Two Pink Lines

by Jennifer Schmidt

After twelve years of friendship, Memphis and Kennedy Adams took a risk that changed their lives forever. Now, three years later, they’re a happily married, suburban living couple whose only problem is a disobedient puppy. Things couldn’t be going more smoothly for these two—until Valentine’s Day turns out to be more than flowers, chocolates and candy hearts. Kennedy’s been down this road before and it ended in heartache. Will she be able to overcome her fear of the past in order to see the good? Sometimes the best things in life are the unexpected surprises along the way.

Genres: Romance

39 pages, Kindle Edition

First published February 12, 2014

About the author

Ever since learning to read, Jennifer’s always had a love for books. There’s hardly been a time since second grade that she didn’t have a book in her hand or close by. Her love for the written word soon inspired her to write her own stories. However, it wasn’t until she found an online writing community that she took the first step and, hiding behind a penname, posted her work. After some persuasion from family and friends, Jennifer shed the penname and entered the 2010 TWCS Original Fiction Contest and won for best romance. In 2011, Jennifer published her first novel, Last Call.

When she’s not glued to her laptop making her characters’ lives as chaotic as possible, she’s chasing after her two young sons, Hayden and Nicholas, and doing the “mom thing”.

Reviews

[Passion For Pages · Rating 5 out of 5]

When I found out that it was a short about Memphis and Kennedy from Risking It All? *swoooon* I get my Memphis fix again!

You have no idea how badly I wish this was a second novel and not just a short story. I would have loved to see the relationship play out into the engagement and then marriage and all the troubles that follow in between with these two. And then I would have loved to see how Memphis and his one true love handle parenting. Really, Ms Schmidt, this should have been a squeal. But I’ll take what I can get.

Now married, Memphis and Kennedy are headed into a new phase of their lives. Babies!! Not that Memphis has any clue about this, and really it’s just as big of shock for Kennedy who has fears of her own from a past miscarriage. These two are just as sweet and adorable and sexy as they were in Risking It All. I was so, so, SO happy to have the flashbacks from Kennedy. The way Memphis took care of her during that first horrible experience and the way he proposed. If I can’t have a book detailing it all out for me, this was just as good. I just wish she would have had a flashback of the wedding; I would have loved to see how these two got hitched! If it’s not clear, I cannot get enough of them.

I’m not giving away any spoilers by telling you about the baby because, well hello? Two Pink Lines? Yeah, speaks for itself, but can I just say that I absolutely adored the way Kennedy told Memphis she was pregnant? Oh. My. God. Sweetest thing ever. And his response? Dude, can you get any sexier? This man makes me melt into a puddle of lust in my panties.

I want more! Please, I beg for more!

[Olivia Ard · Rating 2 out of 5]

Honestly, I did not really connect with this story at all. However, that very well could be because the story of the main characters are told in one of Ms. Schmidt's full-length novels. If I'd read that beforehand, I probably would have enjoyed it a little more. I did smile at the ending, though! :)