Two, we rent a car and go to North Carolina. Then we were going to rent a car and drive to North Carolina, where we were going to spend the summer. She was going to fly down to Florida from Connecticut, and meet me here, in Siesta Key, at my uncle’s wedding. They’ll be pissed.”īrooklyn and I had this whole thing planned out. I can’t call and tell them I don’t have a way to get back to Connecticut. But her mom had read some article about Title Nine that had gotten her all riled up. It was pretty ridiculous, since Brooklyn is totally unathletic, and no girls were even trying out for the wrestling team. One time last year she came down to our school screaming about women’s equality on the wrestling team. My mom said she wouldn’t as long as I talked you out of it, but you never know what my mom’s going to do. I mean, what if my parents call your parents?” And honestly, Peyton, I kind of think you should just forget the whole thing. My parents found out, and they’re freaking out. “I’m so sorry, but there’s no way I can come now. “I’m sorry,” my best friend, Brooklyn, says on the other end of the line. The bushes are prickly, there are bees floating around, and the ground is kind of wet. I’m crouching behind some bushes outside the Siesta Key Yacht Club, which is not comfortable. “Are you sure there’s no way you can come?” I say into my phone. All we hear about these days is how we’re supposed to be strong women and not depend on anyone else and blah blah blah.

And neither of them is prepared for what’s coming on the road ahead. One of them is pretending not to be leaving something behind. One of them is lying about the destination.

But things don’t go as planned and after a tumultuous break-up, they’re thrown together on a road trip. In Right of Way Peyton and Jace meet on vacation and fall head over heels in love.

And the secret has everything to do with why they broke up, why they can’t get back together - and why they’re actually totally destined for each other. Courtney’s heartbroken, while Jordan’s got a secret or two that he’s not telling her. But it’s too late to change plans, so the trip must go on as planned. that is until Jordan dumps Courtney out of the blue right before they’re set to drive to college together. In Two-Way Street Jordan and Courtney are totally in love. Lauren Barnholdt’s summer road trip novels, Two-Way Street and Right of Way, are now available together in one paperback edition! Everyone knows the road to love is filled with twists and turns.

Right of way by lauren barnholdt