We are excited to be taking part in a pre-publication tour to promote Marie Harte's upcoming book, Ruining Mr. Perfect!, Book 3 in the McCauley Brothers series. Over the next two weeks, a different blog will be releasing a new excerpt every day. We have the second one for you below! ( The full list of stops can also be found below)
Also, make sure to check out my reviews of The Troublemaker Next Door (Book 1) here and How to Handle a Heartbreaker (Book 2) here.
Also, make sure to check out my reviews of The Troublemaker Next Door (Book 1) here and How to Handle a Heartbreaker (Book 2) here.
Author: Marie Harte
Publsiher: Sourcebooks
Date of publication:
IT’S NOT EASY BEING RIGHT
Vanessa Campbell is a CPA by day and a perfectionist by
night. She’s fit, successful…and decidedly lonely. She can’t stop thinking
about the youngest McCauley brother, Cameron. He’s just like her: smart,
attractive, and usually right—except when dealing with her.
…BUT SOMEONE’S GOT TO
DO IT
Cameron McCauley likes Vanessa a little too much. She’s a
blond goddess with a razor-sharp tongue. She hates to be wrong, just like him.
But she can hold a grudge and is stubborn to a fault—also like him.
A past disagreement has them rubbing each other the wrong
way. Cam is dying to shake Vanessa up—get her to let loose. But if he succeeds,
can his heart handle it?
An Excerpt
The waitress brought their drinks, but Vanessa stared past
hers at the ocean, watching the waves roll. A rhythm of swells coming and
going. But never staying.
“Cameron? Can I ask you something?”
“Sure,” he answered softly.
“Do you like talking to me?” She didn’t want to see his
expression when he answered, didn’t want to know what he really thought. For
all that he could get on her nerves, Cameron was a kind man. He would tell her
what she wanted to hear.
He didn’t speak. She heard him take a sip and then he
said, “Look at me.”
She forced herself not to feel and turned. “What?”
His tender expression confused her, because she wanted to
hold on to it as much as she wanted to look away. “I love talking to you. I
think the first thing about you that attracted me, aside from those long, long
legs, was your mind.”
She sighed. “Right.”
“No, really.” He smiled warmly. “I live with people who
think I’m both a nerd and a moron, which shouldn’t actually be possible. My
family treats me like a girl half the time—no offense. And my job sounds
interesting to women until they ask me about it, and I tell them. They don’t
want to hear me. They just want to look at these fine features and get a crack
at my stellar skills in bed.” He leaned closer. “You would understand if you’d really
tangled with my tongue.”
She found herself smiling when moments ago she’d wanted to
cry.
“I know what it’s like to be misunderstood. Trust me, I’ve
been living with my personal demon for almost two weeks now. And I’ve never
felt more alone or useless in my life.”
“I’m sorry.” She knew how hard family could be. “My own
parents and I never talk. They don’t do birthdays or holidays or… Hell, they
don’t do fun. Never have. If it wasn’t for Aunt Michelle—Maddie’s mom—I’d
probably be a sociopath. Or so Maddie likes to say.”
He laughed. “Maddie’s so dramatic. She’s cute, but if I
had to put up with that roller coaster of emotions all the time, I’d shoot
myself.”
“I know.” She sipped her drink and watched
Cameron’s throat as he swallowed his. Why she found that sexy she couldn’t say.
“Vanessa…” He paused. “This isn’t going to sound right. But
I’d like to continue our conversation in private. Would you like to come up to
my room?”
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