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A COSMOPOLITAN BEST YOUNG ADULT BOOK OF THE YEAR
No one loves musicals more than Riley Morris—her dream is to be a Broadway director. But when the spring show is canceled, Riley has to figure out a way to bring it back. Easier said than done—she’s stuck working at her dad’s game store. The place that means more to him than his family does.
Riley can't waste time at a dead-end job when her entire future is resting on making a name for herself. So she convinces her co-worker Nathan Wheeler—the floppy-haired, glasses-wearing guy she barely knows from school—to help her. In exchange, she’ll help him make his gamer-girl crush jealous. Plus it won’t hurt to show her egotistical ex, Paul, just what he’s missing without her.
Soon Riley and Nathan are “a couple,” and people seem to believe it. But selling the ruse means joining Nathan’s role-playing game. To Riley’s surprise, the game is almost fun. And even more surprising, flirting with Nathan doesn’t require as much acting as she thought it would. . . .
And don't miss Kristy Boyce's next gaming romance, Dating and Dragons, out 12/31/24!
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Release date
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OverDrive Listen audiobook
- ISBN: 9780593794821
- File size: 228039 KB
- Duration: 07:55:04
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Languages
- English
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Levels
- Lexile® Measure: 690
- Text Difficulty: 3
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October 16, 2023
After an unauthorized joyride with her mother’s car lands high school junior and musical theater aficionado Riley in eight weeks of familial probation working at her estranged father’s gaming store, Riley figures she’s in for a dreadful time. Worse, her school has canceled the spring musical, an event she looks forward to every year. Determined to save the production (and save face when her arrogant ex shows up at the store), she strikes a deal with coworker and classmate Nathan Wheeler: Riley and Nathan will pretend to date, during which time Riley will help Nathan land his crush, and she’ll get the musical back on track. To make their ruse seem more official, Riley joins Nathan’s D&D campaign (playing a bard, naturally), and soon realizes that the store—and Nathan—aren’t as uncool as she originally thought. But when it comes time to choose between her old passions and her new ones, it may be curtains for her not-so-fake relationship. In this boisterously geeky romantic comedy, Boyce (Hot Dutch Daydream) delivers a feel-good tale of love and laughter, set against standard teen trials and tribulations and driven by the leads’ sweet dynamic. Protagonists read as white. Ages 12–up. Agent: Tara Gonzalez, Erin Murphy Literary.
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