Lynn Painter

A football star and a die-hard fan entangled in a PR stunt--that only one side knows is fake--might be the right play in this irresistible romantic comedy by #1 New York Times bestselling author Lynn Painter. Duffy Distefano loves three things: her dad, the family cat, and Minneapolis Coyotes football. So, after she gets booed out of a game and becomes the internet's villain following an awful encounter with the team's beloved mascot, she is disgruntled, to put it lightly. Eager to clear the air, Duffy agrees to an interview on a hit morning show. She doesn't expect a co-guest to join her--especially not the Coyotes star tight end. When MVP Connor Cunningham gets tasked with damage control to help his team out of a PR nightmare involving its mascot, he thought that meant saying a few words on the Coyotes' behalf. Instead, he finds himself in a highly amusing verbal sparring match with a recently wronged fan on live TV. Duffy pelts him with fiery jabs but is also clearly well-versed in all things Coyotes--color him intrigued...and attracted. The interview instantly goes viral, and the public is obsessed with them. A strong push from the Coyotes PR team to ride the wave results in Connor asking Duffy out. Despite his distaste for PR stunts, he's surprised to discover that being with Duffy is much easier than he thought, and somehow it doesn't feel fake to him. Harboring this secret can only blow up in his face, but all he knows is that if he ruins things with Duffy, it'll be the greatest fumble of his life.

A millionaire and a house cleaner are a match maid in heaven in this sparkling new romantic comedy by Lynn Painter, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Happily Never After. As a professional cleaner, Abi Mariano never thought her apartment would have any sort of infestation, but because of a building-wide outbreak, she now needs somewhere to stay for a week. As a part-time student with two jobs, she doesn't have many options. Then the solution presents itself: the owner of the penthouse she cleans is out of town for the week. She normally wouldn't consider it, but he's literally never around (she hasn't even met him). It goes great...until one morning she finds two strangers in the kitchen. They're the parents of the penthouse owner and they seem to think they've heard all about Abi--not as their son's maid, but as his girlfriend. Declan Powell has always put his career first, working his way up to become an executive at his company, but he still has his sights set on the next level. When his parents mention that they met his girlfriend, "Abby," he all but chokes on his escargot. As wonderful as it sounds that she was just darling, he doesn't actually have a girlfriend--he made her up to get everyone off his back. When Dex finds out who Abi really is, he makes her a proposition: pretend to date him, and he'll provide everything she needs during their little arrangement. What harm would it do? It's purely business, no pleasure...right?

Two people make a wager on who can find love first, not realizing what they should be betting on is each other, in this new romantic comedy by Lynn Painter, New York Times bestselling author of Mr. Wrong Number. Hallie Piper is turning over a new leaf. After belly-crawling out of a hotel room (hello, rock bottom), she decides it's time to become a full-on adult. She gets a new apartment, a new haircut, and a new wardrobe, but when she logs onto the dating app that she has determined will find her new love, she sees none other than Jack, the guy whose room she snuck out of. After agreeing they are absolutely not interested in each other, Jack and Hallie realize they're each other's perfect wing-person in their searches for The One. They text each other about their dates, often scheduling them at the same restaurant so that if things don't go well, the two of them can get tacos afterward. Spoiler: they get a lot of tacos together. Discouraged by the lack of prospects, Jack and Hallie make a wager to see who can find true love first, but when they agree to be fake dates for a weekend wedding, all bets are off. As they pretend to be a couple, lines become blurred and they both struggle to remember why the other was a bad idea to begin with.

Things get textual when a steamy message from a random wrong number turns into a thrilling anonymous relationship in this hilarious rom-com by Lynn Painter. Bad luck has always followed Olivia Marshall...or maybe she's just the screw-up her family thinks she is. But when a What are you wearing? text from a random wrong number turns into the hottest, most entertaining--albeit anonymous--relationship of her life, she thinks things might be on the upswing.... Colin Beck has always considered Olivia his best friend's annoying little sister, but when she moves in with them after one of her worst runs of luck, he realizes she's turned into an altogether different and sexier distraction. He's sure he can keep his distance, until the moment he discovers she's the irresistible Miss Misdial he's been sort of sexting for weeks--and now he has to decide whether to turn the heat up or ghost her before things get messy.

Älä koskaan ihastu pahikseen! Lämpimän humoristinen tarina romanttisia komedioita fanittavasta Lizistä, joka haluaa kokea täydellisen elokuvarakkauden suuren ihastuksensa kanssa mutta alkaakin tuntea vetoa ärsyttävään naapurinpoikaan. Kuusitoistavuotias Liz on perinyt innostuksen romanttisiin komedioihin edesmenneeltä äidiltään, joka opetti hänelle aikoinaan deittailun kultaisen säännön: hurmureiden charmi on katoavaa sorttia. Niinpä Liz on aina vältellyt pahoja poikia, kuten ärsyttävää naapurinpoikaansa Wesiä, joka on piinannut häntä lapsesta saakka. Kun Lizin pitkäaikainen ihastus Michael palaa yhtäkkiä kaupunkiin, vanhat tunteet leimahtavat ja Liz haaveilee täydellisistä elokuvahetkistä Michaelin kanssa. Ne saavuttaakseen hän on valmis mihin vain, vaikka hengailemaan Wesin kanssa. Asiat eivät kuitenkaan suju käsikirjoituksen mukaan, vaan Liz joutuu kyseenalaistamaan kaiken, mitä hän luulee rakkaudesta tietävänsä. Lynn Painter on amerikkalainen kirjailija, joka nousi New York Timesin ja USA Todayn bestseller-listoille romaanillaan ”Parempaa kuin leffoissa”. Hänen tarinoissaan on nokkelaa dialogia, samaistuttavia hahmoja ja kutkuttavaa vetovoimaa. Ehdotonta luettavaa Emily Henryn ja Ali Hazelwoodin faneille!

From the #1 international bestselling author of Better Than the Movies, comes a rags-to-riches rom-com about a small-town girl and a big-city boy who is hiding an explosive secret. Julia is a small-town girl who loves her peaceful life. But when her family inherit a not-so-small fortune from her secret multi-millionaire neighbour, she is swept away to live in New York City and attend an elite private school for the super-rich. It should be a dream come true, but Julia is struggling to fit in at her new school, and even worse, she’s failing. Enter Damion, the mysterious and handsome tutor who is hired to get Julia back on track. Except Damion has a secret: he is a relative of the man who left everything to Julia’s family, and he doesn’t buy for a second that his Great-uncle would leave his fortune to strangers instead of family. Damion schemes to earn Julia’s trust, so he can uncover what really happened. But the more time Damion spends with Julia, the more his plan begins to backfire, as he soon starts falling for her. As Damion and Julia work to figure out where they belong, will they be able to see past their differences and lean into their feelings, or will the trust Damion has worked so hard to gain lead everything to fall apart? A swoony and fun, opposites-attract romance from the New York Times bestseller, Lynn Painter.

Ny bok av författaren bakom Bättre än på film När sjuttonåriga Bailey börjar sitt nya jobb på en vattenpark hade hon inte räknat med att stöta på Charlie – en gammal bekant hon helst sluppit. De är varandras raka motsatser, men Bailey märker snart att hon faktiskt ser fram emot deras gemensamma arbetspass. Tillsammans skvallrar de om besökarna och kollegorna, och slår vad om huruvida två av dem kommer att bli ett par innan sommaren är slut. Charlie är övertygad om att killar och tjejer aldrig kan vara bara vänner. Bailey är fast besluten att bevisa motsatsen. Men när de börjar låtsasdejta för att distrahera Baileys mamma och hennes nya kille suddas gränserna ut – och äkta känslor börjar spira. Det Bailey inte vet är att det finns ännu en vadslagning med i spelet. En som handlar om henne och Charlie. I översättning av Isabel Valencia. LYNN PAINTER är en amerikansk författare vars debutroman Bättre än på film [Better Than the Movies] gick in på både New York Times och USA Todays bestsellerlistor och är ett måste för fans av Emily Henry och Ali Hazelwood. Lynn Painter är bosatt med make och barn i Nebraska. Chansar på dig är hennes tredje roman på Modernista.

A football star and a diehard fan entangled in a PR stunt--that only one side knows is fake--might be the right play in this new romantic comedy by #1 New York Times bestselling author Lynn Painter. -- Duffy Distefano loves three things: her dad, her cat, and Minneapolis Coyotes football. But when she shoves the team’s mascot for getting too flirty, the moment goes viral—and she’s suddenly the internet’s villain. Hoping to clear her name, Duffy agrees to a live interview, only to face off with the Coyotes’ star tight end, Connor Cunningham. Their fiery banter has viewers obsessed, and, in a PR opportunity too good to miss, Connor is pushed to ask Duffy out. The catch: Duffy doesn’t know the date isn’t real. Despite his distaste for PR stunts, Connor soon finds that being with Duffy is easy and the romance starts to feel real to him too. Keeping this secret from Duffy is sure to blow up in his face, and if he messes things up with her, it’ll be the greatest fumble of his life.

This sparkling deluxe paper over board special edition of Lynn Painter's phenomenal New York Times bestselling rom-com about a hopelessly romantic teen girl's first love features a new cover, stenciled edges, gorgeously designed endpapers, a ribbon bookmark, a letter from the author, and never-before-published bonus content Perpetual daydreamer Liz Buxbaum gave her heart to Michael a long time ago. But her cool, aloof forever crush never really saw her before he moved away. Now that he's back in town, Liz will do whatever it takes to get on his radar--and maybe snag him as a prom date--even befriend Wes Bennet. The annoyingly attractive next-door neighbor might seem like a prime candidate for romantic comedy fantasies, but Wes has only been a pain in Liz's butt since they were kids. Pranks involving frogs and decapitated lawn gnomes do not a potential boyfriend make. Yet, somehow, Wes and Michael are hitting it off, which means Wes is Liz's in. But as Liz and Wes scheme to get Liz noticed by Michael so she can have her magical prom moment, she's shocked to discover that she likes being around Wes. And as they continue to grow closer, she must reexamine everything she thought she knew about love--and rethink her own ideas of what Happily Ever After should look like.

Professional cleaner Abi Mariano needs somewhere to stay. Then the solution presents itself: the owner of the penthouse she cleans is out of town. It goes great ... until one morning she finds two strangers in the kitchen. They're the parents of the penthouse owner, and they seem to think they've heard all about Abi -- not as their son's maid, but as his girlfriend. But Declan Powell doesn't actually have a girlfriend -- he made her up to get everyone off his back. When Dex finds out who Abi really is, he makes her a proposition: pretend to date him, and he'll provide everything she needs during their little arrangement. It's purely business, no pleasure ... right?

Fall in love with Lynn Painter, the global no. 1 bestselling author, with the ultimate rom-com collection: a four book set of her smash-hit love stories, Better Than the Movies, Betting on You, The Do-Over, Nothing Like the Movies. Better than the Movies: Discover the romance everyone's been talking about, with millions of copies sold worldwide. Wes has been irritating Liz since they were kids. But as senior year begins and the two are thrown into a scheme to win the guy of Liz's dreams, maybe the boy-next-door is the movie romance she always dreamed of? Nothing Like the Movies: For a few beautiful months, Wes and girl-next-door Liz were together. But right as the two were about to set off to college together, tragedy struck and their relationship ended. Will his plan to win to scheme like a rom-com hero and break out the big gestures be his second chance at happily ever after? Betting on You: The first time Bailey meets Charlie, he is the worst. A few years later, she's working with her nemesis for the summer, but he's drawn her into a ridiculous bet. Will their fake-dating romance have you betting on love? The Do-Over: After Emilie has the worst Valentine's Day ever, she wakes up to find she's living it all over again. How many days can one girl passively watch her life go up in flames? And when something good starts to come out of these terrible days, what happens when the universe stops doling out do-overs?

From the no. 1 international bestselling author of Better than the Movies, childhood sweethearts reunite in a hockey-loving town where romance is about to heat up the ice. *Pre-order now!* From play dates on the playground to sneaking into movie theatres, Dani and Alec were inseparable as kids. Until Dani moved away. Years later, Dani is back in Minnesota, and exited to reconnect with the nerdy and comforting Alec. But teenage Alec is NOTHING like the boy she remembers. He's the hockey STAR in a town where hockey players are worshipped as gods – and he loves it. When one thing leads to another and Dani and Alec find themselves thrown together and playing the role of boyfriend and girlfriend, “complicated” becomes an understatement. In this Minnesota town, hockey may rule, but romance is about to take its place. A swoony, boy-next-door fake dating romance from the New York Times bestseller, Lynn Painter.