How to Seduce a Bad Boy
Point Beacon #1
By Traci Douglass
Releasing January 14th, 2019
Entangled Publishing: Bliss
Melody Bryant has heard it all before. Sure, she's the epitome of the stereotype for a librarian. Loves order. Loves rules and deadlines. Loves books. But what she doesn't love is still being a virgin at twenty-four. Unfortunately, the only guy she's ever been interested in turned her down flat. And then left town. Eight. Years. Ago. Ugh.
Now her birthday is fast approaching and she just can't take it any longer. She's finding a guy before her birthday in five weeks or she's adopting two more cats and fully embracing becoming "the crazy cat lady."
But when her latest date ends in epic failure--everyone thinks of her as the "proper librarian," she realizes what she needs is to ruin her reputation. And she knows the perfect guy to help her: the baddest bad boy in town. This Army vet won't know what hit him...
Now her birthday is fast approaching and she just can't take it any longer. She's finding a guy before her birthday in five weeks or she's adopting two more cats and fully embracing becoming "the crazy cat lady."
But when her latest date ends in epic failure--everyone thinks of her as the "proper librarian," she realizes what she needs is to ruin her reputation. And she knows the perfect guy to help her: the baddest bad boy in town. This Army vet won't know what hit him...
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Adam rushed down the porch steps
to the sidewalk to his bike parked at the curb, unable to get his best friend’s
face out of his head. If James, who was thousands of miles away, sensed
something was up here, then how obvious was it to the people who saw him every
day? Man, he had it bad for Mel, and that wasn’t good. He didn’t want to hurt
her. Or her family.
And he never wanted to break his
promise to James or lie to his best friend again.
He owed the guy too much to do
that.
Most of all, he absolutely didn’t
want to fall in love. Not with Mel.
As he cranked the Harley’s
engine, James’s words reverberated in his mind.
Hate to see her end up with some
player like us...
Adam’s reputation in the romance
department was less than stellar, to put it kindly.
You’re not good enough for her.
Except when he was with Mel, she
made him feel like he was good enough. She made him feel like he could be the
man she thought he was. Someone strong and worthy and brave.
Someone deserving.
Then he’d gone and made that
stupid promise to James. To look after Mel, to take care of her, to keep her
from falling in with the wrong sort of guy. A player, like him. Sure, people
appreciated his service for their country, but no one wanted their daughters
dating him, that was for damn sure. As he pulled away from the curb in a cloud
of smoke and a squeal of tires, Adam felt more torn than he’d ever been in his
life.
He didn’t want to betray James, and he definitely didn’t want to hurt
Mel. But she was doing this either way, becoming who she was meant to be.
Whether he helped or not. She was safer with him, from that standpoint. He knew
the rules.
Adam stopped at a red light and
rubbed his face. At least he’d thought he knew them, but now he wasn’t so sure
anymore. What scared him most was how far beyond a casual fling his feelings
for Mel had already gone, without his knowledge or consent. Beyond her laugh or
her smile. Beyond her killer body and her magnificent brain. Beyond the way she
looked at him and the way she made him feel like he stood ten feet tall
whenever they were together.
Lord above, she made him feel
smart and respected and sexy, too.
He couldn’t remember the last
time that had happened, if ever.
The light turned green and he
sped forward, trying to keep it all in perspective. He’d rein in his heart now,
and it would all be good. It wasn’t too late. It wasn’t love. He just wanted
more time to appreciate this...this...whatever this was between them,
before it was over. Somehow, the past week or so, Mel had gone past being
James’s little sister and become a vivacious woman he wanted to know better.
That was all.
And as much as Adam didn’t want
anything messing up his friendship with James, he couldn’t let go of his
connection with Mel. Not yet.
He’d keep it light, fun, because
that’s the deal he’d made. Once this was over, he’d walk away, let her go.
Because that’s what she wanted. Because that’s what he’d promised.
Because
that’s the only way any of this would work out in the end.
USA Today Bestselling
Author Traci Douglass writes fiction bursting with romance, usually mixed with
a healthy portion of snark. Her stories feature sizzling heroes with quick wits
and troubled pasts and smart, independent heroines who always give as good as
they get. Her books are published with Harlequin/Mills & Boon, Entangled
Publishing, and Tule Publishing. She’s an active member of Romance Writers of
America (RWA), Indiana Romance Writers of America (IRWA), and the International
Thriller Writers (ITW), and holds a Master of Fine Arts Degree in Writing
Popular Fiction from Seton Hill University.
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