Schooling the Jock (Nerds Vs Jocks #1) - - Eli Easton Page 0,99

managed to get upstairs at the Sigma Mu Tau house without encountering anyone or having to explain why I was covered in mud. I took a shower using soap to clean a scraped area on my knee and palm, applied antibiotic from my first aid kit, and put on some comfy PJs.

Then I sat on my bed. My roommate, Dobbs, was out. I should study, but I didn’t.

It had started to rain again and I stared out the window, unable to get certain words out of my head.

“Well, I sure as hell hope not. Because if you were stupid on top of that, you sure would have been dealt a raw deal in life.”

That being my body, which was woefully pale, weak, and pathetic, like the guy who gets sand kicked in his face in those old Jack LaLanne ads. That was the objective truth, so why should Bubba’s words hurt me? He hadn’t even been mean. He’d been nice to me, in fact.

Did that make it worse? Possibly.

Well, of course I was out of shape! Why did he think I volunteered to play ridiculous flag football in the first place? Yes, I wanted to help my fraternity meet Dean Robbert’s ultimatum. The dean told my frat, the Sigma Mu Taus, that we had to have two of our guys on the Alpha Lambda Alpha flag football team, and two of their guys on our Quiz Bowl team, to prove we could all work together. It was either that or face the disbarment of both our houses. Of course, I didn’t want that to happen. But mostly, I volunteered because it gave me a chance to get in shape. I mean, those ALAs were buff. They were cool and good-looking, and I figured some of that could rub off on me.

I was a senior. It was January. I only had a few months left of my undergrad years. And I was still a virgin. I’d spent my high school years taking advanced classes and having no social life. My social life now consisted of role-playing games, video games, and watching Jeopardy with my SMT housemates.

I knew where I was going in life. My parents were both geneticists. They worked for the same company—that was how they met. Genome sequencing. They were dedicated and worked long hours at their research and didn’t do much else. That would be my life too. But before that, until then, I wanted to… to….

To live a little. I wanted to step outside the box, do something un-Sean McKinney-like. I wanted to party, to ride in fast cars, to have wild-and-crazy casual sex.

Or any sex!

I wanted to get into better shape, so maybe, before I graduated, someone might want to have sex with me.

My palm stung. I pulled back the dressing to peek at it. I felt my stubborn streak kick in.

Screw you, Alpha Lambda Alpha, you A-hoes. If you think a little scrape is going to discourage me, you’ve got another thing coming. I will play flag football. And I’ll get in shape too!

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About the Author - Eli Easton

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ELI EASTON has been at various times and under different names a preacher’s daughter, a computer programmer, a game designer, the author of paranormal mysteries, an organic farmer, and a profound sleeper. She has been writing m/m romance since 2013. As an avid reader of romance, she is tickled pink when an author manages to combine literary merit, vast stores of humor, melting hotness, and eye-dabbing sweetness into one story. She promises to strive to achieve most of that most of the time. She currently lives on Puget Sound with her husband, dogs, and lots of very large trees.

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Books by Eli Easton

Stand Alone Titles

Before I Wake

Boy Shattered

Falling Down

Five Dares

Heaven Can’t Wait

The Lion and the Crow

Puzzle Me This

Robby Riverton: Mail Order Bride

Snowblind

The Stolen Suitor

Superhero

Collections:

Gothika: Tales of Love & The Supernatural

Christmas Books:

Angels Sing (Daddy Dearest #2)

Blame it on the Mistletoe

Christmas Angel

Desperately Seeking Santa

Merry Christmas, Mr. Miggles

Midwinter Night’s Dream

A Prairie Dog’s Love Song

Unwrapping Hank

Sex in Seattle Series:

The Trouble With Tony (Sex in Seattle #1)

The Enlightenment of Daniel (Sex in Seattle #2)

The Mating of Michael (Sex in Seattle #3)

The Redemption of River (Sex in Seattle #4)

Men of Lancaster County Series:

A Second Harvest (Men of Lancaster County #1)

Tender Mercies (Men of Lancaster County #2)

Howl at the Moon Series:

How to Howl at the Moon (Howl at the Moon #1)

How to Walk like a Man (Howl at the Moon #2)

How to Wish Upon a Star (Howl at the Moon #3)

How to Save a Life (Howl at the Moon #4)

How to Run with the Wolves (Howl at the Moon #5)

Daddy Dearest Series:

Family Camp (Daddy Dearest #1)

Angels Sing (Daddy Dearest #2)

Ever After, New York Series:

Billy & The Beast

About the Author - Tara Lain

Tara Lain believes in happy ever afters - and magic. Same thing. In fact, she says, she doesn't believe, she knows. Tara shares this passion in her stories that star her unique, charismatic heroes and adventurous heroines. Quarterbacks and cops, werewolves and witches, blue collar or billionaires, Tara's characters, readers say, love deeply, resolve seemingly insurmountable differences, and ultimately live their lives authentically. After many years living in southern California, Tara, her soulmate honey and her soulmate dog decided they wanted less cars and more trees, prompting a move to Ashland, Oregon where Tara's creating new stories and loving living in a small town with big culture. Likely a Gryffindor or maybe a Ravenclaw but possessed of Parseltongue, Tara loves animals of all kinds, diversity, open minds, coconut crunch ice cream from Zoeys, and her readers. She also loves to hear from you.

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Books by Tara Lain

From Tara Lain Books – Available in KU

MOVIE MAGIC ROMANCES

Return of the Chauffeur’s Son

Love and Linguistics

DANGEROUS DANCERS

Golden Dancer

Dangerous Dancer

COWBOYS DON’T

Cowboys Don’t Come Out

Cowboys Don’t Ride Unicorns

Cowboys Don’t Samba

LOVE IN LAGUNA

Knight of Ocean Avenue

Knave of Broken Hearts

Prince of the Playhouse

Lord of a Thousand Steps

Fool of Main Beach

THE MIDDLEMARK MYSTERIES

The Case of the Sexy Shakespearean

The Case of the Voracious Vintner

PENNYMAKER TALES SERIES

Sinders and Ash

Driven Snow

Beauty, Inc

Never

THE ALOYSIUS TALES SERIES

Spell Cat

Brush with Catastrophe

Cataclysmic Shift

EVER AFTER, NEW YORK STORIES

Better Red

Holding Hans

FUZZY LOVE

Passions of a Papillon

Prancing of a Papillon

BALLS TO THE WALL

Volley Balls

Fire Balls

Beach Balls

FAST Balls

High Balls

Snow Balls

Bleu Balls

Hair Balls

TALES OF THE HARKER PACK

The Pack or the Panther

Wolf in Gucci Loafers

Winter’s Wolf

LONG PASS CHRONICLES

Outing the Quarterback

Canning the Center

Tackling the Tight End

GENETIC ATTRACTION SERIES

The Scientist and the Supermodel

Genetic Attraction

The Pretty Boy and the Tomboy

Genetic Celebrity

HOLIDAY NOVELLAS

Mistletowed

Be Bad, For Goodness Sake

STANDALONE TITLES

Home Improvement - A Love Story

Fairy Shop

Taylor Maid

Rome and Jules

Hearts and Flour

LOVE YOU SO

Love You So Hard

Love You So Madly

Love You So Special

Love You So Sweetly

SUPERORDINARY SOCIETY

Hidden Powers

Rising Magic

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