Whitley Hayes is an
ordinary girl with a gypsy heart. College is the only constant in her life.
She’s made a lot of mistakes and she intends on keeping them in the
past.
Move on and
forget.
That’s
her motto.
Jennings
Cohen is no ordinary man—not at all. He would have never imagined his
life would turn into such a spectacle. The tabloids exploit him, fans stalk him
and the paparazzi are relentless. It’s not always fun being
Jennings.
It
doesn’t help that he has a secret. One that comes at a price
he’s not sure he can
pay.
Relationships get
complicated and hearts shatter.
It’s not
easy living a lie, but it’s easier than telling the
truth.
I journey past the
carved-by-hand eight-person table, and walk to the master bedroom. The white,
canopy bed sits in the middle of the room. The barely see-through sheets that
hang on the sides move and dance in the breeze. Whit walks quietly behind me,
and I turn to look at her. Eyes wide, she takes in everything the house has to
offer. Setting her soda down, she walks to the queen size bed and plops
down.
“Would it
be completely inappropriate if I jumped on the bed?” she prompts,
looking reluctant.
I give a good belly
laugh, and spread out my hands. “I’d be offended if you
didn’t.”
She shoots up,
takes her sandals off and, in one swift hop, she lands on the bed. Bending at
the knees she bounces. I sit down in a white armchair across the room and watch
her as she lets loose. This is another one of those moments that is so rare,
that I feel the intense want to capture this moment forever. She jumps with
glee, squeaking with happiness with each bounce. Every time her feet come off
of the bed, her arms go into the air. Her long blonde hair bobs with each
movement, and she pushes it out of her face, just like the way she did it that
day I ran into her at the
beach.
“Jump
with me, Jennings.”
Any macho
doucheface would tell her to keep jumping and have fun. That he would sit in
the chair and watch. But, I want to keep her smile fully intact for as long as
possible. So, I take off my slip-on, stitched loafers and approach the
bed.
- If you notice the
cover, it has a lot of clues to what you’ll find in the story. Not
only are there stars and rain, which are HUGE key points, but also if you look
closely, you’ll see a person behind the couple taking a picture. A
paparazzi.
- The idea for
Anyone But Him came to me in the shower as I was listening to one of my
favorite bands, MKTO. The main singer is an actor and a singer and the idea
just sort of blew up from
there.
-
Jennings was originally named Bradley, but I saw one of my
‘likers’ last name was Jennings and had to have it. Bradley
is still in the book as Jennings’ best friend.
- Holli is loosely
based off of a friend I have. She’s a spunky girl from Texas with a
cute twang that I love. Holli helped me a lot when writing my first book and I
promised her I’d write a character into my story using her
name.
- My husband and I
have always had a fascination with stargazing, so I felt it was appropriate to
incorporate it into the book.
- When my husband
was away with the Military, we would have moon dates. He would promise me
he’d go outside and look at the moon and tell me he loved me. I
promised to do the same. We moon dated for six months before he came
home.
- The ending was
partly planned and partly unexpected. While I always promise a happily ever
after, I’ve left it open ended so I can give you more of a
story.
- Chapter Ten was
made specifically for one of my beta readers, Ashlei. We talked and joked about
Whitley and Jennings date and I decided to give it
life.
Cassie Graham is
the author of Unable to Resist. She also hates talking about herself. It makes
her nervous and somewhat sweaty. So, she’s going to make this
short.
While writing is
her true passion, her family is even more important. Her ultimate happy place
is sitting in her house with her husband and daughter while writing stories
about lovers who are meant to be together. She’d live in that world
forever if she could.
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