The Boyfriend Candidate by Ashley Winstead EPUB & PDF

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• Author: Ashley Winstead
• Language: English
• Genre: Women’s Romance Fiction
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Alexis Stone Is Not a Mouse
I’ll say one nice thing about my ex Chris Tuttle: the man was the entire
reason I was here, standing at the entrance to the sultry Fleur de Lis hotel
bar, wearing a red dress so plunging I kept it in the back of my closet for
fear of scandalizing visitors, on the verge of reinventing myself. The
memory of Chris and the still-fresh psychic wounds he’d left me were like a
marching drum line urging me forward as I’d left my apartment, Ubered
downtown to the Fleur de Lis, and cut a determined path across the lobby to
the bar, a place with a reputation as Austin’s Grand Central Station of
hookups. Unfortunately, now that I was standing at the entrance, the sight of
all the laughing, drinking, dazzling people—dressed to the nines like me,
but looking much more at ease about it—had me momentarily cowed.

I thought back to what Chris said the day I discovered he was cheating on
me (for the second time): “I do have needs you can’t satisfy. You should
really learn to be more adventurous in bed, Lex. You’re like a timid little
mouse. It can get really boring.” Remembering those words, I straightened
my shoulders, took a deep breath, and stepped inside. I was not a boring
mouse—or at least I wouldn’t be one anymore. Starting tonight, I was going
to be a new version of Alexis Stone: as bold and adventurous as my
flaming-red dress.

I tried to soak in the beauty of the bar while beelining through the
crowded tables, anxious to leave the peculiar spotlight of being the only
person standing among a bunch of cozy, seated people. But then I realized
new Alexis wouldn’t care if everyone’s eyes flitted to her as she walked
across a room—in fact, new Alexis would welcome it, because she’d spent
nearly an hour straightening and then recurling her hair into movie star
ringlets, and maybe that effort should be appreciated. I forced myself to
slow and look up at the bar’s gorgeous glass ceiling, shaded a twinkly blue
thanks to the night sky. Real palm trees lined the circular perimeter, fronds
reaching toward the stars. They made the bar look like a very urbane urban
jungle, which actually wasn’t too far off the mark.

My older sister, Lee, and her friends liked to roll their eyes at the entire
downtown bar scene, calling places like the Fleur de Lis “meat markets
where you go to spend thirty-five bucks on a martini while beating back
horny yuppies” (Lee’s words). They preferred the hipster bars on the east
side of Austin, where the clientele was cooler yet dirtier (my words). I
thought the Fleur de Lis was romantic, so it made sense to come here
tonight for my critical but one hundred percent private mission: I, Alexis
Rosalie Stone, was going to have my first one-night stand.

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