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About Vibes & Feels by Sarah Skye
Title: Vibes & Feels
Author: Sarah Skye
Series: Unlikely Pairings #2
Genre: Romantic Comedy
Falling for your enemy never felt so good.
Marco Woodruff has hit rock bottom. He drunkenly propositioned his ex-girlfriend at his own wedding rehearsal dinner just over a year ago and ended up dumped and jobless with a broken nose. He’s been the pariah of his social circle ever since. Now, he’s trying like hell to change for the better.
Morgan Paulsen loathes Marco. He’s nothing more than the douchebag who broke her best friend Lily’s heart. He’s also the last person in the world she expects to help when she finds herself in a crisis. Her ailing grandma needs a full-time caretaker, something she can’t afford. So when Marco offers to look after Gram for free, Morgan takes it as a sign from the universe and reluctantly accepts under one condition: that they never tell anyone about their arrangement.
But Morgan quickly realizes Marco has a completely different vibe these days. The sweet guy who whips up homemade meals for her Gram and happily escorts her to bridge club definitely isn’t the douchebag she remembers. She’s falling hard for the tall, dark, and handsome hottie who kisses like a demon and rocks out to BTS and Taylor Swift. Marco is equally smitten with beautiful, badass Morgan. Never in his life has he felt so content and comfortable than with her. Never did he think he was capable of feeling so much for somebody.
Soon they’re falling hard into total bliss and blazing passion. But if they make it official, Morgan will lose her best friend forever. Can she come clean to Lily? Can Marco prove that therapy and cutting out his toxic family have really changed him? Or will being open about their love ruin everything?
Excerpt from Vibes & Feels
© 2022
Sarah Skye
Marco
It doesn’t take long for us to find trouble. Morgan and I end up at a naked sushi restaurant a few blocks from my place. My dating skills are rusty as hell. And I can see how this would feel all sorts of wrong for Morgan, being on a ‘friend date’ with the reviled ex of her friends. But even so, this feels good. Damn good.
And I think she feels the same way. She’s been non-stop laughing and smiling the entire meal.
“You had to have brought dates here before,” she teases as she mixes wasabi into soy sauce with her chopsticks.
“I hate to disappoint, but no. I’ve never been here.”
“But this place seems so… you.”
I cough on my sake and peer around the dimly lit space. A dozen or so naked models, both male and female, are lying on top of the dark mahogany tables. Banana leaves cover their X-rated body parts while trays of sushi and sashimi line their torsos.
“I don’t even know how to take that. Insult or compliment?”
Her head falls back as she laughs, and I swear to god it’s the most melodic sound I’ve ever heard.
“I didn’t mean it as an insult,” she says in a softer tone, as if she can sense my doubt. “I just mean that you always came off so brazen and confident. I admire it.”
“I appreciate the confidence comment, but I assure you I have my insecurities. Like, I’d never have the guts to do what this guy does.” I point my chopsticks at the guy serving as our table, who I notice is eyeing Morgan. “I’m surprised you were open to coming here honestly.”
She shrugs. “It’s a Friday, every other restaurant in the vicinity was full, and I didn’t feel like waiting hours. I was starving. If this were only naked women, no way in hell would I have been okay with this. But there’s equal-opportunity nudity here. I’m all for it.”
I have to bite back the grin that tugs at my mouth. This day is turning into something else entirely. We’re veering dangerously close to off-the-rails territory, but I’ve never felt so comfortable, so at ease on a date. I’ve never had one as good as this—and it’s not even technically a proper date because we’re here as friends.
That thought deflates me just a bit. But then I glance up and see a gleam in her eyes as she gazes at me, the corner of her mouth hooked up in the most gorgeous half-smile I’ve ever seen. I thought I sensed it earlier at my place, but now it’s clear as crystal. And I know what it is.
Trouble.
The best kind of trouble. Trouble I wouldn’t mind getting into again and again, as long as it’s with Morgan.
She scoots closer to me. “I’m having a really nice time.”
“Same.” That single word broadcasts one-one hundredth of the excitement that I’m currently feeling, but it’s all I can say to keep my cool.
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About Sarah Skye
Sarah Skye is the nom de plume of romance authors Sarah Smith and Skye McDonald. Sarah and Skye met on Twitter as fledgling authors seeking critique partners. That turned into a brilliant friendship, a joint podcast (Quick & Dirty Romance Podcast), and now a novel.
Sarah Smith (Faker; If You Never Come Back; Simmer Down) is a copywriter-turned-author who wants to make the world a lovelier place, one kissing story at a time. Her love of romance began when she was eight and she discovered her auntie’s stash of romance novels. She’s been hooked ever since. When she’s not writing, you can find her hiking, eating chocolate, and perfecting her lumpia recipe. She lives in Bend, Oregon, with her husband and adorable cat Salem.
Skye McDonald (The Anti-Belle Series) is an author and personal development coach. Skye’s Anti-Belle series feature sassy GRITS (Girls Raised In the South) learning to love themselves before they can claim their happily ever after. (Spoiler: they always do!) Her coaching method uses fitness and life skills to teach individuals to do the same. When not writing sexy books or cheering for you to live your best life, Skye can be found out on a new adventure, usually with her pup at her side.
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