Never Fall for Your Back-Up Guy (Especially if he's your best friend): A Friends to Lovers London Romantic Comedy (It's Complicated: Sweet Romantic Comedies Set in London Book 1)

Never Fall for Your Back-Up Guy (Especially if he's your best friend): A Friends to Lovers London Romantic Comedy (It's Complicated: Sweet Romantic Comedies Set in London Book 1)

by Kate O'Keeffe

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4.2 stars from 3,109 reviews. Top 69% of Contemporary Fiction books we track.

296 pages~4.9 hr readPublished by Independently PublishedPublished 2021-01-01

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Perfect for you if...

  • You love friends-to-lovers romances where the tension builds slowly and the banter makes you laugh out loud.
  • You enjoy contemporary romance set in London with relatable thirty-something protagonists navigating real dating disasters.
  • You want a low-angst, feel-good romance with chemistry that crackles without explicit scenes.

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  • You prefer dark or angsty romance where the stakes feel genuinely dangerous or emotionally devastating.
  • You're looking for a complex, literary exploration of relationships rather than a light-hearted romp.
  • You need your romantic tension resolved faster than a slow burn allows.

About this book

A woman approaching thirty has just been dumped and feels her biological clock ticking. Desperate, she proposes a backup plan to her best friend: if neither of them is married by thirty-five, they'll marry each other. The problem is that Asher is handsome, charming, and her client—someone she absolutely cannot afford to fall for. He's her confidant and the person who makes her laugh, but he's supposed to be Plan B, nothing more. As late-night conversations and stolen glances accumulate, and with help from Stevie, a Jack Russell terrier, the line between friendship and romance begins to blur. Never Fall for Your Back-Up Guy is a London romantic comedy featuring a friends-to-lovers slow burn, workplace romance, witty banter, and a happily ever after. It is the first book in the It's Complicated series and can be read as a standalone.

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