FUGLY
by Mimi Jean Pamfiloff
GENRE: Contemporary
Romance
BLURB:
My name is Lily Snow. I am twenty-five years old, and despite
being born with an unattractive face, I have never doubted who I am: smart,
driven, and beautiful on the inside.
Until I
met Maxwell Cole.
He’s
handsome, excessively wealthy, and the owner of Cole Cosmetics. It’s been my
dream to work for this man for as long as I can remember. The good news is he
wants to hire me. The bad news is he wants me for all the wrong reasons. Ugly
reasons.
In
exchange, he’s offered me my dreams on a silver platter. The job. The title. A
beautiful future. But this man is as messed up and ugly as they come on the
inside. I’m not sure anyone can help him, and he just might take my heart down
with him.
EXCERPT:
“What the hell are you
doing here?” I stopped with my hands on my waist and felt the beads of sweat
running like a little river down my spine.
His eyes moved over my
body, almost reaching the top before they made another sweep, lingering an
extra moment on my breasts. He still hadn’t uttered a word.
“What did you expect?
Scales on my legs and a uni-breast?” I couldn’t believe I’d said that, but
pretending to be civil to this horrible man felt like a lie.
His eyes reluctantly
settled on my face, his revulsion immediate. “Not the uni-breast.” He cracked a
dimpled smile. Totally forced.
I hissed out an
unappreciative breath and marched straight to my door, pushing past him. I dug
my key from the little pocket of my waistband while he just stood there staring
at the view down the front of my panties.
Asshole. I shot him a
look and released the elastic waistband with a snap. As I turned the key in the
lock, I decided I’d be slamming the door in his face before he had the chance
to say a single word. My guess was he feared I’d tell his little secret or sue
him or something.
Let the man stew.
But the moment I
pushed open the door, he said something that made me think twice. “Invite me
in.”
Okay, it wasn’t so
much what he said, but the way he’d said it: a demand. It gave me the urge to
do far worse than shut a door and leave him on the other side.
I turned and looked up
at him, shooting my own breed of disgust his way. I hated the gorgeous bastard.
I hated every perfect hair on his perfect head, and I wanted him to know it.
“Why the fuck would I do that, asshole?”
“You have a dirty
mouth.” A subtle smile, laced with a hint of sadistic delight, twitched across
his lips. That time his smile was real.
“You bring out the
ugly bitch in me. Why are you here?”
“I want to talk.
Invite me in,” he demanded again with that deep authoritative voice.
I laughed at his
attempt to boss me around. “If you’re worried I’m going to tell anyone the
truth about you, don’t. I’d actually have to give a crap about you.” The only
thing I cared about was getting on the road to starting my own company as
quickly as possible so I could build a company where women like me were
genuinely valued.
“Miss Snow, stop being
such a hostile bitch and invite me in.”
My knee twitched with
the urge to salute his balls.
“I’ve got a job
proposal for you,” he added, “the opportunity of a lifetime.”
This sonofabitch
wanted to offer me a job? After everything he’d said? Hell yeah, I’ll invite
him in. Just to tell him to go fuck himself.
I stepped aside and
replied with a noxious sweetness, “Why…won’t you come in, Mr. Cole?”
He dipped his head of
thick dark-brown hair. “Why, thank you, Miss Snow.”
“Oh, please. Call me
Lily. I insist.”
AUTHOR BIO:
New
York Times and USA Today bestselling Romance author, host of the radio talk
show, Man Candy, on Radioslot.com.
When
San Francisco native Mimi Jean went on an adventure as an exchange student to
Mexico City, she never imagined the journey would lead to writing Romance. But
one MBA, one sexy husband, and two rowdy kids later, Mimi would trade in
corporate life for vampires, deities, and snarky humor.
She
continues to hope that her books will inspire a leather pants comeback (for
men) and that she might make you laugh when you need it most.
She
also enjoys interacting with her fans (especially if they're batshit crazy).
You can always find her chatting away on Facebook, Twitter, or saying many
naughty words on her show MAN CANDY on Radio Slot!
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