My horse, Bessie, twitched and stamped under me. The sky turned from brilliant pinks and oranges to crystal blue. I wanted Cynthia to see how amazing things could be here. But the week of the reunion didn’t go the way I planned. This wasn’t the life she said she wanted. But she fit in so […]
Author Archive: Lizzie Bruce
16 Simple Rules: An Opposites Attract, Closed-door Romcom
Love doesn’t follow Momma’s rules. A proper plan leads to the perfect life. But those pesky butterflies wreck any guarantees with their promise of passion. Cynthia Pritchard-Kennedy aims for perfection. She’s checked off every detail of Momma’s plan. But then Tom’s simple question reveals the missing piece—up pops a wall to mask her swirling confusion. […]
Andrew, the Prince of Bikes | 48 First Dates Deleted Scene
Author’s Note: This first date flew out of my head and onto the page. Adelaide had me laughing as I wrote her meet-cute with Andrew and the resulting first date. I never expected to weave mountain biking and fairy tales into one chapter, but out it came. The problem was that his first date didn’t […]
Mark, the Prince of Haiku Ninjas | 48 First Dates Deleted Scene
Author’s Note: I originally wrote this first date as a nod to my love of haiku in grade school. I thought it would be fun to incorporate a character who left clues with haikus, something I used to do when I set up a scavenger hunt for my dolls. The result was Mark, the Haiku […]
The Dance that Changed it All | 48 First Dates Bonus Epilogue
She fit like the solution to a complicated math problem in my arms. Everything disappeared. All was right with my world. Adelaide leaned back and looked into my eyes. “You remember all that?” I reached up and swept a stray piece of hair, tucking it behind her ear. My heart skipped a beat. Every fiber […]
48 First Dates Chapter 1: The Prince of the Playground
1: The Prince of the Playground A simple playdate led to make-believe weekly. Then he moved away! My mom set up my first date. She kinda had to—I was only five. Now, don’t get your T-shirts twisted. It was a playdate—but “date” is literally in the word, so this one counted. We met at the […]