On or off the ice, I have no problems fighting dirty to get what I want.
But this is one fight I might just lose.
Fighting Dirty, an all-new irresistible, fake relationship standalone romance in the smoking hot Ice Kings Series from Stacey Lynn is available now!
BLURB:
There’s nothing I wouldn’t do for my best friend.
Like, hide the fact I’ve been in love with her for years.
Or agree to be her fake boyfriend when we have to return to her hometown for her exes wedding.
Little does Jillian know this is what I’ve been waiting for.
It’s a dream come true. I finally get to touch her and love her in all the ways I’ve been dying to show her.
For one weekend only, she’s mine, even if she thinks it’s fake.
Pretending to love her is easy.
I want her to be mine forever.
Getting Jillian to admit it’s what she wants too, is another thing.
On or off the ice, I have no problems fighting dirty to get what I want.
But this is one fight I might just lose.
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My Review:
My Rating: 3.5 Stars
Jillian needs to find a date to take home for her exes wedding. Enter her best friend, Klaus, who has been in love with her for years. Can Klaus prove they could work as more than just friends? I enjoyed how the author wrote the friendship between Jillian and Klaus. You could tell they truly knew and cared about the other. There were some well written moments of Jillian having problems with her family that made the book more realistic. We don't always get along or understand our parents. I was glad that Klaus had Jillian's back and let her think things through when she needed to. He was just there if she needed someone to talk to. He let her guide the way through everything. I liked this story, but I did feel like it was missing something for me. I just can't pinpoint what that is though. It had sweet moments, heat, drama and a little humor. If you like the trope friends to lovers you would probably like this book.
EXCERPT
“I’ll do it.”
“What?” I mean, that was Becca’s plan, but I still hadn’t decided if I was going to ask Klaus.
He’ll have to pretend to be my boyfriend. Someone who loves me enough to prove I’ve totally moved on from Roman and Julianna. I’m not sure my mental health can handle spending a weekend with Klaus pretending we’re dating and then coming back home after and going back to being friends.
“Sure. Why wouldn’t I do it?”
“Are you sure?” I take a small sip. Too much wine will go straight to my head. My appetite still hasn’t returned since Saturday, mostly because I’ve been dreading this moment. “Because it’s not just a date, I mean, it is, but we’d have to act in love and all that stuff.”
Klaus laughs and pushes off his stool. “I do understand the general idea of being a boyfriend and what that entails.”
A warm, calloused, and gorgeous hand covers mine, forcing both my hand and the avocado oil glass bottle to the counter.
“Look at me.”
When I do, he steals my breath. I’ve been able to hide my reaction to him for years. First I pushed it aside because I was stupidly in love with Roman, and then we were friends.
Are friends.
Right. Friends shouldn’t feel this way or have their body heat just because they’re in close, touching proximity to each other.
Someone should tell that to my vagina.
“What about Bailey?” Bailey’s his on-again, off-again cheerleader girlfriend with the local NBA team. She’s also a pre-med student and sweet as hell. It’s difficult to hate her even when I tried. And before Bailey, there was Barbie and Brianna and Bianca.
Klaus has such a fascination with women whose names start with the letter B I hesitated to ever introduce him to Becca. Fortunately, Becca’s immune to his charm.
“I haven’t seen Bailey in months.”
“What?” I ask again. “I thought…”
“We weren’t serious. And she wanted something I couldn’t give her.”
“What’s that?”
“Commitment. My heart.” His steel-blue eyes are perfectly framed with long, golden-brown lashes that blink slowly. “I didn’t feel that way about her, so we ended things, firmly, months ago, and I don’t want to talk about her anymore. I’d love to take you to the wedding. In fact, I want to take you.”
A tiny little bubble of hope lifts my voice. “Really? You’ll pretend with me?”
His eyes bounce from mine, to my nose, to my lips before meeting my gaze. I swear that steely blue deepens into another emotion before he smiles. “Sure. I’ll pretend with you.”
A flutter of warmth skips across my shoulder, to my neck, down my spine.
Pretend to be in love with Klaus Newman?
I can totally pull that off.
But can I do it while hiding the fact I think I’m already halfway in love with the guy?
I guess we’ll see how good of an actress I am.
Meet Stacey Lynn:
Stacey Lynn likes her coffee with a dash of sugar, her heroes with a side of bossy, and her wine a deep shade of red.
The author of over thirty romance novels, many of which have been best-selling titles on Amazon, AppleBooks, and Barnes & Noble, she loves being able to turn her vivid imagination into a career that brings entertainment and joy to her readers. Focused on sports romance and emotional, small-town romance, she also loves stretching herself in different genres.
Born in Texas and raised in the Midwest, she now makes her home in North Carolina and loves all things Southern. Together with her ultimate tall, dark, and handsome hero, she has four children. Her life is a chaotic mess that fights with her Type-A, list-making, neurotically organized preferences and she wouldn’t have it any other way.
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