Blog Tour: The Second First Chance
Title:
The Second First Chance
Author: Blakely Bennett
Release Date: March 16th
Genre: Romance
Cover Design: Happi Anarky
Editing: Harper Jewel
Author: Blakely Bennett
Release Date: March 16th
Genre: Romance
Cover Design: Happi Anarky
Editing: Harper Jewel
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Synopsis:
If you could have a second chance at
true love, would you take it?
Jayden is offered the opportunity to
journey back in time when she loses her soulmate, Callahan, on their twentieth
anniversary. Enticed by the idea of meeting Callahan ten years earlier, she
takes the leap.
From 2015 back to 1985, Jayden restarts
her college experience at Florida State University. Her best friend Patrick
from the first time around is at her side, supporting her attempts to win over
young Cal.
Professor Travis Stratford has his eyes
set on Jayden and throws his hat into the ring. Could he be a good distraction
while she waits for Callahan to give her a second first chance?
Young Cal, still suffering from a
recent loss of his own, is a different man than her Cally of the future. Will
Jayden have the patience necessary to win him over? Will Cal believe her crazy
tale?
Immerse yourself in this poignant,
sexy, hilarious romance, which will have you laughing—and crying— your heart
out.
Excerpt
I lay in bed wondering if
I had crossed over into coo-cooville. I desperately needed to talk to Callahan.
(If he were still alive,) he would know what to make of it all. If Toly was
real, could I walk away from the life we built and start over? There was so
much I could and would do
differently.
I could go back to the age
of eighteen and hunt down Callahan, and we could start ten years earlier. I
wouldn’t drop out of college after my first year, throwing away my parents gift
of four years paid tuition, room, and board. I could pursue creative writing
from the start instead of waiting tables for years as I paid my way to earn my
teaching degree.
If I couldn’t convince
Cally to love me straight away, I would have the opportunity to have more
sexual experiences. He had so many more lovers than I did when we met that he
felt like I had somehow missed out. However, having sex with another while
still so deeply in love with Callahan might prove challenging.
I wondered if I could
change my appearance, or if I would have to look the same as I did at eighteen.
I was attractive enough, but if I could change a few things here and there...
On the other hand, it would be amazing if Toly could hold off cellulite until I
was, at least, sixty or make me one of those women who bounce back from
pregnancy in a week and never look like they had a baby in the first place.
The only stumbling
block—well two of them really—which stopped me from outright considering it:
(my daughter) Ash lightly snoring beside me and whether or not my mind had
fractured over the loss of Callahan and had decided to play trick or treat with
me.
I slipped quietly out of
bed and went downstairs to find some alcohol to help lull me into sleep. My
racing mind would not shut up.
In the cabinet above the
refrigerator, I found a bottle of Stolichnaya vodka. At the table, I poured an
inch into a tumbler and knocked it back. The smell of cinnamon wafted over me
just before Toly reappeared. “Back again, I see.” I poured another shot into
the glass.
“We had not completed our
conversation.” He bowed slightly. “My apologies for the abrupt departure.”
“Understood. Shannon would
have swift kicked you had she met you on the street. Of course, my sanity is
still in question. Whether I believe you or not is simply beside the point.”
“To answer your question,
the only change I can make for you would be to retain your memory if you decide
to go back. In addition, as soon as you make your choice, I will be gone. If
you choose to remain here and now, I can wipe your memory of me.”
“So you can’t make me
enjoy cleaning or have less of a sweet tooth?”
“No.”
“Wait a minute,” I
bristled. “Do the collective of watchers or whatever you called them see
everything I do? Even in my private alone time? Pick my nose? Touch my... Okay
now, I’m an open-minded woman, but that’s just—” I was about to say fucked up
but instead said, “Creepy.”
“Their purpose is not to
judge or gawk, but to guide when necessary. The more closed off the occupier
is, the less influence they have. You are considering eighteen for your
insertion time,” he stated, taking a seat at the table.
“Would you care for a
drink?” I asked, my southern politeness overriding the fear of my apparent
lunacy.
“I have no requirement of
sustenance and prefer you refrain until our conversation has concluded.”
“Fine,” I said, pushing
the glass away from me. “Yes, eighteen makes the most sense to me or really is
the most appealing. I’m not sure I have any sense left. I would love an extra
ten years with Callahan, and retracing the same steps I’ve already covered
seems like a dreadfully boring prospect. I was always the dreamer and the risk
taker of the two of us. I know, knew, know Callahan so well and yet, in this
crazy scenario, I have no idea what he’d advise. I do know he would take any
opportunity for a longer life together. But I feel like I’m abandoning Ashley
when she needs me the most. I get that she wouldn’t have been born yet, but she
will still be real to me.”
He watched me intently and
waited for me to continue.
“If I’m going to go
full-blown into this delusion, let’s get down to business. Can I tell Callahan
about all of this if I go?”
“Yes, but there are no
guarantees he will believe you.”
“I’m certain he won’t
initially, but I think I can get past that. And other people?”
“It would be ill-advised
to share it with others, but there is no rule against it.”
“Can you send me back with
a lot of money?”
“No. You’re financial
situation will remain the same given the particular time you select. However,
once in, you can manifest any changes you would like within the confines of
natural law.”
“Can I go back to the very
day I arrived at Florida State University after
my folks drive away?”
“That can be done.”
“I know I already asked
this, but please tell me again that I will definitely have Ashley if I go
back.”
“If and/or when you get
pregnant, she will be your first child.”
I forced out a breath and
said, “Let’s do it, but first I want to kiss her goodbye.”
Author
Bio:
Blakely Bennett grew up in Southeast
Florida and has been residing in the great Northwest for over ten years. She
graduated from Nova Southeastern University with a degree in psychology, which
accounts for her particular interest in crafting the personalities, struggles,
and motivations of her characters. She is an avid reader of many genres of
fiction but especially enjoys erotica and romance. Writing has always been her
bliss.
Blakely is married to a wonderful,
loving, and supportive husband, who is also a writer, and who helps to keep her
grounded. She is a mother, a communitarian, a lover of music (it is always on
while she is writing thanks to Pandora), and a good friend. An advocate of love
and female empowerment, she is also a facilitator for a women’s group. She
loves to walk and hike for exercise, and finds that, since moving to Seattle,
Washington, she is now one of those crazy people who walk in the rain.
The Second First Chance is her eighth
novel. Her other novels include the Bound by Your Love Series (Stuck in
Between, Bittersweet Deceit, & Blue Persuasion), the dark erotic suspense
My Body Trilogy (My Body-His, My Body-His (Marcello) and My Body-Mine) and the
contemporary romance, The Demarcation of Jack, which she co-wrote with her
husband, Dana Bennett.
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