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    The End of the Line (Arcadia - Book 0.5)
    The End of the Line (Arcadia - Book 0.5)
    The End of the Line (Arcadia - Book 0.5)
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    The End of the Line (Arcadia - Book 0.5)

    By Jesi Lea Ryan

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    Cane Matthews has found his dream girl. Unfortunately, she is his girlfriend’s twin sister.

    * The End of the Line is a prequel story to Arcadia’s Gift.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJesi Lea Ryan
    Release dateMar 29, 2014
    ISBN9781311077837
    The End of the Line (Arcadia - Book 0.5)
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    Jesi Lea Ryan

    Jesi Lea Ryan grew up in the Mississippi River town of Dubuque, IA. She holds bachelor degrees in creative writing and literature and a masters degree in business. She considers herself a well-rounded nerd who can spend hours on the internet researching things like British history, anthropology of ancient people, geography of random parts of the world, bad tattoos and the paranormal. She currently lives in Madison, WI with her husband and two exceptionally naughty kitties.

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      The End of the Line (Arcadia - Book 0.5) - Jesi Lea Ryan

      The End of the Line

      An Arcadia Story

      The End of the Line

      An Arcadia Story - #0.5

      by Jesi Lea Ryan

      Smashwords Edition

      ISBN 9781311077837

      Copyright © 2014 by Jesi Lea Ryan

      All rights reserved. This book or any portion thereof

      may not be reproduced or used in any manner whatsoever

      without the express written permission of the publisher

      except for the use of brief quotations in a book review.

      The characters and events portrayed in this book are fictitious. Any similarity to real persons, living or dead, is coincidental and not intended by the author.

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      Jesi Lea Ryan

      Cover by Rookery Creek Media

      Romance Fatal Serif font (c) Juan Casco

      The End of the Line

      An Arcadia Story

      By any chance is the girl glaring at me like she wants me to spontaneously combust your girlfriend?

      I glanced back in the direction of my truck. Lony stood leaning against the side, snapping her gum, her eyes hard with jealousy. I sighed and turned back to Carly.

      Yeah, that’s her.

      Carly’s lips curled into a sly grin. Does she realize we’re cousins and this isn’t Arkansas?

      Actually, Carly is my second cousin, and I hadn’t seen her in almost two years, so no, Lony doesn’t know we’re related. All Lony sees is her boyfriend talking to a good-looking redhead wearing a tank top cut low enough to stop traffic.

      Lony is kind of...intense.

      Lony? You’re dating Avalon Day? I’ve heard of her. Carly gazed past me again, nodding with appreciation. She’s pretty. Or would be if she smiled. Carly shucked my arm with her fist. Kind of cliché for the football stud to date the popular cheerleader, huh?

      I lifted a half grin at her, but the comment cut a little too close to the quick. That’s exactly what I’ve felt like lately, a walking cliché. When I started dating Lony, it hadn’t seemed a choice so much as an inevitability.

      Lony is gorgeous, all blond streaks and curves in the right places. Outgoing, crazy and fun... She has a gravity to her that pulls people in, making her seem like the center of the universe. I’m in awe of that talent. My popularity stems mainly from my throwing arm and my ability to knock baseballs out of the park on more or less a consistent basis.

      So how was France? I asked.

      Carly’s eyes light up, and she starts telling me about her study abroad program in Marseille. Lony’s stare burns a hole in the back of my head. I am so sick of fighting with her--or rather, having her fight with me.

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