The Jock and the Fat Chick

No one ever said high school was easy. In this hilarious and heartwarming debut, one high school senior has to ask himself how much he’s willing to give up in order to fit in.

Kevin seems to have it all: he’s popular, good looking, and on his way to scoring a college hockey scholarship. However, he’s keeping two big secrets. The first is that he failed an assignment and is now forced to take the most embarrassing course ever–domestic tech. The second is that he is falling for his domestic tech classmate, Claire.

As far as Kevin is concerned, Claire does have it all: she’s funny, smart, beautiful, and confident. But she’s off-limits. Because Kevin knows what happens when someone in his group dares to date a girl who isn’t a cheerleader, and there’s no way he is going to put himself—or Claire—through that.

But steering clear of the girl of his dreams is a lot harder than Kevin thought…especially when a cooking project they are paired together for provides the perfect opportunity for things to heat up between them outside the classroom….

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• Secret Romance: Kevin knows he’s falling for Claire, but his friends have a strict “no dating outside the cheer squad” rule. Keeping his feelings under wraps might be harder than winning a scholarship.
• Opposites Attract: He’s a star hockey player who lives on protein bars. She’s a confident, talented cook who can win over a classroom with a single dish. When they’re paired for a project, sparks are guaranteed to fly.
• Cooking Romance: What starts as a humiliating home-ec punishment turns into something more when a shared cooking station becomes the perfect recipe for a relationship Kevin never saw coming.
• Peer Pressure: In a high school where fitting in is everything, Kevin has to decide if the girl of his dreams is worth risking his reputation—and facing the wrath of his so-called friends.