Barbie World (Baby Doll #2) by Heidi Acosta
Publication Date: Published 2013
Genre: YA Contemporary
~Summary~
“One Night is all it took to change everything between Barbie and me. One night to potentially lose the girl of my dreams forever. How do I prove to her that she can trust me? That all I want to do is protect her carefully guarded heart. I need to prove to her that I want to be a part of her world. But How? ”
Dylan lost Barbie once before, now he is determined more than ever to win her heart and trust back. Easier said than done, especially with the new hot guy in town who is in a rock band and is the complete opposite of Dylan.
Barbie has been hurt beyond repair or so she thinks. It would be easier for heart to decide if she didn’t have to protect her little brother. And if Dylan would just put on a shirt! Dylan is not making this easy on her. It helps to have the distraction of the new guy in town cute bad boy Kai. But even though her heart is damaged it still knows what it wants.
When Barbie learns she has a family and with the help of Roxie and Kai, oh and Third and Dylan. They embark on a journey to help bring Barbie closer to a past she never knew existed.
Heidi Acosta brings you the heart felt story of friendship, love and heartbreak in the second book in of the Baby doll series Barbie World.
~Sequel To~
Barbie Girl (Baby Doll #1) by Heidi Acosta
Publication Date: November 1st 2012
Genre: YA Contemporary Romance
Pages: 191
Goodreads
~Summary~
The only thing that 17 year old Barbie Starr wants to do is graduate high school so she and her little brother, Everett, can get out of Alabama. She doesn’t care about the rumors that are spread around about her like wild fire. Rumors are nothing new to her. Sure, maybe she could change her reputation, but why bother. She is leaving Alabama as soon as she can. That is, if she can pass algebra and graduate.
The only thing Dylan Knight would like to do is go through high school unnoticed; he has had enough of the drama that is high school. He took the whole of last summer to bulk-up: finally he is not being called names or being shoved into lockers. He wants to remain on the outside of the circle of constant rumors that surround the so-called popular kids who get all the attention. He would not, however, mind if his long time crush Katie took notice of him.
But it is Barbie who notices Dylan and she offers him a deal he can’t pass up: if he helps her pass algebra, she’ll help him get the girl of his dreams. Dylan agrees, but, as it turns out, nothing is simple when it comes to Barbie. Somehow, she can’t help but draw attention to herself — and to him. Soon Dylan finds himself tossed into the whirlwind of rumors that seem to follow Barbie everywhere. Can he save his reputation and still get the girl of his dreams? Or will Barbie be the one to break through his carefully-built facade?
Barbie Girl (Baby Doll #1) by Heidi Acosta
Publication Date: November 1st 2012
Genre: YA Contemporary Romance
Pages: 191
Goodreads
~Summary~
The only thing that 17 year old Barbie Starr wants to do is graduate high school so she and her little brother, Everett, can get out of Alabama. She doesn’t care about the rumors that are spread around about her like wild fire. Rumors are nothing new to her. Sure, maybe she could change her reputation, but why bother. She is leaving Alabama as soon as she can. That is, if she can pass algebra and graduate.
The only thing Dylan Knight would like to do is go through high school unnoticed; he has had enough of the drama that is high school. He took the whole of last summer to bulk-up: finally he is not being called names or being shoved into lockers. He wants to remain on the outside of the circle of constant rumors that surround the so-called popular kids who get all the attention. He would not, however, mind if his long time crush Katie took notice of him.
But it is Barbie who notices Dylan and she offers him a deal he can’t pass up: if he helps her pass algebra, she’ll help him get the girl of his dreams. Dylan agrees, but, as it turns out, nothing is simple when it comes to Barbie. Somehow, she can’t help but draw attention to herself — and to him. Soon Dylan finds himself tossed into the whirlwind of rumors that seem to follow Barbie everywhere. Can he save his reputation and still get the girl of his dreams? Or will Barbie be the one to break through his carefully-built facade?
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~Book Trailer~
~Excerpt~
First Chapter of Barbie Girl
Barbie starts to walk in my direction; her green, plaid mini
skirt is so short that I am not even sure it can be still classified as a
skirt. She has on a tight, black tank top that exposes a gold belly button
ring, torn fishnet stockings with knee-high combat boots completes her look.
That cannot be dress code. Her big, freaky blue eyes are lined in heavy black
liner, and they are looking right at me. I am frozen in my seat. A predator
holding its prey, and I am the prey. Crap. She walks up the aisle in front of
me, flipping her long, bleached blond hair with one hot pink strip over her
shoulder.
“Dylan Knight?” her voice is a knife cutting through me. I
nod too stunned to talk.
“Dude she knows your name! Get her number and you are my
hero,” Third chirps in my ear.
“Umm…yeah…that’s me,” I choke out. My heart felt like it was
about to take flight leaving a gaping hole in my chest as I watched her with an
anxious stare.
She smiles at me, but that smile reads more like she is the
Greek goddess Ishtar. She is either going to step over the seat and start
making out with me or strangle me. I hope for the second and make it quick.
“Well today is your lucky day,” she leans over and grips the
back of the chair with her black-chipped finger nails, giving me a full view of
her cleavage.
“Dude this is so hot, I have a movie that starts out like
this. If she steps over that chair and rips off your clothes I am going to film
it.” Third is defiantly drooling; actually the whole theater has fallen silent.
I don’t look but I know all eyes are on us or maybe they are on Barbie’s ass.
“You can totally see down her shirt, what color is her bra?”
Third begs.
“Red,” I say.
She glares at me. “What?”
I shake my head clearing my thoughts and make eye contact
with her again. “Why is today my lucky day?” I change the subject crossing my
arms across my chest glaring back at her.
“You get to tutor me in Math,” she holds out her arms like
she has just given me the best gift ever.
“Holy crow dude, you got to do it. For all things virgin you
got to do it. She totally is going to screw your brains out; and you have to
videotape it for me.” I shake my head trying to rid Third’s annoying voice in
my head.
“No,” I say with more conviction then I feel.
“No?” her eyes narrow into tiny slits.
“Dylan bro you are killing me,” Third groans. “Listen man
you are not thinking with the right head. Listen to the little man down below,
you have to tutor her, and report every dirty detail back to me.” Third is back
to begging.
“Well are you a tutor or not?” she snaps.
The room is so silent that you can hear a pin drop. I glance
at the stage, big mistake, Katie is sending death rays in my direction or maybe
they are meant for Barbie. I cannot tell. Could she be jealous? We don’t speak
much even though we are in all the same classes together. Girls, I never will
get them.
“Yes I am…but I am not taking any more clients.” Actually I
have not tutored anyone in a while. I am sure as hell not tutoring crazy.
“Idiot! Do you get what could happen with your reputation if
you let her de-virgin you.” Third says to me. Yeah she can ruin whatever little
social life I happen to have. “Katie might finally know your name,” Third says.
Katie knew my name. Right? I glance back at the stage to where Katie is talking
to that douche bag Tyler.
“Fine I will tutor you.” I know I will end up regretting
this, but if there is a chance that Katie will recognize me. Her face softens
and her freaky alien eyes go back to their normal size. I rip out a piece of
the cue paper and jot down my address and phone number on it.
“Thanks, hot stuff.” She takes the paper out of my hand and
folds it in a messy square before stuffing it into her bra. She stands straight
and looks up at the box and says, “It is red with black hearts.” She winks and
saunters out of the auditorium.
There is silence, the whole room in a state of shock. I
think Third might have keeled over and died.
“Dylan read the cues,” Mrs. Rita snaps. She is
wearing the same look of astonishment on her face that I feel. I cannot read
the cues because they are in Barbie’s red bra with black hearts. What just
happened? Did I just agree to tutor Barbie?
~About The Author~
Heidi Acosta was born on Long Island, New York. Moving around a lot when she was younger, she has lived in New York, Arizona, New York (again), Washington, Georgia, and Florida, in that order. Each place offered her something special, but she will always consider New York her home.
Heidi started writing as soon as she could spell. When she was three, Heidi’s mother gave her a copy of Laura Ingalls Wilder’s Little House in the Big Woods; thus beginning her lifelong love affair with literature.
Writing soon also became a form of therapy for Heidi, when she realized that no matter what was happening in her life, she could find emotional escape while writing. Some of her earliest stories featured her as a princess who explored new worlds with her horse Buttercup. If it sounds romantic, it wasn’t, there was no prince charming in those fairy lands (boys where yucky).
Heidi now resides in Florida with her husband, very active daughter, one hyper Chihuahua, two sweet cats, and one very fat moody cat.
Heidi started writing as soon as she could spell. When she was three, Heidi’s mother gave her a copy of Laura Ingalls Wilder’s Little House in the Big Woods; thus beginning her lifelong love affair with literature.
Writing soon also became a form of therapy for Heidi, when she realized that no matter what was happening in her life, she could find emotional escape while writing. Some of her earliest stories featured her as a princess who explored new worlds with her horse Buttercup. If it sounds romantic, it wasn’t, there was no prince charming in those fairy lands (boys where yucky).
Heidi now resides in Florida with her husband, very active daughter, one hyper Chihuahua, two sweet cats, and one very fat moody cat.
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