Rebel -- Laura Pavlov

<p><strong>JACK</strong></p><p>I'm always down for a good time.</p><p>I'm that guy. </p><p>I love women.</p><p>I love sex.</p><p>And I love my life.</p><p>Go big or go home, right?</p><p>My father's death is a constant reminder of why I like to keep it simple.</p><p>Life is short.</p><p>Emotional attachments make you weak.</p><p>Grieving sucks.</p><p>And I have no interest in caring deeply for anyone outside of my family.</p><p>I'm not looking for complications.</p><p>Monroe Buckley is a complication.</p><p>She's driven.</p><p>She's focused.</p><p>And she's my best friend's little sister.</p><p>Not happening.</p><p>But once we're forced to spend time together...</p><p>I only want more.</p><p>Too bad she's the one woman who is off-limits.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>MONROE</strong></p><p>I don't trust most people, and I have my reasons.</p><p>I'm passionate about my work, and I came here to do a job.</p><p>Not date the boss.</p><p>Getting hired at the top media company in the city is the break of my life.</p><p>But it means working for Jack Montgomery.</p><p>My one-time crush.</p><p>My brother's best friend.</p><p>And the current thorn in my side.</p><p>He's exactly what I want to avoid.</p><p>Yet he's everywhere I turn.</p><p>Even when he's not there-he's in my head.</p><p>He's a magnet for attention.</p><p>A heartbreak just waiting to happen.</p><p>And my heart is something I fiercely protect.</p><p>At all costs.</p><p>They say the heart wants what the heart wants...</p><p>But