WHAT!
along the way he misplaced his muse. Now, unable to put anything on paper, he’s
resorted to hanging out in the neighborhood coffee shop with a pen and paper,
trying to find something to spark his creativity again.
eyes and sweet smile draws his attention in a way no woman before her ever has.
Jake soon learns that when he’s around her his world is set to rights once
more. Presley sparks something inside him and not just his ability to put words
on paper.
Jake finds himself trying to answer the burning question:
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Does happily ever after only exist in fiction?
night
back another shot of tequila. “You know, by some outrageously hot guy who’s
gonna pin you against the wall and make you beg for mercy.”
happen.”
horizontal with.” Blaze’s expression turned serious. “That dude’s the world’s
biggest douche.”
shot. The last thing I wanted to do tonight was talk about Adrian. Or anyone,
for that matter.
walk-ins, all of whom had wanted tattoos that took more time to prepare for
than to actually ink. And now, I wanted to sit back, get wasted, then pass out
and sleep until I felt better.
going on.”
that rumor.”
that.”
the front door opened and in walked Gavin.
watching the two of us closely.
looked at me and grinned. “He’s an outrageously hot guy,” Blaze said in what
she probably assumed was a whisper but wasn’t.
face. “Is this party just gettin’ started? Or are we about to turn on the
decision-maker lights?” Gavin closed the front door behind him and tossed his
coat onto one of the barstools, his eyes never straying from us.
the same about you, though.”
more shots. “Now quit acting like an old man and come drink with us.”
“Not until he pays the ten-dollar buy-in fee.”
hell’s a buy-in fee? This ain’t poker.”
booze, and you gotta buy in if you want some. Ten dollars.”
open, and pulled out a five-dollar bill, then tossed it in Blaze’s lap.
slurred. “That ain’t ten bucks.”
discount.”
into her bra.
his glass down beside the other two, then dropping onto the couch beside Blaze.
with more on the glass table than in the shot glasses.
or otherwise.”
my shot and nearly shooting it out of my nose.
down.
glancing over at Gavin.
have never had sex.”
she started to pour me another. “Dead serious.”
landing on me. “But he’s hot.”
going to be good. For the longest time, I’d gotten the impression that these
two had a thing for one another. Although Blaze pretended to be interested in
other guys—or maybe she wasn’t pretending—I got the feeling that if Gavin told
her to get naked, she’d do it in under three seconds flat.
talking for me. “Why haven’t the two of you
hooked up?”
noticed he didn’t answer. I looked at Blaze.
kind of sense.
the math in my head.
that friendship.”
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on me what he meant. “Oooh.”
New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Nicole Edwards lives in Austin, Texas with her husband, their three kids, and four rambunctious dogs. When she’s not writing about sexy alpha males, Nicole can often be found with her Kindle in hand or making an attempt to keep the dogs happy. You can find her hanging out on Facebook and interacting with her readers – even when she’s supposed to be writing.
Nicole also writes contemporary/new adult romance as Timberlyn Scott.