The Boyfriend Whisperer
by Linda
Budzinski
Publication
date: November 15th 2016
Published
by: Swoon Romance
Genres:
Contemporary, Romance, Young Adult
BLURB
As President and CEO of Boyfriend
Whisperer Enterprises, Lexi Malloy is Grand View High School’s undercover
Cupid. One problem: She’s stuck in the friend zone when it comes to her own
crush, Chris Broder. She and Chris have been best friends since the third
grade, and he doesn’t even seem to realize she’s is a member of the opposite
sex.
When pretty and popular
cheerleader Lindsay LaRouche hires Lexi to whisper Chris, she has to decide
whether to place her commitment to her company—and Chris’s happiness—before
herself.
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EXCERPT:
Principal Cho calls my teammates out one by one at the pep rally.
He announces my name last, and I dribble across the court, through a tunnel
made up of the cheer squad as well as both the boys’ and girls’ teams, and stop
at the top of the key to throw Chris an alley-oop.
He sails toward the basket, his muscles rippling as he reaches
out, snatches the ball out of the air, transfers it from one hand to the other,
and stuffs it through the rim. Magnificent.
I remember the precise moment I fell in love with Christian
Broder. It was this past October when a bunch of us decided to play a pick-up
game at the courts down at Claymore Park. It was a warm day, and Chris took off
his shirt. I vaguely wondered when he’d developed pecs. I tried to defend
against him on a drive to the basket, but it seemed he’d gained six inches on
me overnight. He swerved around, up, and past me, and … wham. His first dunk
shot.
It was perhaps the most beautiful move I’d ever seen on a
basketball court. Or anywhere. Ever. I could barely breathe. Had to fake a
cramp in my leg and take myself out of the game. Now, watching him soar through
the air again, I have that same gut reaction. I struggle to pull myself
together as he runs up and gives me a high-five.
“Nice toss, Malloy.”
“Nice tip in, Broder.”
He laughs. “Yeah, right. Tip in. I hear you.” He drapes his arm
across my shoulder. “I have a great feeling about this weekend.”
I nod, unable to form words, and the rest of the pep rally swirls
by in a whirlwind of pompoms and victory chants.
Author Info
My young adult novels, EM & EM (2015) and THE FUNERAL SINGER
(2013), were both published by Swoon Romance YA. My upcoming novel, THE
BOYFRIEND WHISPERER, scheduled for publication in fall of 2016 by Swoon,
received the Romance Writers of America Young Adult Chapter’s 2015 Rosemary
Award and the Virginia Chapter’s 2015 Fool for Love Award.
I live in Northern Virginia with my husband, Joe, and our feisty
chihuahua, Demitria (also known as Dee Dee, The Puppy, and Killer). I’m a
sucker for romance and reality TV and have been known to turn off my phone’s
ringer when watching “The Bachelor.”
My favorite flower is the daisy, my favorite food is chocolate,
and my favorite song is “Amazing Grace.”
When I’m not writing, I work in nonprofit management. I’m
represented by the amazing Andrea Somberg of Harvey Klinger Inc.
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