Holy hell. I had no idea my best friend was so hot.
Hey, there. My name is Elizabeth Slade, college instructor by day.
You probably don't recognize my name, and that’s okay. I actually write steamy romance novels under a pseudonym. And I've been able to crank out so many amazing steamy scenes thanks to a guy I call my “substitute boyfriend,” a gorgeous specimen of a man who helps me act out those hot scenes so that when I write them, they're realistic.
But when I catch him getting cozy with another woman, I tell him off.
Really smart—because I don't seem to have a muse without him nowadays. So what do I do? Wallowing in one-woman pity party, I drink a little too much…and whoopsy! I visit my best friend, fellow college instructor Roman—and I tell him everything. EVERYTHING. What was I thinking?
Except we create a steamy scene of our own after that.
I had no idea the moves that man has as I realize he’s been hiding in plain sight this whole time. How will I be able to maintain a friendship and a professional relationship that doesn't blossom into something more while he’s filling in for my substitute boyfriend?
Love and Romance is a laugh-out-loud small town romantic comedy set in Colorado, book three in the Small Town Secrets series. Curl up by the fire with a glass of wine or a mug of hot chocolate and settle into Winchester, Colorado—where the nights are cold…but steamy!
Every woman should have a best friend…with benefits.
Elizabeth is a college professor by day, steamy romance writer by night. There’s just one problem: she has a hell of a time penning her steamiest scenes without a little help from Ridley, a guy she calls her “pretend boyfriend.” When her imagination falters, Ridley gives her plenty to fuel her fantasies. But when she catches him playing around on her, she boots him to the curb.
And then she can’t write at all.
Enter her colleague and good friend Roman. While indulging herself in a liquor-fueled pity party, she confesses her secret to Roman—and he volunteers to play the part of Ridley while she figures things out.
She doesn’t dare…does she? Won’t that make things at work awkward as hell? But her writing is languishing, suffering a slow, agonizing death.
Will she take Roman up on his offer or keep a safe distance and go it alone?
Curl up by the fire with a glass of wine or a mug of hot chocolate and settle into Winchester, Colorado—where the nights are cold…but steamy!
Portions of this novel were previously published in 2014 as the book Substitute Boyfriend.
