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Fancy Love by A. F. Zoelle
A Good Bad Idea Story, Book 3
Callum O’Rourke
A twenty-year-old like me doesn’t stand a chance with an older playboy like Rune. Yet despite being total opposites, I’m lucky enough to call him my friend. Anything more than that would be greedy, but that doesn’t stop me from wishing he would teach me how to satisfy the passionate desire I feel for him. All of my fantasies are about experiencing my first time with him.
Could I be lucky enough that it happens for real?
Rune Tourneau
The only relationships I used to be interested in were meaningless hookups with no strings attached. But Callum’s kindness touched a part of my heart I didn’t know existed, changing me forever. I desperately want him, but he deserves to be cherished by someone who thinks true love is real and isn’t a jaded thirty-year-old like me.
Can he really turn a sceptic like me into someone who believes we could have a romantic happy ever after together?
Fancy Love is the third book in the Good Bad Idea series. This novel features an age gap, first time, opposites attract romance. Full of cute sweetness and sexy fun, every story ends with a satisfying HEA and no cliffhangers. Each book can be read as a standalone or as part of the series in order.
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Chapter 8: Rune Tourneau
“Hello, Callum.” I loved greeting him by name because it always sent a visible shudder through him. It gratified me I affected him on that level. “If I didn’t know any better, I would think you were about to hug me.”
“Sorry, I was excited to see you here, and, um—well, I’m kind of a hugger, but if you’re not, that’s okay.”
In truth, I was the furthest thing from a hugger. The only thing I liked less was cuddling. It was a physical form of emotion that I had never been comfortable with, which was why I never stuck around long after a hookup. The clinginess was cloying, not to mention deeply uncomfortable when I never reciprocated the emotions behind it.
But for some strange reason, I didn’t want to turn him down. I was curious to find out what being hugged by him was like. My brother was the only person I never shoved off me. That was only because I had grown immune to his intense need for physical contact with those he loved. Plus, I had learned long ago that detangling from his hug was akin to wrestling a clingy octopus; you would always lose.
Unable to believe myself, I gestured to him in silent permission. Once again, his expression became one of pure happiness. He hugged me tightly like we were reuniting after being separated for a year instead of a week.
When I wrapped my arms around him, the din of the restaurant chatter and the entire world fell away. My existence became centered on the beautiful man I held. Rather than my normal desire to fetch a crowbar and pry off the offender, a peace unlike anything I had experienced before overcame me. My constant steam of anxieties quieted down for the first time in memory. He was short enough that I could rest my chin on his hair and smell the faintest trace of his shampoo. It was hard to place the exact scent, but it was something slightly sweet, exotic, and inviting.
I loved how he fit against me. He belonged right there, where I could hold him close and keep him safe from harm.
Nothing else mattered but the feeling of him pressed against me. It gave me an epiphany about what it meant to come home. It wasn’t anything like going back to my empty apartment. This was a sense of returning to somewhere I belonged, where I was safe, loved, and wanted. He felt like mine—mine to hold, to protect, to love.
That thought should have terrified me, but the devastating rightness kept me from panicking about it. I was too busy basking in the warm glow of unfamiliar contentment from a physical connection with someone. My brother’s insistence on hugging had always baffled me, but if this was how he felt, I finally understood. Nothing bad could happen so long as Callum was with me.
His lips brushed against my neck, sending a shiver through me. My desire stirred from the tickle of his warm breath as he whimpered, “Oh, god, you smell so good.”
I chuckled at his reaction. He stiffened, instinctively causing me to caress his hair to soothe him. It was something I had never done before, yet it was the most natural thing in the world to do with him. Why?
“Bollocks. I said that out loud, didn’t I?” he whispered.
“Mm-hmm.”
Callum groaned in embarrassment. “I’m sorry.”
Without thought, I placed a gentle kiss against his forehead. “It’s okay.” I shouldn’t have done that, but I didn’t regret it. We set a record for my longest hug, but I still wasn’t ready for it to be over yet. Part of me never wanted it to end.
He melted against me with a contented sigh. It thrilled me he didn’t pull away and put distance between us. I didn’t understand my willingness to continue holding him, but the satisfaction I derived from having him snuggled close was too immense to question.
When Callum leaned back far enough to gaze up at me with those beautiful dark blue eyes of his, my urge to draw him closer surprised me. With his flushed cheeks and parted lips, he was begging me to kiss him. It took an effort to fight my instincts not to lean down and give in to my desire. Oh, I was in serious trouble, wasn’t I?
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Book 1: Bet On Love
RHYS HUNTINGTON
I went to Las Vegas to marry my fiancée but ended up married to my best man instead. Considering I’m straight, I never imagined I would wake up in bed with a husband. We obviously need to get an annulment to undo our mistake. The only problem is, it turns out my feelings for my best friend Luci aren’t quite as platonic as I thought.
What are the odds that my bad idea ends up being the best thing to ever happen to us?
LUCIEN “LUCI” ST. AMOUR
After Rhys and I secretly shared our first kiss as teenagers, I spent years suppressing my confusing feelings for him. But now that he’s my husband, it exposes the truth about the depths of my love for my best friend.
Could I really be lucky enough that he feels the same way about me?
Bet on Love is the first book in the Good Bad Idea series. This novella features a friends to lovers second chance romance. Full of cute sweetness and sexy fun, every story ends with a satisfying HEA and no cliffhangers. Each book can be read as a standalone or as part of the series in order.
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Book 2: Love Means More
AMBROSE O’ROURKE
I’ve only met one person I couldn’t seduce—Augie Murphy, the man I love who thinks I’m straight. When I have a chance to be his fake boyfriend, it’s too much temptation to resist. It turns out that’s literally true, since I get carried away with a passionate kiss. He thinks it’s just a game, but it’s so much more than that.
Can I convince my best friend I want to be his boyfriend for real?
AUGUST “AUGIE” MURPHY
Ambrose is handsome, irresistible, and completely off-limits. That didn’t stop my stupid heart from falling in love with my best friend the first day we met. When he suggests we pretend to be boyfriends on a double date, my curiosity defeats my common sense. Even if we’re only pretending for one night, I want to know what it’s like to be loved by him.
Is it possible to turn my fake boyfriend for a night into my real one forever?
Love Means More is the second book in the Good Bad Idea series. This novella features fake boyfriends in a friends to lovers bisexual awakening romance. Full of cute sweetness and sexy fun, every story ends with a satisfying HEA and no cliffhangers. Each book can be read as a standalone or as part of the series in order.
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About A. F.:
A lifelong storyteller, writing has always been A.F. Zoelle’s greatest passion. When she’s not writing about gorgeous men being sexy and in love, she enjoys procrastinating on her studies and numerous side hustles to indulge in Japanese musical theatre. She looks forward to renouncing her nomadic scholarly life someday soon so she can have Ragdoll cats to come home to instead of just dust bunnies.
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