Not For Me

Book info: Not For Me (Paperback, 284 pages – Misadventure Press, 2022) – Misadventure Press, 2022. Language: Eng.

Condition: Like New

I write happily-ever-afters for a living, but I never expected mine would start with insulting my best friend’s brother in Central Park.As a bestselling author of romance novels, I’ve written countless happily-ever-afters. But my own love life? Total fiction. I’m too busy building worlds and crafting swoon-worthy heroes to waste time on real men who never measure up to the ones on my pages.Book boyfriends have ruined me for actual men, and my writing career takes precedence over awkward dates that never live up to my fictional heroes.Then Heath Rockwell happened.Nine years my senior, with piercing green eyes and a personality as rigid as his perfectly pressed shirts, Heath is everything I’m not—methodical, responsible, and allergic to spontaneity. I’m chaotic, spontaneous, and change my mind with the New York minute. He plans his life five years ahead. I can barely plan dinner.Fake dating my best friend’s brother shouldn’t be complicated. It’s just pretend, right? To get our mothers off our backs.But with each lingering touch and unexpected late-night conversation, the lines between fiction and reality blur faster than I can type “The End.” Behind Heath’s stern exterior lies a man with depths I never imagined—one who carries grief like a shadow and guards his heart like a fortress.Now I’m caught in my own plot twist. This isn’t following any romance trope I’ve written. It’s messier, more intense, and terrifyingly real. The man I never wanted is becoming the one I can’t live without.If I admit my feelings, I risk losing my best friend, my heart, and the carefully constructed walls I’ve built around myself. If I walk away, I might be missing out on the one man who could make me believe in love beyond the pages of my books.I’ve always been good at writing endings, but this time, I have no idea how our story concludes. All I know is that for the first time in my life, I’m scared of reaching The End.Some stories are worth risking everything for. I just hope ours doesn’t end with a broken heart—mine.Author Notes: This is Heath and Alicia’s story—a fake dating, grumpy-sunshine, best friend’s brother, age gap, opposites attract, forced proximity, contemporary romance between a sexy, grumpy bar manager who's given up on love and a career-driven, sassy, independent heroine who doesn’t have time for love.Not For Me is a dual POV steamy full-length STANDALONE romance filled with lots of sexy times in the bedroom, profanity, and love with a HEA ending!The books in A Drunk Love Romantic Comedy series are all standalone novels and can be read in any order. But if you love family drama and the subtle build of future romances, I suggest you read them in order, starting with Not For Me.