Book Description:
How far would you go to reignite the spark you once had?
Two years later, Trace and Olivia are as much in love as they’ve always been. But the spark they once had for life is waning and Trace is determined that they find it again. His solution? A road trip. But he doesn’t tell Olivia the real reason they’re heading north.
Olivia is happy to go on a road trip and have more adventures with Trace. Besides, she needs a distraction from the soap opera her life has become. With college over, this is the perfect opportunity to chase down the carefree girl she once was.
But life isn’t a fairytale and you can only escape reality for so long.
Love, laughs, and a hidden agenda.
That’s the name of the game when you’re Chasing Olivia.
Stephanie’s 5 Star Review: If you haven’t read Finding Olivia….don’t read any further! 🙂
Lots of drama can happen in a couple of years. We start Chasing Olivia with Olivia’s mom getting married. Olivia’s getting a stepdad that’s only a couple of years older than herself. To add to the stress her mom is pregnant. Living to adulthood being an only child and suddenly having to share your mom with a new husband and soon to be sibling is worrisome and extremely stressful. Changes are happening for Trace as well. His grandfather is wanting Trace to step up to CEO of the family company sooner rather than later. Tracy isn’t happy about it but will do it because it’s what expected. Olivia and Trace are miserable and need a break.
Trace plans the perfect get away for the two of them. It seems quite spur of the moment but he’s been planning something similar for a little while. It’s the sweetest gesture and Olivia appreciates the spontaneity they have during the trip. These two characters are perfect for each other. Their love for one another is entrancing and almost seems tangible if that’s would even be possible.
It wouldn’t be a true Trace trip with out some surprises along the way. I tell you, he’s an awesome and funny dude.
I am rarely a crier at books. This one got me though. I sent a message to the author to share she got me! It wasn’t an ugly cry, but just enough to call it a cry. I typically get so wrapped up in Micalea’s stories that I suppose I feel some of the emotion she writes into the scene. This is a fun story and a great follow up to Finding Olivia.
Excerpt:
With a shake of my head I padded out of the bedroom and into the kitchen, determined to make Trace a delicious breakfast. While I could cook well, Trace usually made all our meals because he loved it. The man was perfect…except for his dancing.
I pulled out the carton of eggs and set about making scrambled eggs.
By the time Trace came out of the bedroom, the eggs were ready and I’d fried bacon.
“I’ve been thinking,” he started, leaning against the doorway to the bedroom, his hair sticking up adorably in every direction.
“About what?” I asked, placing our plates on the bar-top that overlooked the kitchen.
“I—we—need to get away.”
“We do?” I raised a brow.
“Yeah,” he rubbed a hand over his stubbled jaw before stifling a yawn. Rumpled and straight out of bed, he was still the sexiest man I’d ever seen…it probably helped that he was shirtless and my mouth was watering at the sight of his bare chest. Seriously, how did guys get that V? It was a woman’s undoing. It made smart girls do stupid things…I would know. “It’s been a long time since we’ve been anywhere. You’ve graduated and I know Marcy wouldn’t care if you took off for a bit,” he shrugged. “Pete understands and Gramps…well…he’ll have to get over it.”
“Where would we even go?” I questioned.
He smiled. “Nowhere. Everywhere. It doesn’t matter.” He strode across the room until he was in front of me. He grabbed me by both arms and bent his tall frame so he could look me in the eye. “We’ve both been going through the motions for so long, Olivia. We need to get our spark back.”
“Our spark back?” I looked at him like he was crazy.
“Our spark for life. I miss all those crazy adventures we had when we were crossing things off your list. The spontaneity, the craziness, I miss that.”
“I miss it too,” I admitted.
While the past two years had been great, I understood what he meant. We’d become like an old married couple, content to stay in and do nothing. But when we’d been crossing things off my Live List, we’d had so much fun, and had so many crazy adventures.
Yeah…I wanted more adventures.
“But what would we do?” I asked him.
He surprised me by grabbing my cheeks and smacking his lips against mine. I’m pretty sure he slobbered on me too. Ugh, that was Trace for you.
His green eyes were full of excitement. “Let’s go on a road trip.”
“A road trip?” I repeated, mulling over the idea.
He nodded giddily, dancing on the balls of his feet. “Yeah, we could head north. Maybe visit the lake house in Maine.”
“This is crazy,” I shook my head. “We both have jobs, Trace, and what about Ace?” I pointed to the dog currently sprawled on the floor licking his paw.
“I already told you, they won’t mind if we take off. As for Ace, Trent will take care of him. The freak has a ferret, I’m pretty sure he can handle a dog. Please, Olivia,” he begged, even jutting out his lower lip. He wasn’t fighting fair.
I decided not to think about it. Sometimes, thinking got you in trouble, and you needed to jump in feet first and think about the consequences later.
“Let’s do it.”
About the Author:
Micalea Smeltzer is an author from Virginia. Her name is pronounced Muh-call-e-uh. She is permanently glued to her computer, where she constantly writes. She has to listen to music when she writes and has a playlist for every book she’s ever started. When she’s not writing, she can be found reading a book or playing with her three dogs.
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GoodReads:
Finding Olivia: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17931161-finding-olivia
Chasing Olivia: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18484048-chasing-olivia
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