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🔥 What Makes It Hot
📖 17k+ readers on Goodreads
⭐ Amazon readers rate this even higher than Goodreads
📚 Book 4 of an ongoing series (4 published)
🧊 What Might Cool You Off
⏳ This series may not be complete yet — 4 of 4 books published
📊 Readers are divided — ratings range from 4.2 GR to 4.9 AMZ to 4.1 R.io
About this book
When Maverick Houston's mother asks her dying wish—that her son and his longtime nemesis finally get along—she sets off a chain reaction neither of them saw coming. What starts as a fake-dating arrangement to honor her memory quickly becomes something neither can ignore, as the guy she's spent a decade despising reveals the thoughtful, loyal person hiding beneath his arrogant exterior. Watching Maverick's devotion to his mom cracks open her carefully guarded heart, and suddenly all those years of traded insults feel like foreplay instead of warfare. This is a delicious rivals-to-lovers story about how sometimes the person who drives you the most crazy is exactly the person you're meant to love.
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