
Waking Olivia
Elizabeth O'Roark
Waking Olivia #1
A college track coach fights to save a self-destructive star athlete — and resist falling for her.
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"This was a one-sitting, not-move-out-of-my-seat read for me." - USA Today Winner, IBPA Gold Medal for Romance A track star with nothing to lose. A college coach who may lose everything to save her. Will Langstrom has too many responsibilities, and the last thing he needs is Olivia Finnegan, a beautiful but troubled new transfer student. Olivia is her own worst enemy, with a smart mouth and a past she can't seem to escape, and the last person she wants help from is a cocky track coach she can never seem to please. Refusing to be pushed away, Will is determined to save her...and determined to resist an attraction that could destroy them both. "I loved everything about this story and after that perfect--the kind of perfect that had me in tears--epilogue, I knew the only way to rate Waking Olivia is 5 COMPLETE Stars." -Lydia's Romance "I was told by other bloggers that I would love this book. I knew it had to be a great new adult novel, but I had no idea what I was in store for. Waking Olivia was amazing!" - A Novel Glimpse "I can't remember the last time that a book hooked me the way this one did. It's not often that you love both the main characters so fiercely."-Becca Reads a Lot "10 Stars! This is now one of my favorites and I'm pretty sure Elizabeth O'Roark is now one of my favorite authors."-Book Lovers Have More Fun "Blown away by this book ... on edge the whole time. Hope you all fall in love with Liv and Will like I did."-Book Lovers Down Under
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