Chapter Reveal: Making Up by Helena Hunting
Making Up, an all-new laugh-out-loud romantic comedy standalone from New York Times bestselling author Helena Hunting is coming July 16th and we have a sneak peek!

Series: The Shacking Up #3
Release Date: July 16th, 2019
Cosy Felton is great at her job—she knows just how to handle the awkwardness that comes with working at an adult toy store. So when the hottest guy she’s ever encountered walks into the shop looking completely overwhelmed, she’s more than happy to turn on the charm and help him purchase all of the items on his list.
Griffin Mills is using his business trip in Las Vegas as a chance to escape the broken pieces of his life in New York City. The last thing he wants is to be put in charge of buying gag gifts for his friend’s bachelor party. Despite being totally out of his element, and mortified by the whole experience, Griffin is pleasantly surprised when he finds himself attracted to the sales girl that helped him.
As skeptical as Cosy may be of Griffin’s motivations, there’s something about him that intrigues her. But sometimes what happens in Vegas doesn’t always stay in Vegas and when real life gets in the way, all bets are off. Filled with hilariously awkward situations and enough sexual chemistry to power Sin City, Making Up is the next standalone in the Shacking Up world.

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Excerpt from Chapter One
Sexy Suit
Cosy
Working in an adult toy
store is the opposite of glamorous. Sure, I get a fifty-percent discount, which
is a real perk, but it doesn’t offset some of the weirdness I have to deal
with. Such as Eugene, one of the locals who frequents the shop on a regular basis.
He came in this morning and handled all the display toys. He’s mostly harmless,
but the silicone fondling is pretty high on the creepy factor. Eventually I
told him I had to close up for a few minutes so I could grab lunch. The deli
across the street has the best daily specials.
While I wait for my
chicken shawarma, I make a mental list of all the things I need to do this
afternoon: check the magazines to make sure the pages aren’t stuck together,
restock the flavored lube, and wipe down everything Eugene molested with toy
cleaner. Once I’ve tackled those less-than-fun chores, I can work on my
assignment for my hospitality class, provided I don’t have real customers.
I glance out the window,
checking to make sure Eugene isn’t loitering around in front of the store,
waiting to be let back in. Sometimes he’ll stop by more than once during my
shift. He’s not there—thank God—but there’s a black sports car parked in the
lot. It looks nice and possibly expensive, which might mean an actual customer
who will spend money.
Loki, the cashier at the
deli, hands me my drinks and shawarma.
“Thanks! Have a great
day!”
“You too,” Loki says to
my chest.
As I leave the store, I
see a man in a suit reading the sign I taped to the door. I don’t want to miss
a potential customer, so I take a deep breath and mentally shift gears, putting
on my best sales-person mask. I have to pretend to be a completely different
person when I deal with customers, so I can get through what would otherwise be
a fairly embarrassing event. Discussing the ins and outs of sex toys with
strangers is not something I particularly enjoy, but it’s a paycheck, so I’ve
learned to roll with it.
My root beer foams and
drips down the straw while my coffee sloshes onto my hand—the lids never fit
right—and my chicken shawarma dangles perilously between my pinkie and ring
finger as I cross the street.
The suit doesn’t look
creepy like Eugene, but then, suits can be deceiving. Half the time they think
they can proposition me like a sex worker. Or they pretend the weird stuff
they’re buying is a gift and not for them. Pfft. I know better.
Suit turns and heads for
his car, so I call out, “Hey! You in the suit, hold on!”
His shoulders hunch, as
if he’s trying to be smaller, which is physically impossible. Based on the size
of him, he probably played college football. Or he has Marvel comic hero blood
relatives. Either way, he’s a big dude.
He stops walking,
though, which is good. I could use some sales today. The commission boost is
always a plus to the shitty minimum wage. Rent is due next week, and judging by
his car, he has money to burn.
My heels are
skyscrapers, and everything I’m wearing is either too short or too tight to
facilitate running—the Sex Toy Warehouse uniform is supposed to be sexy, aka revealing—so
I awkwardly jog the rest of the way while trying to get the key to the shop out
of my pocket and not drop my shawarma. The manager gave me my own set since I
frequently open the store.
“Sorry to keep you
waiting; plastic dicks don’t quite cut it for lunch.” Inwardly I cringe,
because seriously, why did I say that?
“I would imagine they’re
not all that satisfying,” he replies in a deep voice that would probably sound
good whispering naughty things in my ear.
I’m not sure if he meant
that suggestively or not. Regardless, I walked right into that one.
I finally look up. Dear
sweet Jesus on a cloud of marshmallows, this is my lucky day. The suit is
gorgeous. Like the kind of hotness that sucks the breath right out of your
lungs and sends all the blood in your body rushing between your legs. It’s a
good thing clits don’t react like penises, otherwise mine would be hanging out
of the bottom of my shorts with excitement. I’m thankful my physical reaction
is limited to damp underwear and tingles.
His dark hair is
straight and cut short, parted at the side and neatly styled. He’s a cross
between a mobster, and a fifties movie star. Capone and Ward Cleaver rolled
together and dipped in lust. His nose is straight, lips are full, and he’s got
a chin that looks like it could cut glass. His features are strong, but he
somehow manages to be boyish even though everything about him screams pure,
undiluted masculinity.
His tongue drags across
his pillowy bottom lip and his throat bobs. I lift my gaze and meet his eyes.
They’re a strange color. Not brown, not green, but some kind of honey-lemon
color, ringed in emerald. Like a cat maybe.
Read the rest of Chapter One: http://bit.ly/2KO3Mf6
About
Helena Hunting is the author of The USA Today and NYT bestselling PUCKED Series. She lives on the outskirts of Toronto with her incredibly tolerant family and two moderately intolerant cats. She writes everything from romantic sports comedy to new adult angst.
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