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  “Yeah, me too,” Kirsten seconded. Maddy reached forward and squeezed both of their hands. They squeezed back.

  As Morgan sped down the driveway, Maddy settled back into the seat, her thigh pressed against David’s. He draped his arm around her shoulder and pulled her up against him. Outside of the window, the fields and trees flashed past and the road to the city uncurled before them. Maddy relaxed into David’s side, feeling safe and purely happy. She breathed in his fresh, soapy scent and it mixed with the pine-tinted Napa air. She and David fit together—here in this car, under the majesty of a Napa sunset, and in the bustle of city life. If this was what life with David was like in a place she was supposed to hate, Maddy couldn’t wait to see what the city had in store.

  About the Author

  HAILEY ABBOTT grew up in Southern California, where she split her time between creative writing and creative beaching. She is the author of GETTING LOST WITH BOYS, THE SECRETS OF BOYS, THE PERFECT BOY, and WAKING UP TO BOYS, as well as the Summer Boys books and THE BRIDESMAID. Hailey now lives in New York City.

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  Books by Hailey Abbott:

  Getting Lost with Boys

  The Secrets of Boys

  The Perfect Boy

  Waking Up to Boys

  Forbidden Boy

  The Other Boy

  Summer Boys

  Next Summer: A Summer Boys Novel

  After Summer: A Summer Boys Novel

  Last Summer: A Summer Boys Novel

  The Bridesmaid

  Credits

  Cover art © 2008 by Veer

  Cover design by Jennifer Rozbruch

  Copyright

  THE OTHER BOY. Copyright © 2008 by Alloy Entertainment. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, down-loaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.

  EPub © Edition SEPTEMBER 2009 ISBN: 9780061971563

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