It was just a fling… until it became something more?
The ‘friends with benefits’ trope is the perfect blend of rom-com energies. It lends itself to all the best aspects of the genre; banter, miscommunication, friendship fluff, and of course *spicy* NSFW content.
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Four Night Stand by Georgia Moore
Two people who’ve been burned by past lovers settle for a conference fling while secretly wanting more.
Jules lives in her comfort zone. Years ago, taking a risk left her dumped and heartbroken, and now the status quo is her safe space. It’s not so bad. She lives with two awesome friends, has a manageable crush on Cameron, a colleague she’s never met in person, and her job … well, she used to love her IT job at a publishing company. Now it feels like ticking a box. So when she’s asked at the last minute to attend a conference, she figures it could be the thing she needs to reinspire her. And then she finds out Cameron is coming too.
Cameron left his last workplace abruptly after a break-up gone wrong. In a new city and a new team, he’s content to keep everyone at arm’s length so there’s no chance of the past repeating. Except for one person in the IT department who always answers his calls for help, and shares his humour and taste in music. But they’ve never met face-to-face, so it doesn’t count. Until they get sent to a conference together and suddenly, Cameron realises it does count. A lot.
Thrown together away from the office and their colleagues, Jules and Cameron decide to have a conference fling. It’s risk-free and has a guaranteed amicable ending. But emotions are never predictable …
‘Four Night Stand is a great read – flirtatious fun becoming hot and spicy and layered with deep, emotional vulnerability.’ – USA Today bestselling author Alyssa J. Montgomery
Friends with Benefits by Margot Radcliffe
‘You made the rules…
…but you forgot I’m really good at games.’
Casino mogul Alexa Lawson always keeps the lines between her and drop-dead gorgeous bestie Carter Hayes firmly drawn. That is, until Alexa’s solution to all her problems is to make Carter her super-hot, fake fiance!
Now Carter’s changing the game – into one that’s white-hot and deliciously dirty. But what happens on one wild night in Vegas might just cost them their friendship…and their hearts.
Enemies with Benefits by Zara Cox
THE MORTIMERS: WEALTHY & WICKED #5
These enemies are calling a truce…with forbidden benefits!
Our families are bitter enemies, but I’ve wanted Wren Bingham since she first strutted into my boardroom. One decadent taste during a party and I’m addicted!
So I tempt Wren with an indecent proposal. She works on a deal with The Mortimer Group, and I give her the release she craves. But the feelings she stirs make me wonder — am I falling for the enemy?
The Roommate Pact by Allison Ashley
All of the fun, none of the heartache…as long as they stick to the agreement.
The proposition is simple: if ER nurse Claire Harper and her roommate, firefighter Graham Scott, are still single by the time they’re forty, they’ll take the proverbial plunge together…as friends with benefits. Maybe it’s the wine, but in the moment, Claire figures the pact is a safe-enough deal, considering she hasn’t had much luck in love and he’s in no rush to settle down. Like, at all. Besides, there’s no way she could ever really fall for Graham and his thrill-seeking ways. Not after what happened to her father…
Just as things begin to heat up way before the proposed deadline, Graham’s injured in a serious rock-climbing accident — and he needs Claire’s help to heal. She’ll do whatever it takes to nurse him back to health…even if it means moving into Graham’s bed and putting up with his little dog who hates her. But with this no-strings arrangement taking a complicated turn, keeping ‘for now’ from turning into ‘forever’ isn’t as easy as they’d planned.
Best Man…With Benefits by Nancy Warren
May the best man sin…
Lauren Sanger is practically the perfect the maid of honour, except for one tiny flaw. She hates the best man. Jackson Monaghan is beyond hot — his body is the stuff of sexy lady dreams — but he’s just such a jerk. So when a prank lands them in the same bed, Lauren should have flipped out instead of having the best sex of her life with the best man!
Jackson can’t figure out how two people with anti-chemistry during the day can have such a wickedly hot sexual chemistry at night. Worse still, he wants more. Enough to dare Lauren into doing the last thing she should be doing — him. But friends with benefits is one thing, enemies with benefits is quite another.
It Started With No Strings… by Kate Hardy
‘Blame it on the champagne!’
At a London salsa club, consultant Aaron Hughes catches sight of the most beautiful woman he’s ever seen. Relationships are off the cards for Aaron, but one night with this perfect stranger couldn’t hurt…
For registrar Joni Parker dancing and champagne are a remedy to what-would-have-been-her-wedding-night blues. Until she discovers an even better cure—her first ever fling! It started with no strings, but when Aaron walks into the hospital on Monday—as the new consultant!—things get a lot more complicated…
Happy reading!