One String (Lighter Ones) (Unabridged‪)‬

A Fake Dating Small-Town Romance

Second-chance, enemies-to-lovers, fake-date, little-sister's-best-friend, forbidden stand-alone contemporary romance.

Ricky Dunn is the human equivalent of a splinter under my fingernail.

Annoying.

Impossible to ignore.

And unfortunately, the older brother of my best friend.

Our problems started the night I graduated high school.

One reckless night.

One secret.

One agreement.

No strings.

Ricky kept his side of the bargain.

Years later, we're still stuck in the same small town, crossing paths often enough to drive me crazy. Not that I've noticed how broad his shoulders have become or how unfairly handsome he is now.

And he definitely hasn't noticed me.

Until the phone call.

Now the finance company I work for is interviewing Ricky, and suddenly he needs a favor.

"Marilyn, will you be my date for the partners' dinner? Just one night. No strings."

There's only one problem.

My heart never agreed to our deal.

Because one string is exactly what I want.

Have you been Aleatha'd?