This is it. The moment I’ve been waiting for. The moment when I know for sure that I’m doing the right thing. The doubt and fear have disintegrated. All I want is to never stop feeling this way.
My lips find his in the dim candlelight. I kiss him the way I have a million times in my fantasies. He kisses me back with the same passion. The way he’s making me feel is how I’ve been waiting to feel for so long. I want to touch him everywhere. Kissing him this way is even hotter than I imagined.
D is wrong for me in a lot of ways. There are guys out there who would be a better match for me.
But I want him.
Someone who, despite every fiber of resistance I’ve been straining to keep resilient, is what my body wants. I want to start overcoming my fear of being intimate with a boy. I can’t handle sex yet. I just want to feel empowered. I want to be with D the way I’ve imagined in my fantasies. Then I can stop being so afraid.
And then the present will become powerful enough to erase the past.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
THESE SPECTACULAR POINTS OF LIGHT glitter more brightly than the Chrysler Building, the Empire State Building, and One World Trade put together:
Katherine Tegen, who welcomed me with open arms. Your editorial insight, creative vision, and overall brilliance have sculpted this book into the best version of itself. Thank you for a world of new possibilities.
Emily van Beek, who understands the importance of dreaming big. We took a leap and the net appeared, just as we had a Knowing it would. Thank you for everything.
The amazing team at HarperCollins who made this book shine, including Kelsey Horton, Kathryn Silsand, Lauren Flower, Alana Whitman, Rosanne Romanello, and Kate Morgan Jackson. And thanks to Barb Fitzsimmons, Amy Ryan, and Erin Fitzsimmons for designing a cover that takes gorgeous to a whole other level.
My friends, whose love, support, and positive energy have helped me tremendously over the years. Thank you for all the happiness you bring.
My readers, who make this life possible. You are why I write. I can’t thank you enough for all of your support and enthusiasm. I have the best readers in the world and I am eternally thankful for you.
Librarians, teachers, booksellers, and bloggers who spread the love. You inspire teens to develop a lifelong love of reading. Thank you for your hard work and dedication.
Matt, who is my soul mate, the love of my life, and the man of my dreams. Even when my teen self was wondering where you were, you were always so much closer than I realized. Go karma.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
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SUSANE COLASANTI is the bestselling author of When It Happens, Take Me There, Waiting for You, Something Like Fate, So Much Closer, Keep Holding On, All I Need, and Now and Forever. She has a bachelor’s degree from the University of Pennsylvania and a master’s degree from New York University. Before becoming a full-time author, Susane was a high school science teacher for ten years. She lives in New York City. You can find her at www.susanecolasanti.com.
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CREDITS
Cover art © 2015 by Gustavo Marx/MergeLeft Reps, Inc.
Cover design by Erin Fitzsimmons
COPYRIGHT
Katherine Tegen Books is an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
CITY LOVE. Copyright © 2015 by Susane Colasanti. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the nonexclusive, nontransferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, downloaded, decompiled, reverse-engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Colasanti, Susane.
City love / Susane Colasanti. — First edition.
Summary: “Told from alternating points of view, City Love is the story of three very different girls living together in NYC as they struggle to find the balance between their dreams, their pasts, and their complicated hearts”— Provided by publisher.
ISBN 978-0-06-230768-2 (hardback)
EPub Edition © March 2015 ISBN 9780062307729
[1. Love—Fiction. 2. Friendship—Fiction. 3. Roommates—Fiction. 4. New York (N.Y.)—Fiction.] I. Title.
PZ7.C6699Ci 2015
2014028440
[Fic]—dc23
CIP
AC
15 16 17 18 19 PC/RRDH 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
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