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A holiday romance from #1 New York Times bestselling author Lauren Blakely, with spice and fake dating that follows a fiery designer who teams up with her charming billionaire boss for a week-long Christmas competition, and their pretend holiday romance soon starts to feel all too real—now with a never-before-published short story.“Wanted: hot billionaire to pose as my Christmas boyfriend. Must be willing to make my cheating ex jealous by kissing me under the mistletoe at holiday parties. Bonus if you make him cry.” To Fable’s surprise, her billionaire boss, Wilder Blaine, is more than willing to take on the challenge of playing her holiday boyfriend. The sexy single dad desperately needs a plus one for a Christmas Eve wedding, where he’s the best man and she’s the maid of honor. With her ex also in the wedding party, the two team up as a pair of insta-lovebirds for the holiday season. Their partnership includes participating in the annual week-long Christmas competition leading up to the snowy destination wedding. What starts as late nights crafting the best popcorn balls for the contest soon turns into a passionate night together, where the sparks between them are impossible to ignore. But when the holidays end, can their winter wonderland romance turn into something real back at the office? Or are they destined to go the way of a Christmas tree on New Year’s Day?

Friends-only is an impossible rule to follow in this forbidden-love, ice-hockey romance from #1 New York Times bestselling author Lauren Blakely. --A forbidden romance with my brother’s hockey teammate wasn’t on my to-do list when I moved across the country…Neither was getting locked out of a friend’s place wearing next to nothing.Or spending the night with the sexy stranger who rescues me.In the morning, I learn the filthy-mouthed man with the talented hands is not only the hotshot new hockey player on my brother’s team: he’s also – wait for it – my brand new roommate.A Friends-only rule seems like a good idea, but it turns out to be far from easy. Wes is flirty, generous and looks at me like I’m the only one.How can I avoid falling for my brother’s teammate when he comes to my door and tells me exactly how he’d like to break our rules?Every single one.Tropes:ice hockey romanceroommates-to-loversforbidden lovebrother's teammatelovers-to-friends-to-loversone night stand--Readers LOVE The Boyfriend Goal:'This book had me completely hooked from the first chapter, I devoured it, I couldn’t stop reading until I finished it' ***** Reader Review'This book had me genuinely laughing out loud and swooning throughout the whole book. . . Lauren really knows how to write the PERFECT romance books' ***** Reader Review'I loved, loved, loved it and already want to read it again' ***** Reader Review'This was absolutely a five star read... I couldn't put it down it was such a heart warming story and the characters were so well written, I'm already looking forward to reading the next book in this series' ***** Reader Review

This forbidden-love, ice-hockey romance is the fourth instalment of the Love and Hockey series from #1 New York Times bestselling author Lauren Blakely. --In my defence, I had no idea the tattooed, glasses-wearing, soulful hottie I spent one perfect day—and one unforgettable night—with was a hockey star on my father’s team.And Miles didn’t know I was the coach’s daughter.That’s the point of a “no-work-talk” date.But now? He's as forbidden to me as I am to him.When I land a new gig as the team photographer, we vow to keep it professional. Too much is at stake—I can’t risk my heart or my father’s team.But when I end up living at Miles’s place to care for his pack of rescue pups, the lines and I discover there’s more to him than I ever imagined—a man who’s genuine, thoughtful, and irresistibly real.My heart’s getting dangerously attached. But if I follow it… am I putting everyone’s dreams on the line? Tropes:ice hockey romancecoach’s daughterthe one who got awaysecond chance romanceage gapforbidden romanceforced proximityworkplace romance --Readers LOVE The Girlfriend Zone:'Each book in this series just gets better and better and I honestly don't know how I am going to survive when this series ends. I LOVE it!' ***** Reader Review'Amazing! The girlfriend zone delivers on every level' ***** Reader Review'Oh my GOD, this book was everything! Seriously, Lauren Blakely has done it again, and I don’t even know how to function after finishing it. I laughed, I swooned, I teared up—Miles and Leighton completely stole my heart' ***** Reader Review'This book made me swoon, sweat and cry my little heart out' ***** Reader Review

When the single dad hockey player falls for the nanny... PRE-ORDER the fifth instalment of the steamy Love and Hockey ice-hockey romance series from #1 New York Times bestselling author Lauren Blakely.--Just what every bride dreams of—running straight from her cheating fiancé into the arms of a hot hockey star… and then getting hired as his kids’ nanny.Tyler Falcon is protective, flirtatious…and frustratingly responsible. We almost did something reckless when he found me alone in my wedding dress, and I blurted out all the things I’d never truly experienced.Now, the sexy single dad is saving me again with a nannying job I desperately need—and a promise to never mention The Night of 1001 Confessions.Until one night, the tension snaps.Now we have a deal. Five lessons in seduction. No strings attached.But the more nights we spend tangled up together though, the harder it is to pretend it’s just physical. Because I’m not only falling for my boss—I’m falling for the man whose kids have stolen my heart.Tropes:ice hockey romancesingle dad/nannyrunaway brideforced proximityspicy lessonsshe's his daughter's skating coachconfession of all secretslove notesfound family --Readers LOVE The Overtime Kiss:'A beautiful, feel-good romance with just the right emotional depth!' ***** Reader Review'Lauren Blakely is, without a doubt, one of my absolute top authors, and her releases are always at the very top of my reading list...This novel is an absolute joy to read, a testament to Lauren Blakely's skill in crafting romances that are both incredibly fun and deeply meaningful' ***** Reader Review'I laughed, I smiled and I swooned as I cheered this couple on' ***** Reader Review'I am a massive Lauren Blakely fan and I don't think she is capable of writing a bad book. In my eyes she is the gift that keeps on giving. Every time I read a book of hers, it automatically becomes my new favourite and the Overtime Kiss is no exception' ***** Reader Review

A wild night in Vegas leads to a fake marriage between two best friends in this friends-to-lovers, ice-hockey romance from #1 New York Times bestselling author Lauren Blakely.--My plan when I win a date in Vegas with my brother’s hockey star best friend? Poker and go to sleep early. Instead, I wake up with a ring on my finger and the sexy athlete naked in my bed.Asher’s my best friend too so we’ll get this annulled and laugh about this secret for years.Trouble is our wedding pics went viral overnight. And for the sake of our careers we need to look like we meant to tie the knot.We’ll claim we’ve been secretly in love, while staying in separate rooms for the rest of the hockey season.The last thing we want is to ruin a decade-long friendship by falling into bed again.Except, the more he calls me his wife, the more I start to wonder if Asher was ever pretending?And if my heart is ready to take the biggest risk of all. Tropes:ice hockey romancebrother’s best friendfriends to loversmarriage of conveniencemarriage pacthe’s been secretly in love with her for yearsforced proximitymy wifepro hockey --Readers LOVE The Proposal Play:'Lauren Blakely has NAILED this series. . . If you love friends-to-lovers stories that make you laugh, swoon, and believe in love, this one’s an absolute must-read!' ***** Reader Review 'This friends-to-lovers romance was pure magic, and Asher and Maeve completely stole my heart!' ***** Reader Review'I know when I have a Lauren Blakely book to read I am in for an entertaining steamy read and she did not disappoint with this one' ***** Reader Review'Lauren Blakely has the fantastic ability to create stories that are both heartwarming and hot' ***** Reader Review

A steamy, grumpy/sunshine ice-hockey romance from #1 New York Times bestselling author Lauren Blakely. --The first rule of handling PR for a hockey team? Never hook up with a player.That shouldn’t be a problem since the last man on earth I want to give an image makeover to is our goalie. He’s infuriatingly hot, famously grumpy and lives to spar with me after every game.Shining up his rough edges is my path to landing the promotion I need, so I grit my teeth and do my job, no matter how hard he makes it.As I get to know the man behind the broody iceman exterior, he becomes impossible to resist and soon, only once turns into every night.But the man is entirely off limits.Because the only thing worse than hooking up with a player is falling head over heels for him.Tropes:ice hockey romancegrumpy/sunshineplayer and publicistforbidden romanceworkplace romancesecret dateshate to love--Readers LOVE The Romance Line:'Oh my! Lauren Blakely has done it again!. . . The Love Hockey series is up there with my favourites. Lauren Blakely writes characters with depth, complications, humour and a whole lot of love' ***** Reader Review'Wow!!! This book was absolutely incredible!' ***** Reader Review 'My new favourite series. A super sexy, super fun sports romance' ***** Reader Review'To say I loved Max and Everly’s story is an understatement. . . I can’t wait for the next book and I highly recommend reading this one' ***** Reader Review

Score big with this spicy, laugh-out-loud hockey rom-com from #1 New York Times bestselling author Lauren Blakely.--My new neighbour is a hot, grumpy hockey player who works out shirtless on his porch every morning. But it’s not technically spying if I just happen to be on my patio at the same time. . . right?Imagine my surprise when the sexy grouch turns out to be the client who just hired me to redecorate the house he’s giving his mom.What’s a ray of sunshine like me to do? Pretend I’ve never noticed his abs while we pick out furniture - since I’d never date a client. And Ford Devon? He’s made it clear this is his final season, and he wants zero distractions.Which means I need to exercise some serious resistance. . . To his cool blue eyes that track my every move. To that deep voice that makes me shiver. And to the mouth that shuts me up one night in our shared backyard with a scorching kiss.Oops.We agree it’s a one-time slip up. But when he insists on being my date to my cheating ex’s party. . . we slip up again into a very fun sleepover. With our dogs watching!One fake date at a charity gala turns into another at a hockey game, and somewhere between fabric swatches and porch picnics, I stop pretending.But how do I convince Ford that with me, he can have both love and hockey?Tropes:ice hockey romanceneighbours-to-loversgrumpy x sunshinefake dating

In the first book in the Ballers and Babes series, #1 New York Times bestselling author Lauren Blakely brings her quirky, hilarious voice to sexy professional football romance with a fake dating twist."A Lauren Blakely book is a guarantee of a good time." – Meghan Quinn, USA Today bestselling author***When the hot new quarterback desperately needs a fake girlfriend, he turns to his best friend's sister, only to find that sometimes the woman for you is the one who's been by your side all along…When I enter the Most Valuable Playboy charity auction, my goal is simple – be the player who goes for the most dough. But when trouble shows up at the auction, I need a whole new play.Enter Violet. She's my best friend's sister, and she's my close friend too. With a smile as sweet as cherry pie and a mind that runs quicker than the 40-yard dash, Violet saves the day with the highest bid. I don't even give her a two-minute warning before I kiss her in front of the whole crowd and then announce that she's my girlfriend.Which would be fine except my agent tells me we've got to keep up the act while he's negotiating my contract. Violet takes one for the team and pretends to be mine, and soon our boyfriend-girlfriend scrimmage quickly turns into a full-contact sport.But falling for her wasn't in the playbook…Most Valuable Playboy kicks off Lauren Blakely’s charming, sexy sports romance series in style – with steamy chemistry and unforgettable moments that are an absolute touchdown.TropesSports RomanceBrother’s Best FriendFake DatingFriends to LoversSpicy Romance

In the third book in the Ballers and Babes series, #1 New York Times bestselling author Lauren Blakely charms with a sexy, flirty sports romcom featuring a pro football single dad who's never forgotten a red-hot kiss from years ago. Now the object of his memories is a jilted bride determined to make a new start.***For Katie Madigan – who catches her groom kissing another woman just minutes before they head to the altar – there’s nothing more apt than ditching the whole event for a drink at the bowling alley bar down the street. She’s just about had enough of men altogether when in walks a deliciously charming local football hero, Harlan Taylor – the perfect distraction for Katie’s heartbreak.Another drink turns into a one-night stand with hunky Harlan. When he asks in the morning if they could get together again, how could she say no? But then Katie learns his football team just hired her yoga studio to teach the star player, which means Harlan is officially off limits.Trouble is, the more time Katie spends working with Harlan, the sexy single dad who dotes on his daughter, the more she’s feeling things far too soon. There’s no way this can end well…but tell that to her runaway heart.A Wild Card Kiss continues Lauren Blakely’s charming, sexy sports romance series in style – with steamy chemistry and unforgettable moments that are an absolute touchdown.TropesSports RomanceSingle DadJilted BrideSecond Chance RomanceSpicy RomanceMore from the Ballers and Babes series:Most Valuable PlayboyMost Likely to Score

"A Lauren Blakely book is a guarantee of a good time." – Meghan Quinn, USA Today bestselling authorGrumpy meets sunshine with a Hollywood twist in this charming and hilarious small town bodyguard romance from #1 New York Times bestselling author Lauren Blakely.I really don't need a bodyguard – I run a small-town lavender farm, for bee's sake! But I'm getting one anyway since my identical twin sister just booked the movie role of a lifetime and it's being shot in my hometown. And guess who my new broody, tattooed protector is? None other than the guy I had a one-night stand with last month.Correction: he's the guy with the wicked mouth and heated eyes who ran out on me before the bang without so much as a goodbye. And of course, he arrives in my tiny hometown where the film is shooting right in the nick of time to save me from the paparazzi at the market. The coffee shop. The dress shop, too. I'm trying hard to stay mad after the third time the sexy jerk rescues me.Maybe just one night would relieve all this tension? But one night turns into another, and then into sharing hearts and secrets that are best locked up. Especially since he's leaving and I'm staying, and there's no way we can be more than a summer romance that ends far too soon.It Seemed Like a Good Idea is the first in a brand-new, quirky small town romcom series full of hysterical situations and quirky, memorable characters who are ready to fall in love.TropesBodyguard RomanceGrumpy x SunshineForbidden LoveSmall Town RomanceForced ProximityOnly One BedOne Night StandMistaken Identity

"A Lauren Blakely book is a guarantee of a good time." —Meghan Quinn, New York Times bestselling authorWelcome to Darling Springs: a small town where word travels fast, celebrity doggies come for their day spa, and your one-night stand might one day accidentally become your work buddy...or more.Chloe Rivers's impulsive one night stand has turned out to be a total mistake—in more ways than one. But after an actress hires the small town dog trainer to teach her pup, and all her famous friends come clamoring too, it's too late to find a workplace that isn't owned by the sexy stranger she spent that steamy night with last month.Sawyer Dumont is serious about running Darling Springs new doggy-daycare as professionally as possible. He's a total grump in a tailored suit, no matter how sunshine-y Chloe is as they pretend their hot night didn't happen. But when he squeezes that hard body past her as she brings donuts to work, his dark eyes roaming over Chloe as she teaches Fido to sit, stay and come—she's sure he can't stop thinking about it either.But when she needs a dance partner for the town fundraiser that her client's roped her into, she senses an opportunity. And, it turns out Mr. Serious Boss is up for dance lessons.Giving into their Dirty Dancing chemistry just once won't hurt.Two might be pushing it. By the seventh, it's undeniable—she's got a crush on him too.

In the second book in the How to Date series, #1 New York Times bestselling author Lauren Blakely brings her quirky, hilarious voice to a sexy American football romance with a friends to lovers, fake dating arrangement. What begins as a friend helping another friend out ends with mind-blowing chemistry…***Dating lessons from my American football-playing best friend? Sign me up!At the glittery break-up party she throws for herself, Rachel Dumont envisions lifting a glass to celebrate being free and single again. What she actually does: Drink too much champagne and blurt out to her best guy friend that she’d really like to get back on the horse. She doesn't expect Carter Hendrix’s answer to be to volunteer himself.With his sinful brown eyes and too-good-to-be-true body, it’d be no hardship for Rachel to say yes, though she certainly doesn't want him to feel obligated to, um, service her just because her failed, loveless marriage was an s-e-x desert. But since the charming and confident professional American football star owes five public dates to his dating app sponsor, Rachel and Carter make a deal to help each other out.Pretty soon, the public how-to-date lessons turn into, ahem, very private ones. And Rachel's a star student, graduating quickly from flirty banter and lingering looks to toe-curling, sheet-grabbing, mind-blowing hours of physical education. The problem? Turns out learning to date again feels a lot like the real thing. Can Rachel and Carter's friendship withstand all these late-night bedroom sessions? Especially since she's suddenly longing for her best friend, and there’s nothing fake about her feelings…Plays Well With Others offers a fresh, standalone friends to lovers story that fans of top-tier contemporary romance will find impossible to put down.TropesSports RomanceFriends to LoversFake DatingRomantic ComedySpicy Romance

Order the deluxe limited edition of Mistletoe All the Way now—a stunning, collectible paperback edition featuring stenciled edges, only available on the first printing while supplies last!She wants to make him Mr. Holiday. He wants to stay a certified Grinch. From #1 New York Times bestselling author Lauren Blakely comes a small-town spicy holiday romance about a guarded cowboy veterinarian and a Christmas-loving optimist who team up for a town holiday competition.Dr. Noah Lennox lives by three holiday rules—avoid his hometown, cheerful people, and Christmas itself. But when his beloved grandfather announces he’s retiring and handing the cherished sleigh-ride farm to either Noah or his slick cousin Stephen, the first rule goes out the window. Back home in Evergreen Falls, the veterinarian vows to fight for the farm that means everything to him. The problem is, the town doesn’t exactly welcome its resident Scrooge with open arms. Except for one very charming holiday enthusiast. Eloise Langston, a sunny tourism bureau hopeful, needs a win to land her dream job—and to pay the rent. Her holly jolly plan? Turn the broody, broad-shouldered grump into a festive front-runner to help the town’s Mr. Holiday Competition draw record crowds. Transforming a camera-shy cowboy vet into a small-town sweetheart isn’t exactly in her job description—but neither is falling for him. Soon, Noah and Eloise find themselves tangled in twinkle lights, fake kisses, and one very real attraction. But with the farm’s future at stake, Stephen’s scheming, and Eloise’s career on the line, there’s a blizzard of reasons to put their feelings on ice. Or will they fight to turn their holiday fling into forever under the mistletoe?