All Paige wants is to beat Keith for the league championship and keep her friendship with Van as strong as ever, but with Van off the team and in the arms of a sketchy new boyfriend, their once effortless friendship becomes strained. With the pressure mounting, Paige’s dream of competing at the collegiate level becomes a real possibility and a scholarship for the league champion adds even more ferocity to the competition. The more time Paige spends at the range with Keith, the less time she has for Van (not that she notices). Worst of all, the more time she spends with her former rival, the less loathsome she finds him.
When Van doesn’t make it to the winter dance, Paige is forced to make a choice that could cost her the league championship title, her budding romance-even the friendship she’s desperate to save.
Shannon J. Curtin is a poet, essayist, humor writer, and novelist whose work has been featured in The New Yorker, McSweeney’s Internet Tendency, Reader's Digest, Scary Mommy, Points in Case, AARP, and other publications. She is the author of three poetry books, including Things Hard & Lovely from ELJ Publications.
Shannon is a former competitive shooter and assistant coach, and an inaugural inductee of the Northeast Pennsylvania Rifle League Hall of fame. A PA girl at heart, Shannon lives in Suffolk, Virginia with her husband and two children where she works in the communications field. She holds an MBA, competitive shooting records, and her liquor. She would probably like you. You can read more of her work on her website, www.shannonjcurtin.com