Title: The Hook Up
Author: Kristen Callihan
Release Date: September 8, 2014
Genre: New Adult
The rules: no kissing on the mouth, no staying the night, no telling anyone, and above all⦠No falling in love
Anna Jones just wants to finish college and figure out her life. Falling for star quarterback Drew Baylor is certainly not on her to do list. Confident and charming, he lives in the limelight and is way too gorgeous for his own good. If only she could ignore his heated stares and stop thinking about doing hot and dirty things with him. Easy right?
Too bad heβs committed to making her break every ruleβ¦
Football has been good to Drew. Itβs given him recognition, two National Championships, and the Heisman. But what he really craves is sexy yet prickly Anna Jones. Her cutting humor and blatant disregard for his fame turns him on like nothing else. But thereβs one problem: she’s shut him down. Completely.
That is until a chance encounter leads to the hottest sex of their lives, along with the possibility of something great. Unfortunately, Anna wants it to remain a hook up. Now itβs up to Drew to tempt her with more: more sex, more satisfaction, more time with him. Until sheβs truly hooked. It’s a good thing Drew knows all about winning.
Allβs fair in love and footballβ¦Game on
My mother once told me that the most important moment in my life wouldnβt be when I won the National Championship or even the Super Bowl. It would be when I fell in love.
Life, she insisted, is how you live it and who you live it with, not what you do to make a living. Given that she told me this when I was sixteen, I basically rolled my eyes and worked on practicing my pass fakes.
But my mother was insistent.
βYouβll see, Drew. One day, love will creep up and smack you upside the head. Then youβll understand.β
My mom, it turns out, was wrong in one regard. Love, when it came for me, did not creep. No, it walked up to me, bold as you please, you know, just in case I wasnβt paying attention. It did, however, slap me upside my head.
And while Iβd be happy to tell my mom that she was right about that, sheβs dead. A fact that hurts even more now that Iβve been struck down. More like shot down. Cut off at the knees. Totally fucked. Whatever you want to call this disaster. Because the object of my affection hates me.
I am man enough to acknowledge that the cluster fuck that is my current love life is entirely my fault. I wasnβt prepared for Anna Jones.
I still cringe at the memory of when I first laid eyes on her at the beginning of the semester. Being late for class, Iβd rushed to a seat in the back row, and was trying to remain unnoticed. I canβt go anywhere on campus without getting attention. And though it sounds like an awesome thing, it gets tiring.
When the roll call reached the back row, a soft voice, rich and thick as maple syrup, slid over me.
βAnna Jones.β
Just her name. That was all sheβd said. It was like a hot finger stroking down my spine. My head snapped up. And there she was, so fucking pretty that I couldnβt think straight. I might as well have been sacked.
Breathless, my head ringing, I could only gape. Iβm not going to say it was love at first sight. No, it was more like oh, hell-yes-please, Iβll have that. With a helping of right-the-fuck-now on the side.
Thinking maybe I was overtired and simply overreacting to something that wasnβt really there, I stared at Anna Jones and tried to make sense of my extreme reaction.
As if feeling my gaze, sheβd turned, and fucking hellβ¦ Her eyes were wide, almost cat-like, with the corners tilting up just a bit. At first, those eyes appeared brown, but they were really bottle green. And so clear. And annoyed. She glared at me. I didnβt care. One word was playing a loop in my head: mine.
I donβt remember the rest of the class. I watched Anna Jones like a condemned man getting his last view of the setting sun. While she tried to ignore me. Admirably.
The second class ended I shot up, and so did she. We nearly collided in the middle of the aisle. And then it all fell to shit.
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Kristen Callihan is an author because there is nothing else sheβd rather do. She is a three-time RITA nominee, and winner of two RT Reviewerβs Choice awards. Her novels have garnered starred reviews from Publisherβs Weekly and the Library Journal, as well as being awarded top picks by many reviewers. Her debut book FIRELIGHT received RT Magazineβs Seal of Excellence, was named a best book of the year by Library Journal, best book of Spring 2012 by Publisherβs Weekly, and was named the best romance book of 2012 by ALA RUSA. When she is not writing, she is reading.
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