Cover Reveal: Make It Count by Megan Erickson
Make It Count
by
Megan Erickson
Excerpt:
Kat gathered her books and stuffed them
into her plaid Burberry messenger bag, then headed toward the front
doors, smoothie from the library snack shop in hand. Head bent,
fiddling with the clasp of her bag, she stumbled into a wall of human
on the pavement outside.
“Oh, I’m sorry—” Her voice
dropped out when she realized the solid flesh belonged to Alec, Max’s
best friend.
She’d only met him once or twice
before he’d moved in with Max this semester and every time, he
cocked his eyebrow with a half frown like he knew something she
didn’t. Which he actually did, since he had brainy superpowers.
Smarter than a speeding Einstein. Able to leap over C-minus students
like her in a single bound.
She didn’t trust people that smart.
And she didn’t trust a guy who didn’t ogle her ass or leer at her
boobs like every other member of the straight male species on the
planet.
Right now, that raised-eyebrow frown
pinned her where she stood. His pale green eyes behind thick black
frames roamed over her shoulder to the library and then back to her.
With his pin-stripe button-down, dark jeans with Converse shoes and
hair styled in a short, messy pompadour, he looked like a nerdy
Elvis.
His frown morphed into a smile when he
spotted the smoothie in her hand, and she definitely didn’t
notice his full lips. “You know, you don’t have to venture into
the forbidden zone just to get a smoothie.”
Oooh. The jerk. She glanced
around surreptitiously, then leaned in and spoke in a low voice.
“Just play it cool. Don’t let it slip someone like me snuck in
the library.” She gripped his forearm and whispered. “Password
today is rosebud.”
His face blanked and he looked at her
like he’d never seen her before. Kat debated whether or not that
was an improvement over his other look.
But then those intelligent eyes
narrowed and a smirk curled his lips. “I know. We nerds get an
e-mail every morning.”
See? He always needed the last word.
She propped a hand on her hip and leaned in. “Well, sounds like you
have a mole. Might want to look into that.”
He opened his mouth but she cut him
off. “Just looking out for you guys. Anyway, see ya around!”
Before he could shoot back a snarky
comeback, Kat skirted around him and bounded down the stairs. She
chalked that up as Kat 1, Alec 0.
Author bio:
MEGAN ERICKSON grew up in a family that
averages 5’3” on a good day and started writing to create
characters who could reach the top kitchen shelf.
She’s got a couple of tattoos, has a
thing for gladiators and has been called a crazy cat lady. After
working as a journalist for years, she decided she liked creating her
own endings better and switched back to fiction.
She lives in Pennsylvania with her
husband, two kids and two cats. And no, she still can’t reach the
stupid top shelf.
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