Playing it Safe

When it comes to love, you can't win if you don't play.

 Nicole Williams doesn't have time for a relationship. She's in grad school, fighting with her thesis and second-guessing her masters program choice. But that doesn't mean she isn't interested in a one-night stand—and despite being her name twin, William Nicholas Fowler seems like a guy who knows how to get the job done.

 When their surprise hook-up takes a turn to the date-like, Will realizes a one-night stand isn't enough. Not with the only person he's ever been comfortable being honestly himself. So he makes her an offer: instead of never repeating what was a sexplosive event for both of them, maybe they could give being friends with benefits a shot?

 Nicole agrees only because they live ninety miles apart, until she realizes that for Will, she's a lifeline—the only purely selfish choice he's made. From the family restaurant that ties him to a small-town future he doesn't want, to the fake relationship he keeps forgetting to bring up, he's too busy being what everyone else expects to make time for what he needs.

 That isn't the kind of drama she signed up for, and neither are the feelings she's started to catch. And unless Nicole figures out where she's going to land her own life, their fledgling romance might never leave the nest.

 Playing it Safe is a scandalously hot rom com perfect for fans of Christina Lauren's Wild Nights with some Natalie Portman/Ashton Kutcher No Strings Attached vibes.