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Lauren Layne · Love Unexpectedly #5
Kelly's hunting down her ex-list soulmate for Christmas — but her best friend Mark has loved her all along.
She’s making a list—and checking it twice. But is there a nice guy among all her naughty exes? The New York Times bestselling author of Blurred Lines returns with a charming friends-to-lovers rom-com.When a psychic tells spunky, superstitious Kelly Byrne that she’s already met her true love, she becomes obsessed with the idea of tracking him down before Christmas. Kelly immediately writes up an “Ex List” and starts contacting old boyfriends to figure out which one is the one. When her college sweetheart rolls into town, Kelly convinces herself that they’re meant to be. The trouble is, sparks are flying with someone she’s never given a chance: her best friend, Mark.Mark Blakely has watched the guys on Kelly’s list break her heart, and he’s not looking forward to watching them do it all over again. Mark’s always been there for her, but the timing’s never worked out for their relationship to be something more. Now, just as Mark is ready to move on, the sexual tension between them is suddenly off the charts. With Christmas morning around the corner, he just hopes Kelly will wake up and realize that everything she wants has been right in front of her all along.

Helen Fielding · Bridget Jones #1
A chaotic, self-deprecating singleton navigates her disastrous love life between a cad and a seemingly stuffy lawyer.
3 tropes in common

A panicked PhD student kisses a grumpy professor and accidentally starts a fake relationship with him.
5 tropes in common

Christina Lauren · Unhoneymooners #1
Sworn enemies forced to fake a honeymoon in Hawaii — what could possibly go wrong?
3 tropes in common

Sarah Adams · The Cheat Sheet #1
She's secretly in love with her NFL best friend — then a tipsy confession forces them into a fake relationship.
8 tropes in common

Two rival executive assistants play petty office games — until a stopped elevator changes everything.
4 tropes in common

She's falling for her mysterious pen pal — not realising he's the infuriating man trying to bulldoze her shop.
5 tropes in common

Sophie Kinsella · Shopaholic #1
A shopaholic finance journalist is drowning in debt — and falling for the one man who might find out.
4 tropes in common

Two rival biographers, one island, one legendary woman's story — and feelings neither of them planned for.
5 tropes in common

They share a flat, a bed, and sticky notes — but Tiffy and Leon have never once met.
6 tropes in common

Ten summers, two best friends, and one truth that ruined everything — can one last trip fix them?
9 tropes in common

Christina Lauren · Beautiful Bastard
Two friends set each other up on terrible blind dates while insisting they're absolutely not falling for each other.
6 tropes in common

Liana Cincotti · Picking Daisies on Sundays #1
She fell for her childhood best friend once — now he wants her to fake-date him at his sister's wedding.
8 tropes in common

B.K. Borison · Lovelight #1
To save her Christmas tree farm, Stella needs a fake boyfriend — and her best friend volunteers.
7 tropes in common

Graeme Simsion · Don Tillman #1
A socially challenged genetics professor designs a scientific wife-search — then meets the woman who breaks every rule.
3 tropes in common

Two rock royalty kids reluctantly team up to reunite their feuding mothers — and fall hard along the way.
8 tropes in common

Elena Armas · Love Deception #1
She needs a fake boyfriend for her sister's wedding in Spain — her infuriating office nemesis volunteers.
4 tropes in common

Sarah Adams · When in Rome #1
A burned-out pop star hides in a tiny Kentucky town — and falls for the grumpy baker who wants her gone.
7 tropes in common

Tessa Bailey · Hot & Hammered #1
The town clown and the washed-up baseball star fake date — and both forget it's supposed to be pretend.
7 tropes in common

A starving artist must pretend to be the perfect wife to her not-so-ex-husband — a secretly rich Stanford prof.
7 tropes in common

Alexis Hall · London Calling #1
A tabloid disaster needs a fake boyfriend — and falls for the most uptight man in London.
6 tropes in common