Read An Excerpt From There’s Just Something About You
Scooping up the mail scattered across the floor, Natalea Williams scanned the envelopes with disinterest. She flipped through each one, rolling her eyes as bill after bill from various creditors caught her eye. None of them were worth her time until she came across a thick manila envelope with her name scrawled across its surface in a slanted, flowery script.
Dropping the rest of the mail onto the stand, she tore the envelope open and promptly earned herself a small paper cut. She drew the offended digit between her lips, sucking at her finger as she pulled the letter open and scanned the lines penned across its surface. Her eyes widened with surprise as its contents sunk in.
“What the heck?” she said aloud, rereading what had been written upon the paper. “That – that’s not possible!”
Rushing down the hall toward the kitchen, she drew the cordless phone out of its base and dialed her best friend’s number. She tapped her foot with impatience as the phone rang, scanning the letter within her hands with confusion. The call finally went through as the person on the other end picked up.
“What is it now, Nat?” Sheila Wynman inquired lightly.
“Hello to you, too,” Natalea quipped, rolling her eyes at the ceiling.
Sheila popped the gum she was chewing as she spoke into the receiver. “There’s only one reason why you’re callin’ me this early.”
“Yea?”
“You got the letter, didn’t you?”
The manila envelope and the accompanying letter fluttered to the floor as Natalea held the phone tightly between her fingers. “You know what this is about?”
Sheila examined her fingernails and nodded, realizing a little too late that Natalea couldn’t see her doing so. “Yes,” she admitted.
“How?”
Sheila nervously cleared her throat and took a deep breath before replying, “I saw a kiosk in some store down in Soho announcin’ a contest for someone to win a date with THE Brody Michaels. I immediately thought of you and how you’re positively gaga over him. Figured it wouldn’t hurt to sign you up for it.”
Natalea sighed with exasperation. “You’re crazy you know that?”
Her best friend chuckled with amusement. “So they say. Did you win?”
“Yea.”
Sheila shoved her right arm into the air, pumping it with excitement. “Hoorah!” she exclaimed, her green eyes bright with delight. “How long till you gotta meet him?”
Natalea bent down to pick up the letter and quickly scanned it for what she needed to know. “Two weeks.”
“Two weeks?”
“Uh huh.”
Sheila groaned as she made a mental list of what she needed to do in order to get her best friend ready for the event. “That’s not enough time, but I suppose we can make do.”
“Make do with what?”
“In gettin’ you ready. You do want to make a good impression, yes?”
“Well, yea, but . . .”
“But nothin’, Nat. By the time I’m done with you, Brody Michaels won’t know what hit him.”
Synopsis:
The chance of a lifetime; a heartache in the making.
Natalea Williams has always considered herself a bit of plain Jane. She lives the life of a bookworm and keeps to herself whenever possible. Her way of life suits her just fine and she won’t have things any other way. Yet when she wins a date with her favorite movie star, a contest her best friend unwittingly signed her up for, her life takes an unexpected turn.
Brody Michaels draws her in like a moth to a flame. He’s beautiful, brilliant, and quite charming. Quiet and reserved, he’s lived his life out of the public’s eye; a feat that has always drawn her attention. While Natalea finds it hard to believe he’s agreed to such a contest, she knows this is her only chance to meet him.
Taking off to New York, she finds herself immersed in a world she could only dream of. Catching Brody’s eye from the moment she decides to get his autograph, she’s immensely flattered by the attention he’s begun to shower her with. She’s more than happy to spend time with him whenever possible, even though she knows it’s something she shouldn’t really do.
When her life starts catching up with her, she’s forced to confront the harsh reality standing right in front of her and soon realizes that all good things must come to an end. Brody belongs to someone else and his world is one she’ll never truly be a part of. Her heart, unfortunately, refuses to listen to a word of reason and pines for the man who’s swept her off her feet from the moment they first met.
