“Yeah, fancy,” I mutter, yanking my order pad out of my apron pocket. He runs a hand through his cropped dark hair and flashes a lopsided grin. I set my jaw and march up to Garrett, making my displeasure obvious as I meet his twinkling gray eyes. Lisa, the other waitress on duty, is busy tending to a group of faculty members at a table across the room, and my boss Della is behind the baby-blue Formica counter dishing out slices of pecan pie to three freshman girls sitting on the tall swivel stools. I have no desire to go over there and serve him, but I don’t have much of a choice. Because thirty minutes before my shift ends, I find Garrett Graham in one of my booths. Scratch that-tonight I’m definitely allowed to complain. It pays well and it’s close to campus, so really, I can’t complain.

I don’t particularly like my job, but I don’t hate it either. It’s a sweet deal, especially in the winter when the whole area turns into a snow-covered skating rink. She lets me use her car whenever she doesn’t need it as long as I return it with a full tank of gas. I have an arrangement with Tracy, one of the girls who lives on my floor. For me, it’s either a ten-minute bus ride or a five-minute drive, and then I’m at Della’s, the diner I’ve been waitressing at since freshman year. The town is so miniscule it’s a miracle I managed to land a part-time job there, and I thank my lucky stars for it every day because most students are forced to make the hour-long drive to Boston if they want to work during the school year. Now he just has to convince Hannah that the man she wants looks a lot like him.Briar University is five miles from the town of Hastings, Massachusetts, which has one main street and only about two-dozen shops and restaurants.

But when one unexpected kiss leads to the wildest sex of both their lives, it doesn't take long for Garrett to realize that pretend isn't going to cut it. If helping a sarcastic brunette make another guy jealous will help him secure his position on the team, he's all for it. If she wants to get her crush's attention, she'll have to step out of her comfort zone and make him take notice.even if it means tutoring the annoying, childish, cocky captain of the hockey team in exchange for a pretend date.and it's going to be oh so goodAll Garrett Graham has ever wanted is to play professional hockey after graduation, but his plummeting GPA is threatening everything he's worked so hard for.

But while she might be confident in every other area of her life, she's carting around a full set of baggage when it comes to sex and seduction.

She's about to make a deal with the college bad boy.Hannah Wells has finally found someone who turns her on.

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