Chelsea Curto

THIS BOOK HAS BEEN RE-EDITED AND RERELEASED AS OF 10/06/2023! THE NEW VERSION IS NOW AVAILABLE ON KU! Josephine Bowen has the opportunity to travel to Key West for a work trip with Jack Lancaster, her grumpy and hard to figure out colleague. He frowns a lot, but he’s also kind. Thoughtful. Considerate and an all around good guy. When her toxic ex-boyfriend arrives at the same conference, Jack doesn’t hesitate to jump in as her current love interest. Maybe it’s the island air, or maybe it’s the time they spend together preparing for the presentation they’re delivering, but their fake feelings start to feel real. The more Josephine learns about Jack, the more she starts to fall for him. How can she not, when he makes her smile and treats her right? It’s easy to be a happy couple in front of strangers. With the real world looming ahead, Jack and Josephine must confront their new feelings and new opportunities. Can paradise follow them home?

Emerson (Emmy) Hartwell has waited for a spot on an NHL roster since she became a professional hockey player, and this season, she’ll finally get a chance to showcase her talents with the struggling D.C. Stars. Maverick Miller is the best player in the league, but he’s never had a winning record. Team captain and desperate to turn things around, he agrees to play nice with the fiery new left-winger even though they’re total opposites. After a night where the tension between them reaches a tipping point and they fall in bed together, Emmy and Maverick vow it was only one time. Just once to get it out of their systems so they can play better and help their team. It doesn’t mean anything. She doesn’t date hockey players. He’s a notorious playboy who doesn’t date. Period. Except… what should’ve been just once happens again, then again. They tell each other their friends with benefits arrangement is only for the season, but despite facing off on the ice, behind closed doors, the pair is nothing but fire.

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The final book in the Love Through a Lens series.Fake datingCam girl x football playerGrumpy x sunshineAge gap

Maven Wood is ready for a fresh start. After an injury on the soccer field leads to her dropping out of college, she needs a change. When her godfather–the coach of the hottest team in the NFL–tells her about an open position as a sports photographer, she jumps at the chance to apply. The pay is good, but it doesn’t cover her rent after her roommate moves out. Out of ideas, she’s not sure how she’s going to afford to make ends meet… until the cute kicker comes to her rescue. Dallas Lansfield never thought he’d be a single dad, but he’s embracing the role as best as he can. With a four-year-old that has too much energy and not enough time on his hands, he needs help. Desperately. So when he hears that his coach’s goddaughter is looking for a way to make more money, he practically begs her to come be his nanny. Maven and Dallas aren’t allowed to fall for each other. Getting involved with a player on the team is off-limits and a quick way to get fired. But what starts as a professional relationship turns into something deeper. In front of people, they’re colleagues. Behind the cameras, though, their attraction only grows. Late night talks turn into sharing a bed, and soon, Dallas would rather give up his career than give up the feelings he has for Maven. He can’t have her. So why does he want her so damn bad?

Shawn Holmes is the youngest head coach in NFL history, and his team currently holds the best record in the league. He’s distracted, though, by his best friend, Lacey Daniels, sitting in the stands at his game with a date.When Lacey’s date refuses to kiss her on the kiss cam, she’s mortified… until Shawn saves the day, cutting an interview short to kiss her in front of seventy thousand screaming fans.The kiss doesn’t mean anything. But when the video goes viral in a matter of hours, Lacey and Shawn are forced to reevaluate how to handle the publicity.They agree on a simple a fake relationship through the holidays. It’s mutually it gets Shawn’s family off his back about bringing home a significant other for Christmas, and it makes Lacey look good at her office Christmas party.As the weather turns colder and they spend more time pretending, things between Lacey and Shawn heat up. Soon, faking it feels like the best relationship both have ever had. With New Year’s approaching, will they realize how much they care about each other, or end the agreement and move on?

When I agree to help my best friend with a photo shoot involving a stranger, I don’t expect to hit it off with the guy posing in the photos with me. Somehow, I do. There’s an undeniable heat between us, and electric energy surges through my veins whenever he touches me. When he invites me back to his place for a one-night stand after we finish the shoot, I don’t even hesitate. He’s attentive, funny, sweet and kind. And his mouth is downright filthy, hearing my fantasies and delivering on every one. It’s only twenty-four hours, no strings attached. That’s it. Except there’s one tiny problem; he makes me feel more alive than I have in my entire life. I can’t stop thinking about him, and I’m wondering if he’s thinking about me, too. I try to tell myself it’s just camera chemistry. Adrenaline from a fun photography session, not actual attraction. There’s no way men like this exist in real life, is there? If so, Aiden Wood is the blueprint, and I’m the sucker who’s desperate for more of him. One night wasn’t enough.

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Hudson's book. Single mom x hockey playerSunshine x sunshineForced proximityASL representation

Avery Sinclair is good at her job as the social media manager for the Baltimore Thunderhawks. She’s one of the best in the NFL, in fact. The only thing stopping her from being the account of the year? The DC Titans, run by the mystery man she’s been feuding with for years.Reid Duncan isn’t the world’s biggest sports fan, but he loves his job. Working for the DC Titans means working on the same team as his best friend… and being constantly annoyed by the woman who works for the rival team up the road.But when a night with a woman he can’t get out of his head turns out to be the woman who won’t leave him alone on social media, Reid isn’t sure what to do. The only solution? A casual arrangement that goes perfectly with the bet they’ve enacted for the football season.Online, they exchange sarcasm and snark like it’s their job. In the bedroom, though, it’s a different story. What’s supposed to be one time turns into something more.Avery and Reid know they aren’t supposed to fall for each other. Feelings aren’t part of their agreement, but neither one of them can stay away.Can what happens off camera and away from their phones really work in real life? Or are they destined to never get along?Off Camera is a spicy rivals to lovers sports romance with a guaranteed happily ever after.

Two best friends. A road trip that changes everything. Lola Jones has been given the opportunity of a lifetime—the chance to show her designs at the Florida Fashion Show. When she enlists her best friend, Patrick Walker, to go on a road trip down to the Sunshine State with her, she never expects sparks to fly between them. All this time with him makes her realize he’s less like the boy she’s known for twenty-four years, and more like the man of her dreams. Patrick Walker is in love with his best friend. He knows it. His friends know it. But she has no idea. He’s watched Lola date other people, always just out of his reach. A road trip with small hotel rooms, shared sleeping bags, and surprises up and down the east coast seems like the perfect time to tell her how he feels. He’d do anything for Lola, even if it means breaking his heart in the process.

WANTED: One very fake date to a very real event. Henry Dawson is many things—successful, charismatic, good-looking… and, most recently, a liar. A stupid fib to his parents about bringing a date to their anniversary party is causing him to scramble, attempting to fix his mistake. Emma Burns lives a double life. By day, she’s a Civil Rights attorney. By night, she’s the mastermind behind RB’s Companions. When hired, she platonically accompanies men to social events, whether it’s as a girlfriend, friend or business associate. She does her job well. After receiving an inquiry from a desperate new client, she agrees to be his girlfriend. What she doesn’t account for is the mystery man to be Henry, the notorious playboy, fellow lawyer and coworker she’s known for years. Communicating under aliases to protect their identities, the pair find themselves captivated by one another, and are shocked when they finally meet face-to-face. The two might be experts in the courtroom, but they’re hardly professionals when it comes to matters of the heart. Pretending to date is easy. When the lines between real and fake blur, getting what they want becomes way more complicated. The Companion Project is a steamy romantic comedy featuring coworkers-to-lovers, forced proximity and fake dating. Told through dialogue, emails and text message conversations, you can expect plenty of banter, very spicy scenes, an unstoppable woman and a man willing to change for the person he adores. It is a standalone novel.

It’s not a winter wonderland, but the holidays are always special in small town Park Cove, Florida. This year has the chance to be even more memorable. When a big time magazine offers an incentive of $100,000 for the most festive, best decorated store on the busy local avenue, bookstore owner Bridget Boylston is eager for the jolly task. The gleam of a potentially very merry Christmas fades quickly, though, when she finds out they have paired her with her grumpy next door shop neighbor, Theo Gardner, for the competition. Bridget is certain their plan is heading for disaster until Theo slowly inches into her life. He takes Bridget to find the perfect Christmas trees, helps hang colorful lights, and introduces her to his daughter. And, what’s worse, he’s devastating when he smiles, showing Bridget there’s more to the Grinch than meets the eye. As the contest heats up, so do Bridget and Theo. Their theme might be ‘Home for the Holidays,’ but along the way they learn home might be a person, too.

MARGOAfter an ex-boyfriend told me I’d never be able to run a half marathon, I did what any logical woman would I set out to prove him wrong.We’re going to pretend like I didn’t collapse at the finish line of the race.It’s a good thing the hot paramedic caught me before I could fall.It’s an even better thing I ran into him at the bar the next night.He might be my ex’s dad and sixteen years older than me, but that won’t stop me from wanting to enjoy some holiday cheer with the man I can’t stop thinking about.FINNI knew who she was when I caught her, but she didn’t know who I was.When her initial shock of my identity wore off, she came home with me.I gave her the best night of her life.It makes sense that I found her again at the finish line of another race, and now I’m determined to keep her around for longer than a night.Forget the age gap. Forget her history with my son.She might be the best Christmas present I’ve ever received, and I’m in no hurry to say goodbye.

Piper Mitchell needs one thing to go her way. Divorced, feeling stuck in her professional life and terrified of reentering the world of dating, she’s decided she’s going to work on something she can control: learning how to be good in the bedroom. Enter Liam Sullivan. The star NHL goalie might not be a people person, but he's the perfect teacher. He knows what he's doing behind closed doors, and with a little convincing, he agrees to be Piper's guide. Things between them are casual and easy. Something they can both benefit from. And when a road trip to Vegas has Piper and Liam waking up from a night they can’t remember with matching wedding rings, they decide to figure out how much more fun they can have as husband and wife. It’s just for the hockey season. It doesn’t mean anything. But as the clock ticks down on their fake-marriage-with-benefits, can Piper and Liam make it work in the real world? Or will their relationship be a power play straight to disaster?