What It Was

<p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>What happens when the hot-as-sin boy next door returns home for the summer and he finally sees me as more than just his little sister's best friend? </strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>McKenna:</strong></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>It was my last chance for a hot girl summer before I left to play college volleyball. But when my best friend's older brother decided to come home from college my plans quickly shifted. </span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Griffin Turner was a divinely sculpted hockey player who had held my heart for as long as I could remember. It only took one summer for us to fall fast and hard.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>When tragedy struck Griffin shattered what was left of my already broken heart leaving me to face a future that was far from what I had envisioned.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Two years later I've picked up the pieces and built a life I'm proud of. That is until my brother's first NHL game where I am forced to watch as my past present and future collide.</span></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Griffin:</strong></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>It's been two years since I walked away from the love of my life and since then I've worked my ass off to become the best forward in the NHL. </span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>When McKenna Wilder's aquamarine eyes connect with mine once again the overwhelming emotions hit me like a slapshot to the chest.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>I wasn't the man she deserved when I walked away from her-I'd become only a shell of the man she once knew. But I've poured everything I have into overcoming my demons.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>And now that I've discovered the truth I'm determined to prove I'll never let them go.</span></p><p><br></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)><em>What It Was</em></strong><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> is a spicy romance featuring a hot-shot hockey player and a tempting volleyball player and their journey through love loss heartbreak and second chances.</strong></p>