Stupid Boy

Stupid In Love Series- Book 2

Genre: New Adult

By Cindy Miles

Synopsis

From Cindy Miles, bestselling new adult author of STUPID GIRL, comes the next installment of her blockbuster Stupid in Love series – STUPID BOY.

“Stupid Boy by Cindy Miles is everything I love about a new adult romance– angsty, emotional and sexy. I couldn’t stop reading!”
– NYT and USA Today bestselling author Lauren Hawkeye

Brax Jenkins and Olivia Beaumont are the most envied couple at Winston University—but the so-called “virginity dare,” orchestrated by Brax’s old fraternity, almost tore them apart. Now, a new dare is taking shape, and it’s sure to set emotions ablaze—more than ever before.

Winston’s “It Girl” Harper Belle isn’t just president of the Deltas—she’s also a master at keeping her ugly past a secret. So, when the Kappas’ dare hits closer to home for her more than anyone realizes, she devises a competition of her own as payback. Three sorority sisters will seek out a notorious womanizer on campus and—unbeknownst their “mark”—secretly train him to be the perfect boyfriend. Always up for a challenge, Harper targets the biggest player she can find: Brax’s wickedly handsome foster brother Kane McCarthy.

But, Harper discovers there’s much more to Kane than girls, games, and partying. His easy smile belies the quiet, old soul reflected in his deep brown eyes. All it takes is one night, one secret laid bare, and one kiss from Kane to shift Harper’s world on its axis. Suddenly, the girl who’s always walked a straight and narrow path can’t think of anything else except losing control.

“A raw, beautiful, poignant story about pain, heartache and first love. I couldn’t put it down.”
– Carly Phillips, NYT bestselling author, on STUPID GIRL

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Michel’s Review

*** Arc provided by publisher, via Net Galley, for a fair and honest review. ***

When I saw Stupid Boy by Cindy Miles on Net Galley, I had to request a copy for review.  I have read all of Cindy Miles paranormal books and absolutely loved them.  I was intrigued to see that she had released some books in the New Adult genre.  And once again she delivered a fantastic book with solid emotional writing.

Harper Belle is the perfect girl.  She makes good grades, she is in one of the most prestigious sorority, her appearance is perfect, and her behavior is perfect.  She was appalled by the rush stunt the Kappa’s pulled the previous year.  She has devised a full proof plan for her sorority to put the Kappa’s in their place and make them model students.  She and her sorority sisters are going to make these bad boy frat boys into the perfect boyfriends and model students.  They are going to prove that with positive reinforcement that even the baddest of bad boys can be reformed.  Her plan is not going to hurt anyone, it is going to make the Kappa’s better men.

Like most plans go, they have hiccups and fall off track.  When she meets Brax Jenkins best friend from Boston, bad boy Kane McCarthy, she has found the perfect bad boy.  He has come to Texas to “run the numbers”.  He’s good at what he does and makes no apology for it.  He is the perfect candidate for Harper to reform.

Appearances aren’t everything.  Harper soon finds out that there is more to Kane than meets the eye.  He is a smart, intelligent, and caring person.  Somehow he looks beneath Harper’s perfect facade and sees a kindred spirit.  He recognizes a wounded soul.  He sees the beauty she has hid behind the perfection.

Both Kane and Harper will learn there are many sides to a person.  There is a fine line between good and bad, right and wrong, and everything in between.  What is important is to be honest with oneself.  Also to give with a pure heart.

Stupid Boy was a very emotional book.  Both Harper and Kane have survived horrific childhoods.  Their coping mechanisms may be different but in the end they both need the same thing.  They both need unconditional love.

Cindy Miles did an excellent job.  I enjoyed Stupid Boy so much that I had to download the first book in the series, Stupid Girl.  Let me tell you, Stupid Girl was another fantastic book.  Each book in the series can be read as a stand alone romance or in series order.

I highly recommend the Stupid In Love series!

The Stupid In Love Series

Stupid Girl – Book 1

Only fools fall in love…

After her senior year of high school leaves behind nothing but heartache, Olivia Beaumont is sure of this: She’s no stupid girl. She sets out for Winston University, promising herself that she will remain focused on her first and only love – astronomy. But all it takes is cocky sophomore Brax Jenkins and an accidental collision with a football, to throw her entire year off course.

A quick-tempered Southie who escaped the inner city streets of Boston to pitch for Winston, Brax is known to play way more fields than just the baseball diamond. So, when his name is drawn to take part in his fraternity’s hazing dare, Brax eagerly accepts the mission to take Olivia’s virginity. But he doesn’t plan on falling hard for the sweet and sassy Texas girl who sees right through his bad-boy persona.

As Olivia and Brax battle their feelings for each other, echoes of the past year begin to surface. A boy who once turned Olivia’s whole world upside down reappears, and “harmless” pranks wreak havoc. Pretty soon the aspiring astronomer is on the verge of revealing her most difficult, heartbreaking secret. All the while, Brax must wrestle with the irrevocable dare, and Olivia struggles against all logic as she does the one thing only a stupid girl would do: fall in love.

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Stupid Boy – Book 2

Brax Jenkins and Olivia Beaumont are the most envied couple at Winston University—but the so-called “virginity dare,” orchestrated by Brax’s old fraternity, almost tore them apart. Now, a new dare is taking shape, and it’s sure to set emotions ablaze—more than ever before.

Winston’s “It Girl” Harper Belle isn’t just president of the Deltas—she’s also a master at keeping her ugly past a secret. So, when the Kappas’ dare hits closer to home for her more than anyone realizes, she devises a competition of her own as payback. Three sorority sisters will seek out a notorious womanizer on campus and—unbeknownst their “mark”—secretly train him to be the perfect boyfriend. Always up for a challenge, Harper targets the biggest player she can find: Brax’s wickedly handsome foster brother Kane McCarthy.

But, Harper discovers there’s much more to Kane than girls, games, and partying. His easy smile belies the quiet, old soul reflected in his deep brown eyes. All it takes is one night, one secret laid bare, and one kiss from Kane to shift Harper’s world on its axis. Suddenly, the girl who’s always walked a straight and narrow path can’t think of anything else except losing control.

Buy: Amazon / B & N / ITunes / Kobo

Author Bio:

Cindy Miles is the best-selling author of twelve novels, one anthology and three short stories. She also writes as Elle Jasper, and grew up on the salt marshes of the Vernon River in Savannah, Georgia.

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