Rosie Danan has your next favorite supernatural rom-com.
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‘Do Your Worst’ by Rosie Danan.Micah Benson/Berkley
Her efforts are thwarted by handsome archeologist Clark Edgeware, who immediately tries to get her fired.
As it turns out, the only thing they do better than fight is fool around.
Holy s—.
Berkley
Her breath caught in her throat at the sight of the man who entered.
Even though that didn’t make sense.
The expression on his face was perfectly neutral; he wasn’t limping or dripping blood.
Riley had found the whole day unforgivably boringnone of the work moved her.
All these years later, she still remembered how the artist had captured an angel suspended mid fall.
She’d felt the momentum of that still image within her own body.
The way anguish strained his face and form until his plunge became like ballet, like poetry.
She felt it againthe painting feelingnow, looking at this stranger.
Heat licked up her spine, as swift and sudden as wildfire.
Looking back, that painting had probably been some kind of sexual awakening.
Riley had found herself fascinated by his body, the high contrast of strength and vulnerability.
It wasn’t the despair in the pose that had drawn her in.
It was the defiance.
The man with his dark head bowed over the bar looked similarly braced for impact.
For the fight that inevitably awaited a fallen angel on land.
What did it say about Riley that his weary resilience called to her?
“Who is that?”
She hadn’t meant to speak the words out loud, but Eilean heard and answered anyway.
Ever since he came to town, he’s been causing quite the fuss."
Wait, that guy lived here?
Forget the curse; that should be Torridon’s new claim to fame.
Riley leaned forward, lowering her voice.
“What do you know about him?”
“He’s English.”
Eilean moved to restock some napkins.
“Like the land developers who hired you, though blessedly he doesn’t work for them.
He comes here most nights, so he probably can’t cook.
And he’s an archaeologist working on”
“An archaeologist.”
Riley’s ears perked up.
“Oh, that’s perfect.
I just watched a movie about archaeology on the plane!”
Eilean’s slate brows came together.
“…So?”
“So, that can be my in!”
“You’re not going to hit on him, are you?”
“I mean, yeah,” Riley said, “but, like, respectfully.”
“I don’t think that’s such a good idea.”
Eilean began to shake her head.
“The assignment you took”
“Oh, don’t worry.”
Riley could already tell that Eilean saw everyone under this roof as her responsibility.
“I’m not on the clock until tomorrow morning.”
“Do I have anything” She bared her teeth at Eilean.
She’d gotten distracted looking at the guy again.
Before tonight, she hadn’t even known they made cheekbones that sharp.
“Never mind.”
Eilean ushered her forward.
“Good luck, curse breaker.”
From DO YOUR WORST published by arrangement with Berkley, an imprint of Penguin Random HouseLLC.
Copyright 2022 by Rosie Danan.
Do Your Worstby Rosie Danan will be available on November 14, 2023.
