For a Little While (One Strike Away Book One)

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Pub Date Apr 27 2017 | Archive Date May 15 2018

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FIRST LOVE

Breathtaking. Intense. Everything.

UNFORGETTABLE

Blue O'Hara.
Falling in love with her best friend's brother hadn't been in Blue's plans. She had known Spencer since she was a little girl. Annoying at times, he wasn't supposed to be The One. But an unexpected kiss changed everything. For two years, their relationship bloomed. She couldn't imagine her life without him. Then the unthinkable happened. Spencer broke Blue's heart.

Spencer Kraig.
Baseball was his dream. His life. Falling for Blue was unexpected. And the most intense experience of his life. A steady girlfriend in college was one thing. But he had his sights set on being the best in the game. He wasn't ready for anything permanent.

Breaking Blue's heart—and his own—was the hardest decision Spencer ever made.

Four years later, Blue lands her dream job with the Seattle Cyclones. So what if Spencer is their star player? She's not the same starry-eyed young woman who thought the sun rose and set with Spencer Kraig. She's moved on.

One look into Blue's eyes was all Spencer needed to know he wanted a second chance. Fame and fortune were great. But unless he had someone to share his life, what was the point? Not just anyone. The only woman he had ever loved. Could love. Blue.

Blue could forgive Spencer.
Trusting him with her heart—again—wasn't going to be as easy.

Grab your copy of this intense, love conquers all, standalone novel today.

FIRST LOVE

Breathtaking. Intense. Everything.

UNFORGETTABLE

Blue O'Hara.
Falling in love with her best friend's brother hadn't been in Blue's plans. She had known Spencer since she was a little girl...


Advance Praise

There's an intensiveness to Ms. Williams stories. She never holds anything back. From character flaws to heartache and tragedy, it's all exposed with a rawness and sincerity that is identifiable and emotional. Her gift of humanizing is what keeps me coming back and that quality is put on full display in For a Little While.~~Amazon Review 

There's an intensiveness to Ms. Williams stories. She never holds anything back. From character flaws to heartache and tragedy, it's all exposed with a rawness and sincerity that is identifiable and...


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Loved this book! The character development, the ability to be human and own your mistakes, move past them to build a future with someone is an amazing aspect of this story.

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Second chance at love novel. Well written and entertaining. I enjoyed the characters and the story. There were some surprising aspects that I wasn't expecting but they added perfectly to the story.

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Spencer kraig was the epitome tall, dark, and handsome. Charismatic, well spoken, well read. Smooth, he was also a great baseball player. A natural charm drew people to Spencer. When Spencer played. He played hard. Spencer had his pick of women, his circle of friends was wide and varied. Spencer had a strict motto and choose his friends, lovers, and business associates wisely. Spencer felt that the character of people who surround you said as much about you as it does about them. Spencer was the Seattle Cyclones third baseman. Blue hated Spencer so she said. Jordyn was blue’s best friend and Spencer’s sister. Jordyn ran an internationally successful high end cosmetics company she had started in college. Blue had went to the other side of the country and worked for four years in NYC after college. But she was back in Seattle for her dream job. Spencer was Blue’s ex and had broken her heart. Blue’s jon now was assistant to the head of public relations for the Seattle Cyclones. In two years when the head of public relations- Vance Settler- retires the job would be hers. Baseball was Blue’s first love and the gama had never let her down unlike Spencer. But then a family friend -Everette- who already worked for the Cyclones said rumor was Spencer was trying to stop Blue from getting the assistant job. Spencer was a big reason the Cyclones had a packed stadium for the last three years. But three weeks later Blue was told she got the assistant job. Spencer loved baseball and one reason was the tradition. In a world filled with uncertainty and turmoil Spencer found something comforting in knowing baseball was a constant he could count on not to change. Spencer found more and more lately Blue intruded his thoughts. Blue and Spencer’s romance had been intensely passionate.Spencer had been Blue’s first love for two years. Blue thought they were practically perfect together then they weren’t. One mind altering kiss took blue and Spencer from friends to dating. It was Spencer’s fault it ended as he wasn’t ready for anything serious. Four years he and Blue had been free from each other but the minute she moved back to Seattle somehow Blue’s spirit haunted him reminding how they once were together. Blue was on a blind date with a handsome man bit Blue was there under duress from her mother- Dorothy. Dorothy felt it was her duty to make sure each of her children were settled in a relationship. There had been a time when Spencer and Blue had been perfectly in tune with each other, when they communicated with just a look. Then Spencer came up to Blue when she was on the boring date with Warren to say hi and introduce janelle who was on his arm. Before he left Spencer told Blue they would talk soon. The first time Blue had imagined kissing Spencer she was fifteen years old. Then she let the thought go another five years before that thought crossed her mind again. That year Spencer had made league MVP for the first time. Blue had known Spencer most of her life. When Jordyn and Blue met in first grade and they practically lived in each others pockets. Spencer went to Blue’s office to let her know he had not done anything to stop her from getting her job with the Cyclones. Vance was Blue’;s boss and seemed to want to make her quit. He basically gave her busy work. She believed Vance was being pushed to retire in two years and he resented she was a woman. But Blue was determined to do whatever he said as she only had two years to go through this and then she would be where she wanted to be career wise. Vance and blue seemed to be at a stalemate. Vance didn’t like Blue but he didn’t do any overt moves like when he sent her to N Y Blue still cared deeply for Spencer . Spencer’s two best friends were Travis and Nick who were also guys on his team. Off the field the three men spent more time with each other than anyone else. Spencer told Blue she liked strong willed women and he liked her, that he always had. Apparently once hooked on Spencer Blue found it was impossible to get him out of her blood. Blue had tried hard to find a substitute, but nothing compared to him, not even close.
This was a very good book. It was an easy, nice, quick, romantic read. I enjoyed the plot and pace. I loved Blue and Spencer together I really liked how Blue and her dad bonded over their love of baseball and the way the family interacted. I also liked the way the discovery of Drake being gay was handled and the support Drake got and how the author handled the whole part of this in the book. I was happy to see Blue and Spencer at least try to be friends and then more. I thought the ending came on a little quick but still liked it a lot. I loved the characters except for Vance of course and was glad when Spencer hit him. I liked the ins and outs of this story and I recommend.

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I received an ARC of this book from Net Galley in exchange for an honest review.

From the beginning I liked this book. I felt that I knew who the characters were and could easily relate to them.

The storyline is a true 2nd chance romance. Blue and Spencer have grown up together and started a relationships however things didn’t work out.

Blue returns to her hometown to take on assistant PR role to her favourite baseball team which spencer happens to play for. Here is where the second chance develops with the doubt, trust and insecurity issues.

I enjoyed reading this story and look forward to the others in the series. I will also be checking out other books by this author.

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Really enjoyed this one. A really good sports romance with the right mix of heartache and forgiveness. I would’ve liked a little more of the backstory on why the split wa so awful, maybe a back flash but ultimately it was a good read

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This is a second chance love story about Spencer and Blue. These two dated years ago for two years until Spencer broke her heart (and his) when he no longer wanted a girlfriend since he had joined the baseball league. Before that, they had known each other most of their lives since Blue was best friends with Spencer’s sister.
Fast forward a few years and Blue believes she isn’t getting the job she wants because of Spencer’s star role on the team. She does get the job, confronts Spencer about why he didn’t want her to have it, and then learns he never didn’t want her to have it. They become friends again which then develops into something more.
Overall, this book was good. I felt something was missing, but I would still recommend it. This is my first book by this author. It is the first book in this new series.

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