Smirk · A Stepbrother Romance

**COCKY. CONCEITED. CONSUMING.**

** *PHOEBE* **

Hayden Summersmith.

A very gifted young man, and he knows it. Oh... he knows it so, so, sooooo well.

A face that modeling agencies are dying to secure.

A body that leaves a trail of swooning girls wherever he goes.

A billionaire’s scion. Arrogant, vain and cruel. UCLA’s most popular and desired personality.

He’s also a playboy... a jerk who broke my best friend’s heart.

Cindy and I devised a plan to give him a taste of his own medicine. The rules were simple: make him fall in love with me so that I could crush his cold, cold heart with my rejection. It came with a strong warning, though: that under no circumstances should I ever fall in love with him.

It was a good plan. There were just three problems.

First, I’m hardly the girl who can win any guy’s attention, more so be the object of their affection.

Second... well, as we soon found out, our parents are scheduled to get married. In a week’s time, *the* Hayden Summersmith will become my stepbrother.

And third... about that strong warning? It’s a little bit more difficult than I expected...

Geez... I wish life would stop being so damn complicated.

** *HAYDEN* **

Phoebe Marie Ellison. Nerdish, naive, and a little rounded here and there. I wouldn’t even give her the time of the day were it not for a ridiculous bet wagered by my best friend. Hence, I will have to win her heart and get her to bed.

So many girls have come before her. So many girls have fallen to my trap. She should be no different. Just another name I will add to my little black book of conquests.

But why does she make me laugh in a way that I haven’t experienced before? Why does she make me listen when I usually don’t care about what other people say? Why do I always find myself looking for her... missing her, even?

Why does she make me this... happy?

Well, just as I have come to expect, my father entered the scene and ruined something that could’ve been good.

He knocked up her mom, and now, they are scheduled to get married. By this time next week, Phoebe and I will be living under the same roof, with only a wall separating us from each other.

That wall wouldn’t be enough to protect her from what I have in mind.

**For a very limited time only, this Edition will include the full novella, STEPBROTHER: Bad Boy Blues. Grab your copy today!**

**NOTE:** this is not a tale for young folks. This is meant for 18+ readers only. This book contains highly explicit scenes of sexual acts, very controversial subject matters, and compromising adult situations. Reader discretion is strongly advised.