Scarlett is always the sensible one: The sober driver. The planner. The one holding your hair back while you're worshiping the porcelain gods.
Week-after-week, she visits Jock Row with her friends—the universities hottest party scene and breeding ground for student athletes. And if keeping her friends out of trouble, and guys out of their pants, was a sport, she'd be the star athlete.
Being a well known jock-blocker gets her noticed for all the wrong reasons; just like that, she's banned from Jock Row. NO GUY WANTS A GIRL AROUND WHO KEEPS THEIR JOCK FRIENDS FROM GETTING LAID.
"Rowdy" Wade is the hot shot short-stop for the university's baseball team—and the unlucky bastard who drew the short straw: keep little Miss Goody Two-Shoes out of the Baseball House.
But week-after-week Scarlett returns, determined to get inside.
Excerpt
Jesus Christ, she has a dimple
in her damn cheek.
I’m a sucker for those.
She shoots me a tentative smile, ass parked on
the stoop, back propped against the wooden siding of the house.
It’s obvious that she’s blushing by the way she
ducks her head, glancing down at the floor, the soft glow from the two busted
lamps illuminate the crown of her head.
The porch lights are busted and rusty, needing
their bulbs changed, one flickering—the other just about to burn out. It makes
the entire place look like a goddamn Halloween fun-house, casting a weird glow
on the girl’s smooth, pale skin.
And her pretty dimple.
Stop staring at it, dipshit.
I cast my glance at her outfit, doing my best to
analyze her under the dim lights; she must have been sweaty inside the house; I
got a good look at her before convincing her to follow me, but still study her
as if seeing her for the first time.
Both of her boots are tucked under her legs, and
she sits, cross-legged on the ground. Blows out a frustrated puff of air that
translates into a billowing stream of steam.
“So.” She wraps her puffed sleeved arms around
her knees, hugging them tight. Shivers. “Now what?”
Her prim ponytail is jaunty, bobbing when she
tilts her head to gaze over at me.
“Now I babysit you.”
“Lovely. We can bond.”
I position my large body against the railing,
giving it a gentle shake to make sure it’s sturdy before supporting all my
weight on it. It’s solid and secure and is going to get real uncomfortable real
fucking fast if I have to stand here all night.
The girl raises her brows at me. They appear
black in this light; full and arched expertly. “Have you babysat anyone
before?”
“No one I managed to keep alive,” I joke. “A few
cousins my parents forced me to watch a few times; never would feed them but
would occasionally throw out a dog bone so they wouldn’t get hungry.”
She smiles, dimple denting the smooth right side
of her face. “Is that what you have planned for me?”
I raise my empty hands. “I’m fresh out of Scooby
snacks. Guess we’ll both have to starve.”
“Sorry you have to sit out here.”
“Really?” I sound hopeful. “No one is forcing you
to sit out here.”
Her light laugh is quiet. “Fine. I guess I’m
not that sorry.” She bites down on her lower lip. “I’d be
lying if I said I wasn’t enjoying your discomfort—just a little bit.”
“Gee, thanks.”
About the Author
Sara Ney is the USA Today Bestselling Author of the How to Date a Douchebag series, and is best known for her sexy, laugh-out-loud New Adult romances. Among her favorite vices, she includes: iced latte's, historical architecture and well-placed sarcasm. She lives colorfully, collects vintage books, art, loves flea markets, and fancies herself British.
She lives with her husband, children, and her ridiculously large dog.
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