There she goes, pulling another smile out of me. I capture my bottom lip between my teeth and let it drag out slowly before I launch more playful sarcasm in her direction. I can’t help it. This girl brings out the devil in me. You get them acting stupid and denying what everyone can see. You get their doubts and reasoning that don’t make sense because come on!!!

As if I’m trying to actively get kidnapped, I go limp, jerking my wrist from his hand as I fall over the console. My head and arms sprawled into his lap.You’re gonna get it,” I grind out, rubbing the stubble on my jaw because she’s cupping her hand around her ear like she can’t hear me. So I add, “You want epic? Fine, I’ll give you epic—” I’m about to turn around to get a good look at Mr. Adorable when I feel someone on my other side slip their very large hand into mine. I’m either about to save my own life or humiliate myself, like when I was sixteen and I called the cops on our neighbor because I thought he was part of a satanic cult killing people in his basement. Turns out he and his friends were just playing D&D and liked to dress up. An absolutely unhinged female main character, written ambiguously enough that you can imagine yourself in her place.

Calling my lawyer, Josh, is one thing. Calling his sister Barrett, my agent, is another. Now’s not the time for what I did last night. But I’ve learned that shit’s not a problem until it is. So I’m not going to overreact…yet. But before I can answer, my bedroom door flies open, and the tyrant of the hour barges inside.I read Tangled in Tinsel when I was desperately seeking a holiday romance last year, and I loved it. And everyone who read it on my recommendation loved it too. Listen to me. I’m a mess—I’ve been walking through this whole-ass casino in a white bodycon button-front dress short enough to show off my liver. And most of the buttons in the middle are missing. Don’t ask. I’m having to hold it closed, otherwise, my entire stomach will show—I’m a poster child for that Katy Perry song ‘Waking Up in Vegas.’” Are you?” she huffs. “You married some guy you just met in Las Vegas. What do you expect me to think?”

Not that I’m involved in some secret scheme to drug girls into marriage. Because we all know guys are just desperate to get to the altar. Stop watching those crime shows, weirdo.” A tired breath whooshes out as I shove the key card in, but it just beeps, and the little light goes from green to red. So, I jiggle the handle before trying again. But the same thing happens—green to red. She spends her time when she’s not penning hot novels binge-watching Netflix with her husband, Anthony, and their three children, and re-watching Hamilton for the millionth time.But TJ points at him, saying, “Co…best man,” as Nate bends forward with his forearms on his knees, looking between Eleanor and me, completely entertained and invested. Even with as cool as Eleanor is and as much as she talks a good game about hooking up, even she has a thing…something that’ll make her think we’re a possibility. That there’s untapped potential here, and eventually, four little irrational words will make all the sense in the world to her: I can change him. This is HOT! I’m not gonna say it made me blush because it takes a lot for that to happen, but damn! It is the type of book that fuels your fantasies and takes your mind away from real life for a while. No spoilers. You have to read it.

I mean, what’s the worst that could happen if we hook up again? It’s not like either of us is trying to be in a relationship anytime soon, that’s for sure. And Crew isn’t a fall-for-the-girl type. Soo, maybe we could… I shake my head, looking down at the long T-shirt that says I’d hit that. There was no way I was leaving it behind. It’s the perfect memento from my night of debauchery. He points to an empty line sectioned off by red velvet ropes. So, I traipse over as I speak, seeing my ride pull up.

Nah, sociopath…I’ll feel no regret,” I breathe out absentmindedly, looking around, adding, “Damn, these casinos are like mazes. How the hell do I get out of here?” But the fact that he casually threw out the one thing no man has ever known has me rethinking this divorce. If I ever hit hard times and rob a casino, I’m doing it with her. She’s my Ocean’s Eleven…TJ would’ve already caved. Then, you and his companions reportedly engage in nefarious activities in the honeymoon suite of a luxury hotel.