Publisher: Atria Books
Release Date: June 24th, 2014
Synopsis:
Purple-haired, sharp-tongued Reese MacKay knows all about making the wrong choice; she’s made plenty of them in her twenty-odd-years. So when her impulsive, short-lived marriage ends in heartbreak, she decides it’s time for a change. She moves to Miami with the intention of hitting reset on her irresponsible life, and she does quite well…aside from an epically humiliating one-night stand in Cancun with a hot blond bouncer named Ben. Thank God she can get on a plane and leave that mistake behind her.
Football scholarship and frat parties with hot chicks? Part of charmer Ben Morris’s plan. Blown knee that kills any hope of a professional football career? So not part of the plan. Luckily Ben has brains to go with his knockout looks and magnetism. After three long years of balancing law school with his job as a bouncer at Penny’s Palace, he’s ready to lead a more mature life—until his first day of work, when he finds himself in the office of that crazy, hot chick he met in Cancun. The one he hasn’t stopped thinking about.
If Ben truly were a smart guy, he’d stay clear of Reese. She’s the boss’s stepdaughter and it’s been made very clear that office romances are grounds for dismissal. Plus, rumor has it she’s trouble. The only problem is, he likes trouble, especially when it’s so good-looking…
FIVE WAYS TO FALL
by K.A. Tucker
Ben
“Nothing
happened.”
“That’s
not what Kent said.”
“Well,
Kent wasn’t there, so how the hell would he know?” I sigh. “She was loaded.”
“Since
when is a girl too drunk for Ben Morris?”
“Dude.”
I shoot a glare at Mason as we find a park bench in the shade to help ward off
the September midday heat, drinks and lunch in hand. Jack had to cancel plans
due to a client emergency. Apparently that happens a lot.
He
holds his hands up. “Sorry. I know you wouldn’t do that.”
I
watch him as he carefully unfolds and smooths three napkins over his lap and
then surgically unravels some weird veggie-tofu-wrap shit, careful not to let
so much as a shred of lettuce fall out. We’ve all teased Mason about his chick
diet for years, but the guy’s so particular about things, he can’t even be
shamed into a greasy burger. I kind of like that about him. “Are you going to
eat that or marry it?”
“You
saw her office, right?” he asks, ignoring me. “She’s a slob. Living with her is
a fucking nightmare.” That’s two f-bombs dropped by Mason today. Swearing is
another thing he doesn’t do, which tells me that either the idea of me screwing
around with his stepsister or his stepsister in general really gets under his
skin.
A
flash of my trashed hotel room in the morning hits me and I smile to myself.
“And yet she sure cleans up nice.” I get an eye roll in response. “Look, I know
she’s your stepsister, but she’s fucking hot.” As much as I liked the “I don’t
give a shit” wild-girl look she had going on in Cancún, this new look—with her
pretty blond hair and her little dress and her boots—is a huge turn-on.
“And
certifiable.” He fixes me with a look. “Seriously. Her nickname around the
office is Rancor.”
Coke
shoots out my mouth as I stifle a laugh. “Does she know?”
“I
guess you missed the life-sized cardboard standee in her office? The day she
heard Nelson from contracts slip and call her that within earshot, she
rush-ordered it from some Star Wars website.
She sets it up beside her door on the mornings when she’s extra annoyed.” He shakes his head at me as I explode in laughter.
For
everything else about her that was a lie, I’m glad to see that biting sense of
humor is genuine. I like a woman who can make me laugh. “If she’s so difficult,
why would your father keep her there? I mean, don’t get me wrong, I’m glad he
has. I’m looking forward to working with her.”
“You
won’t be for long,” he mutters.
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Born in small-town Ontario, Kathleen published her first book at the age of six with the help of her elementary school librarian and a box of crayons. She is a voracious reader and the farthest thing from a genre-snob, loving everything from High Fantasy to Chick Lit. Kathleen currently resides in a quaint small town outside of Toronto with her husband, two beautiful girls, and an exhausting brood of four-legged creatures.
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