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The paradise problem
by Christina Lauren
When his 100-million-dollar inheritance comes with a catch—he must be happily married for five years, Liam Weston, the uptight heir of a grocery chain, turns to his secret not-so-ex-wife Anna Green, a feisty, foul-mouthed artist, to fake their relationship and convince his one-percenter parents they're in love.
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A legend in the baking
by Jamie Wesley
"After accidentally going viral on social media, a cupcake-baking football player gets assistance from a social media maven--and his best friend's little sister--to help promote his new bakery. August Hodges was supposed to be the silent partner in SugarBlitz Cupcakes. Emphasis on silent. That is until his impromptu feminist rant about how women bakers are the backbone of the industry and baking cupcakes isn't a threat to masculinity goes viral, making him the hottest bachelor in town. With a new location in the works, August and his partners decide to capitalize on this perfect opportunity to help cement their place in the community. But the hiring of his best friend's younger sister, the woman who has haunted some of his best dreams for years, was as much of a shock as his new-found fame. Social media manager Sloane Dell fell hard for her brother's best friend the moment she met him more than a decade ago, but that teenage infatuation cost her dearly. Still, she accepts her brother's request to revampthe bakery's social media presence to take advantage of August's newfound popularity, knowing it's the big break her fledgling career needs. She'll just ignore the fact that August is still August, i.e. sexier and sweeter than any man has a right to be. And that he drives her crazy with his resistance to all her ideas. They vow to leave the past in the past. But when an explosive make-out session makes it clear their attraction burns hotter than ever, Sloane and August are forced to reconsider what it means to take a risk and chase your dreams. As they're both about to find out, all's fair in love and cupcakes"
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The dating plan
by Sara Desai
A characteristically obedient Indian-American software engineer, determined to avoid a loveless arranged marriage by her traditional parents, enlists a childhood crush, required to marry in order to secure his inheritance, to be her decoy fiancé. Original.
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Happy place
by Emily Henry
Despite breaking up months earlier, a picture-perfect couple still haven't told their friends about the split and attempt to pretend they are still together at an annual Maine getaway, in the new novel from the best-selling author of Book Lovers.
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The paid companion
by Amanda Quick
In order to pursue his quest to catch a killer while keeping the high-society husband-hunters at bay, the Earl of St. Merryn hires the sensible--and poverty-stricken--Elenora Lodge to pose as his fiancée during the upcoming London season. 175,000 first printing.
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Funny story
by Emily Henry
"Daphne always loved the way Peter told their story. How they met, fell in love, and moved back to his lakeside hometown to begin their life together. Too bad it turned out to be more of a prequel, a complication to Peter's actual love story, the one that ends with him dumping Daphne before their wedding to begin a relationship with his lifelong best friend, Petra. And so that's how Daphne's story really begins: stranded in beautiful Waning Bay, Michigan, without friends or family but with a dream job asa children's librarian (that barely pays the bills), and proposing to be roommates with the only other non-Peter-related person she knows: Petra's heartbroken ex, Miles Nowak. Just until she can get a new dream job literally anywhere else. Scruffy and chaotic, Miles is entirely the opposite of buttoned-up Daphne, and they mainly avoid one another until one night, while drowning their sorrows, they form a tenuous friendship. Miles decides he will convince Daphne to give Waning Bay a real shot. He'll show her why he loves this idyllic town and its residents, and if they happen to post deliberately misleading photos of their adventures together--for a particular audience of two--who could blame them? Miles believes Daphne deserves the chance to build a lifehere, her own life. As she begins to fall for the town, Daphne wonders what this summer is supposed to mean. Is it just for fun? An interlude to her own love story? Or maybe it was never meant to be a love story? Maybe it was just an anecdote to share atfuture dinner parties: that time she fell in love with her ex-fiancâe's new fiancâee's ex-boyfriend. Who's to say?"
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Wife for hire
by Janet Evanovich
Hoping to improve his rogue's reputation in order to get a bank loan for his business, Hank Mallone hires Maggie Toone to pose as his wife, but the deal soon changes from "strictly business" to "no holds barred."
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The duke and I
by Julia Quinn
The rakish Duke of Hastings will stop at nothing to hold the marriagemongers and matchmakers of his town at bay, even if it means pretending to be engaged to the lovely Daphne Bridgerton, but strong feelings soon intervene on both sides of this convenient arrangement. Reissue.
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Sharp edges
by Jayne Ann Krentz
Museum curator Eugenia Swift and Cyrus Colfax, a rough-hewn private investigator, enter the sinister, high-stakes world of priceless art, where they discover that the most valuable commodity is knowing whom to trust.
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Bet me
by Jennifer Crusie
Agreeing not to pursue a relationship after one date, unlikely lovers Min Dobbs and Cal Morrisey find themselves unwittingly thrown together again in the wake of such factors as a jealous ex-boyfriend, a determined psychologist, and a bizarrely intelligent cat. 250,000 first printing.
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A summer to remember
by Mary Balogh
To gain their mutual independence, respectable Lauren Edgeworth enters into a bargain with handsome Viscount "Kit" Ravensberg that she will masquerade as his betrothed for the summer, only to end the engagement in the fall as they go their separate ways, but their clever scheme could be undermined by their growing feelings for each other.
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The kiss quotient
by Helen Hoang
A 30-year-old math whiz with Asperger's tries to make her love life as rich as her career by hiring an escort to help her with her lack of knowledge and experience in the dating department. Original.
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Stand-in groom
by Suzanne Brockmann
When Chelsea Spencer asks Johnny Anziano, who saved her and her purse from muggers, to be her husband for two weeks so she can claim her inheritance, he agrees, but neither counts on the sizzling attraction between them
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Love, theoretically
by Ali Hazelwood
Secretly offering her services as a fake girlfriend, theoretical physicist Elsie Hannaway engages in an all-out war of scholarly sabotage when the older brother of her favorite client, the cold-hearted experimental physicist who ruined her mentor's career, stands between her and her dream job at MIT.
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Look on the bright side
by Kristan Higgins
When a solution to get her life back on track comes from foul-tempered and renowned surgeon Lorenzo Santini who needs a date for his sister's wedding, oncologist Lark Smith agrees and falling in love with his big, warm family, discovers the best things in life aren't planned at all.
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The lady has a past
by Amanda Quick
When her boss disappears while on a health retreat at an exclusive spa, investigative apprentice Lyra Brazier goes undercover with the help of a man with a unique gift, and together, they are plunged into a world darker and more dangerous than they ever could have imagined.
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The unhoneymooners
by Christina Lauren
Partnered with a nemesis best man on a paradise honeymoon when her bride twin gets food poisoning, a chronically unlucky maid of honor assumes the role of a newlywed before unexpectedly falling for her companion. Original. 75,000 first printing.
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The Greatest Lover in All England
by Christina Dodd
Rosie survives as a street thespian by pretending she is a boy and staying one step ahead of the law, but when she has to play Sir Rycliffe's wife in an arranged marriage, his kisses threaten her composure. Original.
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The Kept Woman
by Susan Donovan
In exchange for a generous paycheck, divorc‚e and single mother Samantha Monroe masquerades as the fianc‚e of Jack Tolliver, a politician looking to clean up his image for the U.S. Senate race, but their sham engagement become complicated by Jack's political enemies, a troublesome ex-husband, squabbling children, a crazy dog, and love. Original.
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The Cinderella deal
by Jennifer Crusie
In a warm, funny tale of opposites attracting, a man persuades a sharp-tongued woman to pose as his fiance in order to win his dream job, but his partner in pretense plans to make her role a reality. Reprint.
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One Night With A Prince
by Sabrina Jeffries
Desperate to recover some incriminating letters, proper Lady Christabel, Marchioness of Haversham, masquerades as the mistress of Gavin Byrne, a notorious gaming-club owner, to accompany him to a scandalous house party, not realizing that Gavin has his own vengeful agenda. Original.
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Yours truly
by Abby Jimenez
When Dr. Jacob Maddox, whom she is prepared to hate, sends her a letter, which leads to sharing lunch dates in her“sob closet,” Dr. Briana Ortiz tries not to fall hard for this sexy new doctor, especially when he gives her the best gift imaginable—a kidney for her brother.
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Slightly scandalous
by Mary Balogh
During a visit to Bath, independent, adventure-loving Lady Freyja Bedwyn gets more than she had bargained for when Joshua Moore, Marquess of Hallmere, enlists her aid to thwart the matchmaking schemes of his family by posing as his fiancTe. Original.
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Asking for trouble
by Liz Young
Unmarried at the age of thirty and in no hurry to find a husband, despite her mother's warnings, Sophie invents a boyfriend named Dominic to keep her mother quiet, but problems arise when Sophie is forced to produce her imaginary beau for her sister's wedding. Original. 50,000 first printing.
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Strange Bedpersons
by Jennifer Crusie
When she agrees to accompany her ex-boyfriend Nick Jamieson, a conservative Republican lawyer who is desperate to make partner, on a weekend business trip as his fiancée, Tess Newhart, an outspoken woman of the world, discovers that opposites really do attact. Reprint.
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Slightly sinful
by Mary Balogh
Injured on the battlefield, Lord Alleyne Bedwyn awakens in a ladies' brothel, with no memory of who he is, in the care of the lovely Rachel York, a young woman trapped in desperate circumstances who decides to use the dashing soldier she rescued to try to reclaim her stolen fortune. Original.
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The Perfect Rake
by Anne Gracie
When their evil grandfather is injured, Prudence Merridew, at the behest of her four beautiful sisters, devises a clever scheme to escape him once and for all, but her plan backfires spectacularly when she ends up in the arms of a notorious rake, who offers to help her for a steep price. Original.
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How to woo a reluctant lady
by Sabrina Jeffries
Convincing notorious rakehell Giles Masters to pose as her betrothed to meet her grandmother's ultimatum regarding her inheritance, novelist Lady Minerva Sharpe finds their fake engagement turning into something more until she discovers his secret double life. Original. 500,000 first printing.
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The bodyguard
by Katherine Center
Hired as superstar actor Jack Stapleton's bodyguard, Hannah Brooks must pose as his girlfriend while visiting his family's ranch in Texas where she finds it easy to protect him, but hard to protect her own, long-neglected heart. 150,000 first printing.
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The wedding date
by Jasmine Guillory
Stranded together in an elevator during a power outage, Drew and Alexa agree to pose as a couple at an ex's wedding and discover afterwards that they are unable to forget each other. Original.
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It Must Be Love
by Rachel Gibson
The zodiac is predicting lust and romance when undercover cop Joe Shanahan is in over his head when he beds the sexy New Age devotee he was sent to investigate, leaving him reeling and her seeing stars. Original.
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