That is, until she’s paired for a final project with Hawk,
the bartending, motorbike-riding, gorgeously bedheaded loser who falls asleep
in class and communicates in one-word sentences.
Hawk does whatever he wants, whenever he wants, which sets
Joey on edge – in every possible way. As they get to know each other, her urge
to scream at him is curbed only by her fantasies of tearing his clothes off.
Soon those fantasies become reality, and Joey realizes Hawk makes her feel more
fully herself than any of the rich boys her mother and sorority sisters approve
of.
But the promise to her father hangs over her head, and the
harder Joey tries to succeed in her chosen career, the faster everything falls
into a hopeless tailspin of bad grades, broken promises and guilt. It doesn't
help to have Hawk sitting like a devil on her shoulder, insisting she should be
free to live however she wants to live - like he does.
The only thing Joey knows is that her neatly organized life
is crushing her - and Hawk's bad attitude might be the only thing that can save
her.
The Newly Made over Cover of Picture Perfect
Fashion design major Cat Mitchell has a closet full of
gorgeous clothes - and not a single thing fits. After two years of runway
modeling for easy cash, an accident shattered her lower leg bone and her
self-esteem in just one swift fall. Ten months of no exercise, prescription
steroids, comfort eating and yoga pants meant returning to campus as a size
twelve instead of her former size two. When her gorgeous long-time friend with
benefits sees her for the first time after her accident and snubs her in front
of all her friends, Cat’s self-image hits rock bottom. Her sorority sisters all
insist that she looks gorgeous, but all Cat sees is the roll of her stomach
when she sits down, or the dimpling at the back of her thighs that wasn't there
last year. Cat’s therapist prescribes something radical to stop the downward
spiral - nude modeling for a nearby college's human form drawing classes. When
Cat faces her fears and bares it all for the class, she realizes that she's
posing naked in front the most gorgeous, buffest guy she's ever seen in her
life. He asks her out after the class, and after one steamy night together,
Cat's absolutely smitten.
Nate’s pretty close to perfect – he takes Cat rock climbing
when he discovers that it makes her feel strong and becomes a great chef after
he learns that the perfect pesto sauce makes her swoon. Cat starts to feel like
her old self again - confident and beautiful - as long as Nate's around. Even
when he discourages her from entering the Real Woman Project, a design
competition for plus-sized apparel, she reasons that he's just trying to
prevent old body image wounds from splitting wide open again. But when Cat goes
home with Nate for Thanksgiving, she discovers something shocking from his
recent past that proves that he hasn’t always been so encouraging of women of
all shapes and sizes. Cat has no idea what to think, but she does know one
thing - this might destroy their relationship before it's even had a chance to
get off the ground.
Before Cat can figure out whether the real Nate is the
sensitive, adoring guy she fell in love with, or an undercover asshole, she'll
have to finally feel comfortable in her own skin - even if it means leaving him
forever.
Alessandra Thomas is a New Adult writer who swears she was
in her twenties yesterday. Since she's not, she spends her time looking back on
her college years fondly, and writing sexy stories about guys and girls falling in love and really living life for the first time. When she's not
writing, you can find her with a spoonful of ice cream in one hand and the
newest New Adult release in the other.
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