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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Eli Easton
Olympic Peninsula, Washington, USA
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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