It’s not like I intended to get naked at the rehearsal dinner for my brother’s wedding.
In the parking lot.
With his best friend.
In our defense, we weren’t doing anything other than drying off. In further defense of my own actions, I was merely gazing at the pool, wishing I could go for a swim, when my brother’s lunatic best friend, Malcolm, ran up behind me and shoved me in. Anyway, only one person caught us in the buff, and she’s Malcolm’s ex, so that's mainly his problem and has very little to do with me. I have much bigger problems to worry about.
My brother has the perfect job, and he’s marrying the perfect woman. The wedding will also be perfect. As will the honeymoon and the immaculate offspring they will no doubt spawn to carry on the family tradition of normalcy. I’m the misfit—a professional mermaid in a family full of traditionalists. And if I don’t get an audition with the pod of my dreams soon, I’ll have to rent out my tail to make my car note.
When did my best friend’s weird little sister, Ellis, become a smokeshow that could short-circuit my brain? One minute, I'm mesmerized by the way a stranger’s dress clings to her curvaceous backside as she stands all alone facing the pool, and the next, I'm choking on my tongue because that is no stranger. Her brother would never forgive me. Their dad never thought I was good enough to be his son's friend, let alone touch his daughter.
I had to act fast to clear the inappropriate thoughts from my head. So I ran at her like a bull, and knocked her into the water. And then I fell in after her. Yep, that did the trick. Until we climbed out of the pool, and that dress was even more clingy when wet.
There is no denying she's gorgeous, but she’s still Ellis. Still as strange as ever. I mean, she literally cosplays as a mermaid for a living!
Okay, so obnoxious Malcolm grew up, and being an olive oil broker might be a cool job. But he’s still an idiot. I mean, the guy rides a skateboard to work!
How long can two misfits deny how well they fit together?
Genre: Romance
In the parking lot.
With his best friend.
In our defense, we weren’t doing anything other than drying off. In further defense of my own actions, I was merely gazing at the pool, wishing I could go for a swim, when my brother’s lunatic best friend, Malcolm, ran up behind me and shoved me in. Anyway, only one person caught us in the buff, and she’s Malcolm’s ex, so that's mainly his problem and has very little to do with me. I have much bigger problems to worry about.
My brother has the perfect job, and he’s marrying the perfect woman. The wedding will also be perfect. As will the honeymoon and the immaculate offspring they will no doubt spawn to carry on the family tradition of normalcy. I’m the misfit—a professional mermaid in a family full of traditionalists. And if I don’t get an audition with the pod of my dreams soon, I’ll have to rent out my tail to make my car note.
When did my best friend’s weird little sister, Ellis, become a smokeshow that could short-circuit my brain? One minute, I'm mesmerized by the way a stranger’s dress clings to her curvaceous backside as she stands all alone facing the pool, and the next, I'm choking on my tongue because that is no stranger. Her brother would never forgive me. Their dad never thought I was good enough to be his son's friend, let alone touch his daughter.
I had to act fast to clear the inappropriate thoughts from my head. So I ran at her like a bull, and knocked her into the water. And then I fell in after her. Yep, that did the trick. Until we climbed out of the pool, and that dress was even more clingy when wet.
There is no denying she's gorgeous, but she’s still Ellis. Still as strange as ever. I mean, she literally cosplays as a mermaid for a living!
Okay, so obnoxious Malcolm grew up, and being an olive oil broker might be a cool job. But he’s still an idiot. I mean, the guy rides a skateboard to work!
How long can two misfits deny how well they fit together?
Genre: Romance
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