Easier Said Than Done

TJ Anthony

Description

In this romantic tale, two young people expose the gaps between wants and needs while attempting to define their connection.
It’s the summer of 1981. Soon, we will celebrate Princess Diana’s royal wedding, and MTV will launch us into a new music era. However, those events will be mere footnotes in a story that is brewing in a small town in southern Illinois. Laura Hall and Blake Roberts will experience a connection that will turn their worlds upside down.
Laura is a recent high school graduate who desires more. Internally, she is juggling peer acceptance, Christian values, her mother’s incessant guidance, and stifling loneliness. Blake’s interest provides an opportunity to change her life’s direction. In order to open her heart to love, Laura will need to unleash her dreams, confront her insecurities, and accept an imperfect attraction.
Blake is a college student with a promising future. He is earning a degree at a fine university, plans to get engaged to his high school sweetheart, and is returning to competitive athletics. He is unprepared for the turmoil that an unforeseen relationship will bring during his summer break. Blake’s path to new love will challenge his maturity, past choices, and the authenticity of his feelings.
With both Laura and Blake narrating this roller coaster romance, you have the front row seat on a ride that pits peace, courage, and allegiance against chaos, cowardice, and infidelity. It’s a race against the clock as Laura’s Motown innocence collides with Blake’s rock ’n’ roll recklessness. Their journey will challenge your definition of love and expose the gap between wants and needs. In the end, you will agree that falling in love is easier said than done.

Sujets

• Romance contemporaine
• Fiction
• Romance

Informations

• Publié par: iUniverse
• Date de parution: 21 juillet 2020
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781663201041
• Langue: English

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Easier Said Than Done
 
 
 
 
TJ Anthony
 
 
 

 
 
EASIER SAID THAN DONE
 
 
Copyright © 2020 TJ Anthony.
 
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This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, names, incidents, organizations, and dialogue in this novel are either the products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.
 
 
 
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Scripture quotations marked KJV are from the Holy Bible, King James Version (Authorized Version). First published in 1611. Quoted from the KJV Classic Reference Bible, Copyright © 1983 by The Zondervan Corporation.
 
ISBN: 978-1-6632-0105-8 (sc)
ISBN: 978-1-6632-4347-8 (hc)
ISBN: 978-1-6632-0104-1 (e)
 
Library of Congress Control Number: 2020911041
 
 
iUniverse rev. date: 07/29/2022
Contents
Part One
Chapter 1: Hail Mary
Laura
Chapter 2: King of the Hill
Blake
Chapter 3: New Life
Laura
Chapter 4: Hot Wheels
Blake
Chapter 5: Love Don’t Come Easy
Laura
Chapter 6: Slumber Party
Blake
Chapter 7: Patience
Laura
Chapter 8: Opportunist
Blake
Chapter 9: Charades
Blake
Chapter 10: The Game of Life
Blake
Chapter 11: Application
Laura
Chapter 12: The Crew
Blake
Chapter 13: Perfect Fit
Blake
Chapter 14: Introductions
Laura
Chapter 15: Impressions
Blake
Chapter 16: Learning Curve
Laura
Chapter 17: Poetry in Motion
Blake
Chapter 18: The Purr
Blake
Chapter 19: Efficiency
Laura
Chapter 20: Different Strokes
Laura
Chapter 21: Advice
Blake
Chapter 22: Quality Control
Laura
Chapter 23: A Favor
Laura
Chapter 24: The Stroll
Blake
Chapter 25: Puzzle
Laura
Chapter 26: Celebrations
Blake
Chapter 27: Foundations
Laura
Chapter 28: Details
Blake
Chapter 29: Poison Ivy
Blake
Chapter 30: Confidence
Laura
Chapter 31: The Big Top
Blake
Chapter 32: The Bait
Blake
Chapter 33: An Offer
Laura
Chapter 34: Case Closed
Blake
Chapter 35: Booby Trap
Blake
Chapter 36: Twister
Blake
Chapter 37: Journal Entry
Laura
Chapter 38: Mind Control
Blake
Chapter 39: Sugar and Spice
Laura
Chapter 40: Motown
Blake
Chapter 41: A Potent Mix
Laura
Chapter 42: Easier to Be Jill
Laura
Chapter 43: Good and Evil
Laura
Chapter 44: Divine Intervention
Blake
Chapter 45: Permissible
Blake
Chapter 46: Second Thoughts
Blake
Chapter 47: Destiny
Laura
Chapter 48: Tag, You’re It
Blake
Chapter 49: Mysterious Way
Laura
Chapter 50: Overexposure
Blake
Chapter 51: The Jill in Me
Laura
Chapter 52: Drive-By
Blake
Chapter 53: Never Imagined
Blake
Chapter 54: Says It All
Laura
Chapter 55: Found a Guy
Laura
Chapter 56: A Pathway
Blake
Chapter 57: Logic
Blake
Chapter 58: Changes
Blake
Chapter 59: Dodge Ball
Blake
Chapter 60: Lectures
Blake
Chapter 61: Divine Affirmation
Blake
Chapter 62: Grade School
Laura
Chapter 63: Swing
Blake
Chapter 64: Golden Ticket
Laura
Chapter 65: Late
Blake
Chapter 66: Anticipation
Blake
Chapter 67: Where and How
Laura
Chapter 68: The Fuse
Blake
Chapter 69: Touch and Go
Blake
Chapter 70: Payback
Laura
Chapter 71: Very Sure
Blake
Chapter 72: Sunshine
Blake
Chapter 73: Shoop
Laura
Chapter 74: Tug of War
Blake
Chapter 75: Reminder
Blake
Chapter 76: Coming Out
Laura
Chapter 77: Spooked
Blake
Chapter 78: Hide-and-Seek
Blake
Chapter 79: Exhilarating
Laura
Chapter 80: Solitude
Laura
Chapter 81: Wake Up Little Suzie
Laura
Chapter 82: Please Invite
Laura
Part Two
Chapter 83: Trouble in Paradise
Laura
Chapter 84: Powder Keg
Blake
Chapter 85: Promises
Blake
Chapter 86: Headaches
Laura
Chapter 87: Olive Branch
Blake
Chapter 88: Yet
Laura
Chapter 89: Composure
Laura
Chapter 90: Sweet and Sour
Blake
Chapter 91: Another Drag
Laura
Chapter 92: A Play
Blake
Chapter 93: Sin
Blake
Chapter 94: No
Blake
Chapter 95: Imperfect
Laura
Chapter 96: Persona
Blake
Chapter 97: God’s Will
Laura
Chapter 98: Critical Business
Blake
Chapter 99: Honest Choices
Laura
Chapter 100: Tell Him
Laura
Chapter 101: Swamped
Blake
Chapter 102: Diversion
Laura
Chapter 103: Pledge
Blake
Chapter 104: Connect the Dots
Blake
Chapter 105: Ownership
Laura
Chapter 106: Fireflies
Blake
Chapter 107: Reasons
Laura
Chapter 108: Bugged
Laura
Chapter 109: Assistance
Blake
Chapter 110: A Gift
Blake
Chapter 111: Origins
Blake
Chapter 112: Desperado
Blake
Chapter 113: Aspirations
Laura
Chapter 114: Reality
Laura
Chapter 115: Cool Changes
Blake
Chapter 116: Ultimatum
Laura
Chapter 117: Sick Day
Blake
Chapter 118: Worries
Blake
Chapter 119: Purgatory
Blake
Chapter 120: Shattered
Laura
Chapter 121: Let It Happen
Laura
Chapter 122: Mr. Clean
Blake
Chapter 123: Back in Black
Blake
Chapter 124: Moves
Blake
Chapter 125: Rebuke
Blake
Chapter 126: Transparency
Blake
Chapter 127: A Date
Laura
Chapter 128: Infractions
Laura
Chapter 129: Perspective
Blake
Chapter 130: Babe
Blake
Chapter 131: Stronger Course
Blake
Chapter 132: Immaterial
Blake
Chapter 133: Twilight Zone
Laura
Chapter 134: Observations
Blake
Chapter 135: Time Warp
Laura
Chapter 136: Infidelity
Blake
Chapter 137: Censure
Blake
Chapter 138: Resolve
Laura
Chapter 139: Announcement
Laura
Chapter 140: Mudville
Blake
Chapter 141: Fair Play
Blake
Chapter 142: Time Off
Blake
Chapter 143: David’s Back
Blake
Chapter 144: Happy Birthday
Blake
Chapter 145: Stew
Laura
Chapter 146: Ashamed
Blake
Chapter 147: New Day
Blake
Chapter 148: Miraculous
Laura
Chapter 149: Buckeyes
Laura
Chapter 150: Nature’s Way
Laura
Chapter 151: Breathless
Laura
Chapter 152: The Orchard
Blake
Chapter 153: Chains of Love
Blake
Chapter 154: Control
Laura
Chapter 155: A Sign
Blake
Chapter 156: Cringe
Blake
Chapter 157: Day to Day
Laura
Chapter 158: Six or Seven
Blake
Chapter 159: Lean on Me
Laura
Chapter 160: Catholic
Blake
Chapter 161: The Spirit Exists
Laura
Chapter 162: Awed
Blake
Chapter 163: Peace and Quiet
Laura
Chapter 164: Familiar Ring
Blake
Chapter 165: Leather and Lace
Laura
Chapter 166: Cowardice
Blake
Chapter 167: Enrichment
Laura
Part Three
Chapter 168: Tidbits
Blake
Chapter 169: Friends
Laura
Chapter 170: Consuming
Laura
Chapter 171: Stargazing
Laura
Chapter 172: Proposal
Blake
Chapter 173: Choose Carefully
Laura
Chapter 174: Loose Lips
Blake
Chapter 175: Caution
Laura
Chapter 176: The Plan
Blake
Chapter 177: Good Advice
Blake
Chapter 178: Prey
Blake
Chapter 179: I Want You
Blake
Chapter 180: Merit Badge
Blake
Chapter 181: Fire Away
Blake
Chapter 182: Kool Light
Laura
Chapter 183: Eminence Front
Blake
Chapter 184: Special
Laura
Chapter 185: Sparks
Blake
Chapter 186: Splash
Laura
Chapter 187: Stay or Go
Blake
Chapter 188: A Pressing Issue
Blake
Chapter 189: Safety
Laura
Chapter 190: The Understanding
Blake
Chapter 191: God Punishes
Blake
Chapter 192: Holy Man
Blake
Chapter 193: Innocent Way
Laura
Chapter 194: Runs Scored
Laura
Chapter 195: Accomplished
Laura
Chapter 196: Make Out Music
Blake
Chapter 197: Launching Pad
Blake
Chapter 198: Insight
Blake
Chapter 199: The One
Laura
Chapter 200: Sunrise
Blake
Chapter 201: Calling Our Bluff
Laura
Chapter 202: Bad News
Laura
Chapter 203: Alternatives
Blake
Chapter 204: Italian Eyes
Blake
Chapter 205: Mom’s T