. :)
Lizzy Charles lives in the Twin Cities and is a graduate of the University of Minnesota. When she isn’t raising her three children or caring for premature and sick babies as a neonatal intensive care nurse, she’s seeking refuge with her laptop, sparkling water, and dark chocolate. She married her high school sweetheart, a swoon-worthy musician, so it’s no surprise she’s fallen in love with writing contemporary YA romance novels.
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