Under Pressure, an all-new opposites-attract new adult romance from Allie Winters, is now available in Kindle Unlimited!

Mia knows stress. She’s dealt with it her whole life. So when she gets an opportunity to run a psychology study to help her get into grad school, it should be no problem dealing with the prickly guy she suddenly finds herself paired with.

The one she had a secret crush on last year. The one who refuses to let anyone close. The one she’s discovering by the day may have a softer side than he lets anyone else see…

Tyler knows stress. He’s grappled with it for as long as he can remember. And just because he has to share credit with this girl on his new psychology study doesn’t mean he has to be friends with her. Except she somehow keeps worming her way into his life. In school. In the boxing gym.

In his bed.

But everyone knows it’s safer to keep to yourself. You can't hurt anyone that way. Even if it means giving up the best thing that’s ever happened to him.

As things heat up in the Stress Lab, will this match be able to work together without disruption, or will this growing attraction between them eventually... combust?

'Under Pressure ' is a full-length new adult contemporary romance and can be read as a standalone. Book #1 in the Lessons Learned series, Educated Romance World, Penny Reid Book Universe.

Caroline's Review
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I thoroughly enjoyed this story!

”How could I have misjudged him so much? He’s a…a…a jerk. To think of all the time I wasted fantasizing about him, imagining a meet cute between us.”

Mia Clemons had a crush on Tyler Jenkins for a whole year when they shared a class together. She fell for his voice and his brain before she ever saw his face. A year on and they are vying for the same psychology internship and Mia realises that Tyler is nothing like she imagined. He’s really not very nice. However, when their ideas has them thrust together to work on a joint project, Mia starts to see another side to him.

”My mouth dries at her sultry expression, an aura of assertive energy around her I have to admit I find wildly arousing.”

Tyler is closed off emotionally. His upbringing has kept his heart shut off from everyone, except his little sister. He doesn’t trust easily or let anyone in. However, the more time he spends with sweet, good-hearted Mia, with her crazy hair and friendly personality, the more he’s attracted to her. She slips under his defences and has him wanting more than he ever thought he wanted.

”I didn’t realize how deep under my skin you were until you weren’t there anymore.”

Mia is so good-natured that it’s easy to think she’s a pushover, but she’s really not. I liked that she called Tyler out when she needed to. I think with her roomie, Kelsey, they’d known each from being babies, and had behaved in a set pattern for so long that it became natural. Nonetheless, I liked it when Mia started to push back and refuse to be taken for granted. Poor Tyler! He was really carrying a whole lot of emotional baggage. There was so much about his childhood that he had misconstrued and misunderstood. Unfortunately, he carried it into adulthood with him, until he happened to stumble on some truths. I loved that he wanted to be better for Mia. The chemistry between them was fabulous – no matter what he told himself, he just couldn’t keep away from her. She brought colour and warmth into his somewhat lonely, closed-off life. This was a fantastic read and looking forward to more by this author.

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Excerpt

“Close your eyes,” he says in that beautifully deep voice, “and take a deep breath. Focus on relaxing each muscle of your body and slowing your breaths. Inhale and exhale with me.” He counts to three steadily, bringing air in, then releases it on the same count of three.

I do all I can to concentrate on his words, the rhythm of it more than anything else, just trying to get out of my own mind. If I can just breathe with him, everything will be okay. This crushing weight will release.

I clutch at his arms like he’s a lifeline and he lets me, wrinkling the sleeves of his soft cotton shirt, taking in shaky breaths next to his strong ones.

We continue that way for long minutes until it’s safe for me to open my eyes, my chest finally rising and falling in an even tempo. My lashes and cheeks are still wet as I look up at him and he slowly brings a hand up to wipe the moisture away, his thumb featherlight on my skin.

He moves to tuck an errant curl behind my ear, brushing my neck as his hand wanders down, leaving shivers in its wake, then cups the back of my head, cradling it tenderly. The warmth of his fingers relaxes the muscles there, even more so when he gently massages the area, loosening the still lingering tension.

He’s silent, his eyes flicking back and forth between my eyes and mouth, and it takes me a moment to realize what he’s signaling. I’m unable to move, to think, to focus on anything but his face gradually coming closer.

I shut my eyes at the first gentle press of his lips. I didn’t know he was capable of such softness, such tenderness. My stomach dips in anticipatory delight as his other hand slides into my hair, holding me more securely to him as he moves his head a fraction, changing the angle of the kiss so it’s deeper now, but still just as slow and exquisitely soft.

I sway toward him, relaxing my hold on his shirt, kissing him back with enthusiasm. I had no idea he felt this way, that he likes me—

A sharp burst of laughter from the hallway outside the lab has us breaking apart, like we were caught doing something wrong...

About Allie Winters

Allie is the author of the Suncoast University series, the Bishop Brothers series, and the Lessons Learned series. She lives in sunny Florida with her husband, daughter, and two cats. A librarian by day, she spends her nights writing happily ever afters. She enjoys reading, playing video games, and all things Disney.