Publication Date: Jan 2024

Synopsis:

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…

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What To Expect:

Readers can expect a YA romance with enemies to more, unlikely friendships, LGBTQ rep, complex family dynamics, opposites attract, and fake dating.

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Content Warnings:

Language: Mild – Some religious exclamations

Sexual Content: Closed Door – Just kissing and one very brief mention of a girl “going all the way” with her boyfriend

Violence: None

Substance Use: A couple mentions of alcohol/teen drinking but doesn’t encourage or support it

Prejudices: None

Religious Themes: None

Other Topics: Divorce, toxic relationship, lying

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