Authors: Avery Aster
Love, Lex
Love, Lex
(The Undergrad Years #1) by Avery Aster
This summer, I’d planned to celebrate my eighteenth birthday
in Europe with my fellow Manhattanites—Taddy Brill, Blake Morgan, and Vive
Farnworth—until I caught my boyfriend screwing my mother. According to the
police report, this vomit-inducing incident happened around the same time I’d
supposedly blown-up my mother’s penthouse. Like I’m walking around Soho with a
stick of dynamite in my Louis Vuitton purse—not! Now, my besties and I are in
jail.
Officer Ford Gotti, the Harley-wheelin’ biker cop who
arrested us, keeps sticking his perfectly-sculpted nose into my case. His inked
body is jacked like a superhero, and he says I can trust him. He wants me to
fess up. I won’t. Not again. Why should I? My friends and I had a previous
stint in juvie that nearly destroyed us. I gotta protect them and keep my mouth
shut. Right?
—Lex Easton, women’s studies major, motorcycle enthusiast,
and virgin.
The Undergrad Years
is a New Adult contemporary
miniseries about first loves, independence, and everlasting friendships.
Reader warning: Contains mature content intended for readers
17 and up
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Love, Lex
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Part One: Riding a motorbike is just like
sex, right?
Prologue: From the Desk of Manhattan
School for Girls
Chapter One: Thanks, Mom, aka Birdie Easton
Chapter Three: Oh My Friggin’ Gawd
Part Two: Orange isn’t the new black
Chapter Four: Worse Than Reality TV
Chapter Five: Sweet Motor Cop Jesus
Chapter Seven: The Ride of My Life
Dedication & Special Acknowledgments
Belle Aurora
Contemporary romance today comes in many subgenres. New
adult and coming-of-age tales may speak of angst and darkness while others are
sweet, light, and fluffy. Avery Aster’s new series
The Undergrad Years
touches on a theme near and dear to my heart—panty-melting wittiness!
When I wrote Tina Tomic and her cast of pals in my novel
Friend-Zoned
,
I let “quirky” lead the way in my storytelling. Tina and Nik’s romance was
packed with suspense, hot sex, and, from what fans have told me, many
laugh-out-loud moments. Giving readers humor is one of the greatest gifts for
me as a writer because when the funny works, it sparkles.
From the insanely quotable dialogue and outrageously
hilarious, larger than life characters,
Love, Lex
is a modern OMFG drama
featuring a heroine who you’ll make your best friend forever, or as Lex Easton
would say, your BFF. I know she’s already my book bestie. Enjoy!
My books are escapism in the purest form. They are romantic,
snarky, and a lil’ cray-cray. The dialogue is written based on how the
characters talk. Events mentioned in this story took place in 2002 and are a
figment of my imagination. Have fun!
Alexandra “Lex” Easton:
(17) Motorcycle enthusiast and
daughter to famed rockers Eddie & Birdie Easton, Lex intends to party the
week away in Paris, France by giving her boyfriend, Kelle Sterling Dolley her
virginity.
Tabitha Adelaide “Taddy Brill” Brillford:
(18)
Emancipated from her parents, Taddy is Lex’s best friend forever and lives with
Vive at her apartment on the Upper East Side.
Blake Morgan:
(17) Prada fanatic and ‘out’ of the
closet since the day puberty struck, Blake is the clique’s gay bestie. He’s
also very close to Lex’s mother, Birdie.
Viveca “Vive” Farnworth:
(18) Lhaso Apso lover and
heiress to Farnworth Firewater Liquor Company, Vive is a party girl who met
Lex, Taddy and Blake while in boarding school.
Officer Ford Alessandro-Vollero-Gotti:
(21) NYPD
motor-cop Ford is inked, jacked like a super hero and eager to make Lex tell
the truth about her wrongdoings.
Birdie Easton:
(39) Lex’s pill-popping, addicted
mother, she suffers from sexual compulsive disorder, is an ‘80’s Playmate and
heavy metal icon.
Kelle Sterling Dolley:
(18) Lex’s high school
sweetheart who’s promised Lex they’d make love just as soon as she lost a
little bit of weight.