End Game Review Emily Goodwin

Quinn Dawson has been crushing on her brother Dean's best friend and college roommate since her family first met Archer on Purdue's move in day. Grant it, she was only 14 and he was 18. But her crush only intesified over the years due to Archer coming home with Dean during school breaks and after they graduated. Quinn runs into Archer at her company party. She finally realizes that he has feelings for her too. 

Archer has been hiding his feelings for Quinn for years. He felt ashamed that he was attracted to a 14 year old, although she wasn't dressed like one in that little black dress. But she's no longer 14 and he's far from being 18. Quinn is still Dean's baby sister--there must be some kind of bro-code against that. He did stop himself from kissing her at Christmas but now, he can't help himself. 

Quinn has been feeling exhausted and tired for days now. And the pressures of this new project doesn't help any either. Why can't she keep any food down. Oh, yeah because she got knocked-up by her childhood crush. Archer wants them to be together even though he didn't call her back after their night together. It hurt when he didn't call or text. It's not like they could really start something since he lives in Indy and she's in Chicago. But a girl can hope right? Quinn doesn't want Archer to be with her just because it's "the right thing to do." Her older brother Wes did that and look how that turned out--a single dad. 

How can Archer get Quinn to realize how deeply he feels for her? He has been in love with her for years. But Archer was offered a trauma surgeon fellowship--in Boston! Will he pick his dream job or his dream girl?

The Real Deal: A Novel by Lauren Blakely

The Real Deal

Lauren Blakely

April Hamilton needs a buffer for the annual Hamilton-Moore Family Reunion. Every time, April comes home, someone from her family sets her up on a blind date trying to lure her back home to Wistful, a small town community on the edge of Long Island Sound. Everyone knows everyone. But April loves her job as a body painter. She makes a comfortable living working on commercials, magazines, and movies. April is one of the best. Why would she want to leave New York City for the humdrum of small town living where she would be limited to face painting at the ice cream social. What's a girl to do? She bribes her gay best friend to pretend to be her boyfriend. But Xavier is a male model who gets a last minute modeling gig--two days before the reunion. Xavier doesn't leave her in a complete bind. His neighbor is a bartender with a side gig--boyfriend for hire. 

Theo Banks is not the boy next door, but he can be if need be--for a price. His Craigslist ad lists a number of things that he can do. All of it is completely platonic. No, kissing which has never been a problem...well until April. The moment he meets her. He wants to throw all his rules out the window. He has to remain focused. He needs to pay off his brother's debts to ensure that Heath stays on the straight and narrow. Heath needs and deserves a second chance after spending the last two years in prison for fraud and bond scams. Theo hasn't always been a boy scout either. Both brothers have had to hustle their way through college. Life hasn't been kind to either of them. That's another reminder to Theo to keep his business deal with April completely professional. But the more time April and Theo spend together the more both of them develop true feelings for each other. How can they survive with so many lies and other people in their path?

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