Before You (Kiss Starter, #1)

A fake boyfriend she never wanted.
Ryan Allie Allistar understood from a young age true love and happy-ever-after don't exist. Her college mantra? Head down, grades up, and stay away from the guys until after graduation. Period.
The chance for a memorable year.
When a night of celebrating leads to a scary run-in with a guy from her past, and sexy rugby team captain, Xander Brody, steps in and declares he's her boyfriend, Ryan faces rethinking how she wants to live her last year of college.
They're not anyone's idea of the perfect match.
She's not into college guys. And definitely not guys with commitment issues. He prefers coeds with experience in the sack. But to survive the mayhem of a stalker on the loose, an unsolved murder, and a secret double life on the verge of unraveling before their eyes, Ryan and Xander will have to convince everyone they're "the real deal" even if it means crossing the unspoken boundaries of their friend zone.
Books in the world of Dumas University. Each can be read as a stand-alone. Guaranteed HEA.
Before You: fake romance, sports romance, secret identity romance
Kissing Game: second chance romance, enemies-to-lovers romance, sports romance, secret identity romance, multicultural romance
Nora Ever After: sports romance, secret identity romance, multicultural romance
Give You Up: second chance romance, sports romance
Beautiful Defiance: high school enemies-to-lovers romance, multicultural romance
Mad Love: virgin heroine and billionaire hero romance, marriage of convenience

Ashlyn Mathews is a registered nurse with an overactive imagination. Her interests and activities include taking a lot of pictures of her golden retrievers and flowers and posting them on social media (occasionally she'll post pictures of her kids and hubby), binge-watching funny and romantic Netflix shows, reading books and magazines of various genres, eating a lot of carbs, and drinking A LOT of coffee. Hot, iced, blended… it doesn't matter as long as it has coffee.
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