Fresh Fiction Blog | Stephanie Wardrop

Georgia Barrett is a sensible sixteen-year-old girl. She knows that her lab
partner, Michael Endicott, is a preppie snob - even if his dark eyes make her
insides melt a little and her heart race like a hummingbird's. Sure, his refusal
to join in on a non-date with Georgia's sister and her boyfriend stings, but she
knows they don't belong together anyway. A stiff-backed blue blood and a quirky
vegan feminist? That's ridiculous. Everyone should know that.

"Sounds like you're a perfect team," Trey says, which proves my suspicion that he has a tin ear for irony. He adds, "Hey, Tori and I are going to a movie tomorrow night. You guys should come, too!" I look at Tori for a second to make sure that this is okay with her. She smiles like she just received a generous and unexpected gift and not at all like a big sister confronted with a pesky little-sister tagalong. I turn to Michael then, just as he says, rather sharply, "No." Just, "No." Not, "No, I have to wash my grandmother's back that night." Or, "No, I read to orphans at the library on Fridays." Or, "No, my religion strictly forbids the viewing of moving images." Or even, "No, thank you." He has the grace to add, "Sorry," but it's a few seconds too late. I can feel myself turning red and my body temperature has shot up to sub-Saharan levels. I duck my head and begin digging in my lunch bag as if something is in there that I desperately need—like a bigger bag to put over my head. Normally I'd feel indignant at his rudeness, and I do, a bit, but mostly I just feel mortified. I can't even speak because I'm too busy concentrating on squelching that tingly feeling in my nostrils that comes before tears, and loathing myself for feeling it.

So why does Michael seem so disturbed by the attention senior hottie suddenly
gives to Georgia? And if he dislikes her so much, why does he ask her to dance
at the Harvest Ball - until Jeremy cuts in? It's like something out of a Jane
Austen novel, but Georgia lives in the real world. The twenty-first century.
Though a romantic rescue at a New Year's Eve party could change the way she sees
everything.

CHARM AND CONSEQUENCE (Swoon Romance, May 2013) is the second installment in the SNARK AND CIRCUMSTANCE series of YA romance e-novellas. A contemporary retelling of Jane Austen's PRIDE AND PREJUDICE, the story follows Georgia as she discovers that she has a lot to learn about people. And about love. It takes a boy like Michael to help her see past her own assumptions and insecurities. They do belong together - but what will it take to get them to see that? Have YOU ever met someone who drove you absolutely bonkers, but there was just something about them that you couldn't shake off? Or have you ever grown close to someone who defied everything you ever would have thought about them? Leave a comment below about your experience and win the first two ebooks in the SNARK series. The last two enovellas release in August (PRIDE AND PREP SCHOOL) and December (PROM AND PREJUDICE).

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Author Bio

Stephanie Wardrop grew up in Reading, Pennsylvania, a town most people know only from the Monopoly board game, where she spent a lot of time in city's libraries. She started writing when she'd run out of books to read and now lives in New England with her husband, two kids, five cats, and one gecko. Like Georgia Barrett, she loves baking, traveling, animals, and snark of all kinds.

Comments

yes i was in school this happened to me also a guy did
something similar to me to
(Denise Smith 6:48am July 15, 2013)

Yes, my husband can drive me bonkers at times and there were
some guys back in high school a long time ago but I am still
married for 25 years now and going strong like the Energizer
Bunny. Congrats on all your books and I would love to read
them and win them this summer too. Thank You. Cecilia CECE
(Cecilia Dunbar Hernandez 2:21pm July 15, 2013)

Growing up my brothers and their friends were all teasers! What one didn't think of the others did! It was constant teasing. I can't believe that I actually miss it now! ;o)
(Betty Hamilton 2:44pm July 15, 2013)

Yes I have, in seventh grade and nearly 27 yrs later we are
still best friends.
(Tawnya Bentley 3:43pm July 15, 2013)

People who are organized strike me as odd, because it's
fascinating to me to have a place for everything. I am
organized about eating.
(Alyson Widen 6:48pm July 15, 2013)

Actually, yeah, a couple of times. I was actually surprised to
discover in two separate instances that people from the
popular crowd were much different than they appeared to be -
when they weren't hanging out with the crowd.
(Margay Roberge 6:59pm July 15, 2013)

Yes, I do know someone who drove me bonkers. My Mom... My sisters and I hate it when she plays with the plastic bag especially when we are driving her. Her hands have to stay occupied so she plays and rustles with the plastic bag. My sisters and I have ofter grab the bag from her hands because we couldn't stand that rustling noise that the plastic bag makes.
(Kai Wong 10:07pm July 15, 2013)

I can't really think of anyone right off hand. But i know i have seen folks
on tv and radio who just drive me nuts! Your books sound great! Hope i
win a copy.
(Sarah Bauman 11:17pm July 15, 2013)

I've met people who drove me crazy. I was right all along.
(Mary Preston 8:10am July 16, 2013)

I've just read a YA book called This Song Will Save Your Life about a girl so lonely at high school that she almost kills herself. Bullying can go too far, even if the bullies don't see it that way. Especially today with online bullying, sarcasm and lies can go a long way further.
(Clare O'Beara 10:52am July 17, 2013)

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