Hot & Nerdy Series

Three childhood friends. One last spring break. What could go wrong? Layla Sharpe’s life is going the way she’s always planned. She’s just been offered her dream job using her math and computer skills as a cryptographer and she plans to spend spring break celebrating with her best friends. But then her car breaks down in Georgia and her wallet is stolen. When things look like they can’t get worse, she meets Phin Marks, who offers her a place to stay and pool-playing lessons. When her anxiety over adulthood rears its ugly head, Layla is drawn to Phin’s free-wheeling lifestyle, no strings, no roots. Work a simple job during the day and hustle pool at night. Phin, however, has spent years working toward the life Layla has. He’s desperate to settle down, grow some roots, and walk away from his nomadic life. Can he convince Layla to gamble on forever with him?

Spring break is supposed to be their last chance for some carefree fun before graduation, but for Felicity, it becomes another form of education. Felicity Stone is a brilliant chemistry major who can tackle the most difficult of chemical equations, but she can’t figure out simple social interaction. When she’s left on her own for spring break, she accepts a gorgeous stranger’s invitation to play his fake girlfriend at his brother’s wedding. Lucan Tanner is dreading his brother’s wedding because his ex-girlfriend is the maid of honor. After that relationship, he was tired of disasters and called a moratorium on dating. So when he meets deliciously intriguing Felicity, he thinks he has a solid plan: she’ll pose as his girlfriend and he’ll teach her the subtle art of flirting. Once his lessons draw out Felicity’s natural charm, Lucas doesn’t want her to use those skills on anyone else. Can he convince her they have perfect chemistry?

While her two best friends are frolicking on spring break, Charlie plans to hack her way to a job. Charlie Castle is spending her spring break at a con where she can interact with gamers who know her as an elven archer as well as with hackers who she’ll compete against in a hackfest. This is her chance to show recruiters the skills and experience she has because she won’t be getting a degree. She also hopes to finally meet her online friend and partner in crime, but instead runs into her ex. Jonah walked away from her years ago, but time has done nothing to quash her lustful feelings. Jonah Best has never gotten over Charlie. He’s missed her so much that he became her closest gaming friend without revealing his identity. He wanted to keep her in his life any way possible. Charlie has grown up a lot since he left her and now he wants to offer her a job where she can put her hacking skills as well as her love of gaming to good use. How can he reveal who his is without losing her—again?

Will their crossover make a splash? Reese Carter needs to complete a final project before graduating college—crowdfunding the publication of her comic book. While she has the story, she needs the perfect illustrator to make her comic come to life. Ignoring the crush she has on the guy working at her favorite comic shop becomes top priority when she sees his drawings. He’d make an excellent partner—in every sense. Adam Hayes loves talking comics with Reese, even if she chooses DC over Marvel. When she asks him to illustrate her comic, he’s excited to get his first publishing credit. He does his best to keep their relationship professional, but their shared passion spills off the pages and into their lives. Their differences push them to create a powerful story, but those same differences convince Adam that a relationship can’t work. Can Reese convince him to develop a steamy subplot of their own?

Will their music hit all the right notes? Sydney Peters can’t wait for marching band season to end so she can put away the hated cymbals and focus on drums. She spends as little time on the field as possible. When charming Hunter Reed starts serenading her with his saxophone, she ignores him. She understands the repercussions of falling for a player. Hunter is known for flirting with every woman within the fifty-yard line, but there’s something about Sydney that intrigues him. When her icy exterior defrosts enough to give him a reaction, he’s willing to break his no dating band members rule. Hunter offers Sydney a paying gig with his band in trade for drum lessons. Ignoring his flirtation becomes near impossible, even as she is reminded of past mistakes. Hunter and Sydney begin to make beautiful music together—in more ways than one— but their pasts threaten to destroy their future together. Can Sydney let go of her mistakes and believe Hunter has left behind his old reputation?

Will they write their next act together? Free Mitchell loves the theater. He uses costumes and characters to escape his shy, awkward persona. When he’s Doctor Who or Sherlock Holmes, he has all the confidence in the world—from meeting clients while working at his father’s investment firm to approaching a beautiful woman in a coffee shop. Samantha Wolf doesn’t know what to make of Free and his outrageous costumes, but she’s drawn to his sweet nature and love of acting. She spends so much time around people whose sole focus is money and how to make it that Free is a welcome change. The more time they spend together, the more their unscripted romance takes center stage. But when Samantha discovers that Free plans to work in finance, she questions how well she knows the man she’s fallen for. Can Free convince her that his job doesn’t change who he is?