by Megan Erickson
a debut New Adult novel
Coming June 3, 2014 from
William Morrow Impulse
MAKE IT COUNT by Megan Erickson kicks off the
lighthearted, funny, and sexy Bowler University series! Readers will
love the fresh new series filled with laughter and lots of fun in this debut
novel!
Kat Caruso wishes her brain had a return policy, or at least
a complaint hot-line. The defective organ is constantly distracted, terrible at
statistics, and absolutely flooded with inappropriate thoughts about her
boyfriend's gorgeous best friend, Alec...who just so happens to be her brand
new college math tutor. Who knew nerd was so hot?
Kat usually goes through tutors like she does
boyfriends--both always seem to bail when they realize how hopeless she is.
It's safer for her heart to keep everyone at arm's reach. But Alec is always
stepping just a little too close.
Alec Stone should not be fantasizing about Kat. She's
adorable, unbelievably witty, and completely off limits. He'd never stab his
best friend in the back...
But when secrets are revealed, the lines of loyalty are blurred. To MAKE IT COUNT, Alec must learn messy human emotions can't be solved like a trigonometry function. And Kat has to trust Alec may be the first guy to want her for who she is, and not in spite of it.
But when secrets are revealed, the lines of loyalty are blurred. To MAKE IT COUNT, Alec must learn messy human emotions can't be solved like a trigonometry function. And Kat has to trust Alec may be the first guy to want her for who she is, and not in spite of it.
Chapter One Excerpt:
Kat gathered her books
and stuffed them into her plaid Burberry messenger bag, then headed toward the
front doors, smoothie from the library snack shop in hand. Head bent, fiddling
with the clasp of her bag, she stumbled into a wall of human on the pavement
outside.
“Oh, I’m sorry—” Her
voice dropped out when she realized the solid flesh belonged to Alec, Max’s
best friend.
She’d only met him once
or twice before he’d moved in with Max this semester and every time, he cocked
his eyebrow with a half frown like he knew something she didn’t. Which he
actually did, since he had brainy superpowers. Smarter than a speeding
Einstein. Able to leap over C-minus students like her in a single bound.
She didn’t trust people
that smart. And she didn’t trust a guy who didn’t ogle her ass or leer at her
boobs like every other member of the straight male species on the planet.
Right now, that
raised-eyebrow frown pinned her where she stood. His pale green eyes behind
thick black frames roamed over her shoulder to the library and then back to
her. With his pin-stripe button-down, dark jeans with Converse shoes and hair
styled in a short, messy pompadour, he looked like a nerdy Elvis.
His frown morphed into a
smile when he spotted the smoothie in her hand, and she definitely didn’t
notice his full lips. “You know, you don’t have to venture into the forbidden
zone just to get a smoothie.”
Oooh. The jerk. She
glanced around surreptitiously, then leaned in and spoke in a low voice. “Just
play it cool. Don’t let it slip someone like me snuck in the library.” She
gripped his forearm and whispered. “Password today is rosebud.”
His face blanked and he
looked at her like he’d never seen her before. Kat debated whether or not that
was an improvement over his other look.
But then those
intelligent eyes narrowed and a smirk curled his lips. “I know. We nerds get an
e-mail every morning.”
See? He always needed
the last word. She propped a hand on her hip and leaned in. “Well, sounds like
you have a mole. Might want to look into that.”
He opened his mouth but
she cut him off. “Just looking out for you guys. Anyway, see ya around!”
Before he could shoot
back a snarky comeback, Kat skirted around him and bounded down the stairs. She
chalked that up as Kat 1, Alec 0.
About the Author:
MEGAN ERICKSON grew up
in a family that averages 5’3” on a good day and started writing to create
characters who could reach the top kitchen shelf.
She’s got a couple of
tattoos, has a thing for gladiators and has been called a crazy cat lady. After
working as a journalist for years, she decided she liked creating her own
endings better and switched back to fiction.
She lives in
Pennsylvania with her husband, two kids and two cats. And no, she still can’t
reach the stupid top shelf.
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Megan, connect with her, or follow her, please check out the links below:
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