21 Rumors

<p><strong>Never accept favors from strangers...</strong></p><p>It's a mantra every woman <em>shouldn't</em> live by.</p><p>Because sometimes those debts just might pay off in a happily ever after.</p><p><strong><em>21 Rumors is a collection of three full-length standalone romantic comedy novels with crossover characters from each book.</em></strong></p><p><strong>Collection Includes:</strong></p><p><strong>IOU</strong></p><p><strong><em>Rumor has it she struck a deal with the bad boy.</em></strong></p><p>It's official.</p><p>I Ainsley James am crazy.</p><p>Desperate and crazy.</p><p>It's the only explanation as to why I'm nauseous standing outside Maverick Lexington's door.</p><p>I mean it's possible the stories about his deck of playing cards-with the words IOU scrawled across the back-are just rumors of the ruthless quid pro quo deals he barters.</p><p>But the flutters in my stomach know better.</p><p>Maverick is as cold as they come.</p><p>But I need one of those cards.</p><p>I NEED to owe Maverick Lexington a favor...</p><p><strong>The Pretender</strong></p><p>(Previously Published as Subscriber Wars)</p><p><strong><em>Rumor has it she struck a deal with the enemy.</em></strong></p><p>Secrets.</p><p>Lies.</p><p>Betrayal.</p><p>Mine and Sebastian's relationship wasn't built on the foundation of trust.</p><p>It was built over war.</p><p>A ruthless war that exposed who we really were.</p><p>Enemies.</p><p>Imposters.</p><p>And Lovers.</p><p>Sebastian and I would never be friends-not after what we did.</p><p>But we could pretend-especially for the million-dollar prize-in a cutthroat film competition that would set our careers in motion.</p><p>We needed this win to fix our reputations.</p><p>But that's not what happened.</p><p>They say money ruins relationships. I disagree.</p><p>Love is the ultimate destroyer.</p><p>Love ruined us.</p><p>Love made us pretenders.</p><p><strong>The Closer</strong></p><p><strong><em>Rumor has it she struck a deal with her husband.</em></strong></p><p>The tattoo down his forearm reads: <em>My power is perfected in weakness</em>.</p><p>It inspires bad decisions in everyone who crosses his path.</p><p>Not me though I've made worse decisions before breakfast.</p><p>Marrying baseball phenom Cooper Lexington for his health insurance... doesn't even rank Top 5.</p><p>But I can't afford to lose this marriage by falling in love.</p><p>You see I made a promise to myself-one I plan on keeping... even if it ruins us.</p>