Recommendations based on "Lessons from a One-night Stand"

A national bestseller!When it comes to romance, sometimes it doesn't hurt to play games. A fun YA romcom full of fake dating hijinks!Musical lover Riley has big aspirations to become a director on Broadway. Crucial to this plan is to bring back her high school’s spring musical, but when Riley takes her mom’s car without permission, she's grounded and stuck with the worst punishment: spending her after-school hours working at her dad’s game shop.Riley can't waste her time working when she has a musical to save, so she convinces Nathan—a nerdy teen employee—to cover her shifts and, in exchange, she’ll flirt with him to make his gamer-girl crush jealous.But Riley didn’t realize that meant joining Nathan's Dungeons & Dragons game…or that role playing would be so fun. Soon, Riley starts to think that flirting with Nathan doesn't require as much acting as she would've thought...

A fresh, urban twist on the classic tale of star-crossed lovers.When Brittany Ellis walks into chemistry class on the first day of senior year, she has no clue that her carefully created "perfect" life is about to unravel before her eyes. She's forced to be lab partners with Alex Fuentes, a gang member from the other side of town, and he is about to threaten everything she's worked so hard for―her flawless reputation, her relationship with her boyfriend, and the secret that her home life is anything but perfect. Alex is a bad boy and he knows it. So when he makes a bet with his friends to lure Brittany into his life, he thinks nothing of it. But soon Alex realizes Brittany is a real person with real problems, and suddenly the bet he made in arrogance turns into something much more.In a passionate story about looking beneath the surface, Simone Elkeles breaks through the stereotypes and barriers that threaten to keep Brittany and Alex apart.

Ally Hastings is her name and I’ve never been more obsessed with a girl in my life.She’s sweet and innocent and nothing like me. She tells me she’s never had a guy’s hands on her before. Barely even been kissed. Hearing those words out of her pretty little lips only makes me more obsessed.I want to corrupt her. Do things to her I shouldn’t. From the way I catch her looking at me, I know she wants it too.The only issue is our parents just started dating and they’re already serious about a future together. If they say I do, things between me and Ally could turn weird real fast.My Favorite Girl is a steamy, forbidden, new adult romance, and is an origin story to My Favorite Sin. It is a novella that provides glimpses into the characters’ lives over a four-year period leading up to the events in My Favorite Sin and ends on a cliff-hanger.This novella is recommended to be read before My Favorite Sin.

She's a tomboy. He's the boy next door.With three older brothers, Charlotte Reynolds, aka Charlie, has always been more comfortable calling the shots on a basketball court than flirting with the opposite sex. So when her police officer dad demands she get a summer job to pay for the latest in a long line of speeding tickets, she's more than a little surprised to find herself working at a chichi boutique and going out with a boy who has never seen her tear it up in a pickup game. Charlie seeks late-night refuge in her backyard, talking out her problems with her neighbor and honorary fourth brother, Braden, sitting back-to-back against the fence that separates them. Braden may know her better than anyone. But there's a secret Charlie's keeping that even he hasn't figured out—she's fallen for him. Hard. She knows what it means to go for the win, but if spilling her secret means losing him for good, the stakes just got too high.On the Fence is a sweet and satisfying read about finding yourself and finding love where you least expect it.

In the third book in New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Cora Carmack’s Rusk University series, a good girl is about to find out what happens when she creates the ultimate college bucket list and she sets her sights on a jock.First person in her family to go to college? CHECK.Straight A’s? CHECK.On track to graduate early? CHECK.Social life? …yeah, about that….With just a few weeks until she graduates, Antonella DeLuca’s beginning to worry that maybe she hasn’t had the full college experience. (Okay... Scratch that. She knows she hasn't had the full college experience).So Nell does what a smart, dedicated girl like herself does best. She makes a "to do" list of normal college activities.Item #1? Hook up with a jock.Rusk University wide receiver Mateo Torres practically wrote the playbook for normal college living. When he’s not on the field, he excels at partying, girls, and more partying. As long as he keeps things light and easy, it's impossible to get hurt... again. But something about the quiet, shy, sexy-as-hell Nell gets under his skin, and when he learns about her list, he makes it his mission to help her complete it.Torres is the definition of confident (And sexy. And wild), and he opens up a side of Nell that she's never known. But as they begin to check off each crazy, exciting, normal item, Nell finds that her frivolous list leads to something more serious than she bargained for. And while Torres is used to taking risks on the field, he has to decide if he's willing to take the chance when it's more than just a game.Together they will have to decide if what they have is just part of the experiment or a chance at something real.

If you don’t like a smattering of serious on a bed of satire, clichéd characters, and over the top situations that know exactly what they are, then this book is definitely not for you.What do you get when you introduce Deadpool’s personality to Giselle’s? If you answered a love story for the ages, you wouldn’t be totally wrong… But, you wouldn’t be totally right, either.With a heroine who won’t let a stupid little thing like being too good get in the way of showing her stupid ex what’s what and a hero who wants no part of being the male lead in a romance novel, these two opposites find themselves in an unconventional partnership.When peppy-go-lucky Avery eventually wears down bad-to-the-bone Davin’s defences, he agrees to help her trash her reputation. And if Davin can help her pass math while he’s at it, all the better. So it’s goodbye to Little Miss Goody-Two-Shoes and hello to a whole new Avery.Davin was only supposed to be Avery’s mistake – the guy that everyone would eventually call her ‘little phase’ – and he figured it would be good for a laugh when he looked back on it. But the more they’re together, the less either of them feel it’s a mistake.Now if only one of them could mention that to the other and ease all that angst-ridden tension…A laugh-out-loud modern-day fairy-tale told in dual POV for those who know life never quite goes according to plan.The first book in a new standalone series: Bad Boy's Guide to...This story is not intended for younger readers due to mature content. Please be aware that this story is set in Australia and therefore uses Australian English spelling and syntax.

“the Friend Zone Is An Exquisite, Delicious Cupcake Of A Book. You Will Gobble It Down And Hunger For More.” —sarina Bowen, New York Times Bestselling Author They Started As Strangers Texting… The Last Thing Star Tight End Gray Grayson Wants To Do Is Drive His Agent’s Daughter’s Hot-pink Car. But He Needs The Wheels And She’s Studying Abroad. Unknown: Mr. Grayson, My Father Tells Me He Lent You My Car. I Don’t Care If He’s Going To Sign You Or Not. As Said Agent’s Daughter, I Know Football Players & Their Ways. So Let Me Be Clear. There Will Be No Shenanigans Taking Place In It Or You’ll Answer To Me. You Want To Hook Up With Someone, Do It In A Bed And Not In My Car. Sincerely, Ivy Mackenzie Grayg: Hey, Miss Mac. You Do Realize Your Car Is A Bubblegum-pink Fiat, Right? Even If I Could Get It Up Surrounded By All That Heinous Pink, The Car Is Better Suited For Lilliputians. So Don’t Worry, There Will Be No Shenanigans (shenanigans? Srsly? What Are We, 80?) Anywhere Near The Car. I’m Not About To Pull A Hamstring In The Pursuit Of Pleasure. Btw Beds Are Overrated. Branch Out A Little. Soon Became Best-texting Buddies… Gray Grayson Drives Ivy Nuts. He’s Irreverent, Sex On A Stick And Completely Off-limits. Because Ivy Has One Golden Rule: Never Get Involved With One Of Her Father’s Clients. But When They Finally Meet In Person, Everything Goes Haywire. Game On. The Game On Series By Kristen Callihan: Book 1: The Hook Up Book 2: The Friend Zone Book 3: The Game Plan Book 4: The Hot Shot Book 5: Only On Gameday - Coming In 2026!

A straight guy gives gay hookup tips to a virgin. What could go wrong?When I first met Whit, I couldn't get away from him fast enough. He's a hockey player, and I hate everything to do with the sport that broke my heart.But I can't help feeling sorry for the guy. He's newly out and desperate to meet someone, but his eagerness seems to scare potential hook-ups away.Agreeing to be his wingman should've been simple. Watching him flirt with other guys made things complicated.Whit challenges me in every aspect of my life, from my hatred of hockey to the new questions I'm asking myself. Like why a straight man suddenly can't stop thinking about kissing another guy.I think the answer lies somewhere on Whit's lips...

Jason is a basketball star and one of the most popular guys in school. Brainy Kyra isn't, but she doesn't much care what other people think. Under normal circumstances, Jason and Kyra would live in their separate worlds until graduation. But fate intervenes, and the unlikely duo is paired up for a class project. Although preconceived notions abound on both sides, Kyra soon realizes that Jason is not the dumb jock she anticipated. And Jason finds himself telling Kyra things he can't even tell his best friend. As the two become close and eventually start to fall in love, no one in school can believe it, especially Jason's ex-girlfriend, who is determined to get him back. Being together means navigating the obstacles that are coming their way-but staying apart may be impossible. Dana Davidson is a high school teacher who was the 2001 winner of the Newsweek WDIV Outstanding Teacher Award. This is her first book for young adults.

Ally Hastings is her name and I've never been more obsessed with a girl in my life.She's sweet and innocent and nothing like me. She tells me she's never had a guy's hands on her before. Barely even been kissed. Hearing those words out of her pretty little lips only makes me more obsessed.I want to corrupt her. Do things to her I shouldn't. From the way I catch her looking at me, I know she wants it too.The only issue is our parents just started dating and they're already serious about a future together. If they say I do, things between me and Ally could turn weird real fast.My Favorite Girl is a steamy, forbidden, new adult romance. It is a novella that provides glimpses into the characters' lives over a four-year period leading up to the events in My Favorite Sin and ends on a cliff-hanger.This novella is recommended to be read as the first book in the series.