The Mistake
Elle Kennedy, 2015
A college hockey player and the girl who won’t be a convenient mistake: loud banter, real apology, and the messy work of being lovable.
Feels like longing. About love and friendship.
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When someone’s timing is both reckless and perfect.
What are you doing?” I whisper. “Well, you were looking at me like you wanted me to kiss you.” His blue eyes become heavy-lidded. “So I was thinking I might do that. Elle Kennedy.Elle Kennedy is a Canadian romance author; The Mistake is the second Off-Campus novel, set at fictional Briar University and centred on its hockey team.
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Questions readers ask
- What is The Mistake like?
- Feels like longing. About love and friendship.
- What should I read after The Mistake?
- If you liked The Mistake, try Rewind It Back (Liz Tomforde), Beautiful Disaster (Jamie McGuire) and Happy Place (Emily Henry).
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Some people spend years looking for a feeling they've already had.
That thing I’ve been looking for since I moved to Chicago? That connection? That one person some search their entire lives to find? I had already found her when I was twelve years old. At least, I thought I had. I know what I’m looking for because I had it once, and now the only girl I’ve ever loved is moving into the house next to mine. Again.
Rewind It Back · Liz Tomforde
What it sounds like to be told you're the one thing someone got right.
You know why I want you? I didn’t know I was lost until you found me. I didn’t know what alone was until the first night I spent without you in my bed. You’re the one thing I’ve got right. You’re what I’ve been waiting for, Pigeon.
Beautiful Disaster · Jamie McGuire
How a friendship quietly becomes the person you can't unlove.
He’s become my best friend the way the others did. Bit by bit, sand passing through an hour glass so slowly, it’s impossible to pin down the moment it happens. When suddenly, more of my heart belongs to him than doesn’t, and I know I’ll never get a single grain back.
Happy Place · Emily Henry
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