The Rival Kiss: Short & Swoony Romance, #1

By Jessica Kate

This short enemies-to-love romance will leave you swooning and eager for more!

 

Maisie Hastings has an endless list of reasons to be annoyed with high-school-rival-turned-teaching-colleague Harry Latu. The latest: after surprising each other at school late one Saturday night, she discovers his plans to build a rival school. It could threaten the viability of the small private school they've spent their careers in - and shoots to Reason #1 on her Why Harry Is Horrible list. But there's more to Harry's secret plan than she's given him credit for, and when their principal shows up, they both have reasons for not wanting to be discovered.

 

There's only one good excuse Maisie can improvise of why she'd be here late with Harry - and they'd better make it convincing.

 

The Rival Kiss is a short romantic prequel to Jessica Kate's full-length romance Drive You Crazy.

• Language: English
• Publisher: McWhirter & Spencer Publishing
• Release date: Nov 30, 2023
• ISBN: 9780645993707

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First edition 2023

Contents

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

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Chapter One

Two hundred pounds of Tongan-Australian ex-rugby player stands between me and the chance to undo the biggest mistake of my career.

Or perhaps more accurately, dozes between me and said chance.

I stand undetected at the door of my English classroom in Amity Creek Independent School and glare at the man reclining in my executive-style chair before a glowing laptop screen. My glowing laptop screen. Does Harry Lātū have nothing better to do on a chilly Saturday night than bother me? He certainly doesn’t seem to work with the diligence I do during the week, and I can’t fathom why that would change on the weekend. The one part that’s no mystery is why he’s chosen my laptop—his school-provided machine runs slower than most, and he’s made a game this semester out of pinching mine. But what for?

Irrelevant. Harry or no Harry, I have to get to that laptop.

I creep past school desks on light toes, aided by the fact that my fluffy taco-shaped slippers are