Jasmine Turner hates boyfriends. She learned the hard way that a relationship is the last thing she wants. As a Harrison University chemistry student, she’s focused on her goals-take the GRE, go to grad school, and save the world through pharmacology. The male undergraduate population is there for fun when she needs a break from her tight schedule, but nothing more than that. Dating a jock is absolutely not on her to-do list, even if she does like flirting with cute cowboy Cooper Edwards.
A star Harrison Griffins hockey player, Cooper Edwards doesn’t believe in love. After his parents’ messy divorce back in Texas, he vows to avoid everything that resembles a serious relationship. The little lie he tells his momma about having a girlfriend doesn’t count. She lives a thousand miles away and will never know it’s not true. But when his mom shows up at his door to meet the mystery woman, he convinces Jasmine to pretend to be his girlfriend.
It’s fine, right? Neither one of them wants a relationship. But when things turn real during Valentine’s Day dates and Marvel movie marathons, they have to decide… is it worth it to take a shot at love?Taking the Shot is a New Adult contemporary romance novel of 80,000 words. A stand alone novel in a developing series, it’s comparable to The Deal by Elle Kennedy. It’s dual POV, alternating between the hockey player hero and the STEM heroine.