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Playing it Safe
When it comes to love, you can’t win if you don’t play.
Nicole Williams doesn’t have time for a relationship. She’s in grad school, fighting with her thesis and second-guessing her masters program choice. But that doesn’t mean she isn’t interested in a one-night stand—and despite being her name twin, William Nicholas Fowler seems like a guy who knows how to get the job done.
When their surprise hook-up takes a turn to the date-like, Will realizes a one-night stand isn't enough. Not with the only person he’s ever been comfortable being honestly himself. So he makes her an offer: instead of never repeating what was a sexplosive event for both of them, maybe they could give being friends with benefits a shot?
Nicole agrees only because they live ninety miles apart, until she realizes that for Will, she’s a lifeline—the only purely selfish choice he’s made. From the family restaurant that ties him to a small-town future he doesn’t want, to the fake relationship he keeps forgetting to bring up, he’s too busy being what everyone else expects to make time for what he needs.
That isn’t the kind of drama she signed up for, and neither are the feelings she’s started to catch. And unless Nicole figures out where she’s going to land her own life, their fledgling romance might never leave the nest.
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The second book in the Playing to Win series, Playing it Safe is a scandalously hot millennial rom com perfect for fans of Christina Lauren's Wild Nights with some Natalie Portman/Ashton Kutcher No Strings Attached vibes.
Nicole Williams doesn’t have time for a relationship. She’s in grad school, fighting with her thesis and second-guessing her masters program choice. But that doesn’t mean she isn’t interested in a one-night stand—and despite being her name twin, William Nicholas Fowler seems like a guy who knows how to get the job done.
When their surprise hook-up takes a turn to the date-like, Will realizes a one-night stand isn't enough. Not with the only person he’s ever been comfortable being honestly himself. So he makes her an offer: instead of never repeating what was a sexplosive event for both of them, maybe they could give being friends with benefits a shot?
Nicole agrees only because they live ninety miles apart, until she realizes that for Will, she’s a lifeline—the only purely selfish choice he’s made. From the family restaurant that ties him to a small-town future he doesn’t want, to the fake relationship he keeps forgetting to bring up, he’s too busy being what everyone else expects to make time for what he needs.
That isn’t the kind of drama she signed up for, and neither are the feelings she’s started to catch. And unless Nicole figures out where she’s going to land her own life, their fledgling romance might never leave the nest.
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The second book in the Playing to Win series, Playing it Safe is a scandalously hot millennial rom com perfect for fans of Christina Lauren's Wild Nights with some Natalie Portman/Ashton Kutcher No Strings Attached vibes.
379 pages, Kindle Edition
First published May 4, 2020
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February 11, 2022
WARNING: This book is a tearjerker!! Will & Nicole are beautifully written, and the ups and downs of their relationship were absolutely GRIPPING. I cried far, far too much at the miscommunications and misunderstandings, but... the smut... the smut is AMAZING. So, unbelievably hot. ♥ Totally worth the tears. The ending was PERFECT, and I cannot wait for book 3!
January 27, 2021
A budding shrink who's struggling to sort out her life, a sweet bisexual guy who dreads the day he takes over his family's restaurant, and some kinky sex, what more could you want in a romance book? It might be frustrating to witness Nicole and Will avoid their problems like they're COVID, but the pay off is so worth it.
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May 3, 2020Print formatting is complete, one more read to go--print proofs when the physical copies arrive!
May Update:
Print proofs are PROOFED. Just have to transfer my mark-up to the digital file and lock and load the final versions everywhere.
SO EXCITED and also COMPLETELY TERRIFIED to share this book with all of you.
May Update:
Print proofs are PROOFED. Just have to transfer my mark-up to the digital file and lock and load the final versions everywhere.
SO EXCITED and also COMPLETELY TERRIFIED to share this book with all of you.
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