Losing at Love (27 page)

“Hang on guys, I still have a tournament to win.”

“Please, didn’t you look at the draw?” Indy asked. “You’ve got this. This match today, this was the championship.”

Penny smiled and bumped Indy’s shoulder. “Enjoy it while you can. You’re both gonna get wildcards to the Open and by then, I’ll be as good as new.”

“Yay, I can’t wait to lose like that
again
,” Indy drawled and Jasmine rolled her eyes.

“Let’s go guys, enough. I just won a pretty big match and I think my Dad is probably interrogating Paolo as we speak.”

“Yeah Paolo, when did that happen?” Indy asked as she helped Penny stand, “because damn girl, you owe me one.”

“What am I missing?” Penny asked and Jasmine felt her cheeks get hot as they started out of the locker room.

“It was back in Paris…” Indy said and Jasmine let the words wash over her, Indy making it sound like she’d thrown Jasmine into Paolo’s arms, Penny laughing at all the right parts. She followed them out of the locker room, taking in the sea of faces smiling at them and she smiled back, trying to memorize the feeling because, for right now, everything was absolutely perfect.

Acknowledgements

Writing my first book was hard. Writing my second book felt utterly impossible. There were dozens of people who helped get this book out into the world.

First, Michelle Wolfson, my fantastic agent, because without you none of this would have happened.
Megan McKeever for your seemingly unending patience and guidance in getting this book where it needed to go.
Lisa, Waynn, Jennifer and the entire team at Coliloquy for believing in me and then sticking with me!
To Anna Kovatcheva. I didn’t think I could love a cover more than I loved GSM’s. I was wrong. This one was perfect!
My new team at Vook: Alexis, Koa and Allison. You all just stepped in and just made this work.
My faithful OBXers who kept me going with emails and tweets asking when this book was coming! Guys, it’s FINALLY here!
And last, but never least, my amazing family because without your support I never would have dreamed I could write one book, let alone two!

About the Author

Jennifer Iacopelli was born in New York and has no plans to leave...ever. Growing up, she read everything she could get her hands on, but her favorite authors were Laura Ingalls Wilder, L.M. Montgomery and Frances Hodgson Burnett all of whom wrote about kick-ass girls before it was cool for girls to be kick-ass. She earned a Bachelor’s degree in Adolescence Education and English Literature quickly followed by a Master’s in Library Science, which lets her frolic all day with her books and computers, leaving plenty of time in the evenings to write and yell at the Yankees, Giants and her favorite tennis players through the TV.

Copyright

© 2015 by JENNIFER IACOPELLI

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First eBook Edition: February 2015

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ISBN: 978-1-681055-02-2