Welcome to the Release Day Celebration for
The Boyfriend Whisperer 2.0 by
Linda Budzinski
Linda Budzinski
presented by Swoon Romance!
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CONGRATULATIONS LINDA!
Alicea Springer was Boyfriend Whisperer Enterprises’ top success story. That is, until her dream date, Ty Walker, dumped her a week before prom. Now it’s senior year, and Alicea has taken over the business and given it an upgrade using an automated matchmaking program designed to help her classmates find their perfect match.
Alicea has no interest in using the program herself. She already knows who her perfect match is … Ty. She doesn’t need an app to tell her that (or worse, match her up with someone else). In a moment of weakness, Alicea allows her friends to convince her to give the program a try. To her horror, it matches her with the last boy on earth she'd ever want to date — Darius Groves, the class deadbeat.
When she and Darius are paired up for a class project, Alicea learns there's more to him than his bad reputation. But the more she spends time with Darius, the more she questions their match. They have so little in common. Why did her program match them?
Can Alicea defy the odds and make a match of her own heart’s desire? Or will the matchmaker remained unmatched?
The Boyfriend Whisperer by Linda Budzinski
Publication Date: February 19, 2019
Publisher: Swoon Romance
Publication Date: February 19, 2019
Publisher: Swoon Romance
EXCERPT:
“Want
to know my favorite thing about snowflakes?” I ask.
“What’s
that?”
“They’re
perfect every time.”
Darius
laughs. “Right. Of course.” His expression turns mischievous. “Unless … ” He
pulls out an ice-blue sheet, holds it up, and slowly and very deliberately
creates an uneven fold. “You do this.”
“What!
You wouldn’t.”
“Oh,
I would.” He lowers his voice. “I am.”
I
reach out to grab the sheet from him, but he pulls it away.
“What
kind of monster are you?”
“I’m
your worst nightmare.”
I
purse my lips and glare. “Fine. Go ahead and make your imperfect flake. But
don’t expect me to hang it on the tree with all the perfect ones.”
“We’ll
see about that.” He picks up a pair of scissors and chops away, cutting bits
and pieces off the sides, the corners, and the offending sticking-out part. His
grin mocks me with each snip, snip, snip. Finally, with a great flourish, he
opens it up.
It
is perhaps the most hideous snowflake I’ve ever seen.
“Um.
Wow.”
He
holds the flake out to me. “Go ahead. Hang it. I dare you.”
“You
dare me? Really? Isn’t that just a pitiful attempt to get me to hang something
you know doesn’t deserve to be hung?”
Darius
laughs. “Maybe.” He holds the snowflake up to my face. “I double dare you.”
“Oh,
okay. Now you’ve got me.” I snatch it from him and eye the tree. “I know
exactly where this belongs.” I walk around to the far side, by the wall, where
the plug for the lights is buried.
“Oh
no you don’t. You’re not hiding my masterpiece back there.” Darius chases after
me. He grabs for the flake, but I hold it away. He reaches around me, his arm
circling my waist.
I
know his little sister is a few feet from us and my father is across the room,
but I can’t help myself. We’re hidden by the tree, and so I kiss him—a quick, teasing
peck. Only the brief sensation of his lips on mine makes me want more, so I
lean into him. “What are you willing to do for this flake?”
Linda Budzinski is the author of four young adult novels, all published by Swoon Romance YA: The Boyfriend Whisperer and The Boyfriend Whisperer 2.0, Em & Em, and The Funeral Singer. When she’s not writing, she works in nonprofit communications and outreach. She lives in Northern Virginia with my husband, Joe, and is active with her church’s youth group. She’s a sucker for romance and reality TV and has been known to turn off her phone’s ringer when watching “The Bachelor.” Her favorite flower is the daisy, her favorite food is chocolate, and her favorite song is “Amazing Grace.
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