Hard to Take

<p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>My fake boyfriend is now...my new roommate?</strong></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Miles Garrett pro basketball player and star of every one of my fantasies has decided I'm moving in with him.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>My brother's teammate has always protected me out of loyalty. He makes me feel like everything will be okay even when my life is on fire.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>But when he looks at me I wonder what it would be like if he was truly mine. If I had the dream life and dream job and the dream guy.</span></p><p><br></p><p><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Did I mention we can't keep our hands off each other?</em></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>I hoped the proximity would get him out of my system. Turns out sharing a bedroom wall changes hungry looks and brushes in the hall into sweaty sessions and late-night confessions.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Miles keeps my secrets and sees me like no one else.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Too bad the playoffs are coming up and my brother doesn't know.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>The truth is going to be hard to take.</span></p><p><br></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)><em>Hard to Take</em></strong><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> is a pro basketball romance with banter spice and all the swoony vibes! It's the second book in the Denver Kodiaks series. Miles and Brooke's addictive story begins in Hard to Fake and concludes in Hard to Break.</em></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Tropes</strong></p><ol><li data-list=bullet><span class=ql-ui contenteditable=false></span>teammate's little sister</li><li data-list=bullet><span class=ql-ui contenteditable=false></span>brother's best friend</li><li data-list=bullet><span class=ql-ui contenteditable=false></span>fake dating</li><li data-list=bullet><span class=ql-ui contenteditable=false></span>pro athlete hero</li><li data-list=bullet><span class=ql-ui contenteditable=false></span>cinnamon roll hero</li><li data-list=bullet><span class=ql-ui contenteditable=false></span>he'd do anything for her</li><li data-list=bullet><span class=ql-ui contenteditable=false></span>sassy heroine</li><li data-list=bullet><span class=ql-ui contenteditable=false></span>college crush</li><li data-list=bullet><span class=ql-ui contenteditable=false></span>only one bed</li></ol>