Riverbanks and Regrets

<p><strong>College was supposed to be Vanessa's redemption story. </strong>One epic screw-up and suddenly she was <em>that</em> girl-the cautionary tale whispered about in dorm hallways. But now she's back armed with a fake smile a well-pressed cheerleading uniform and the determination to prove she's more than her past.</p><p>Enter Zack Rhodes: star quarterback campus golden boy and walking validation. When he sets his sights on her it feels like a clean slate wrapped in expensive cologne and a winning smile. Sure his world is a little over-the-top-riverside tailgates tulip bouquets mix CDs with her name in Sharpie-but Vanessa's too busy climbing the social ladder to question it. Even when it starts to wobble.</p><p>Then there's Luke Miller: her childhood friend turned current nemesis now a rising star in his own right with a dangerously inflated ego to match. He has an uncanny ability to push her buttons and zero interest in buying her well-practiced I'm fine. She's earned a gold star in dodging him his questions and the inconvenient bubbles of doubt they stir up-because those bubbles? Popped. Gone. Forgotten.</p><p>Everything's going according to plan-if that plan includes walking on eggshells and getting whiplash from her boyfriend's (sorry non-boyfriend's) mood swings.</p><p>But when her vision clears and the sparkle fades Vanessa has to face the truth: if she wants something real she'll have to stop pretending.</p><p> </p><p><em>Riverbanks and Regrets</em> <em>is a New Adult reimagining of the previously publishing YA novel When the Time Comes to Light a Fire by Nicole Campbell</em></p>