Crushed by Gina Robinson
(The Rushed New Adult and College Romance Series, #2)
Publication date: October 2014
Genres: New Adult, Romance
(The Rushed New Adult and College Romance Series, #2)
Publication date: October 2014
Genres: New Adult, Romance
Synopsis:
Some loves can’t be… Crushed
Morgan
Have you ever done something stupid? Like get drunk and hookup with a guy because your heart was broken by someone else? Like his best friend. And then done something really dumb, like fall in love with your hookup? Hookups aren’t stick-around guys. I’m hoping Dakota will be different. But hoping has gotten me in trouble before.
Dakota
The absolute last girl I want to see in my court-ordered alcohol and drug information school, the girl who landed me here in the first place, walks in. After we hooked up, I thought I’d gotten Morgan out of my system. So why is my pulse racing? I can’t afford to screw up right now. I know I should avoid her. Morgan has a way of messing up my life. But she’s the only one who understands.
Excerpts:
Morgan
Have you ever done something stupid? Like get drunk and hookup with a guy because your heart was broken by someone else? Like his best friend. And then done something really dumb, like fall in love with your hookup? Hookups aren’t stick-around guys. I’m hoping Dakota will be different. But hoping has gotten me in trouble before.
Dakota
The absolute last girl I want to see in my court-ordered alcohol and drug information school, the girl who landed me here in the first place, walks in. After we hooked up, I thought I’d gotten Morgan out of my system. So why is my pulse racing? I can’t afford to screw up right now. I know I should avoid her. Morgan has a way of messing up my life. But she’s the only one who understands.
Excerpts:
Morgan
Alcohol is a big, fat liar. It seduces you with its charm and
then whispers sweet lies, like, You look
really hot doing a keg stand in a skirt that shows off your butt cheeks and new
pink thong. Totally forgetting that you have the flattest butt on the
planet. And it's impossible to back arch in that position to accentuate your
butt's very few positives.
Or, Yeah, scooping jam
directly from the jar with your bare hands and slathering it on your face in an
attempt to find your mouth is really going to impress the house guy you've been
in love with forever. He's totally going to fall in love with you now.
Or, It's a great idea to
sleep with the house guy's best friend out of revenge. That will show Zach.
He'll notice you now. And, Telling Dakota
all your hurts and deepest private thoughts is perfectly reasonable. He's a
sympathetic guy, right? His lips are sealed. Never mind that he's Zach's
best friend from high school and the president of the top frat on campus. And
could ruin you without giving it a second thought.
Or my personal favorite, Go
ahead. Lie down in the alley behind the frat and Dakota's car. You should
totally sleep there. It's comfy and safe.
Liar. Liar. Liar!
Dakota
I got to school early, registered, paid my fee, and took a seat
in the back of the class. My dad had chewed my ass off when I told him about
the fine. He lectured me for half an hour on my stupidity. It had cost him real
money. Dad hated paying for shit that could have been avoided.
My buddies at the frat were preparing for a night of first-class
partying. Most of them hoping to get laid. And I was in school to learn all
about the dangers of drinking. It was a joke. Until she walked in.
My pulse raced. My palms sweated. My dick went involuntarily
hard. An absolutely stunning girl stood silhouetted in the doorway—blond, slim
but with the kind of figure I found sexy as hell. Fresh-faced, no makeup. Her
cheeks pink from the cold. Her eyes warm and bright with exercise and
expectation. Her hair curled into the faux fur that rimmed the hood of her
coat. She wore flat boots and yoga pants that left just enough to my
imagination.
She hesitated at the door, like she was uncertain and nervous.
My hero instincts kicked in. I liked her sweet vulnerability. Just as I was
about to get out of my chair and play gentleman, introduce myself and see where
things led, I stopped cold, recognizing her with a start.
Morgan Peterson? Without makeup. Shit.
You'd think my dick would have gone soft at the sight of her.
The damn thing didn't. My pulse involuntarily sped up. What was it about Morgan
Peterson that turned me on even when I was furious with her?
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Q&A with Gina
Robinson about Crushed
Q—Crushed is the
second book in The Rushed Series of New Adult College Romance, is that right?
Can you read it without having read book one, Rushed?
A—Yes, it is. And, yes, you absolutely can. All the books in
this series are standalone romances. Right now there are only two, but I have
more planned. The third book, which I'm tentatively calling Hushed, should be out in January 2015.
They'll all be standalone reads. Of course, I hope you'll want to read Rushed as well. Rushed will give you more insight, background, and the backstory of
the characters in Crushed.
Q—Morgan was the villainess in Rushed. Readers hated her. Weren't you taking a risk by writing her
love story and pairing her with Dakota, who many readers loved?
A—My husband told me, repeatedly, that I was crazy. And
maybe I was. But I felt all along that Morgan was the perfect match for Dakota.
That she had the sass and spunk to take him on. She was the girl who couldn't
have Zach. Dakota was the guy who could never best Zach. In a way, they were
both living in Zach's shadow. That gave
them both common ground and conflict. I knew that if Morgan ever got past her
infatuation with Zach and saw Dakota for the guy he was, she would fall
passionately for him.
Many people are big believers in first impressions. You know
the old saying, "You don't get a second chance to make a good first
impression." While that may be technically true, I've found that they can
be wrong. I know I've made misguided assumptions about people after first
meeting them. I hoped readers would give Morgan a second chance when they got
to know her better. So far, early reviewers have been very positive and grown
to love her when they see her vulnerability, what motivates her, and how she
sees herself.
Q—What sparked the idea for Crushed? Why write about Greek life?
A—In my Reckless Series, I wrote about independents, Geeds
as they're called these days. Which are students who choose not to go Greek. Greek
life is a unique experience from being a Geed. What happens when you make a
Geed live in a Greek house? How does a guy survive in a house full of girls? What
kind of problems and conflict does that cause? I was intrigued by the
possibilities. Those questions were the germ of the idea for the series.
Actually, I have to credit my husband, too. He worked his
way through college as a live-in houseboy for a sorority. The stories he told
me about living with the sorority girls were the basis for Zach's experiences
in Rushed. He was part brother, part
friend, part servant, part shoulder to cry on. Crushed is an outgrowth of Rushed,
a continuation of the story. I
had readers begging to see more of Zach and Alexis from Rushed, so I decided to continue their story as a secondary story
to Morgan and Dakota's romance.
Q—What's next in the series? Will we see more of Dakota and
Morgan? Do you find it hard to leave your characters behind?
A—Yes, absolutely! I grow attached to them and hate leaving
them. Which is part of the reason I enjoy writing series. Just like Alexis and
Zach become secondary characters in Crushed,
Dakota and Morgan continue on as secondary characters in book three. Readers
will get to see more of their story even as the focus shifts to a new couple.
Thanks so much for having me! Happy reading, everyone!
AUTHOR BIO:
Gina Robinson is the award-winning author of the contemporary new adult romances Reckless Longing, Reckless Secrets, and Reckless Together, and the Agent Ex series of humorous romantic suspense novels. Rushed, the first book in her new college-set new adult series will be released on July 3, 2014. She's currently working on Crushed, the second book of this series featuring a surprising couple from Rushed. Look for Crushed in early fall 2014.
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