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She kissed me before she told me her name. Then asked me to be her fake-date at a wedding. Naturally, I said hell yes!
I came to Red Falls for my best friend’s wedding, not to fall for a woman whose lips taste like sugar. I’m a drummer, a brand new grandpa, an aging punk with a mushy heart, and, apparently, a fake boyfriend to the most gorgeous stranger I’ve ever met: Mira Harlow.
Mira runs her small town bakery like a boss all while parenting a hormonal teenager, caring for a mom with cognitive decline, and shouldering a mountain of stress. So yeah, maybe when she grabbed my shirt and kissed me five seconds after meeting me, begging me to pretend we’re together to save face in front of her ex, it wasn’t her most thought-out plan. But I’ve never been able to say no to a beautiful woman or to a good time.
The plan? Have a blast at the wedding. Look convincing. Don’t catch feelings.
Two out of three ain’t bad.
The thing is, Mira’s got a smile that knocks the wind out of me and lips I can still taste even once I’m back in Seattle. And now all I want is to return to Red Falls, and to her. I just have to convince her that I’m not only a steamy fake date in a fancy suit. I’m the real thing.
Lips Like Sugar is book 2 in the Bluebird Basin Romance series but can be read as a standalone.
Content notes: Living with and caring for a parent with mild cognitive impairment, addiction, relapse, an unhealthy ex, grown men deeply in their feels, strong friendships, conversations about love languages, and an absurd amount of Say Anything references.
Genre: Romance
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