Title: Exposure
Series: Love & Fate #1
Author: Kolleen Fraser
Genre: Contemporary/2nd Chance Romance
Release Date: October 3, 2020
๐ง๐ต๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ด๐ต ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ธ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐น๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐, ๐๐ฟ๐๐ฒ ๐น๐ผ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐น๐น ๐ณ๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฎ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐พ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐น๐น.๐๐ฒ๐
๐ถโ๐ life has never been easy. Her motherโs violence, neglect, and eventual abandonment leave Lexi and her brother, Matt, desperately trying to survive on their own.
A chance meeting with a handsome stranger, ๐ก๐ผ๐ฎ๐ต, has her heart racing. And her future looks bright for the first time in her life.
One tragic night everything is taken away and Lexiโs life is once again thrust into the unknown.
Forced to pick herself up and carry on with her life, she longs for the missing pieces of her heart. Hoping that somehow true love will find a way back to her.
๐๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ข๐ถ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐๐ฐ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐๐ณ๐ข๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ฃ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ช๐ง๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ-๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆโ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ, ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ช๐ด๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐๐ฐ๐ต ๐๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐๐ถ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ช๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ.
โHow did you end up living with Jax?โย
I shrug. โNo freaking idea, itโs my first night here. Heโs a friend of my brother. Itโs only for a month, until we can find a place.โย
โWhereโre your parents?โย
โParents bailed, itโs just us now. You ask a lot of questions for a sexy stranger in the dark.โ I laugh.
โSexy, huh?โ he asks with a smile.ย
โOh crap, I said that out loud? I must be tired.โ I called him sexy, to his face. Lord, let the earth swallow me now. He sits down next to me.ย
Holding his hand out, he says, โNoah King, AKA sexy stranger in the dark.โย
I smile up at him, extending my hand. โLexi Young, hot mess on a step.โ He chuckles at this and his laugh makes my heart happy. What is happening to me? A Jeep pulls up front and honks. He gives them a quick wave before turning back to me. Without thought or reasoning, I use his shirt to pull him closer, our lips meet in the most perfect kiss that has ever existed. I want to own this moment, to take charge and prove to myself that I can still be normal. I can kiss a boy I think is cute. Iโm not completely broken. His hands cradle my face and the kiss deepens passionately. He pulls back, smiles and places one more delicate kiss on my lips and one on my forehead before stepping away. โThat was…โ he starts.ย
โMy first kiss,โ I finish with a smile.ย
โIโve never been anyoneโs first kiss. Iโm honored.โ Taking my hand, he places one perfect kiss on my palm. โStay safe, Lexi Young, hot mess on a step.โ
I shrug. โNo freaking idea, itโs my first night here. Heโs a friend of my brother. Itโs only for a month, until we can find a place.โย
โWhereโre your parents?โย
โParents bailed, itโs just us now. You ask a lot of questions for a sexy stranger in the dark.โ I laugh.
โSexy, huh?โ he asks with a smile.ย
โOh crap, I said that out loud? I must be tired.โ I called him sexy, to his face. Lord, let the earth swallow me now. He sits down next to me.ย
Holding his hand out, he says, โNoah King, AKA sexy stranger in the dark.โย
I smile up at him, extending my hand. โLexi Young, hot mess on a step.โ He chuckles at this and his laugh makes my heart happy. What is happening to me? A Jeep pulls up front and honks. He gives them a quick wave before turning back to me. Without thought or reasoning, I use his shirt to pull him closer, our lips meet in the most perfect kiss that has ever existed. I want to own this moment, to take charge and prove to myself that I can still be normal. I can kiss a boy I think is cute. Iโm not completely broken. His hands cradle my face and the kiss deepens passionately. He pulls back, smiles and places one more delicate kiss on my lips and one on my forehead before stepping away. โThat was…โ he starts.ย
โMy first kiss,โ I finish with a smile.ย
โIโve never been anyoneโs first kiss. Iโm honored.โ Taking my hand, he places one perfect kiss on my palm. โStay safe, Lexi Young, hot mess on a step.โ
Born and raised in the Pacific Northwest in coastal British Columbia, Kolleen Fraser finds the lush green forests, snow-capped mountains, and the ocean waves soothing to her soul.
She’s always been an avid reader and loves blogging about her favorite reads. Her writing journey began by hitting publish on her first novel in her duet in 2015. Since then, she’s written across multiple romance genres.
Writing has always been therapeutic for Kolleen and offers a way to process and express all the crazy thoughts running around in her head while telling powerful stories in real ways that readers can connect with.
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