Chasing JillianLove and Football # 5
By: Julie Brannagh
Releasing July 7, 2015
Avon Impulse
Jillian Miller likes her job working in the front office for the Seattle Sharks, but lately being surrounded by a constant parade of perfection only seems to make her own imperfections all the more obvious. She needs a change, which takes her into foreign territory: the Sharks’ workout facility after hours. The last thing she expects is a hot, grumbly god among men to be there as witness.
Star linebacker Seth Taylor had a bad day-well, a series of them recently. When he hits the Sharks’ gym to work out his frustration, he’s startled to find someone there-and even more surprised that it’s Jillian, the team owner’s administrative assistant. When he learns of Jillian’s mission to revamp her lifestyle, he finds himself volunteering to help. Something about Jillian’s beautiful smile and quick wit makes him want to stick around. She may not be like the swimsuit models he usually has on his arm, but the more time Seth spends with Jillian the harder he falls.
And as Jillian discovers that the new her is about so much more than she sees in the mirror, can she discover that happiness and love are oh-so-much better than perfect?
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She hurried over to the laptop on the little desk in the
kitchen, pulled up Google, and searched on Seth’s name. She sank into a chair
while she read. He was six foot four, and she practically weighed as much as he
did. Well, not quite, but still. She let out a long sigh. He was two years
younger than she was. It also seemed Seth had been busy: He was single. “Very
single,” according to one of the most recent fan websites she looked at. In
Google Images, she found a series of photos of him with multiple tall,
dark-haired women, each more gorgeous than the last.
Jillian shut the laptop lid with an irritated “click”, got
up from her chair, and hurried into the bathroom. She’d stood in front of a
full-length mirror so many times, but it always showed her the same thing. She
wasn’t unattractive, but she could use a little more self-confidence and a lot
more toning. She wasn’t asking for physical perfection, but she’d like to
make some changes. If she made a plan, started slowly and kept at it, she’d see
a difference. The biggest changes needed to start on the inside, though.
Maybe if she got out a little more, she might meet a guy that was interested in
her. Seth was gorgeous, but he wasn’t really in her universe. Jillian went into
the kitchen, grabbed a frozen low-calorie dinner out of the freezer, ripped the
cardboard lid off, and shoved it into the microwave. Dinner would taste a whole
lot better if it was accompanied by half a bag of chips and some Ranch dip. But
that wasn’t an option right now. She opened the refrigerator door to look for a
fresh vegetable of some type.
She pushed the fridge door shut after a fruitless search and
rummaged around in her apartment’s tiny pantry. She located a can of peas. Peas
were good. Plus, there weren’t many calories in peas. Maybe she could fill up
on them if the diet dinner didn’t cut it.
Jillian’s love-hate relationship with her body and food had
started when she was little. Most of the time, there wasn’t enough to
eat. She ended up in a foster home at three years old after her mother died in
a car wreck, and she was moved a few times before she entered elementary
school. Things got a little better for Jillian when she was placed in a more
permanent foster home, but she was still so hungry. No matter how much she ate,
she wanted more. When she was old enough to make her own money, she made
sure there was more than enough, and that’s when the problems began. Even more
than a diet or a new workout regime, she needed to focus on the great things in
her life. She’d build a healthier lifestyle as a result. Even more than a diet
or a new workout regime, change from the inside would last a lot longer. She
wanted to build on the goals she’d already achieved and reach out for more of
the things she wanted in life: A husband. A family. To belong.
Author Bio
USA Today Bestselling Author, Julie Brannagh has
been writing since she was old enough to hold a pencil. She lives in a small
town near Seattle, where she once served as a city council member and owned a
yarn shop. She shares her home with a wonderful husband, two uncivilized Maine
Coons and a rambunctious chocolate Lab.
When she’s not writing, she’s reading,
or armchair-quarterbacking her favorite NFL team from the comfort of the family
room couch. Julie is a Golden Heart finalist and the author of contemporary
sports romances.
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