Ugly Ducklings Finish First
by Gail, Stacy
Ugly Ducklings Finish First By Stacy Gail Metal Mouth. Queen Geek. Dr.
Payton Pruitt heard it all growing up. But she’s over it, and attending her ten-year
high school reunion is the perfect way to prove it to herself. Even if there’s only one
person she’s interested in seeing in Bitterthorn, Texas: Wiley Sharpe. Now a respected
lawyer, Wiley didn’t live down to the label Most Likely to Be Slapped with a Paternity
Suit. But recent acts of vandalism suggest someone still sees him as a heartbreaker, and
the reunion seems a likely place to find the culprit. Instead, Wiley comes face-to-face
with his old pal Payton—and is wowed not only by her transformation into a ravishing
swan, but by the connection they still share. Payton is pleased the playboy she used to
tutor has grown into an honorable man, but she’s too smart to fall for a guy with roots
in a place she couldn’t wait to leave. But while Payton is an academic genius, Wiley is
the one with the PhD in pleasure, and he intends to use it to convince her to stay...
63,000 words
Payton Pruitt heard it all growing up. But she’s over it, and attending her ten-year
high school reunion is the perfect way to prove it to herself. Even if there’s only one
person she’s interested in seeing in Bitterthorn, Texas: Wiley Sharpe. Now a respected
lawyer, Wiley didn’t live down to the label Most Likely to Be Slapped with a Paternity
Suit. But recent acts of vandalism suggest someone still sees him as a heartbreaker, and
the reunion seems a likely place to find the culprit. Instead, Wiley comes face-to-face
with his old pal Payton—and is wowed not only by her transformation into a ravishing
swan, but by the connection they still share. Payton is pleased the playboy she used to
tutor has grown into an honorable man, but she’s too smart to fall for a guy with roots
in a place she couldn’t wait to leave. But while Payton is an academic genius, Wiley is
the one with the PhD in pleasure, and he intends to use it to convince her to stay...
63,000 words