Leigh Donnelly

Life's kicking my ass. I'm stuck in NYC's tourist nightmare, slinging fake pizza to happy travelers, while I'm still living a few miles from where I was born. My coworkers? We have nothing in common. My love life? A parade of one-night stands. My best friend? My broke neighbor-Netflix buddies, not party pals.Then, out of nowhere, I score a gig as a pole instructor. Suddenly, I'm dancing again, making good money, and loving my coworkers. Plus, there's Luke-gorgeous and dangerously close to becoming more than just my "work husband."The catch? The job came with shady conditions, and now I'm lying to everyone-including Luke, who doesn't even know my real name. Every time I think about coming clean, something gets in the way-like teaching Luke how to strip for a competition or a coworker baring her soul.Telling the truth would ruin everything-my job, friends, and Luke. Is there ever a right time for that?

He's the perfect fake fianc charming, charismatic, and convincing. Maybe too convincing...Food truck owner Steve Groff is laying low. That revenge song that's sweeping the country like vitriolic wildfire? It's about him. His ex hasn't outed him yet, but he knows it's coming. And even though he really is a good guy, the hateful tune is haunting him from coast to coast and has him sincerely wondering, Am I the a*****e? Firmly stuck in identity crisis mode, the last thing he needs is a relationship of any kind. But the people-pleaser in him can't resist when a sexy shop-keeper offers up a fake-boyfriend quid pro quo. What's that saying about those who don't learn from the past?Maeve Morrison has ex problems of her own when hers pops up after years of radio silence. Caught off-guard and woefully unprepared to face him or his new fianc e, she grabs the nearest customer and begs him to be her stand-in boyfriend. An easy-enough plan until things escalate, and she and Steve are suddenly co-catering her ex's wedding. In a week.Now, despite their best efforts, they're falling hard for each other while fighting just as hard to keep their skeletons locked firmly in the closet. But can two people still drowning in the fallout of their failed past relationships trust a new one built on lies?

Their meet-cute? He pulled her over for speeding and got an earful of the steamy audiobook she'd been listening to...Officer Gray Hoffman lives by structure and routine: morning workouts, Friday night poker games, and his monthly true-crime book club. Utter perfection once he finds a wife to share his impeccable, though predictable, life with.Sam Thornton - soon to be Sam Smith once her divorce goes through - moved out to Deep Creek Lake, Maryland, to discover who she is on her own. Without a man. Not that she wouldn't say no to a kiss or a one-night-stand, but that's as far as she'll let it go. Newly single, she's devoting all her time to her new career at Bark Sniff Wag, growing her steamy romance review blog despite the judgment she gets from others (Officer Gray, to name one), and living her best life in general.Except that every time she turns around in the tiny town there's Gray being his usual uptight, no-fun-allowed self. Well, most times. Because lately she's caught a glimpse of a different side of Gray. As their arguments begin to sound more like flirty banter, Sam starts to wonder if maybe she'd written off the so-hot-it-should-be-a-crime police officer a little too soon. But is happily ever after even a possibility? All Gray wants to do is settle down while Sam's all but sworn off ever walking down the aisle again.

Neighbors Julia Herrick and Lindsay Moore spent the last decade enjoying joint vacations, family dinners, and holiday parties - their two families practically melding into one. So when Lindsay off-handedly announces her family is moving in a week's time for a lateral position at work, Julia is shocked and devastated. A mess of emotions, she turns to Lindsay's husband, Denny, for comfort. But as reassuring touches turn to gentle caresses, Julia can't tell if her feelings for Denny are real or merely a desperate attempt to distract herself from the pain of losing her best friend. Denny can't understand why Lindsay suddenly wants to move from the idyllic development where they've raised their kids, alongside the Herrick kids, for the past decade. With his marriage already on the verge of collapse, their impending move becomes the tipping point for Denny to act on his illicit feelings towards Julia. But what happens if she returns his affections? Are they willing to give up the lives they've known (and thought they loved) for a future with each other?