Bad Bachelor + Giveaway
Title: Bad
Bachelor
Author: Stefanie
London
Series: Bad
Bachelors, #1
Pub Date: March
6, 2018
Everybody's
talking about the hot new app reviewing New York's most eligible bachelors. But
why focus on prince charming when you can read the latest dirt on the
lowest-ranked "Bad Bachelors"—NYC's most notorious bad boys?
If one more person mentions Bad Bachelors to Reed McMahon, someone's
gonna get hurt. A PR whiz, Reed is known as an 'image fixer' but his womanizing
ways have caught up with him. What he needs is a PR miracle of his own.
When Reed strolls into Darcy Greer's workplace offering to help save the
struggling library, she isn't buying it. The prickly Brooklynite knows Reed is
exactly the kind of guy she should avoid. But the library does need his help. As
she reluctantly works with Reed, she realizes there's more to a man than his
reputation. Maybe, just maybe Bad Bachelor #1 is THE one for her.
Stefanie London
is the USA Today bestselling author
of contemporary romances with humor, heat, and heart. Originally from
Melbourne, Australia, Stefanie now lives in Toronto, Canada with her husband.
She loves to read, collect lipsticks, watch zombie movies and drink coffee. Her
bestselling book, Pretend It's Love,
was a 2016 Romantic Book of the Year finalist with the Romance Writers of
Australia. You can visit her at www.stefanie-london.com
Find Stefanie Online:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stefanielondon/
They stopped beside a black car with tinted windows. Out of nowhere, a
driver appeared and opened the door for them. Darcy suddenly felt underdressed,
which was stupid since they were only going for a ride.
“So tell me: What’s so appealing about Five-Star Darren?” Reed asked
as they slid into the back seat. A
glass partition separated them from the driver.
“None of your business.” Oh God, they were not having this
conversation. Not while a billion dirty thoughts were driving her to
distraction. Damn him, why did he have to mention sex?
Her hormones hadn’t been this rowdy since high school. But the second
he got close and his clean, warm scent invaded her nostrils, it was like the
sexy bits of her body started doing tequila shots.
“Oh come on, you can trust me. I might even be able to give you some
advice.” His brown eyes twinkled.
They were framed by full, thick lashes—the kind of lashes that had no
business being on a man.
God, they were far too close in the back seat of the car. Her bare leg
was mere inches from his, and the scent of his aftershave invaded her nostrils.
It was crisp, clean, with a hint of citrus.
Damn delectable.
“You were late today,” she blurted out, hoping the abrupt change in
conversation might steer him away from delving into her nonexistent dating
life—and perhaps jolt her brain into not focusing on how good he smelled.
“Half an hour late and I was sitting there, waiting.”
“My meeting ran over and my phone died. I could have gone back to the
office to email you, but that
would have meant being later than I already was.” He reached for a
bottle of water that sat in a compartment in the door. When he offered her one,
she shook her head. “I apologize for keeping you waiting.”
“Thank you. I appreciate it.”
“Now, back to your dating life—”
“No. We’re not having this conversation.” She held up a hand.
“Besides, why do you care?”
“Because, after careful deliberation, I’ve decided that you are
interesting.”
“Gee, thanks.” Darcy snorted. “I’ll pass on that so-called compliment.”
“So-called?”
“You do know ‘interesting’ is usually a code word for ‘weird,’ right?
It’s not much better than telling a girl she has a great personality.”
“What’s that a code for?”
“Ugly.”
He brought the water bottle to his mouth and sipped. Full lips hinted
at sinful activities and Darcy tried to quash the flutter low in her belly. He
probably knew exactly what to do with his lips too.
Stop it.
“You are interesting…in the
non–code word sense. Even if you do think I’m a jerk. And Five-Star
Darren would be a terrible match, for what it’s worth.”
Curiosity tugged at her. She knew nothing about the dating world, and
it was clear he was well experienced. Surely there wouldn’t be any harm in
gleaning some information from him…for research purposes, of course.
“Why’s that?” she asked.
“All these women have rated him highly, yet they haven’t stayed with
him. Why would that be?”
“I don’t know.” She frowned. “Maybe it just wasn’t the right time.”
“For all those women?”
Okay, so that did sound a bit suspicious when he put it like that.
“But the reviews—”
“What do the reviews say?”
She pulled up Darren’s profile on the app and scanned down the page.
“‘Great guy but the timing wasn’t
right.’” She shot him a smug look. “See? Told you.”
“Keep reading.”
“He’s a total gentleman, but they didn’t have many common interests.
Uh, another one says their jobs made dating too hard but that he was a nice
person. Apparently, he’s romantic, but there wasn’t enough spark.” Darcy kept
scrolling. “He’s kind and funny, a great conversationalist. I can’t see any red
flags here.”
“He’s got a small dick.”
Darcy almost choked. “Excuse me?”
Reed shrugged. “Or he doesn’t know how to make a woman come.”
“Stop,” she hissed, the heat flushing through her body in a way that
was entirely too pleasurable. Totally, totally inappropriate. “You can’t say
that.”
“Why not? It’s just sex. And sometimes you have to look at what people
aren’t saying to understand what they are.” He nodded. “Words can be unreliable
like that.”
Darcy shook her head and stuffed her phone into her bag. This
conversation had shot out of her comfort
zone. Like a whole solar system out of her comfort zone. Listening to
Reed talk about sex was… God, she didn’t even know. Her imagination was serving
up all kinds of dirty scenarios, but she tamped them down.
Reed was off-limits.
Not only because of the bad reviews, but also because it was clear he
could run circles around her verbally. There wasn’t a doubt in her mind that he
would do the same thing in the bedroom.
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