The Songs of Finding Perfect
I’m
one of those writers who has to have music in order to write. But
it’s more than that—I have to have a playlist, specific to each
book, complete with songs that the major characters. The playlist for
this book was really important: Paige is all about her music, and Ben
loves it, too. I needed songs that pointed to who they were, inside
and out. So what did I listen to? Here’s fifteen songs from the
list:
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“Demons” by Imagine Dragons
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“Radioactive” cover (Imagine Dragons) by William Joseph
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“Here With Me” by Susie Suh and Robert Koch
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“A Sky Full of Stars” by Coldplay
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“Oblivion” by Bastille
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“I Lived” by One Republic
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“Stolen Dance” by Milky Chance
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“Love Love Love” by Of Monsters and Men
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“Wrapped Around Your Finger” by The Police
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“Every Breaking Wave” by U2
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“Heartlines” by Florence + Machine
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“Iridescent” by Linkin Park
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“Stay” by Rihanna (feat. Mikky Ekko)
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“Fix You” by Coldplay
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“With or Without You” by U2
Finding Perfect by Kendra C. Highley
Published by: Entangled CrushPublication date: September 14th 2015
Genres: Contemporary, Romance, Young Adult
For “Perfect Paige” Westfeld, today is “D” Day. As in, she just got one on her calculus test. With her dreams of Stanford, her reputation, and her parents’ expectations at stake, Paige needs to find a way to save face before everything she’s worked for goes up in flames.
Ben Franklin (yes, he’s related) is from the wrong side of town, with the wrong clothes and the wrong kind of life. He also knows an opportunity when he sees one, and he’ll be happy to tutor Paige—if she makes him into the kind of guy her best friend, the hottest girl in school, will date.
It’s the perfect arrangement. And Paige is determined not even the inconvenient—and utterly imperfect—attraction simmering between her and Ben will ruin it…
Giveaway:
Excerpt:
“So
why are we doing this again?” he called.
Even
though he had no idea what she had in mind for this little stage
play, he’d gone along with good humor. Hell, he was even washing
her car for real. Which was funny because a clean car was beside the
point in this plan.
“Just
keep doing what you’re doing and all will become crystal clear.”
He
gave her a long, weird look, then shrugged and went back to work.
Paige joined him but spent part of her time focused on the street
corner. Any minute now…
“Your
tires are low,” Ben said, peeking at her around the front bumper.
“If you have an air compressor, I could air them up for you.”
She
propped her fist on her hip. “Does this look like the kind of house
that keeps an air compressor on hand?”
He
made a face, then laughed. “No, this looks like the kind of house
where they call the dealership for help.”
“Exactly.”
They
worked in silence until—there! Paige snapped to get his attention
just as Zoey turned onto her street. Ben looked at her, and from the
startled expression, she knew she was going to have to coach him
through every second of this close encounter.
She
gave him a stern look. “Take off your shirt.”
His
already flushed face turned a deeper shade of red. “What? No way!”
Zoey
had pulled up to the curb, and the BMW idled while she dipped out of
view, probably to grab her purse. They only had a few seconds, and
desperate times called for desperate measures. Paige stalked over to
the hose and, under the guise of washing the suds off her car,
“accidentally” sprayed Ben right in the chest.
His
eyes popped wide open as he stared down at his soaked shirt. “Why?”
he growled under his breath.
“Off,”
Paige growled back, then turned to greet Zoey. “Hey! Thanks for
letting me borrow your dress for the party next weekend.”
Zoey
handed her a dress bag, looking at something beyond Paige’s left
shoulder. “Yeah, sure.”
Zoey
didn’t say anything else, and Paige hazarded a look behind her. As
ordered, Ben had stripped off his shirt and oh…my…God.
Okay,
so she had guessed he had nice shoulders under those T-shirts after
all the work at the tire store, and she’d definitely copped a feel
when they’d cuddled on the back porch, but she couldn’t have
known he was that ripped. He was lean—leaner than most of the
football players anyway—but he made the most of what he had, from
the tight biceps and defined pecs, right down to the hard, flat
stomach and the tantalizing trail of light brown hair running from
his navel into the waistband of his shorts…which, oh hell, were
riding low on his hips.
She
didn’t want to blink so she could keep staring. Jesus.
Doing
a great job of pretending he didn’t notice them hanging on his
every move, he reached across the top of the Mustang to soap up the
roof. He was a quick study, for sure, stretching in ways that showed
off his arms and shoulders. Then he walked over to the bucket and
very deliberately bent down to soak the sponge. She might need to sit
down. His back was just as good as his front.
She’d
created a monster. A very hot, slightly wet monster.
Author Bio:
Kendra C. Highley lives in north Texas with her husband and two children. She also serves as staff to four self-important cats. This, according to the cats, is her most crucial job. She believes chocolate is a basic human right, running a 10k is harder than it sounds, and that everyone should learn to drive a stick-shift. She loves monsters, vacations, baking and listening to bad electronica.
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