The Worst Guy by Kate Canterbary

The Worst Guy by Kate Canterbary

Eight weeks of forced proximity is a long time to hate someone you're trying not to love.

Sebastian Stremmel doesn't need another headache. He has enough of his own without Sara Shapiro, the noisy new reconstructive surgeon, stomping all around his surgical wing with her chippy, chirpy cheerfulness.

But Sebastian doesn't usually get what he wants.

No one gets under his skin like Sara - so much so a heated debate and an exam room left in shambles later, they land themselves in eight weeks of hospital-mandated conflict resolution counseling. Now they're forced to fight fair...which quickly leads them to playing dirty when no one's looking.

They know it's a mistake.

They promise themselves it will never happen again.

They swear they got it out of their systems.

They didn't.

Author's Note: Grumpy/recovering people-pleaser sunshine. Introverts attract. Enemies-to-lovers in the workplace. Banter, bicker, and button-pushing foreplay. Don't tell the friend group, get jealous when the friend group tries to fix her up.

CW/TW: chronic illness, absent/negligent parents, history of disordered eating.

Kate Canterbary isn't sure she has it all figured out, but she does know that spicy-ass salsa and tequila fix most issues, that living on the ocean--Pacific or Atlantic--is the closest thing to perfection, and that writing witty, smutty novels is better than any amount of chocolate. She began her career as a reporter for an indie arts and entertainment daily back when people still read newspapers, and she has been writing and secretly interviewing people ever since--be cautious sitting next to her on a plane. Kate lives in New England with Canterbary and the Little Baby Canterbary, and when she's not writing sexy architects, she plans her days around the greatest food trucks in the area.