STRICTLY EXTRACURRICULAR by ANA KIRK SHAW

STRICTLY EXTRACURRICULAR by ANA KIRK SHAWI swore off hot, tattooed, bad boys. Until I get stuck on vacation with one. We both get invited on a vacation we both desperately need, and while trapped in a beach house for a week (not to mention locked in a coat closet and stranded on a second floor patio), I brace myself for the expected. But I expect lazy, and then I get home cooked dinners and successful businessman. I expect slob, and then I get vacuumed carpets and a loaded dishwasher without

But being with Shake makes sense to her

And why does my heart trip every time he says I’m his

close to her childhood best friend

and power changes hands regularly

When my life comes apart yet again

The man who has been my closest companion and now threatens to upend our carefully balanced world in pursuit of me

he finds himself fighting more than time in an effort to keep what’s his or lose it all to fury

And if I can’t grieve enough to cure myself in my time here

I follow her around campus so her boss doesn’t try something worse than groping her in class

a dog doody bandit

my world turns upside down when that little white stick reveals a positive sign from the one-night stand I had before him

They might just be in love with each other