Feinted Love

Crimes of the Heart

by Elle Keaton

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Part of the Crimes of the Heart series:

Editions:ePub: $ 4.99Kindle: $ 4.99

A gambit for love, a half-baked revenge plot; one hot Seattle summer…

Arnie

One minute I’m minding my own business enjoying the sunshine, next I’m wearing my iced coffee.

I’m going to teach Tobias Barrington a thing or two; the first: you don’t always get what you want. I have no idea what the second is, I’ll cross that bridge when I come to it.

Falling in love with Tobias is not on my list of lessons.

Tobias

I’ve never forgotten Arnie Ferguson, or the night we had together. When I find him again, I want to get to know him—as more than a friend.

I may come from a wealthy family; but I know better than most that money can’t buy happiness. But brash, socially awkward Arnie Ferguson makes me think happiness is possible when you let your heart choose.

Feinted Love is a first person, dual POV, following Arnie Ferguson and Tobias Barrington as they do their best to awkwardly fall in love. No cliff hanger, HEA guaranteed. Heat level, 3+.

This book is on:

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1 Read list

Published: September 17, 2020
Publisher: Independently Published
Editors:

Alicia Ramos

Cover Artists:

Cate Ashwood

Genres:

Comedy, Contemporary, Gaylit, New Adult

Tags:

author - american, format - kindle, format - novel <100K, format - novel 40-100K, format - self published, format - shared universe, what - concept - sweet, what - topic - tricked, when - season - summer, where - city - seattle, where - country - usa, where - state - washington, who - description - geeks, who - description - unaccepting parent, who - occupation - barista, who - occupation - billionaire

Pairings: M-M
Heat Level: 3
Romantic Content: 5
Ending: Click here to reveal
Character Identities: Gay
Protagonist 1 Age: 18-25
Protagonist 2 Age: 18-25
Tropes: InstaLove / Love at First Sight, Meet Cute, Reunited and it Feels So Good, True Love
Word Count: 64000
Setting: Seattle, Washington
Languages Available: English
Series Type: Same Universe / Various Characters

Feinted Love is a sort of un-catagorizable book. Arnie is a bit of a nerd, works at a coffee shop and thinks his life is in the toilet because of a one night stand he had years ago--thus the plot begins to regain his proper life by tricking Tobias (aforementioned standee) into falling in love with Arnie so in turn he can break Tobias's heart and all in the universe will be right--the scales of love justice will realign themselves.

This is not what happens.

About the Author

Thanks for stopping by, I’m Elle Keaton and I hail from the northwet corner of the US where we are known for rain, rain and more rain. I write the Accidental Roots series and the Never Too Late series, both set here in the Pacific Northwest featuring hot mm romance and the guarantee of a happy ending for my men. They start out broken, and maybe they end up that way too, but they always find the other half of their hearts.

I started writing way back when but only began publishing about two years ago and now have ten books out. Each features a couple in my little universe, sometimes there is added mystery and suspense.

Thank you for supporting this Indie Author,
Elle

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