Title: Girls Are Players (G.A.P. #2)Author: Ingrid Seymour
Date of Publication: December 4, 2013
Jessica Norton is a villain in the body of a gorgeous, rich, college girl. She cheats, lies, plays with people’s feelings, and purposely breaks unsuspecting hearts to avenge a personal loss. She’s the kind of girl people love to hate—even if it’s just because she has it all. Except . . . she doesn’t have it all. What she wants most is the love of her high school sweetheart, Taylor Drennon, the guy who got away, the one who left without telling her why and caused all her bitterness.
Not surprisingly, Jessica’s evil has made her a pariah. Alone, without friends or Taylor’s love, her college life is a nightmare. She’s haunted by her own mistakes and drowning in lack of direction. Something needs to change. So when the first opportunity to turn her life around presents itself, she takes it. Home for Christmas break, Jessica runs into Taylor. His unexpected friendliness seems like an invitation to rekindle their love. Inspired by a drastic idea that will both distance her from her heinous reputation and pull her closer to Taylor, she decides to transfer to OSU where he attends under a football scholarship.
Confident she can regain his heart, Jessica reenters Taylor’s life with a splash. Failing to naturally lure him closer, she is then forced to rely on her old games and underhanded scheming. Though Jessica’s heart is in the right place, it is hidden from Taylor by her blunders. More than once their powerful chemistry takes control, leading Jessica to believe she’s winning. But, it’s a hot and cold affair, and she’s not the only one to blame for their stormy love. If Jessica can only coax Taylor into explaining why he doesn’t want her, maybe she could finally walk away from him for good, maybe she could finally be happy.
Excerpt:
Taylor sat down on the bench and began to play a tune I’d never heard. It was mournful and soft and made my knees weak. I sat and listened, felt my eyes fill with tears as the melody reached inside me.
It seemed Taylor had done the opposite of me. He’d changed on the outside, but not one bit on the inside. He was still the same enigmatic, brooding person he’d always been. He still spoke in riddles if he spoke at all. He still could undo me with one look, one heartfelt song, one simple question.
God, I still loved him so much.
When he finished playing, he lowered his head, his breath hitching as he inhaled.
“W-was that one of yours?” I asked. He’d composed several pieces, and this one had that familiarity that made me almost sure he’d composed it.
He nodded. “It’s called . . . Taking Time.”
1. Help people imagine, commiserate about or relive their college days – College has some of the best times in anybody’s life. To help someone feel as if they’re there again or for the first time is great.
2. Experience the exhilarating and scary feeling of being on your own for the first time – We all look forward to leaving the nest. It is a time where things fall into place or totally fall apart. For an author, this offers lots of potential.
3. College parties – need I say more? 😉
4. Heart accelerating angst – Becoming an adult can be very stressful, so are the relationships we forge or lose in that period of our lives. An author finds a well of emotions here.
5 . Bad decisions and consequences – New adults need to make many decisions. Bad judgment can lead to bad choices, choices that may have life-altering consequences. Who wouldn’t want to write about that?
6. Lessons learned – There are lots of lessons to be learned at this age and a good author will try to showcase this. Characters have to make mistakes and grow, if they don’t the novel is nothing but a melodrama.
7. Defining yourself – This is a time when many of us find out who we are and who we’ll be for the rest of our lives. It is nice to be able to shape a character that way.
8. A time of firsts: first time without parents, first apartment, first adult relationship, etc. Firsts can be nerve wracking, giving the author a lot to work with in the emotions department.
9. Explore more adult topics – I normally write Young Adult, so this genre gives me the opportunity to explore more adult topic without taking away the elements I like in YA.
10. Life altering love connections – how many have met their spouses in college? I did 🙂 At this age loves, becomes more serious and full of possibilities for a future life together. Those are very high stakes we’re talking about!
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About the Author:
Ingrid Seymour loves, loves, loves to write. Her favorite genres are Young Adult and New Adult fiction. Her debut novel “The Guys Are Props Club” is an NA contemporary romance which she immensely enjoyed writing. Her favorite outings involve a trip to the library or bookstore where she immediately gravitates toward the YA section. She’s an avid reader and fangirl of many amazing books. She’s sure that one day she’ll see one of her books made into a movie. She likes to dream big 😉
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I can’t say I’ve ever read a romance where the characters are card players! I love when authors introduce interesting hobbies or jobs to their characters’ lives.
I love how the tables have turned and it’s girls who are the stoic heart breakers who are becoming better people as they fall in love. it makes a great change from it always being the guy who is tamed by the love of a good/bad woman.