Reluctantly Yours (Unexpectedly in Love, #1)

by Erin Hawkins

The shine bouncing off his head is like a North Star guiding me home.

Did I… did I just read that…??

“You bet.” I smile, knowing I’ve made some kind of crack in Fred’s impenetrable exterior. And because I’m on a roll, and want to assure him I have no interest in his girlfriend, I continue, “She’s the love of my life.”

This has got to be one of the smoothest little plot seeds I’ve ever seen in my life.

“I was trying to read in the car and I ripped the page. I already scratched my leg, who knows what condition I’ll be in by Friday? It’s like Edward Scissorhands over here.” She clinks the nails together. It does make an eerie sound. “How am I going to do anything?” She sighs,