by Zane
First published 2010
Milena has built walls around herself for eight years, keeping men at a distance in her sheltered world. Her best friend Lydia feels trapped in small town life but knows exactly how to keep her bills paid while she plots her escape. Together they devise a plan involving four men: Jacour, Yosef, Glenn, and Phil. The men think they're pursuing the women on their own terms, but Milena and Lydia are running a different game entirely. As the friends manipulate romantic situations like players positioning themselves on a baseball diamond, their scheme grows more complex. Milena discovers her body responding in ways she hasn't allowed in nearly a decade. Lydia uses her sexual prowess as currency while dreaming of bigger things. The four men become unwitting participants in overlapping romantic entanglements. Two triangles form as attractions shift and desires intensify. The game escalates beyond what either woman initially planned. Both friends must confront what they really want when their careful manipulation starts affecting their own hearts.
Genres: fiction, romance, adult-fiction, contemporary-romance
Vibes: emotional, intimate, suspenseful
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, found-family
320 pages · Hardcover · Atria Books
Content warnings: sexual-content