More Than a Game
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Last published Fri, Sep 27, 2013
"You think this is just a game, princess?" He smirks, leaning in closer until his nose is touching mine, and his eyes are so near my own that I can see the challenge held within them.
"Well, if that's really all this is, then let me prove to you that not every game is one you can win." He whispers, sending those cliche shivers down my spine.
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For the girl who is known all around as the town's number one trouble-maker, nothing in life has ever been too easy. Alexis James has fought, struggled, starved, you name it, to get where she is in life. Doesn't that seem like a lot of effort for a life she hates so much? Well, if she hadn't put in that effort, she'd probably be in a foster home or even dead by now. But an ending like that would mean she had lost the game: the game of life, that is. And if there is one thing Alexis can't stand more than her life, it's losing. So what will happen when there's a new kid in town? What happens when bad boy Emmett Klain stakes his claim as the new troublemaker? He'll change everything. He'll be the one to challenge the way Alexis sees things and force her to realize that life is more than just a game.
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