Where It Begins

A Pucked Novella (1001 Dark Nights)

By: Helena Hunting

Narrated by: Joe Arden, Erin Mallon

From New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Helena Hunting comes a new story in her Pucked series. The untold story of Skye and Sidney, and the origin story where Vi and Miller are teens when their parents start dating and fall in love...

I accidentally grabbed the wrong drink at the coffee shop. On the upside, the hot guy it belonged to chased me down to kindly swap with me. On the down side, the reason I grabbed the wrong drink in the first place is because the hot guy had just caught me checking out his ass…sets.

In my defense, his rear view is rather magnificent.

In true, humiliating form, I word-vomited a bunch of horrible nonsense. Including an unnecessary explanation of the trauma I’d evaded thanks to his chasing me down. Nothing could ruin my lactose-intolerant day faster than my one true nemesis: dairy.

I did not expect him to ask me out on a date after that.

I also didn’t expect the date to go well since my tendency to truth-vomit is high, and not everyone finds that quality endearing.

But apparently he does. Because he asks me out again.
And again.

Sidney Butterson (yes, it’s a weird last name) ticks all my boxes.
He's smart, he's funny, he's employed and he's ridiculously hot.
There’s one catch.

We’re both single parents. With teens.

And if our kids don’t like each other?
Well, we’re doomed.

**Every 1001 Dark Nights novella is a standalone story. For new readers, it’s an introduction to an author’s world. And for fans, it’s a bonus book in the author’s series. We hope you'll enjoy each one as much as we do.**

©2023 Helena Hunting. (P)2023 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all right reserved. Foreword © 2014 by M. J. Rose.

Entertaining

Teenage Violet, Buck and Randy OMG, love it. This was entertaining, informative, and explains so much. The terms were hilarious and her relationship with her mom Skye was awesome. Buck and Sydney relationship was also great. This was awesome and loved every minute of it. Really Love Joe Arden wish he would have had more parts.

Where it all began!

This was a wonderful flashback to the Pucked world. Learning about Sky and Sydney was great. And teenage Miller and Violet! Hilarious and fun, as always! Thanks Helena Hunting!

Absolutely perfect!

Once again, Helena Hunting nailed it! What a wonderful story of the beginning of our beloved Pucked series!!

Sky and Sidney’s Origin Story

This is Sky and Sidney’s origin story. Sky is Violet’s mom and Sidney is Buck’s dad, and it was a pretty funny story. It was a lot of fun reading how their family came to be. It was fun to see teenage Randy, Violet, and Buck. Helena Hunting can write some pretty cringy things, but her steamy scenes are not cringy. I really enjoyed it this one!

Great Pick Me Up

I am a huge fun of Helena Huntings Pucked series. This book was a great addition. To finally get Sidney and Sky’s story is a treat.This audiobook was performed beautifully. It was a great pick me up after a hard day.