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Unlikely friends. An undeniable attraction.

Telling everyone my best friend, Max, and I are dating was a panic move. But when my younger sister announced her engagement, I knew my parents were going to crank up the pressure cooker to see me settle down.

We were polar opposites. A tattooed bar owner and a strait-laced math teacher. Who’d actually believe it? I knew he’d play along, though.

The plan was simple. Fake date through all the wedding festivities, then stage a break-up. We were so close to pulling it off. That is, until the chemistry between us felt all too real.

To save our friendship, I tried to ignore the magnetic pull. Every thought betrayed me. He made me happier than I ever dreamed possible. If only I knew he felt the same way.

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This was a perfect small-town friend’s to lovers book once I started reading it, I was completely enamored with the story and getting to know Max more since being introduced to him in the previous series. Zoe and Max are complete opposites Zoe is a math teacher and Max is a tattooed restaurant and bar owner, they have been the best of friends since they were ten, they have gone through some tough times over the years. So when she needs help she knows Max is there to help her and be her “boyfriend”. Feelings start to happen and they realize that maybe it’s not so fake after all. This may have started as a fake relationship but Zoe and Max’s story is much more than they both ever expected.

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