Rebel Boys and Rescue Dogs, or Things That Kiss with Teeth

Age range 14 to 18

A young adult romantic comedy that will appeal to fans of 10 Things I Hate About You and Jenn Bennett's Alex, Approximately.

Seventeen-year-old Brynn Riley is perfect. She's on a hundred committees, has earned teacher's pet in practically every class she's ever taken, and is on track to make valedictorian–salutatorian if she REALLY slacks off, which, please.

But one night, Brynn makes a mistake.

A big one.

Why wouldn't the cops show up on the one night she's ever cut loose in her life? Why wouldn't she be assigned community service for one tiny mistake (something she would DIE over if word ever got out)? And why, of all things, wouldn't a boy from school happen to work at the pit bull rescue she chooses to do her community service hours at?

Oliver West's dad owns the rescue. And Oliver works there as his second in command. And Brynn and Oliver both know that she absolutely screwed him out of a major opportunity at school not twenty-four hours before she shows up for her community service.

If Brynn doesn't want her secret spilled and her sterling reputation ruined, she'd better start taking Oliver seriously. He'll keep quiet if she helps him land this project (since she ruined it, after all), which requires Brynn to give up her own spot in the running.

As the two get closer, the stakes begin to shift. Brynn starts to want Oliver for more than the community service checkmark, and Oliver, as it turns out, takes Brynn Riley very, very seriously. But, well... you know what they say.

Nothing brings people together like blackmail, pit bulls, and court-ordered community service.