Blackmail Boyfriend
by Chris Cannon
Release Date: 08/11/15
Entangled Teen: Crush
Summary from Goodreads:
Sometimes, blackmail is the only weapon a girl has…
Haley Patterson has had a crush on golden boy Bryce Colton for ages. But then when she hears a rumor—Bryce is telling everyone that he hooked up with her. With Haley’s reputation taking a nosedive, she gives Bryce him a choice: be her boyfriend for a month for a month or face the angry, cage-fighting boyfriend of the girl he actually did hook up withto show other guys that she’s dateable—despite her overprotective and very intimidating brothers.—or deal with the angry, cage-fighting boyfriend of the girl he actually did hook up with.
Bryce didn’t know the other Haley even had a boyfriend. He was just trying to get his ex off his back. And now doesn't know what's more unbelievable, not only is—that he's he being blackmailed, or that he's being blackmailed by an honor student. His little “hook up” was supposed to end his problems with girls, not create new ones. Not only that, but his new “girlfriend” has two overprotective brothers, three-legged dogs, her father mows grass at the country club, and she's…well, difficult. And different.
Besides, everyone knows that perfect boys never fall for imperfect girls…Sometimes, giving in is all a boy can do…Can something so fake turn into something real?
Excerpt 1:
“We need to talk.” Bryce
gave an exaggerated sigh.
“Okay.” I opened my bag
of chips.
“I’m sorry, but there’s
someone else.”
He wanted to break up
with me in the cafeteria? Fat chance. I leaned toward him and touched his arm
in a girlfriend sort of way. “If you planned to stage a public breakup with me,
you can forget it.”
Amusement showed in his
hazel eyes. “Think you can stop me?”
“Yes. First, I’m going to
appeal to your sense of decency. I’m not a hook-up kind of girl. Thanks to you,
the entire school thinks I am.”
He snagged a chip and
popped it in his mouth. “Do you even date?”
Ouch. It’s hard to have an active social
life when you have two older brothers who chase everyone away, which is why I
need you to stick around and stop that cycle.”
“Sucks to be you.” He
stole another chip.
“If you don’t go along
with Operation Boyfriend Bait, I’ll go with plan B.”
His brows came together.
“Ratting me out to Denny?”
“After he pummels you
into the ground, people will definitely believe you slept with his Haley and
not me, so doesn’t it make more sense to play this my way? We both win.”
Jane came back and took
her seat. “What did I miss?”
“He’s trying to break up
with me. I gave him two options.”
“You or dismemberment by
Denny?” she guessed.
“Exactly.” I crossed my
arms over my chest. “What will it be?”
“I pretend to be your
boyfriend for a week, and you keep your mouth shut.”
“Two months,” Jane chimed
in.
Bryce grabbed another
chip. “One week and you can keep the Homecoming tickets.”
“Five weeks and you can
have the Homecoming tickets back,” I countered.
“Two weeks,” he said.
“And I don’t want the Homecoming tickets.”
“Four weeks.” He reached
for another chip and I smacked his hand.
His mouth dropped open,
and then he laughed. “That was not good girlfriend behavior.”
I pulled the bag of chips
closer. “Landing me in detention was not good boyfriend behavior.”
He grinned all-knowingly.
“You didn’t mind at the time.”
My
face heated. “Whatever. I want four weeks, the Homecoming tickets, and a double
date with Jane and Nathan.”
“Thank you.” Jane bounced
in her chair.
“Thought I’d share the
wealth.” I smiled at Bryce. “And this should go without saying, but I expect
you to play my monogamous boyfriend. When this is over, we’ll do a mutual
breakup with no one to blame.”
He sat back and seemed to
weigh his options. “Three weeks, keep the tickets, one double date, and a
no-fault breakup. Deal?”
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Chris Cannon lives in Southern Illinois with her husband and her three dogs, Pete the shih tzu who sleeps on her desk while she writes, Molly the ever-shedding yellow lab, and Tyson the sandwich-stealing German Shepherd Beagle. She believes coffee is the Elixir of Life. Most evenings after work, you can find her sucking down caffeine and writing fire-breathing paranormal adventures or snarky romantic comedies.
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