Take a Hint, Dani Brown

One of Oprah Magazine's 22 Romance Novels That Are Set to Be the Best of 2020 Talia Hibbert returns with another charming romantic comedy about a young woman who agrees to fake date her friend after a video of him "rescuing" her from their office building goes viral..

Danika Brown knows what she wants: professional success, academic renown, and an occasional roll in the hay to relieve all that career-driven tension

But romance? Been there, done that, burned the T-shirt

Romantic partners, whatever their gender, are a distraction at best and a drain at worst

So Dani asks the universe for the perfect friend-with-benefits--someone who knows the score and knows their way around the bedroom

When brooding security guard Zafir Ansari rescues Dani from a workplace fire drill gone wrong, it's an obvious sign: PhD student Dani and ex-rugby player Zaf are destined to sleep together

But before she can explain that fact, a video of the heroic rescue goes viral

Now half the internet is shipping #DrRugbae--and Zaf is begging Dani to play along

Turns out, his sports charity for kids could really use the publicity

Lying to help children? Who on earth would refuse? Dani's plan is simple: fake a relationship in public, seduce Zaf behind the scenes

The trouble is, grumpy Zaf's secretly a hopeless romantic--and he's determined to corrupt Dani's stone-cold realism

Before long, he's tackling her fears into the dirt

But the former sports star has issues of his own, and the walls around his heart are as thick as his..

um, thighs

Suddenly, the easy lay Dani dreamed of is more complex than her thesis

Has her wish backfired? Is her focus being tested? Or is the universe just waiting for her to take a hint? "Talia Hibbert is a rockstar! Her writing is smart, funny, and sexy..." - Meg Cabot, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Little Bridge Island and Princess Diaries series