Jennifer Edlund

What would you do if your first love suddenly walked back into your life? This is a question Alexa Moore finds herself asking the moment she comes face to face with her childhood sweetheart, nearly fifteen years after his mysterious disappearance. In this coming of age novel, it's the summer of 1992. Carter Storm is a precocious thirteen-year-old child actor awaiting his big break in the entertainment industry. Alexa Moore is just a regular teenager, seeking acceptance from her peers. With heartbreak and humor, these two friends expose a world of secrets and learn to survive in the face of life's contradictions and tragedies. When Carter's dark life suddenly unveils before Alexa's eyes, she witnesses her best friend beaten down mercilessly by his stage mother's antics, but Alexa's strong will and determination helps Carter pull through his darkest hours. The two are bonded by a love that only deepens as they grow. However, Carter's mother will do everything she can to keep them apart, so that her prodigy is not distracted. As a result, the two are forced keep their childhood romance hidden from prying eyes. When Alex discovers Carter's family packed up and gone without so much as a chance for goodbyes, her world shatters. Fifteen years later, Carter Storm resurfaces as a Grammy award winner, with a new name, a new life, and an entourage of screaming girls and paparazzi following him everywhere he goes. Unknowingly, Alexa randomly comes face to face with Carter Storm over a decade later. The encounter sets off a string of events that will have Alexa torn between the man she loves and the man she once loved. How far will she go when the man from her past suddenly walks into her future? Above all, this is a story about friendship--its risks, twists, turns and complications---and how it weathers the challenges of love, and most of all, growing up. The first book in a two book series.

Forever Blue

The Experiment

Elizabeth's Choice- A Novella

It's the captivating conclusion to this moving saga of choices made and chances lost.Over a decade ago, Alexa Moore's first love vanished without warning. After years of mourning Carter Storm's fateful departure, her emotional wounds have faded and she is finally free from the pain of her past. Now in her mid-twenties, her future includes the perfect husband and a lucrative career as a make-up artist. Of course, all this comes to a screeching halt when the past suddenly comes rushing back at her. The moment Carter Storm returns and reveals the truth about his mysterious disappearance, Alexa's life is irrevocably altered. Every irrepressible emotion she ever tried to bury for him is inexplicably rehashed. In the wake of their rekindled friendship, Alexa promises to keep Carter at a distance, so that her marriage is not put in jeopardy. With all the strength Alexa can muster, she must push back the very real attraction she still feels for this man. But their history just won't let the passion between the two die, especially when Carter refuses to fan the coals of their long ago relationship. As Alexa struggles to determine where her heart and future lie, she makes a shocking decision that will upset the balance of everyone around her, leading to a series of staggering and heart breaking surprises.

Forever Blue: New Tears to Cry, Old Songs to Sing

At twenty-nine, Holly Sparks finds herself in a position few women her age could ever imagine—CEO and owner of a prestigious matchmaking company based in Los Angeles, California. The red head can predict engagements, find impossible matches for her sometimes nearly impossible millionairesses, and dish out dating and relationship advice on her blog like nobody's business. But none of that has helped her get far in love. With the overwhelming demands of her high-paying clients, Holly spends most of her time tending to their needs instead of her own. Balancing a career and a love life seems nearly impossible, specifically when her boyfriend of four-years decides to dump on her Valentine's Day, the night she believes he is going to propose. Just when this matchmaker fears her own love life is doomed, she is visited by family friend, Dr. Catherine Adams, an eighty-year old renowned relationship therapist. The doctor comes to Holly in hope of using her as bait for her latest experiment: to go undercover on her new dating website, and blog about each date for an entire year. There is only one rule—no getting involved romantically with any of the test subjects, every date is strictly experimental. This should be a breeze since Holly has been against online dating since it was invented.After a slew of horrendous dates, Holly meets Jake McClusky. Just by his pictures on the dating website, he is the last person Holly would ever be attracted to, but of course, she agrees to meet Jake for experimental purposes. Surprisingly, he ends up being one of the more pleasant dates—a true gentleman whose passion in life is running a children's group home in the valley.Suddenly, love is in the air and an unexpected real romance unfolds between Holly and Jake, the kind that was never supposed to happen. Holly discovers that the line between right and wrong can be blurry, endings aren't always neat and sometimes you have to risk everything for love.

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