Daring the Bad Boy
by Monica Murphy
Genre: YA Contemporary Romance
Release Date: August 22nd 2016
Entangled Teen Crush
Summary from Goodreads:
Truth or Dare was never this much fun...
Annie McFarland is sick of being a shy nobody. A session at summer camp seems like the perfect opportunity to reinvent herself—gain some confidence, kiss a boy, be whoever she wants to be. A few days in, she’s already set her sights on über-hottie Kyle. Too bad her fear of water keeps her away from the lake, where Kyle is always hanging out.
Jacob Fazio is at Camp Pine Ridge after one too many screw-ups. Junior counseling seems like punishment enough, but the rigid no-fraternizing-with-campers rules harsh his chill. When a night of Truth or Dare gets him roped into teaching Annie how to swim, she begs him to also teach her how to snag Kyle.
Late-night swim sessions turn into late-night kissing sessions...but there’s more on the line than just their hearts. If they get caught, Jake’s headed straight to juvie, but Annie’s more than ready to dare him to reveal the truth.
Disclaimer: This Entangled Teen Crush book contains references to drinking, sexual situations, adult language, and an intense bad boy hero who will melt your heart.
by Monica Murphy
Genre: YA Contemporary Romance
Release Date: August 22nd 2016
Entangled Teen Crush
Summary from Goodreads:
Truth or Dare was never this much fun...
Annie McFarland is sick of being a shy nobody. A session at summer camp seems like the perfect opportunity to reinvent herself—gain some confidence, kiss a boy, be whoever she wants to be. A few days in, she’s already set her sights on über-hottie Kyle. Too bad her fear of water keeps her away from the lake, where Kyle is always hanging out.
Jacob Fazio is at Camp Pine Ridge after one too many screw-ups. Junior counseling seems like punishment enough, but the rigid no-fraternizing-with-campers rules harsh his chill. When a night of Truth or Dare gets him roped into teaching Annie how to swim, she begs him to also teach her how to snag Kyle.
Late-night swim sessions turn into late-night kissing sessions...but there’s more on the line than just their hearts. If they get caught, Jake’s headed straight to juvie, but Annie’s more than ready to dare him to reveal the truth.
Disclaimer: This Entangled Teen Crush book contains references to drinking, sexual situations, adult language, and an intense bad boy hero who will melt your heart.
Excerpt:
Great. The rudest boy at
camp just so happened to save my life. I hoped he wasn’t one of those types who
expected me to be indebted to him for the rest of the summer or whatever.
I looked away and
coughed, water filling my mouth so I had no choice but to avert my head and
spit it out. My cheeks felt hot, and I couldn’t believe I was embarrassed, but
old habits died hard, I guess.
He said nothing, just
grabbed my hand and walked/ dragged me the rest of the way out of the water,
until we were standing on the sandy beach. I heard feet thumping on the dock
and I glanced up, watched in disbelief as the majority of my so-called friends
and the boys from B7B ran off the dock. Not a one of them had stayed behind to
see if I was okay.
Not a single one of them.
Were they scared they’d
get in trouble? Would Jacob rat me out? He was the director’s nephew, after
all. I needed to say something to him. I didn’t want to get in trouble. I
didn’t want to be sent home, and I’m pretty sure he had the power to make both
things happen.
Before I could say
anything, though, Jacob grabbed my shoulders and gave them a little shake so
I’d look up at him. His eyes were dark, his mouth set in a grim line, and he
bent his knees a little so our gazes were even. “You really all right?” he
asked, his tone firm.
I’d quit coughing, but my
voice still came out slightly wheezy. “I’m fine.” My bones felt like jelly and
I thought I might pass out from lack of oxygen, but yeah. I was great.
He squeezed my bare
shoulders with his big hands, his fingers sliding over my thin bikini straps,
and I realized I’d never stood this close to a boy before with so little
clothing on. A shiver moved through me, and I tried to take a step back for
much-needed distance, but he wouldn’t let me go.
“That was really stupid,
jumping off the dock like that,” he said, his deep voice now full of
irritation.
“Trust me, I wasn’t
trying to impress you.” I couldn’t believe I’d said that. But I was offended
that he basically just called me stupid.
“No kidding.” He released
his hold on my shoulders and walked a few steps away, snatching up something
off the beach. “And I definitely wasn’t impressed.”
I made an incredulous
sound, one I usually saved for the privacy of my bedroom when no one else was
around, and he sent me a look. I was reluctant to admit it was sort of a cute
look, his dark eyebrows raised, as if he dared me to contradict him.
So I did.
“Are you going to write
me up?” When he still said nothing, I continued. “You said you would earlier.”
I glanced around, noticed that the dock was completely empty. Where was Kelsey,
anyway? Did she leave me, too? “You want me to?” “N-no. O-of c-course n-not.”
My teeth had started to chatter. I didn’t know if it was from the cold or the
shock, or a combination of both, but I couldn’t make them stop.
“Did you bring a towel
with you at least?” Jacob asked. When I shook my head, he muttered something
that sounded distinctly like a curse word starting with the letter F. The
sympathetic look he shot my way was surprising as he came back toward me, his
hand thrust outward, a ball of fabric clutched in it. “Take this.”
I didn’t want him feeling
sorry for me. And that didn’t look like a towel. “Wh-what i-is it?” I wrapped
my arms around my middle, my fingers brushing against my goosebump-covered
torso. I couldn’t stop shaking. It was like I had no control over my body.
He sighed and glanced to
his left, then his right, like he wanted to make sure there was no one around
before he stepped forward and stretched the dark fabric between his hands.
“Don’t move,” he ordered, his tone bossy as he yanked the fabric over my head.
I jerked against his
first touch, but otherwise I remained still. It was a giant hoodie that he
slipped over my head. Warm and soft and a little sandy from when he’d abandoned
it on the beach. The fabric clung to my damp skin and the hem fell to my
thighs, covering me from my neck to almost my knees. I shoved my arms in the
sleeves but they were so long, they swallowed my hands completely, even when I
stretched my fingers out.
He stepped closer and
reached behind my head, pulling the hood up so that it covered my soaked hair.
Then he grabbed hold of the strings at the sweatshirt’s neck and tugged on
them, so the hood cinched around my face tightly, his gaze never leaving mine.
“Better?”
I nodded and took a deep
breath, the shivering starting to subside, thank goodness. “Much.”
Jacob reached out and
wiped one cheek, then the other, his thumb rough yet warm against my chilled
skin. “You’re still wet.”
“I should p-probably take
a shower.” I clamped my freezing lips shut. Why did I just say that? Showers
meant naked, and I didn’t want to talk about getting naked with Jacob.
About the Author
Monica
Murphy is the New York Times, USA Today and #1 international bestselling author
of the One Week Girlfriend series, the Billionaire Bachelors and The Rules
series. Her books have been translated in almost a dozen languages and has sold
over one million copies worldwide. She is a traditionally published author with
Bantam/Random House and Harper Collins/Avon, as well as an independently
published author. She writes new adult, young adult and contemporary romance.
She is also USA Today bestselling romance author Karen Erickson.
She is
a wife and a mother of three who lives with her family in central California on
fourteen acres in the middle of nowhere, along with their one dog and too many
cats. A self-confessed workaholic, when she’s not writing, she’s reading or
hanging out with her husband and kids. She’s a firm believer in happy endings,
though she will admit to putting her characters through many angst-filled
moments before they finally get that hard won HEA.
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