BOOK #1: THE ONE SHE NEVER THOUGHT SHE COULD KEEP...
Abby Bartlett is the quintessential nice girl. Between teaching, volunteering, completing her PhD, and helping her best friend raise his daughter, Abby never gets the chance to be anything but nice. That is, until the all-wrong-for-her man she's only ever known from afar starts daring her to simply take that chance for herself. His sage advice? Try something wild and fast. Preferably him.
An unbridled, hotshot attorney with a not-so-little black book, Connor Sullivan has earned himself quite the bad boy reputation. But in his defense, he's a very conscientious one. He knows far too well that sometimes in life, love isn't enough...or worse, not even a factor at all. To avoid that misery--and repel the drama--Connor has a firm 'nothing over a month' rule. Who knew a nice girl would be the one to make him want to break all his rules?
BOOK #2: THE ONE SHE NEVER HOPED SHE COULD HAVE...
Abby is well aware that everyone thinks she's in love with her best friend Brian. He is, after all, the type of man a nice girl should be with--the polar opposite of the bad boy--the kind of guy who didn't let his wife's decade-long illness stop him from showering her with a lifetime of love every second until her dying day. But everyone's wrong; she couldn't possibly be in love with him. Because she's never once allowed herself that option.
It's taken a while but Brian Sullivan has finally come to terms with surviving the woman he spent half his life loving, a third of it losing. Truth is though, he wouldn't have 'survived' any of it really had it not been for Abby--sweet, incredible Abby--the woman he's never once had to picture his life without, never realized he couldn't truly live without. Until now. Now that he's finally able to love her the way she deserves, the way he knows she wants to be loved...by his brother. Who's giving him exactly one chance to speak now or forever hold his peace.
BOOK #3: A DECISION SHE NEVER DREAMED SHE'D HAVE TO MAKE...
In the third book of the NYT & USA Today bestselling trilogy, Abby must decide once and for all between the two brothers -- between the bad boy wanting to start a life with her and the good guy fighting for the life they've already built.
Note: This is NOT a standalone. This is the first book in a three-book serial.
This three-book serial is part of the CAN'T RESIST series. Books #1-3 (Abby's story) must be read in order. While Books #4-6 are separate standalones, it is recommended that they be read after the trilogy. Books #1-3 are also available as a bundled boxed set.
THE CAN'T RESIST SERIES:
BOOK 1: Resisting the Bad Boy*
BOOK 2: Falling for the Good Guy*
BOOK 3: Choosing the Right Man*
BOOK 4: Finding the Right Girl
BOOK 5: Keeping the Rebound Fling – Coming 2015
BOOK 6: Having the Real Thing – Coming 2015
*Also available as a three-book bundle in the Nice Girl trilogy boxed set
BUY LINKS
Nice Girl to Love: Trilogy Boxed Set (#1 Resisting, #2 Falling, #3 Choosing) (Can’t Resist)
Amazon US: http://amzn.com/B00EH8IMOC
Amazon UK: http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00EH8IMOC
B&N: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/nice-girl-to-love-violet-duke/1119080244?ean=2940148408888
iBooks: https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/nice-girl-trilogy-boxed-set/id688453017?mt=11
FOUR Excerpt Choices
from Resisting the Bad Boy
© Violet Duke
Excerpt
“Doesn’t sound like you have that much time for yourself. What do you do for fun?”
She
got up to grab them another two beers from the kitchen. “Honestly, I’m a
homebody. Never got into the nightlife scene here. Plus, by the time I
was twenty-one, I was basically babysitting Skylar all day every
weekend, and nearly all my weeknights. Since that pretty much carried on
clear until last year, I guess my idea of fun is hanging out with her.
Lame, I know.”
He
felt like he was talking to a martian. He hadn’t realized she’d spent
even more time babysitting Skylar than he had. And he knew for a
fact—from Brian’s complaints about it—that she hadn’t taken a single
cent from them for babysitting.
For God’s sakes, she was just so nice.
“So you don’t do anything just for yourself? Just for fun?”
“Well,
I have been privately executing my mission to learn how to cook the
most beloved dishes from every country in the world,” she returned with a
smile. “That’s fun.”
It was possible baby bluebirds helped her get dressed in the morning.
She was just that sweet.
“You’re driving me crazy.” He swept an arm around her waist and lifted her right up onto his lap.
“Connor!”
He
slid a hand into her hair, rubbed a thumb over her heated cheekbone as
he brought his lips to within inches of hers. “I shouldn’t want you this
much. You’re everything I’m not, and I’m everything you couldn’t
possibly want. I know I should leave you alone, but I just can’t. I
can’t stop myself from wanting you.”
Her
breathing had grown so erratic, he was actually starting to get
concerned. “Say something, sweetheart. I’m baring my soul here.”
“I shouldn’t want you either,” she whispered, “but I do.”
His arms locked around her, instinctively staking a claim on her. Mine.
For now.
The
two words were his only anchor keeping him in the reality he maintained
for himself. He had to be brutally honest with her, with them both. “I
meant what I said earlier, Abby. I’m never going to break my one-month
rule.” Feeling like the lowest piece of scum, he hammered that last nail
in, “Not for anyone. Not even you.”
She was silent for a long while, and Connor started preparing himself for the rejection to come.
“I know our fifteen minutes of friendship are up but can I ask you something as a friend? Will you answer me as one?”
He tensed. “I’ll try.”
She
chuckled. “Again with the copout.” Raising her warm doe eyes up to his,
she asked quietly, “If you weren’t trying to get in my pants, if you
were just my friend and I asked you what one thing I could do to stop
being ‘a nice girl’ for just a little while, what advice would you give
me?”
That
was easy. “I’d tell you to try something new. Something that excites
you. Something that’ll take you from zero to sixty just as fast as it
could take you back to zero whenever you were ready to return.”
“Something
wild and fast...” She loosened her death grip on his shoulders, slid
her hands down his back slowly. “That’s good advice.”
He saw her gaze travel down to his lips and it took everything he had not to kiss her right then and there.
“Are you volunteering, Connor? To be that something wild and fast for me to try?”
“No,” he replied raggedly, “I’m insisting. Requiring.” He dropped his forehead against hers. “Asking.”
AUTHOR BIO
NEW YORK TIMES & USA TODAY bestselling author Violet Duke is a former professor of English Education who is ecstatic to now be on the other side of the page writing wickedly fun contemporary romance novels. Her NYT and USA Today bestselling books have been Top 10 bestsellers on Amazon, iTunes, and Barnes & Noble, and featured on IndieReader and GalleyCat as breakout hits. When she's not writing or feeding her book-a-day reading addiction, Violet enjoys tackling reno projects with her power tools, trying pretty much anything without reading the directions first, and cooking 'special edition' dishes that laugh in the face of recipes. She lives in Hawai'i with her two cute kids (daughter Violet & son Duke) and similarly adorable husband.
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PRAISE FOR VIOLET DUKE:
"Emotionally charged with wonderful characters! Violet Duke made me laugh and cry in this incredible romance. One of the best I've read this year!" -- NYT Bestselling Author J.S. Scott
"A sexy, emotional treat!" -- NYT Bestselling Author Lexi Ryan
"A unique series that will take you on a roller coaster of emotions. I couldn't put these books down!" -- NYT Bestselling Author Carly Phillips
