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When the school’s bad boy infiltrates her shelter, will she lose her sanctuary or her heart?
Hopelessly clumsy Ava, is too focused on graduation and keeping both feet on the ground to have a boyfriend. She has enough to worry about with a less than ideal home life.
Bad boy Dylan can’t help but find Ava’s klutziness entertaining. That doesn’t mean he wants to date her.
When court-ordered community service forces them together at the animal shelter, Ava fears she’s lost her refuge. Dylan’s arrogance gets under her skin. And she finds it unforgivable the dogs prefer him after everything she’s done for them. A spontaneous water fight heats things up and suddenly she anticipates each meeting. But his reputation might be too much for her to overlook.
Will Ava be forced to find a new escape? Or will she stumble her way into his heart?
Bad Boys Don’t Date Clumsy Girls is a light-hearted, clean young adult romantic comedy. The first book in the Oak Grove High series by KE Strand. It will make you cringe, cry, and cackle.
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There must be something I can talk to Rex about. He likes baseball, but I don’t know what position he plays or who the local professional team is. That’s out. He’s in my Bio II class, I could ask about the homework. Yeah, that’s lame. We both know I get a better grade in the class than he does.
“Aren’t you eating?” I blurt. “I could get you a refill on my fries if you’re hungry.” I’ll have to thank Bek for the inspiration later.
“No, I ate, thanks.”
I wilt. That’s the extent of my small talk. I should just shut up and listen to Sam too. I reach for my iced tea. At least I can stick a straw in my mouth and pretend that’s the reason I can’t chatter merrily with the hot baseball player. Unfortunately, the cup catches the lip of my plate and slips from my hand. I jerk to recover it, but only manage to nudge it and change its trajectory so that it splats to the table and spills its entire contents down Rex’s shirt and into his lap. He leaps backward out of the chair, tea soaking the front of his pants as well.
The room burst into laughter and applause.
I want to slink under the table. Instead, I grab Sam’s napkin and blot at Rex’s leg.
He grabs the napkin from my hand. “I’ll do that.”
Only then do I realize where I’d been blotting. I turn seven more shades of red. Honestly, I’m probably purple by this point. I’m surprised the heat of my embarrassment doesn’t instantly dry Rex’s clothes.
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ReplyDeleteThanks for spotlighting my book. I'd love to know, have any readers had an embarrassing experience like Ava does in this excerpt? Tell us in the comments. In all fairness, I'll share that I once had the back of my skirt tucked into my pantyhose and my BOSS told me about it. Thank goodness I was wearing underwear!
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DeleteI enjoyed the excerpt the book sounds very intriguing.
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DeleteWhat inspires your book plots?
ReplyDeleteTracie, thanks for the question! I'm inspired by the hundreds of romantic comedy books I've read and movies I've watched. I love the typical tropes you find in the genre. It's my goal to apply a unique flair to the common themes.
DeleteThe book sounds like a fun read. Love the cover!
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