Promise Me (The Me Novellas)

by Gates, Shelby

  A very special thank you to Chris and Zach from Living On One (http://livingonone.org) for providing the inspiration to write this story. Their documentary is amazing. Ah-mazing. I had the great fortune to see the showing at the University of Minnesota and to talk at length with Chris after the show. Their passion and enthusiasm for what they’re doing is both infectious and inspiring. I highly recommend checking out their web site to see just what you can do to help the one billion people across the globe who literally live on one dollar a day.

  And last, but absolutely not least, thank you to Jeff. I couldn’t write a single word without you.

  MORE TITLES BY LIZ APPEL

  Liz Appel is the best-selling romance writer of PROMISE ME and four other titles in the Me novella series. She also writes contemporary romance under the name Shelby Gates and YA/Middle Grade under the name Beth Balmanno.

  You can find her online at:

  http://lizappel.blogspot.com

  https://www.facebook.com/AuthorLizAppel

  MATCH ME – Bonnie Nichols wasn’t the kind of girl to crash a wedding. Or throw things. But somehow, she ends up doing both…at her ex-boyfriend’s wedding.

  Bonnie has been in love with Chase Somers since elementary school and seeing him at the altar with the absolute wrong girl causes her to do the unthinkable—toss a shoe in his direction in order to try and stop it. But she doesn’t count on the shoe knocking him out. Nor does she count on the entire church knowing it was her who did the throwing. The shoe doesn’t stop the wedding, but it does make her the laughingstock of her town.

  As Bonnie copes with both the embarrassment of her actions and the loss of the boy she has always loved, her best friend Jill attempts to yank her out of her despair by pushing her to use Match Me, an online dating service. Despite her skepticism, Bonnie agrees to go on a few dates, dates that end up going comically bad.

  Convinced that she will be single forever, an unanticipated complication causes Bonnie to take stock of her life and the people around her. Was she really ever in love with Chase Somers? Or was loving him simply the easy thing to do?

  Crashing the wedding—and throwing that shoe—just may end up being the smartest thing she’s ever done.

  LOVE ME—For Jill Wegman, there’s just one thing standing in the way of finishing law school.

  Her fabulous boyfriend, Domenico.

  Despite her best friend’s objections, she decides to end the relationship so she can stay focused on her studies. Her best friend, Bonnie, has other ideas, though, and concocts a scheme to throw the two back together so Jill can see just what she’s giving up. Tricked into going on an impromptu vacation, Jill is forced to spend time with her ex-boyfriend, who is still reeling and angry from the unexpected break up.

  When she finds herself with no money and no phone, and her ex as her only companion, Jill is forced to consider why she’s willing to give up a guy most women would beg for.

  Is she being honest with herself? Or is there something else, something that’s haunted her for longer than she cares to admit, that is now threatening her own happiness?

  Will Jill stick to her guns and focus on law school? Or will she take a chance on Domenico and on love?

  SAVE ME—Katie Matthews needs a knight in shining armor. Immediately. Three weeks shy of graduating from college, her life is on a crash course with disaster.

  Her parents suddenly announce they’re moving across country. Bye-bye free place to live.

  Her long-time boyfriend decides he’s really not all that committed. Bye-bye relationship.

  Homeless, boyfriend-less and very nearly broke, Katie searches for someone to save her from the monumental mess her life has become. Her best friend Dani, who offers her a place to stay but who just might live with the biggest slob on the planet. Her parents, who are so busy reinventing their own lives that they can’t be bothered with hers. Even her ex-boyfriend, Ben, whose mixed signals are making her head spin.

  In desperation, she answers an ad for a roommate and discovers the perfect place to live—and some gorgeous roommates, too. Things might work out for Katie, after all. But when another unanticipated complication arises, her new living situation is threatened.

  As she baby-steps her way out of a never-ending string of disasters, wondering if that knight in shining armor is ever going to show up, she realizes that she might not need one, after all. Katie Matthews just might be able to save herself.

  CHOOSE ME—Meg Adams couldn’t be happier. An artist living in Minneapolis, she’s making a decent living doing what she loves. She has a house full of great roommates and Andy, a boyfriend she adores. Life is good. Better than good.

  When an opportunity to take her art to the next level presents itself, Meg decides to give it a shot. She exhibits in a local art show, with minor success. But that show leads her to an important connection that just might allow her to break out in the national art scene. The only problem? She’ll have to go to Washington, D.C. to do it. Which means leaving her home and Andy.

  Meg visits D.C. to explore the opportunity and soon discovers that the situation is far more complicated than she thought. There are some tough choices to make, choices that will affect far more than her success as an artist. They just might affect her entire future, including her relationship with Andy.

  Can she live with the choice she has to make?