Playing Flirty

The game is on for two nerds who love to outplay each other . . . even when their hearts are on the line, in this charming and geeky romantic comedy perfect for fans of Olivia Dade and Jen DeLuca. For Rose Marie Jones, risks are a hard no-except for Game Night. For one precious evening a week, Rose can forget about her demanding boss and her lackluster sex life and focus on beating the pants off her friends. But none of them brings out her hyper-competitive side quite like William Ashdern. Her best friend's half-brother, William is the paragon of a sexy nerd. The tall, dorky, and handsome game designer is Rose's playing nemesis. But when Rose decides to enter a contest with the board game she's secretly invented, there's only one person who can help her win. Now what has always been a game between Rose and William is getting a lot more serious. And after spending her entire life trying not to lose, Rose might finally be ready risk it all-and play to win.

"Deeply romantic and wonderfully satisfying. I loved every page." --Abbi Waxman, USA Today bestselling author of The Bookish Life of Nina Hill, "Filled with all the warmth and nerdery and romance my dorky heart could want. I had a blast." --Charlotte Stein, author of When Grumpy Met Sunshine, "Sweet, swoony, and utterly adorkable." --Jo Watson, author of Burning Moon, "The geeky rivals-to-lovers romance of my dreams!" --Swati Hegde, author of Match Me If You Can

Shameez Patel was born and raised in Cape Town, South Africa. She lives there with her husband, child, and two cats named Turbo and Charger. During the day, she juggles her time between parenting her daughter and working as an engineer, but at night, she escapes to new worlds that always have someone to fall in love with. Shameez became obsessed with fiction, especially fantasy fiction, at a young age. Her parents fondly recall receiving her first handwritten story before the age of ten, titled The Treasures of Zombie Island, which surprisingly featured no zombies at all. She has been writing ever since.

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