EXCERPT: I dab at the wound on Griffin's face with a cloth. I whisper timidly, "Does it hurt?"
"Yes," Griffin says with a smile.
I murmur, "You're not really acting like it."
He laughs softly. With a teasing glint dancing in his eyes, he tilts his head the slightest bit. "Do you want me to cry, Cookie-Girl?" He's only teasing. But still, his injuries look PAINFUL. He smiles ruefully. "Look, I'm trying to act tough for you, okay? Yes, it hurts. Bad." His grin quirks with amusement. "But having you be my nurse is pretty much worth the pain right now."
Purrr!
Sharp cushiness slices through me.
Griffin goes on with a smirk, "But yes -- it hurts. So, maybe don't watch me too close, okay? -- I may lose my cool nickname."
He says it like he doesn't really think the nickname is that cool. Like he's just being ironic. But doesn't particularly care for it or like being called it.
I arch my eyebrow. "You mean, 'The Grief-Master?'"
He kind of grimaces as the words spill from my lips.
Glancing quickly at me, he says, "You know I don't really cause grief to people... right?" He says it softly. "I mean, I cause it to the other team, yeah -- but not to girls." Then he adds softly, "I wouldn't cause you grief, Ally."

Summary:
When Ally is forced to help a "troublemaker" from her middle school (tough, hockey playing, Griffin Piper), she soon realizes that it's her heart that is in "trouble." Because handsome Griffin Piper isn't what he seems. At all. Yes, he's tough (totally). But he's also the sweetest boy on earth. And he soon has Ally's heart turning to mush any time he just looks at her... and he looks at her a LOT!!

Ally isn't sure her heart can take Griffin's gratitude... or his lingering, twinkling stare. It's like he can read her crush-y heart -- like he knows it's going to explode just from him looking at her... but that doesn't stop him from doing it. A lot. In fact it seems to be exactly what he wants -- to make Ally's heart pound. For him.

As a bonus, there is also a short story included in this book about a boy in middle school (Matt) and how he secretly has a crush on his best friend, Nicole.

Update: This book now also has Melanie Marks' new middle school story: "Friend or Enemy? (... or Crush??)"

By Melanie Marks, the author of His Kiss; and Fall For Me (plus a lot of other books) Newest Books: "Matt and Nicole (Middle School)"; and "Summer and Mason (Middle School)"

From the author of Best Friend Wars; and Slumber Party Wars

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• Publication Date: November 11, 2014
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
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• Print Length: 239 Pages
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