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Hot @nd Nerdy Anthology
Her Best Shot, Her Perfect Game, Her Winning Formula
Shannyn Schroeder
Releasing in Print December 15th
Exclusively at Books-a-Million
With college graduation looming, three childhood friends vow to make spring break their last blast of pure fun. But at least one of them didn’t count on such incredible heat…
Layla Sharpe is definitely more math ninja than bikini babe, and her future has been calculated with razor precision. Convinced to let loose over spring break, Layla is finally ready to party—until her car breaks down halfway to her destination, leaving her stranded in Georgia with a mouthwateringly hot pool shark. She knows more than enough about angles to learn the game, but this week she wants him to appreciate her curves…
Phin Marks has never met a girl like Layla. She’s more Star Wars geek than seductress, and when he offers her a place to stay while her car is in the shop, he’s counting on the attraction between them to set the nights ablaze, no strings attached. But every moment he spends with Layla makes it harder to let her go. Can he persuade her to gamble in the most dangerous way possible…on forever?
Her Perfect Game
Spring break is supposed to be a week of fun in the sun for three childhood friends about to graduate from college. But one of them is ready to get her game on somewhere else…
Charlie Castle is an expert archer and a fierce warrior—in her favorite video game, anyway. But college life was a program she couldn’t quite master. To land a cybertech job without a degree, she’s entering a “hackfest” over spring break—where she also hopes to meet the sweet gamer who’s been flirting with her online. Instead, she runs into the hot guy who walked away years ago, and can’t fight the desire that comes rushing back.
Jonah Best has never gotten over Charlie, whose kisses were always as deliciously creative as her coding. But now that they’re face to face again, he doesn’t know how to admit that her online admirer is really him—or how to convince her that he’s offering her a job for her incredible skills, not her sex appeal. Can Jonah cut through their communication glitches and persuade Charlie that the next level up for them should be forever?
Spring break was supposed to be a last blast of fun for three friends before the reality of adulthood set in. But for the trio’s science whiz, it’s an education in instant attraction…
Chemistry major Felicity Stone can tell you everything about the way chemicals interact, but when it comes to social interaction, she needs schooling. Abandoned by her friends, Felicity is faced with spending spring break alone—unless she accepts a gorgeous stranger’s invitation to pose as his girlfriend at a family wedding. Not one to turn down a research opportunity, Felicity never expected it to produce such breathtaking results…
Teacher and baseball coach Lucas Tanner is fascinated by Felicity’s potent mix of spirit and scientist, not to mention her delicious curves. When Felicity asks him to return the favor by teaching her how to pick up guys, he can’t refuse—but he’s not at all happy with the idea of her using a formula for flirting on anyone but him. Can he convince her that together they have the perfect chemistry?
The movie was filled with
killing and explosions, but couldn’t hold his concentration. The mousy girl in
the bed beside him kept grabbing his attention. And she wasn’t doing anything
but reading silently. She didn’t even move her lips when she read, but her
facial expressions changed. Her eyes would narrow or her forehead crinkled.
Sometimes a sly smile snuck up on her. He didn’t know how he knew, but it was
like it surprised her when it happened.
He couldn’t remember the
last time he read anything for school that had him feeling any kind of emotion,
much less what she was experiencing. He paused the movie. “What are you
reading?”
She didn’t look up from
the book, but answered, “Research.”
He tossed the remote on
his bed and jumped onto her bed, jostling her in the process. “Come on.
Research isn’t that fascinating. What are you really reading?”
Annoyance crossed her face
with his intrusion. “It is research. I enjoy research.”
“Let me see.” He held out
his hand for the reader.
“No.” She hugged it tight
to her chest.
Now he had to know what it
was. No one guarded research material. He crawled over to her, and she scooted
farther back until she hit the headboard. “Let me see.”
“No. Now go away and watch
your movie.”
“This is more interesting
than the movie.” He eyed the way she held it to figure out the best way to
snatch the device.
She turned to get out of
bed, presumably to get away from him, giving him his opening to grab the
reader. He moved fast, and she stood looking in disbelief. Her mouth hung open
and fear entered her eyes, but she covered it quickly with anger as she crossed
her arms.
He hadn’t yet looked down
at the screen. “I’m just playing. If you really don’t want me to see this, I’ll
stop.”
“Whatever. Do what you
want.” She knelt on the bed and then sat, pulling her knees up to her chest.
She bit her thumbnail.
He glanced down at the
screen and began reading. He smiled. Felicity was reading a naughty book.
“You’re reading porn?”
“It’s not porn. It’s
erotica or erotic romance.”
“Chick porn.”
“You’re such a guy.” She
grabbed her reader back and turned away from him.
“Why did you call it
research? Why not say you’re reading a novel?”
“I am doing research.”
“Sex research?”
She looked over her
shoulder and rolled her eyes.
“You don’t know…I mean….”
“Shut up, Lucas. I know
how sex works. I’ve even had sex.”
“Then why research?”
She huffed and put the
reader down on the bed. “These books aren’t just about the sex. They’re about
human interaction, relationships. How people relate to each other and learn to
understand each other.”
“That’s just part of
life.”
“For people like you it
is, not for me.”
“For people like me?”
“I’ve known you for less
than a day, but I can tell that everyone likes you. You’re open and friendly,
and you understand what people mean and what they need. I don’t. I don’t get
any of that. I read these books because I get a picture of what normal people
think when they see someone, how they interpret someone’s words or actions.”
He stared at her. He
didn’t know what to say. During the course of speaking, she opened up. Her body
language relaxed, and she was in the moment, not worrying about anything. She
was honest and vulnerable. It was pretty fucking sexy. He lay down and rested
on his elbow. “Does it turn you on?”
She rolled her eyes again.
“Such a guy.”
She turned over on her
stomach and went back to reading. He mimicked her pose and bumped his shoulder
into hers. “You didn’t answer the question.”
“Sometimes,” she
whispered.
Shannyn Schroeder is the author of the O’Leary series, contemporary romances centered around a large Irish-American family in Chicago and the new Hot & Nerdy series about 3 nerdy friends and their last spring break. When she’s not wrangling her three kids or writing, she watches a ton of TV and loves to bake cookies.
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