Rules of Love

Virgins & Athletes

(Rules of Love Book 1)

A sexy, brother’s best friend sports romance from # 1 New York Times bestseller Lauren Blakely!

Let me make a few things clear. I didn’t go to the wedding intending to dance with the best man, to dare him to show me a very sexy pic on his phone, or to accidentally kiss him in the hotel elevator after the reception ended.

But things just happen at weddings…

The next day, Crosby and I agree to put all those shenanigans behind us. The fun-loving, stupidly gorgeous, all-star baseball player might be my brother’s best friend, but he’s my good friend too and has been for years.

I can’t risk losing him even though now I can’t stop thinking about how much I want him to be my first.

After he takes me to a gala, I make him a proposition. A few nights of friends with benefits, and the benefits are lots and lots of Os. The biggest rule of all? We walk away friends.

But the more nights we spend together, the more I start to feel for my friend. What will happen to our friendship if we rip up the rulebook?

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(Rules of Love Book 2)

She’s the one who got away…

I had an excuse two years ago when I met the sexy but innocent reporter on campus.

She interviewed me for a story on major league baseball’s rising stars, and we shared a hot, passionate night that ended far too soon.

Now I know the woman I can’t stop thinking about is the coach’s daughter.

Since her dad is the guy who determines if I bat fourth or ride the bench, I do everything I can to resist the reporter-turned-sports publicist when I run into her again in San Francisco.

Trouble is I’m the grumpy ballplayer and the team needs to be sunshine-y.

My agent pairs me up with her to work on my people skills, but pretty soon we’re working on bedroom skills too.

And the more time I spend with her, the harder I fall.

This is going to be so bad for my baseball career especially since letting her slip through my fingers again feels like a rookie mistake.

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(The Rules of Love Book 3)

A virgin, an athlete, a fake romance, and only one bed in the hotel room.

Following rules shot me to the top of my game as an all-star baseball player, and the golden rule is this — don’t hookup with your teammate’s sister.

But ask her to be your fake date when you desperately need one for a family wedding? Nothing in the guy code against that. Plus, the flirty, feisty Sierra’s my friend too, so why the hell not pretend we’re madly in lust for two days in Hawaii?

No hardship in a make believe kiss here, a fake smooch there, as long as we don’t cross any dangerous lines.

Then, the hotel books us into the same suite. Which means she’s showering near me, putting on itty bitty bikinis in the same room, sliding into that king-size bed wearing only a black lace cami.

But I resist…until the night she tells me she’s been waiting for me to be her first. And there’s nothing fake about my desire to say yes…

Or about the feelings I’m starting to catch…And there’s nothing fake about my desire to say yes, even though that’s definitely against the code. But, maybe only if someone catches feelings?

And neither one of us will.

Until I do…

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(The Rules of Love Book 4)

Indulge in Mr. Right Now and Captain Romance!

Mr. Right Now

I’ve got a problem. After a dozen failed dates – but who’s counting – I’m done hunting for Mr. Right. I’m more than ready to cash in my V-card, and at this point I’ll gladly hand it over to Mr. Right Now. When I go out with my friends for a night on the town, I bump into the perfect candidate. A guy from my past who kissed like a dream but took off before we could say goodbye. The swoony, charming pro athlete is back in the city and he’s as ready to help me with my project as he is to win baseball games. The next morning, I’m deliciously satisfied and I know I’ve chosen wisely. But when he leaves again, I can’t stop wondering — what if Mr. Right Now is actually Mr. Right? And how do I get him back?

Captain Romance

I don’t have luck on my side when it comes to romance. That’s why I’m laser focused on my career as a sports reporter and making a mark as a woman in this tough field.

When one of the city’s baseball stars asks me to spend a night on the town, I have to draw the line. Just friends, I say.

He’s good with that.

Very good with that.

So good that I start falling for my new friend.

Of all the swoony, charming, thoughtful men in this big city, why is the one I want thoroughly off-limits? But if I want a chance with the guy they call Captain Romance, I’m going to have to put more than my heart on the line.

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