Tomboy Shannon Mahoney has always been a lot more comfortable with power tools than high heels or lipstick, and she wishes she could reinvent herself and finally tell her perfect boss, Drew Kingston, she has had a crush on him since high school. But she is just as tongue-tied and awkward around him now as she ever was, and long-familiar patterns are hard things from which to break free…
Ladies’ man Michael is a former bad boy looking for redemption. He is desperate to atone for past mistakes that he made with his family, but younger brother Drew has cut him out of his life and refuses to even speak to him. Which means Michael needs help getting to Drew.
And so he approaches Shannon with a proposition: If she will get Drew to agree to hear him out, Michael will mentor Shannon in how to win his brother’s heart. Suspicious of Michael’s motives, Shannon initially enters into the bargain just to make sure Michael isn’t actually in town to cause trouble for Drew, but the two unlikely allies are surprised to discover they enjoy each other’s company far more than either expected.
Shannon starts to realize that maybe love isn’t about reinventing yourself after all. It’s about finding your perfect match.
Read an Excerpt!
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“So, ten years…That
would take it all the way back to high school, wouldn’t it?”
She nodded, still
very deliberately working on getting just the right amount of ketchup on her
fry so she wouldn’t have to look at him.
“Wait—were you and
Drew in the same graduating class?”
“Yeah.”
“Then that would
mean…so you and I were actually in school together?”
“For a year, yes.”
He gave her a very
thorough once-over as if trying to place her. “You and I—we never hooked up in
high school, did we?”
Shannon’s mouth fell
open. “No, we certainly did not!”
“So is that why you
were really so mad at me the other day?”
“What?” she
sputtered hotly. “You are unbelievable!”
“Oh, so we did
hook up.”
“You—“
A slow grin spread
across his face, and she realized he was playing with her.
Taking a deep
breath, she bit back a name she had been about to call him. “You get a perverse
pleasure out of yanking my chain, don’t you?”
“Kind of, yes.”
“Aren’t you afraid I
might back out of the deal?”
“No, I think you
realize it’s in Drew’s best interest. Besides,” he added with a knowing gleam
in his eye, “I think you get a perverse pleasure out of putting me back
in my place, so we’re developing a great little symbiotic relationship here.
Don’t you agree?”
“What? Oh, I’m
sorry. I’m still recovering from the shock of hearing such big words come out
of your mouth.”
Michael started to
laugh, and Shannon felt a kind of rush go through her…
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About Christine: Christine S. Feldman writes both novels and feature-length screenplays, and she has placed in screenwriting competitions on both coasts. She lives in the Pacific Northwest with her ballroom-dancing husband and their beagle. Visit her on Facebook and say hello!Visit her Website.
I dont' know about you, but I think this sounds like a very cute book to read. It's one that I really would like to "check out" sometime when my schedule allows. Christine tells me that there isn't any sex and there's mild swearing, so it fits my reading comfort level well.
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