Marisol Deo has spent the last three years with one thing on her mind: her career. But when her reputation as a model comes crashing down at the hands of her ex-boyfriend and agent, she finds herself at the mercy of the media and desperate for work. And after a night out leaves her vulnerable, and photographed with one of her brother’s best friends, the solution is obvious. Leo Romano has been back in Ruby Cove for two years, the small town familiarity of where he grew up providing a quiet refuge after he walked away from his security firm. But when the girl he’s been fawning over for years proposes a fake relationship to help fix her reputation, she’s asking more from him than just a fake boyfriend—she’s asking him to go back to the one place he’s been running from. The one place where he can’t escape his past. As Marisol’s career starts to take off again, and she and Leo grow closer, the time spent back in the city begins to wear on him, and Marisol begins to wonder if the life she’s worked so hard to get back is one really worth living. Is Leo’s love for Marisol enough to keep him by her side and face his trauma? Or will his past catch up to the both of them, and put a stop to their connection?

Two fledgling tabletop gamers find themselves falling for each other—both in and out of their weekly D&D sessions—in this charming, fantasy-tinged romance.For years, Sadie Brooks has declined her best friend’s standing invitation to join his Dungeons & Dragons campaign. But when she unexpectedly loses her marketing job and flees New York City to spend the summer with him in small-town Texas, she also runs out of excuses to say no.In the game, she becomes Jaylie, a powerful and self-assured human cleric blessed by the Goddess of Luck with spells to heal her companions. But in real life, Sadie believes her luck has run out, and she hopes the distraction will give her time to clear her head and plan next steps.She never expected Noah Walker—the handsome, outgoing bartender roped into joining them—to factor into that plan. Like Sadie, he’s new in town. But with a taste for adventure, Noah never stays in one place for long. He’s something of a traveling bard—just like his character Loren, the charismatic, lute-strumming elf. While Jaylie finds herself succumbing to the bard’s charms over the course of their party’s travels, Sadie also begins to fall under Noah’s spell.As their relationship progresses in both worlds, Sadie can’t help but wonder if they might last beyond the game. But when a surprising new opportunity opens in New York, she must face the truth about why she lost her job in the first place—and whether she and Noah have found something in Texas worth staying for. Torn between her career dreams in the city and the exciting uncertainty of a new adventure, she will have no choice but to roll the dice.