Recommendations based on "Friends without benefits"

A feel-good, coming-of-age rom-com from debut author Page Powars that follows a trans teen who joins a boyfriend borrowing service masquerading as an Italian Club to prove that he’s one of the guys, especially to its frustratingly handsome leader.Noah Byrd is the perfect boy. At least, that’s what he needs to convince his new classmates of to prove his gender. His plan? Join the school’s illustrious (and secret) Borrow a Boyfriend Club, whose members rent themselves out for dates. Once he’s accepted among the bros, the “slip-ups” end.But Noah’s interview is a flop. Desperate, he strikes a deal with the club’s prickly but attractive president, Asher. Noah will help them win an annual talent show—and in return, he’ll get a second shot to demonstrate his boyfriend skills in a series of tests that include romancing Asher himself.If Noah can’t bring home the win, his best chance to prove that he’s man enough is gone. Yet even if he succeeds, he still loses . . . because the most important rule of the Borrow a Boyfriend Club is simple: no real boyfriends (or girlfriends) allowed.And as long as the club remains standing as high as Asher’s man bun, Noah and Asher can never explore their growing feelings for one another.

Nineteen year old Daniel Colton is the guy all the girls want to date, and the man all the guys want to be. Moody, with an explosive temper, closed off and sullen, he's also beautiful, tatted in delicious ways, with a pierced eyebrow and spiky black hair. It's rumoured he has piercings in other places, too. Is he really mad, bad and dangerous to know? Daniel lives with his older brother, Zef, and their home is party central. You want drugs, a good time, liquor, no questions asked? Colton's is the place to go. When Daniel and good girl Lisanne Maclaine have to work on together on assignment, Lisanne finds there's a lot more to the college's bad boy than his reputation. He's intelligent and funny and good company. And then she discovers his secret, why he's so closed off to everyone, and determined to keep people at arms' length. But being his secret-keeper is harder than she ever dreamed.

When you're clueless, Mr. Romance can help. CharlieI'm not sure how it happened, but it turns out I've unknowingly been dating three people. Friends don't spoil other friends, apparently. My trust fund means I can afford to, though, and what's a meal here and there? Or some clothes? Or textbooks? That doesn't mean we're dating, right? Others disagree. If I want to get through the rest of college knowing who my friends are, I need help from someone who knows all about dating and can tell me what not to do.Someone like Mr. Romance. LiamWhen people look at me, romance is the last thing they think of... but I'm still the first person they call. Need a first date planned? A big romantic moment? Gotta beg for forgiveness? I'm your man. When it comes to romance, I've got it handled.Not personally, though. My romantic life is... barren. All I really want is someone to snuggle with and spoil me. What I've got is planning dates for people who have no clue about romancing someone.But now I'm somehow Charlie Martin's anti-romance consultant. Charlie, who's completely clueless yet the most accepting and friendly person I've ever met. Who's giving and generous. Who's befriended me and wants me to be happy. I'm supposed to help him stop his friends from falling for him. The last thing I need is to fall for him myself.

Laura's ex, Dash Ramirez, hates fraternity snobs, but does he hate them enough to burn down their frat house? KC's hot new romance with campus DJ Cody Wainwright hits a snag when her boyfriend Peter comes back from Italy. Can Melissa accept the fact that her love interest Danny Markham is confined to a wheelchair? Kimberly gets caught in the romantic web spun by a visiting poet.

Flirting with the Society Doctor Vale Wakefield is a spectacular doctor, but Faith Fogarty knows his 'for ever' factor is nil - and he'll always go for designer-clad socialites rather than colleagues in unflattering scrubs! She's spent months fighting her attraction, but now, facing a weekend as Vale's date - to a society wedding! - it's time Faith took a few risks with the delicious doctor...When One Night Isn't Enough Nurse Ali Forshay has swapped dating disasters for nights out with the girls! But after spending more time than is strictly necessary discussing the man she loves to hate - the notoriously delicious Dr Jared Padget - Ali's horrifying realisation is that she's one hundred per cent crazy in lust with him! The conclusion: spend a feverish night together! It would be a strictly one-time-only experience...Wouldn't it?

Love is the one event that can never be planned…  Meeting gorgeous Micah Madden while lingerie shopping leaves event planner Lexus Turner embarrassed yet intrigued. The charismatic security expert awakens a sensual side that Lex had put on hold ever since her first marriage imploded. Only a man like Micah could make her feel this good, which is why she is determined to keep her distance.  Sweet, shy and sexier than she knows…Lex is driving Micah crazy. Hiring her firm to plan a family party, he sets out to uncover all the tantalizing passion behind her buttoned-up facade. But getting through to Lex is harder than he thought. And Micah will have to open up in ways the reformed rebel never dared before to show Lex how deliciously satisfying a real love between them could be….

What happens when a shy socialite asks a man she just met, "Will you give me boyfriend lessons?" Find out in this Texas Cattleman's Club: Ranchers and Rivals novel by Sophia Singh Sasson. Her cardinal rule for learning the ropes of romance? Don't fall for the teacher! Shy Lone Star heiress Caitlyn Lattimore is eager to ditch her wallflower status. So when her best friend playfully suggests she practice dating, Caitlyn goes one further. She asks friend of a friend Dev Mallik to give her boyfriend lessons. The spark between them soon turns fun into fire. But is Caitlyn setting herself up for heartbreak? Because Dev's exacting parents want just the right woman for their son--and they aren't so sure she's the one... From Harlequin Desire: A luxurious world of bold encounters and sizzling chemistry. Love triumphs in these uplifting romances, part of the Texas Cattleman's Club: Ranchers and Rivals series: Book 1: Staking a Claim by Janice Maynard Book 2: Boyfriend Lessons by Sophia Singh Sasson Book 3: On Opposite Sides by Cat Schield Book 4: Rivalry at Play by Nadine Gonzalez Book 5: Vacation Crush by Yahrah St. John

Break up for the summer…That's the deal Indigo Summer makes with her boyfriend, Marcus Carter. That way, they can both enjoy their vacations, no guilt, no questions asked. Not that Indigo isn't worried when Marcus heads to Texas to spend time with his estranged mother—kissing Marcus goodbye is hard enough, and who knows who'll be kissing him in Houston? But Indigo barely has time to think about her temporarily ex-boyfriend by the time she gets to Chicago. She's hanging out with her cool cousin, who lives alone at seventeen and has her own life—a life Indigo thought she wanted, until things get way out of hand. She needs Marcus, but he has his own thing going on…and his mother wants him to stay with her permanently.Maybe it's time for a new pact.

Dylan Cross is the type of man that enjoys everything female, and enjoy it he does, but always on his terms. However, his terms are pushed to their limit when Natalie Parker proposes an offer; teach her and her delectable little body, all about sex and desire. There is one catch. He has to play the part of Natalie's madly in love boyfriend for her dying mother. Dylan signs on, and finds that separating the two is harder than he thought. Natalie's days of shyness and lack of confidence come to a quick close as she learns what her body craves and demands in the bedroom. Soon, Dylan becomes the student as Natalie teaches him things he didn't even know he wanted. Will Hamden's notorious playboy, bachelor be able to keep calling the shots, or will he find that, he, himself, is just another player at the card game of life, as we all are?

Sometimes you can’t change—and sometimes you just don’t want to. Read Ben’s side of the Ten Tiny Breaths story in this romantic coming of age novel by the beloved, top-selling indie author praised for her “likeable characters, steamy liaisons, and surprising plot twists” (Kirkus Reviews).Purple-haired, sharp-tongued Reese MacKay knows all about making the wrong choice; she’s made plenty of them in her twenty-odd-years. So when her impulsive, short-lived marriage ends in heartbreak, she decides it’s time for a change. She moves to Miami with the intention of hitting reset on her irresponsible life, and she does quite well…aside from an epically humiliating one-night stand in Cancun with a hot blond bouncer named Ben. Thank God she can get on a plane and leave that mistake behind her. Football scholarship and frat parties with hot chicks? Part of charmer Ben Morris’s plan. Blown knee that kills any hope of a professional football career? So not part of the plan. Luckily Ben has brains to go with his knockout looks and magnetism. After three long years of balancing law school with his job as a bouncer at Penny’s Palace, he’s ready to lead a more mature life—until his first day of work, when he finds himself in the office of that crazy, hot chick he met in Cancun. The one he hasn’t stopped thinking about. If Ben truly were a smart guy, he’d stay clear of Reese. She’s the boss’s stepdaughter and it’s been made very clear that office romances are grounds for dismissal. Plus, rumor has it she’s trouble. The only problem is, he likes trouble, especially when it’s so good-looking…