Her
Winning Formula
Hot
& Nerdy # 3
By: Shannyn Schroeder
Releasing November 24th, 2014
Kensington
Blurb
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?
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Author Info
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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Excerpt
Felicity
was beginning to think this trip was cursed.
Lucas stood
there staring at her, then he sighed. “Take my car. I can have someone from my
family come get me.”
“I can’t do
that.”
“Sure you
can. I’m probably going to be at the hotel most of the time.” He leaned over
the counter and flashed a sexy smile at the clerk. “You can change that
reservation, right? I’d like to give my friend Felicity here my car.”
The girl’s
face brightened. “Of course, we can do that.”
Felicity
pulled out her credit card. “Thank you.”
Lucas had
stepped away from the counter and pulled out his phone. She watched him and
knew she should do or say something. Thank you didn’t quite cut it. She thought
about Layla and Charlie and even her mother and what they would do in this
situation. “Don’t call your family. I’ll take you to your hotel.”
“You sure?”
“It doesn’t
make sense for someone to drive thirty miles to get here and then have to turn
back. It’s the least I can do.” She signed the paperwork, and they walked
outside to get the car. Felicity slid her sunglasses on her face as Lucas
stowed their bags in the trunk. He climbed in beside her, looking no more
comfortable than he had on the plane. “I’m a safe driver.”
He jiggled
the handle to adjust the seat and shoved it back to allow more legroom, and
then he relaxed. He typed his hotel information into the onboard GPS, and
Felicity began driving. Lucas made call after call while they drove. From what
she could hear, he’d been roped into taking care of a bunch of wedding details,
but nothing seemed to bother him.
When he
finally clicked his phone off and tucked it back in his pocket, she knew she
should say something.
“Sorry for
all the calls. My family was a little panicked that I wasn’t going to make it
on time.”
“Okay.” In
the silence, she thought about what she’d wanted to get out of this vacation,
besides time with her two closest and oldest friends. She wanted to have fun.
She’d been counting on Layla and Charlie to help with that. It was bad enough
that Charlie refused the trip, but now Layla was late. As they neared Lucas’s
hotel, she blurted, “Okay, I’ll go to the wedding with you.”
“You make
it sound like it might be torture.”
She laughed.
“After you see me in a big crowd, you might think that way too.”
“It’ll be
fun.”
Ha!
Volunteering to put herself into a group of people she didn’t know didn’t sound
fun at all, but being with Lucas did. He made her laugh, which was something
she didn’t get from most guys.
***
Lucas
relaxed his shoulders. He had a date for the wedding. This would be perfect.
Felicity would be able to keep Becky from clawing at him, and he might actually
have a shot of enjoying this week.
Felicity
pulled up in front of his hotel. “Give me a call and let me know what time I
should be here tomorrow.”
“Tomorrow?
No, I need you now.”
Her eyes
widened, and he realized how his words sounded. “I mean, there’s rehearsal in a
couple of hours and then dinner after. My family will expect my date to be
there. Plus, you’ll need a crash course on me and my family if we’re going to
pull this off.”
Felicity’s
brows furrowed, and a cute wrinkle waved along her forehead. “Pull this off? I
thought you just needed a date.”
He released
a slow breath. “I need a date to keep my ex away. If she knows we just met on
the plane, it’ll be like waving a red cape at a bull. She needs to think we’re
in a relationship.”
Felicity
swallowed hard.
“We don’t
need to make them believe we’re getting married or anything, just dating, but
that means we need to know about each other.”
“But…but I
have to check in at my hotel.”
“Call and
tell them you’ll be late. You can go there after dinner tonight.” Lucas waited
patiently, like he did in the classroom when a student needed time to develop
an answer.
Felicity
faced forward, staring out the windshield, looking like she was carrying on a
conversation in her head. She blew out a breath and shook her head. “Fine. Get
the bags from the trunk and I’ll park. I need to change before dinner.”
“Thanks. I
could kiss you.”
She turned,
and one eyebrow arched up above her sunglasses. “Is that part of our deal?”
He smiled.
“Only if you want it to be.”
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