“What’s new with you? How are Kerrigan and Elias?” I didn’t want to talk to anyone but I’d make an exception for my friend. I’d declined a dozen calls from my agent. The damn thing had been ringing all day since my announcement had hit the wire. But I wasn’t staying in Nashville, and I wasn’t moving home to Denver either. But without football, what the hell was I going to do with my life? I’d quit a winner before injury or age could taint my career. The other announcer came on screen again and started reciting my stats, but the numbers-passing yards, touchdowns throws, sack percentage-faded to a murmur behind the rush of blood in my ears. The new guy snickered when the screen cut his way again. “Stark has made quite the reputation for himself in the past decade, not only on the field but often with his, uh. Three weeks after winning his second Super Bowl with the franchise, the star quarterback announced his retirement, ending his ten-year career with Tennessee.” “Cal Stark is leaving the NFL as a champion. “All right, let’s get to the news.” The camera zeroed in on the new guy and in the upper left corner of the screen, there was my face. Maybe because if I didn’t hear it reported on ESPN, then it wasn’t real. Maybe because I still wasn’t sure if I’d made the right decision. My retirement had been breaking news today, but for the most part, I’d avoided the media.

“Can we just get to the leading story?” Me. I grumbled at the screen, the remote clutched in my hand, as he attempted to crack jokes with the other announcer. “…Willa Nash has penned a hard-fought, hard-won love story in The Bully that was built on healing and forgiveness.” ~Danielle, Red Cheeks ReadsĬal The new guy on SportsCenter was annoying as fuck. ORDER YOUR COPY TODAY OR READ FOR FREE IN KINDLE UNLIMITED! Amazon US | Amazon Worldwide | Paperback | Special Edition Paperback | Audio And after one kiss, she realizes that he doesn’t play fair.

He wants Calamity bad enough to pull out all the stops. If all goes to plan, she’ll run the former pro quarterback out of town within a month. He might have bullied her back then, but she’s not a modest teenager anymore and has learned a few plays of her own. Cal has been a thorn in her side since high school.

The town isn’t big enough for the both of them and besides. When her archnemesis dares to show his face one Saturday morning, declaring he is moving there too, she vows to make his life a misery. It would be the perfect adventure if not for Cal Stark. When the quiet streets of small-town Montana beckon, she leaves Denver behind and moves to Calamity. Nellie Rivera is trading traffic for tranquility. The town isn’t big enough for the both of them… THE BULLY, an enemies-to-lovers, small-town romance from USA Today Bestselling Author, Devney Perry writing as Willa Nash, is available now! Scroll down for an excerpt!

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