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This is a Page Brief that’s new and never posted anywhere else. Yep new and never posted anywhere else. It’s being posted for the first time as part of the 2026 Book Birthday On My Birthday Tradition!
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Today’s Page Brief features characters from Anything Goes, Zander Oaks Book #11. Enjoy!
From time to time there’s multi-part Page Brief’s that go together. I think of it as a Page Brief Serial and I name them. The below Page Brief Serial Irresistible Effect features the books at the time I wrote these Page Brief’s that were available in my Zander Oaks series. Eventually when books are released in the Zander Oaks series an Page Brief might be written and if it is it will be added to the Irresistible Effect Page Brief Serial. So this Page Brief Serial is a continuous one (at my discretion/time permits).
Irresistible Effect is a multi-part Page Brief Serial and best read in order for the most enjoyment. They are usually in order of the Zander Oaks series for which they are written about (unless otherwise noted).
This might be a rough draft so excuse any typos and so on.
The Forever Rule
A Zander Oaks Page Brief
By: Taige Crenshaw & McKenna Jeffries
August 2026
Featured Characters Book: Anything Goes
Genre: Contemporary
Series: Zander Oaks
Page Brief Series: Zander Oaks Vibes
Page Brief Serial: Irresistible Effect, Part 6
Length: Page Brief
“They are just screwing with me.” Sinclair glared with her hands on her hips.
“Why are you being mean to the wall? What has the wall ever done to you?” Baldwin teased from behind her.
“Mister MD.” Sinclair turned to face him.
As usual when she saw him her heart started to race, palms itched to grab him and pull him close. The man made her want in the best of ways. Even when she was as irritated as she was now.
“I know that look on your face.” Baldwin came towards her. “Who’s messing with you? Who do I need to have a stern talking to?”
“I know you’re teasing me but I don’t care.” Sinclair gestured to the wall behind her. “They said pick one you like. They are all white.”
“This is sounding eerily familiar.” Baldwin stood beside her and slid his arm around her waist. “This is déjà from how we met.”
“I didn’t know at the time that meeting you would change my life for the better.” Sinclair smiled.
“You’re trying to butter me up instead of demanding I help. Like you did that day in the hardware store.” Baldwin squeezed her gently. “But since I’m all in with you I’m going to help you.”
Sinclair sagged relieved. “They are screwing with me like they did that day.”
“No one should send you to a hardware store unsupervised. Especially to pick out paint.” Baldwin squeezed her again then turned and walked away.
“Exactly. Hey you said you’d be helping me. Where are you going?” Sinclair stared after him.
“Pick a white one.” Baldwin snickered.
He paused in the doorway and looked over his shoulder.
“Ohhhh…you set this up.” She accused and shook her fist at him. “Why would you want to mess with me like this?”
“You get a vein that pops just right there in your forehead.” Baldwin pointed. “And you’re sexy when you’re annoyed. Makes me a hot.”
“Even through I’m annoyed at you for this paint torture. I somehow still like you. But if you do it again that can change.” Sinclair warned.
“You love me.” Baldwin sing-songed. “And that’s not going to change. The forever rule.”
“What the heck is that?” Sinclair walked towards him.
“You kissed, licked, so many things and made me yours. Now I’m yours forever.”
Baldwin smirked. “The forever rule is in effect.”
“I like that. So since you kissed, licked, so many things and made me yours. That means I’m also yours forever.“ She hugged him. “That means when people try to make me go to a hardware store or chose paint when they all look alike. You’re going to be the one who does it.”
“That’s not what I meant. I’m afraid of dealing with your family when it comes to fixing things up. They get kinda intense.” Baldwin protested.
“The forever rule.” Sinclair snickered. “I’m so liking the rule and will use it to my advantage often.”
“I’m rethinking this rule.”
“Too late.” Sinclair laughed and walked out the door.
Copyright © Taige Crenshaw & McKenna Jeffries, 2026.
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This Page Brief Serial is part of the Irresistible Effect a multi-part Page Brief Serial and best read in order for the most enjoyment.They are usually in order of the Zander Oaks series for which they are written about (unless otherwise noted).
This Page Brief is part of Zander Oaks Vibes – to read more of this Page Brief Series go here. For more on info about Page Brief. Enjoy!
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There are many ways I think of words. One is as a snapshot which forms a picture in your mind of what is on the page. With each of my books I’m sharing this with you…snapshot.