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When it comes to romance, sometimes it doesn't hurt to play games. A fun YA romcom full of fake dating hijinks!
Musical lover Riley has big aspirations to become a director on Broadway. Crucial to this plan is to bring back her high school's spring musical, but when Riley takes her mom's car without permission, she's grounded and stuck with the worst punishment: spending her after-school hours working at her dad's game shop.
Riley can't waste her time working when she has a musical to save, so she convinces Nathan — a nerdy teen employee — to cover her shifts and, in exchange, she'll flirt with him to make his gamer-girl crush jealous.
But Riley didn't realize that meant joining Nathan's Dungeons & Dragons game...or that role playing would be so fun. Soon, Riley starts to think that flirting with Nathan doesn't require as much acting as she would've thought...
Review
"A must-read cozy romance for board gamers and thespians alike." School Library Journal
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"In this boisterously geeky romantic comedy, Boyce delivers a feel-good tale of love and laughter." Publishers Weekly
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"Gamers and nongamers alike will find much to enjoy in this sweet romance." Kirkus Reviews
About the Author
Kristy Boyce played her first role-playing game in high school and has been friends with that group ever since. In fact, she even married the DM. Nowadays, she teaches psychology as a senior lecturer at The Ohio State University. When she's not spending time with her husband and son, she's usually writing, reading, or watching happy reality TV. Kristy is the author of Hot British Boyfriend and Hot Dutch Daydream and lives in Pickerington, Ohio.