Needing More Series
An Adult Contemporary Romance
By Julie A. Richman
SEARCHING FOR MOORE
(Needing Moore Series, Book 1)
Note: Searching for Moore (Book, #1) is on sale for .99 cents throughout this event.
If your true love was just a Facebook friend request away ... what would you do?
Sexy entrepreneur Schooner Moore never knew why the love of his life, college sweetheart, Mia Silver, disappeared.
Now, two decades later, he finds her on Facebook and is a friend request away from the truth about what ripped them apart and a second chance at the love that was torn from them.
Now if she'll only accept his friend request ...
One true love, two shattered hearts, a single friend request and a second chance at love ...
Searching for Moore is the first book in Schooner and Mia's journey of love, loss and betrayal as they fight for their own happily ever after.
Searching for Moore
ALT POV/Book 1, Chapter 3
Mia
Silver stopped and looked at the campus map in her hand. If the
university chapel was on her left, then she needed to keep going
straight to find Brewster Hall and get to the next freshman
orientation session. This next session had freshmen reuniting with
their parents, and looking at her watch, Mia realized she had better
get a move on it.
Buzzing
with excitement, as she made her way across campus, Mia was
enthralled at how foreign and different everything seemed, adding a
heightened sense of adventure. From the Spanish mission-style
architecture to the alluring, majestic mountain range that appeared
like a painted backdrop to campus, her new bucolic southern
California home was about as far from the frenzied energy of New York
City streets as one could get. Mia keenly took it all in. Not a
single detail escaped her as she rushed across campus.
The
one thing in this brand new and foreign environment that struck her
as being completely odd - and was totally unexpected - was the
clothing of her fellow female classmates. They were all in dresses.
Mia didn't own a dress. She didn't think any of the girls she went
to high school with back in New York City owned dresses either. A
dress was definitely not on her radar screen when she shopped for her
college wardrobe and now she was literally the only co-ed in the
freshman class not wearing a dress.
What
was that about?, she
wondered.
And
then there were the dresses themselves - did these California girls
know nothing of fashion? Sheesh. Pastel gingham maxi-dresses tied
with matching satin sashes. Seriously? Did somebody raid a prop
shop? It was like a tripped out version of The
Wizard of Oz.
She
saw her parents up ahead talking with some people and quickened her
pace up the walkway to what she assumed was Brewster Hall. Her
father was talking to a very attractive, tall couple. They were both
blonde and had classic WASP good looks - definitely part of the
country club set, Mia thought. The man was in khakis, a blue blazer,
and a white Izod golf shirt, the woman wore a pale blue linen shift
dress cut with classic lines. Her mom appeared to be totally
engrossed in a conversation with a tall blonde guy. His back was to
her, but she couldn't help but notice his broad shoulders and long
legs.
"There's
Mia," her dad announced, as he spied her coming up the path
toward them.
Everyone
turned to her, including the guy talking with her mom. A small gasp
escaped her throat and she hoped that she was far enough away that it
was inaudible to them.
Even
from a distance, she could tell that his translucent eyes were the
color of the sky on a clear spring day, and they were smiling at her,
although his lips were only curled into a half smile, as if he were
more perplexed than happy.
Mia
thought that she'd never seen a guy so perfect looking and so damn
handsome - New York boys didn't look like this - not even at the top
prep schools. If she could create the perfect California boy - this
was him, standing before her. Tall, blonde, blue-eyed, muscular,
tan. Most eighteen year old guys were not sexy. This guy was sexy
and she couldn't tell if he totally knew it or was if he totally
oblivious to it.
The
smile on her face continued to grow as she neared him and she hated
that she couldn't control it. She wanted to appear cool and aloof
and her damn smile seemed to have a mind of its own. As she
approached, his smile began to mirror hers and match the smile that
was already in his eyes.
Inexplicably,
Mia felt like she was looking at her best friend, yet this beautiful
boy was a complete stranger. Why did it feel like she knew him
forever and like they could run wild together? She could almost see
their laughter, somewhere out of reach, as if hanging on the edge of
a distant dream. Mia knew in that instant, that this was what people
meant when they talked about déjà vu. Was
there something about him or was it because he was so gorgeous?,
she wondered.
"Hey,"
it was out of her mouth before she could even think. So much for
acting cool and aloof, she self-chastised.
"Hey,"
he was smiling back at her, head slightly cocked to the side as if he
was still trying to figure something out.
Their
eyes met, just for an instant, his narrowing, as if he were asking
her a question. She wasn't sure what the question was. But she was
sure her answer was, "ok, let's." The response in his eyes
was odd, like he wanted to say, "Yeah, let's," but Mia
wasn't sure he knew how and she just wanted to tell him, "trust
me."
"Honey,
meet Mr. and Mrs. Moore and Schooner," her dad offered.
Schooner?
Maybe they weren't country club people. Maybe they were yacht club
people. Clearly, someone was a boat lover. Schooner ... what an odd
and interesting name, she thought. But it fit him - this tall blonde
god. It was actually perfect for him. Of course he'd be named
Schooner. He could actually pull off the name Schooner.
Hell,
looking like that, he could pull off anything he wants,
thought Mia, including my
pants, shirt, and bra.
In that instant, Mia also knew, that a guy like Schooner Moore would
only ever see her as a buddy and that she was clearly imagining
whatever it was she thought happened when their eyes first met. But
then, what was that ...
____________
This is the first book of the Needing Moore Series trilogy and is not meant to be read as a stand-alone. Book 2 - Moore to Lose is currently available. Book 3 - Moore than Forever releases February 21, 2014.
Goodreads - http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18071924-searching-for-moore
AMAZON TOP 100 BESTSELLER LIST
Continuing the fight for their happily ever after that began in Searching for Moore, Schooner Moore and Mia Silver struggle to overcome the ghosts and baggage they accumulated during their time apart.
Exploring the missing 24 years when they were separated, Moore to Lose follows Mia's journey from heartbroken teen to kickass businesswoman to her emotional reunion with Schooner and the exploration of the love that was ripped from them.
But is their love really strong enough to overcome the damage of those missing 24 years or will they continue to be ripped apart by pasts that can't be changed?
This is Book 2 in the Needing Moore Series trilogy. This is not a stand alone book. It is meant to be read after Searching for Moore. Book 3 - Moore than Forever releases February 21, 2014.
Goodreads - http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18132425-moore-to-lose
In this third and final book in the Needing Moore Series trilogy, Schooner Moore and Mia Silver must learn how to grow together and fight together as a team to hold onto their second chance love. Continually stumbling on roadblocks and ghosts from their past, can Schooner and Mia take the lessons they've learned and use them to forge a future together.
Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18659841-moore-than-forever
Character Casting:
This is the first book of the Needing Moore Series trilogy and is not meant to be read as a stand-alone. Book 2 - Moore to Lose is currently available. Book 3 - Moore than Forever releases February 21, 2014.
Goodreads - http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18071924-searching-for-moore
MOORE TO LOSE
(Needing Moore Series, Book 2)
AMAZON TOP 100 BESTSELLER LIST
Continuing the fight for their happily ever after that began in Searching for Moore, Schooner Moore and Mia Silver struggle to overcome the ghosts and baggage they accumulated during their time apart.
Exploring the missing 24 years when they were separated, Moore to Lose follows Mia's journey from heartbroken teen to kickass businesswoman to her emotional reunion with Schooner and the exploration of the love that was ripped from them.
But is their love really strong enough to overcome the damage of those missing 24 years or will they continue to be ripped apart by pasts that can't be changed?
This is Book 2 in the Needing Moore Series trilogy. This is not a stand alone book. It is meant to be read after Searching for Moore. Book 3 - Moore than Forever releases February 21, 2014.
Goodreads - http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18132425-moore-to-lose
MOORE THAN FOREVER
(Needing Moore Series, Book 3)
Releasing February 21, 2014
In this third and final book in the Needing Moore Series trilogy, Schooner Moore and Mia Silver must learn how to grow together and fight together as a team to hold onto their second chance love. Continually stumbling on roadblocks and ghosts from their past, can Schooner and Mia take the lessons they've learned and use them to forge a future together.
Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18659841-moore-than-forever
Character Casting:
About the Author
I must've been 5 or 6 when I started writing "stories". I would write them and hide them. Not wanting anyone to see my "secret" thoughts. I needed to write -even back then. Now I'm just not hiding them anymore. Is that a sign of maturity? Nah ....
Writer, photographer, insatiable wanderluster, edge-player, foodie, music addict, pop culture fanatic, animal lover, warrior for the rights of people and planet, and avid cusser (am a Native New Yorker, so very little offends me ... and if I am offended, it must be pretty freaking bad .. like bad grammar!).
I am big believer in signs and if we keep ourselves open, there are guideposts all along the way. Stay humble. Be true. Be you.
Life is not a dress rehearsal ...
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