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    Intimate Friends
    Intimate Friends
    Intimate Friends
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    Intimate Friends

    By Claire Matthews

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    What happens when friendship turns into love?

    Emma Whitten and Noah Jordan are high school teachers and best friends. Emma is about to leave for graduate school in England, wanting to assert her independence after a nasty break-up with her longtime boyfriend.

    Noah, a math nerd, has been in love with Emma for quite some time, but keeps his feelings hidden, believing that she sees him as just a buddy. But after an afternoon of friendship slips into an evening of passion, Emma begins to see geeky Noah in a new light, and Noah begins to believe that they can be more than just friends.

    Will Emma choose to move to England as planned, or acknowledge her growing feelings for Noah and find the will to stay?

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherEvernight Publishing
    Release dateJul 22, 2011
    ISBN9781926950686
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      Reviewed by EmmaRaeReview copy provided by Evernight PublishingI'm giving a 50 page novella five stars. The world is definitely ending in 2012. Never again will I make excuses for novellas not having character development or much plot or anything else we look for in a book. This book has raised the bar for everything under 100 pages I ever read in the future. This teeny tiny quickie had it all. It made me laugh, made me sad, got me vested in the characters, and didn't make me feel like something was missing. The characters were developed and had history. The dialogue was entertaining and witty. The chemistry was steamy. The struggles made me want to cry. None of these statements have the qualifier “for a short book”. This author is going to the TOP of my to-be-read list. Favorite Quote: “He was as sophisticated as a Muppet”

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    Intimate Friends - Claire Matthews

    Published by Evernight Publishing at Smashwords

    http://www.evernightpublishing.com

    Copyright© 2011 Claire Matthews

    ISBN: 978-1-926950-68-6

    Cover Artist: LF Designs

    Editor: Marie Buttineau

    ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

    WARNING: The unauthorized reproduction or distribution of this copyrighted work is illegal. No part of this book may be used or reproduced electronically or in print without written permission, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in reviews.

    This is a work of fiction. All names, characters, and places are fictitious. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, organizations, or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

    DEDICATION

    To Olivia and Natalie, who make the real world worthwhile.

    INTIMATE FRIENDS

    Claire Matthews

    Copyright © 2011

    Chapter One

    Emma blew a loose strand of hair from her forehead, already feeling herself wilting in the heat of early May. Texas in winter was a dream—in summer, it was hell on Earth. She hurried through the parking lot of Travis High School, and the blast of cool air that hit her at the entrance to the building made her gasp involuntarily. Four more weeks of oppressive heat, moody teenagers, and back-stabbing faculty before she’d be on a plane to London for two glorious years, to immerse herself in the works of Chaucer, Shakespeare, Spenser… She found herself transported into a realm of stately 17th century poetry, until a senior football jock with an attitude called, Hey, Miss Whitten, looking hot today. He wiggled his eyebrows in an attempt to look seductive..

    You like things hot, Curtis? she cooed.

    You know it. He grinned as his buddies snickered behind him.

    Well, great, then you’ll love picking up trash under the bleachers today after school. She watched his face flatten like a pancake.

    But, Miss W—

    I don’t wanna hear it. My office, three o’clock, I’ll have the trash bags ready, she called over her shoulder, already resuming the path to her office. She couldn’t help grinning at the grumbled whining in her wake. These boys were going to learn some respect for women, if it was the last thing she accomplished before she left for graduate school next month.

    She turned the corner and saw Noah waiting for her, coffee cups and bagels in hand, standing outside her office. Her face broke into a smile as soon as she saw him—it always did. His dorky good looks charmed her—curly brown hair flopping pleasingly over his forehead, and wide green eyes hidden behind dark-rimmed glasses. He was wearing his boy genius uniform, as she called it—khaki pants, button-down shirt, patterned vest, mismatched tie. He rolled his eyes at her tardiness, but his warm grin was welcoming, infectious.

    I know, I know, I’m late, she said with a sigh. She unlocked her office door and threw her briefcase behind her desk. But it was for a good cause.

    "’Cause you felt like sleeping in?" he joked.

    Emma stuck her tongue out at him and grabbed her coffee . Thanks. She took a long gulp of invigorating caffeine. And I’ll have you know I was late because I was busy teaching Curtis Monroe a little respect for the female gender.

    Oh, I bet that went over well. He laughed, scooting his glasses up with his index finger. Emma grimaced, touching the tip of her nose. Noah looked at her quizzically.

    Cream cheese, she said softly, but he still looked blank. He glanced down at his bagel, then up at her again.

    "Noah…cream cheese…on your nose. Emma giggled, reaching over and swiping the tip of his nose with the pad of her thumb. She wiped her fingers on his napkin, and then, because proximity allowed, she straightened the curls drooping over his forehead, and fixed the back of his collar, which was bent up in back. God, it’s like coming to work with a six-year-old," she teased. He blinked at her, eyes wide and green, and she was worried for a second that she’d offended him. He swallowed hard.

    How do I look? he asked in a weird voice, and she could smell toothpaste and coffee on his breath. She moved back quickly, feeling awkward. She’d overstepped her bounds, teasing him the way she would tease any one of

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