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Surprisingly Us
Erin Hawkins · Unexpectedly in Love #4
A ballet dancer needs dating experience; her tattooed childhood friend needs a respectable girlfriend. Deal made.
Description
A fake relationship between childhood friends has a reformed playboy and determined dancer wondering if opposites really do attract. ColetteI’ve spent the last eighteen years of my life living and breathing dancing, there’s been no time for anything else. Now, as a seasoned member of The City Ballet, my goal of becoming a principal dancer is within reach. But in order to land a pivotal lead role, the choreographer wants more passion and emotion in my dancing. The problem? My lack of experience with relationships and love. The solution? I need to start dating, if only as research for the coveted role.I’m used to drilling footwork. Repetition. Muscle-memory. But how can I practice dating?I never imagined Rhys Spencer, my childhood friend and notorious ladies’ man, would be the answer.RhysI’ve only come back to NYC to claim my trust fund, but being faced with losing control of my parents’ legacy foundation to my cousin and rival has me rethinking my plans. Though my reputation as a ladies’ man paints me in an unfavorable light with the foundation board and has me desperate to change my ways, if only temporarily.My childhood friend, Colette Davenport, is the perfect fake girlfriend. She’s talented, gracious, and stunning. With her on my arm, I’ll have no problem convincing the board I’m the right man for the position. Everyone is shocked by the pairing of the sweet, yet determined ballet dancer and a tattooed bad boy with a BIG reputation.When the competition intensifies, and I blindside Colette with a new proposal, things start to heat up. Soon, I’m on my knees for a different reason and I’m breaking all our rules.With every kiss, every touch, I’m even more desperate to have her. To keep her for myself. I never want our arrangement to end, and no one is more surprised than me.Surprisingly Us is a full-length romance novel with a Happily Ever After that features explicit material and profanity. This book is intended for 18+
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