by Avery Flynn
First published 2019
Garrett Stern just wants to play hockey for the Ice Knights. Instead, he is starring in a viral video for all the wrong reasons, and his mother has seized control of his dating apps. The date she arranges lands him across the table from Zara Ambrose, a sharp-tongued redhead who made clear she would rather be anywhere else on earth. Neither of them asked for this. But Zara has a bet with her friends to fulfill, and Garrett has a PR crisis to survive, so they strike a deal: complete five dates, satisfy the obligations, and walk away clean. No feelings. No future. No naked fun. Simple math. The problem is that Garrett keeps noticing the way Zara looks in a dress. He keeps noticing the small shiver she makes whenever they touch. And he cannot stop thinking about the fact that she has never experienced a truly toe-curling orgasm that she did not deliver herself, and how much he wants to change that particular statistic. Five dates was supposed to be a ceiling. It is starting to feel like a countdown.
Genres: romance, adult, adult-fiction, comedy, contemporary-romance
Vibes: charming, lighthearted, playful, steamy, witty
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, fake-dating, forced-proximity
Setting: Ice Knights
280 pages · Paperback · Independently published
Content warnings: explicit-sexual-content