Tuesday Teaser/Opening ~ Milan

Courtney Milan is my one and only historical romance autobuy. Whenever she releases a new book, it goes on the top of my TBR pile. Okay, that's not true. It goes nowhere near the pile because I'm reading it NOW. I wasn't sure if that tradition would continue with Trade Me since this is her first contemporary romance, but I'm far enough in that I already know it doesn't matter what she writes. Milan Rules!

Blurb:
Tina Chen just wants a degree and a job, so her parents never have to worry about making rent again. She has no time for Blake Reynolds, the sexy billionaire who stands to inherit Cyclone Systems. But when he makes an offhand comment about what it means to be poor, she loses her cool and tells him he couldn’t last a month living her life.

To her shock, Blake offers her a trade: She’ll get his income, his house, his car. In exchange, he’ll work her hours and send money home to her family. No expectations; no future obligations.

But before long, they’re trading not just lives, but secrets, kisses, and heated nights together. No expectations might break Tina’s heart...but Blake’s secrets could ruin her life.

Opening:
  Today is going to be a good day.
  There is little outward evidence of this. Ragged, gray clouds skittered in overhead during my morning bus ride. By the time I got to my stop a few blocks from the edge of campus, rain was coming down in earnest. Now passing cars send up a fine spray of droplets. The umbrella in my backpack gave up the ghost as soon as I pulled it out, and I haven't had a chance to duct tape the fabric to the spines yet, because I'm about fourteen minutes away from a class that starts in eleven minutes and twenty-nine seconds.

Teaser:
 "You said that I didn't notice people like you." His voice lowers. His eyes are relentlessly blue, and cut into me. "That's completely false. You've never been invisible to me. I saw you the first day we crossed paths, and I've been seeing you ever since."

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