Title: F U Cancer
Author: Hilaria
Alexander
Release Date: Dec 29,
2015
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Synopsis:
Lucy has always been a good girl. The most hardcore thing
she's done in her life was falling for a divorced man ten years her senior.
But he was the love of her life and she married him. When her Peter Pan of a
husband decided to divorce her, she thought it was her chance to start anew.
That was until she was diagnosed with breast cancer. Besides looking like
Britney circa 2007, she is taking it well, real well. You might see her walk
around the hospital during chemo sessions with bright colored wigs and
outrageous t-shirts that seem to shock the most conservative employees. One of
them reads F U CANCER.
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Excerpt:
I should have suspected something. Instead, when the
doorbell rang, I opened the door without the slightest idea of what was waiting
for me.
Beverly showed up on my doorstep along with the man I had
tried to keep away all week.
“Shit,” I said. “What now?”
Brandon smiled, but looked sheepish, which made me worry. He
was holding a bouquet of roses, and handed it to me without saying a word. I
took it and thanked him, and when I locked eyes with his, I felt a million
different feelings unleash inside of me.
He was giving me that hooded, cautious look. His eyes looked
a deeper blue than usual. My eyes fell on his mouth and I realized how much I
had missed his touch.
I wanted to jump into his arms, but there was still doubt in
my heart and it was weighing the happy-go-lucky part of me down.
“Okay, so…as you might have guessed by now, you and I aren’t
going anywhere,” Beverly spoke. “But you and Brandon are going on a little
adventure–”
“What?” I turned to her snapping out of my Brandon-induced
daydream.
“Yes! And you have to leave, like…right now. So,
chop-chop!”
I looked at Brandon quizzically. “What do you have to say?
Cat got your tongue?” I joked.
“I want you to come with me. I don’t want to have to
persuade you. I’m also afraid I’m going to spill the beans and ruin the whole
thing,” he said.
“You seem pretty good at keeping things to yourself,” I
sneered.
“Alright! Easy, woman! Come on, time to go!” She came behind
me and started pushing me towards Brandon’s car.
“Okay, okay!” I took my purse, locked the house and
unwillingly walked to the car, all with the flowers in my arms. “Crap! I forgot
about the flowers. I turned to Beverly. “You have the keys to my house, right?
Would you mind putting them in a vase?”
“I’ll do it,” she replied.
“Thanks.”
“But first, there’s something else I have to do.” She
exchanged a look with Brandon and I stared confused at the two of them.
She got a strip of black fabric out of her purse. What the
hell was that?
“Turn around,” she commanded.
“What?”
“Turn around. I have to put this blindfold on you.”
“Seriously?” I gasped. How could these two people be
those I used to think I trusted? “Am I not coming willingly?” I asked
Brandon.
“This is her idea,” he replied, tilting his head in
Beverly’s direction.
Of course. I should have known. Miss lover of kinky steamy
romance novels.
“Well, it’s not necessary,” I argued.
“It totally is,” Beverly rebuffed. “It’s going to ruin the
whole surprise. Wear the motherfucking blindfold or so help me God, Lucy.”
“Okay, okay.” Jeez. Who knew she could be such a Bossypants?
“You’re making me reconsider our friendship, you know,” I told her.
“Lies,” she said, tying the knot behind my head. “All done!”
she exclaimed and then pinched my butt.
“Ouch!”
“Awww, stop it, you sissy. Give me these.” She took the
flowers from my arms. Brandon took my hand and just the feeling of his warm
fingers around mine, made my heart jump a little. I exhaled.
“I promise you, this is going to be good,” he whispered in
my ear. God, his voice sounded even sexier than I remembered.
He helped me in the car and put the seatbelt around me. His
lips brushed against mine just for a second, and I gasped.
“I have to admit, I do like this blindfold,” he teased.
“Of course you do.”
“I almost forgot,” Beverly said. She took my hand and placed
some lightweight object in my hand. It was shaped like a square and it was made
of paper.
“What is it?”
“A CD mix. A little ‘sorry for blindfolding you, friend,
have a great time on your mystery road trip’ playlist.”
“Road trip?” I asked.
“Oops, I said too much. Anyway, I’m sure you’re going to
hate me a little less after you listen to it.”
“If you say so.”
“Have a fabulous night and don’t forget to tell your best
friend she’s the best when you end up having a great time.”
“We’ll see about that,” I joked and smiled, but I wondered
if she knew I was joking. I couldn’t see her and wasn’t sure if she was
smiling.
“Bye, Lucy. I wuv you!”
“Wuv you too!”
She closed the door, and a moment later I heard Brandon’s
door open and he sat in the passenger seat. He closed his door and started the
car.
“Where are we going?” I asked him.
“You’ll see.”
“Well, at the moment, I can’t see anything.”
He laughed. It was a warm, rich sound that eased up the nervousness and made me
smile.
“I missed your smile,” he said. “I can’t believe you had the
strength to stay away from me a whole week.”
“Eight days,” I corrected him.
“Were you going to keep giving me the cold shoulder if I
hadn’t showed up at your door?”
“I don’t know.” I heard him exhale a deep breath and
wondered if that hurt his feelings. It was easier to be indifferent to him when
he wasn’t around. Now, in the small space of the car, my head swam in his
scent, his words made my heartbeat speed up, and a warm and fuzzy feeling
spread into my chest. The knots in my stomach dissolved and the words almost
come rushing out of my mouth.
“I missed you too.”
“Good,” he said.
Author Info:
Hilaria Alexander was born and raised in the south of
Italy, where her family still lives. She attended college at the Istituto
Universitario Orientale in Naples, Italy, and lived one year in Tokyo, Japan,
as part of an exchange student program. She now lives in Oklahoma City with her
husband and kids. When she isn't at work, she is reading, catching up on her
favorite TV shows and coming up with new stories. She loves traveling and is a
self-proclaimed concert addict.
FU Cancer is her third romance novel. She published her
first novel, Prude, in January 2015, and a second one, This Love, in August
2015.
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