On the Rocks (Becker Brothers, #1)

by Kandi Steiner

To those who love whiskey and sunshine, long summer days and front porch sittin’, dips in the river and never taking life too seriously – this one’s for you.

I could have stared at her all day, deciphering her like a riddle that had an obvious answer if I just thought about it long enough.

She laughed the way the wind blew — softly, and then all at once, without an ounce of shame for how that sound might permanently shift the atmosphere around it.

Everything was perfect, and if you asked any of my friends, they’d say I was the luckiest girl in Tennessee. So then why did it feel like I was drowning?

“Anyone can lead an ordinary life, child,” she’d said to me one lazy afternoon. “But the best adventures are reserved for the ones brave enough to be extraordinary.”

“Every experience is an opportunity, no matter how trivial it may seem. Some of my best ideas and most memorable achievements began from a seemingly ordinary day.”

“I’d do just about anything for you, it seems.”