Mr. Tall, Dark and Douchey is causing me all kinds of problems…Working 3 jobs while at college and struggling to maintain my GPA, I crashed pretty hard. The result. I’m being punished and I have to share a room with the biggest name and hearth-throb on campus.The trouble:• He’s the burning hot, bad-boy superstar of the football team• Biggest sports star on campus and even bigger jerk • Sexy as … Biggest sports star on campus and even bigger jerk
• Sexy as hell
My only problem, I’m a SUCKER for a bad boy and damn if his dominant attitude isn’t skin tingling.
And now he sleeps on a bed only a few feet from mine!
One game day with him and my life changes forever.
Will I be able to make it through this semester with my GPA and dignity intact?…
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Oil and Vinegar
The old adage that oil and vinegar don’t mix is not always true—add some spices and shake, and a delicious new mixture is created. Madison Wright’s sweet and engaging romance is proof of the same theory of opposites mixing when shaken and forming something wonderful.
Amber Hyde is determined to be rise from the ashes of her childhood. The child of dysfunctional parents—a father who disappeared early on and a drug addicted mother who bounced from relationship to relationship–leaving Amber to find her own pathway. And Amber found her way. She was smart; she studied hard, and she worked three—maybe four times–harder than anyone else. That work ethic got her into Athens University and it serves her well as she holds down campus jobs at the bookstore, the cafeteria and in the residence halls to receive discounts on books, food and housing and earn a minimum wage that helps cover tuition and incidentals. She is a non-stop ball of energy focused on graduating with a degree in business with a focus on finance. She is determined to rise above her upbringing if she doesn’t crash in exhaustion first.
Rick Lauder is the gifted son of loving parents. Intelligent, he could master any academic area, but his passion and focus are on football. He easily stays academically eligible, and is dedicated to working out, training his body to its peak performance. And, just like he brings it all to the field, he brings it all to the party scene on campus, which has run him afoul of the local police and university administration when he decides to throw a 21st birthday keg party for Chelsea Warner, his latest arm fluff, and unfortunately for Rick, the daughter of one of the officers called to break up the unruly bash.
With the possibility of losing the school’s star football player, the dean determines that what Rick needs is a minder—someone whom he can’t charm or corrupt—to manage his actions in and out of the dorm, in the classrooms and at workouts—generally babysit him during all waking hours, and as a roommate, to have proximity to also manage possible comings and goings during the night.
For Amber, the unfortunate Resident Advisor for Rick’s dorm, the job falls to her. His escapades took place at her dorm under her watch, so her punishment is to have all her sources of income stripped and her academic schedule rearranged so that she can become the minder, the babysitter, the roommate for Rick—the same Rick whom she has known since high school and whose friends took pleasure in tormenting.
Wright has crafted a clever, sweet enemies to lovers story which will leave a smile on the reader’s face. With humor, she brings a new twist to the telling of a happily ever after delight where the best proof of a couple’s success is acknowledging that each member of the couple completes the other, making each a better person.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review ARCS, but I enjoyed the reading experience so much that I bought a copy for my “read-again” titles.