Half Past Normal: Dare to Love, #1

By Brynn Paulin

It wasn't my idea.

 

If I'd been completely sober, I might have stopped the crazies who burned the man effigy at the Anti-Valentine party I went to. I mean, that's not really my thing. I don't hate men. I'm just a normal, single girl trying to get through college without being noticed. Because everyone in my family is famous. And then the party and the stunt made national news. And there I was, front and center on the Film at 11.

 

It's okay. I've got this. I'll dodge the paparazzi, and soon they'll tire of me. I'll sink back into obscurity.

 

Then he shows up—my twin brother's manager. He's going to fix my reputation—thank you, I didn't know it needed to be fixed. It was just one dumb party!

 

And apparently, he's my date for Valentine's Day, too. That ought to be fun. He doesn't even like me. That's okay. I don't like him either.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Supernova Indie Publishing Services LLC
• Release date: Aug 10, 2021
• ISBN: 9781623443481

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Half Past Normal

By Brynn Paulin

Supernova Indie Publishing Services, LLC

www.supernovaindie.com

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Half Past Normal

by

Brynn Paulin

It wasn’t my idea.

If I’d been completely sober, I might have stopped the crazies who burned the male effigy at the Anti-Valentine party I went to. I mean, that’s not really my thing. I don’t hate men. I’m just a normal, single girl trying to get through college without being noticed. Because everyone in my family is famous. And then the party and the stunt made national news. And there I was, front and center on the Film at 11.

It's okay. I’ve got this. I’ll dodge the paparazzi, and soon they’ll tire of me. I’ll sink back into obscurity.

Then he shows up—my twin brother’s manager. He’s going to fix my reputation—thank you, I didn’t know it needed to be fixed. It was just one dumb party!

And apparently, he’s my date for Valentine’s Day, too. That ought to be fun. He doesn’t even like me. That’s okay. I don’t like him either.

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© 2020, Brynn Paulin

Half Past Normal

Cover Art by Supernova Indie Publishing Services, LLC

Electronic Format ISBN: 978-1-62344-348-1

Published by: Supernova Indie Publishing Services, LLC

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This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and occurrences are a product of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, places or occurrences, is purely coincidental.

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Dedication

For all the single ladies!

Prologue

~ Blake ~

This is a really bad idea. I sipped my Corona and watched the two girls across the yard. Between them, they lugged a stuffed, scarecrow-like thing and rope. The larger of the two objects appeared dressed like any of the football jocks from campus, and I wondered who the girls had stolen the football uniform from.

Why? my friend and roommate Paige asked, and I gaped at her askance. She’d obviously lost her mind.

Oh, I don’t know, I replied, my sarcasm heavy as I waved a hand out at the straw guy being tied to a post in the middle of a pile of wood.

My roomie shrugged. "What else would we do tonight? Sit home with no dates and watch 10 Things I Hate About You again. Spoiler alert: it has a happy ending­­—which you know since you’ve seen it fifty trillion times."

Direct hit. I was thinking more along the lines of Dante’s Peak.

She groaned. You and your old movies.

It wasn’t just old movies. I loved all movies—a hazard of having two parents and an older brother in the industry. All three were award-winning actors. It was kind of a thing in my family. They were all superstars­­—three actors, a top model, a pop star, a New York Times novelist and a hot-shot hockey player. It was a lot to live up to.

One of my sisters is the model; the other is a pop megastar. My second brother is a romance writer, but you didn’t hear it from

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[Deb Pden · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

A full bodied short story about abstinence and finding your soulmate.