Just One Fake Date by Deborah Cooke

Tyler needs a fake date to his sister's wedding, but finds that one night with Shannyn isn't nearly enough...

Just one fake date

Tyler McKay has a plan…
And it doesn’t include a serious relationship anytime soon. Between his day job and being a partner at Flatiron 5 Fitness, he’s busy investing in the future. But Ty knows that going stag to his sister’s wedding will encourage the family matchmakers: he needs a fake date, fast, in self-defense. When the one woman who hates him walks into F5F, Ty knows he’s found the perfect candidate—that Shannyn doesn’t play by anyone’s rules just leaves Ty wanting more…

Shannyn Hawke is done with plans and dreams…
She had her whole life mapped out, but it all went wrong. Now, she’s taking care of number one and living in the moment, with no concern for the future. If her college crush wants to trade a fake wedding date for physical satisfaction, Shannyn is in. But just one night proves that Tyler is everything she believes a guy should be, plus he takes it as a challenge to change her mind about him. Shannyn never wants to have her heart broken again, but she’s falling hard and fast. Can she remember that it’s just for show? Or will Tyler convince Shannyn to take a chance on forever again?

Genre: FICTION / Romance / Contemporary

Secondary Genre: FICTION / Romance / Romantic Comedy

Language: English

Keywords: fake date, manhattan, second chance romance, wedding, sports, friends to lovers

Word Count: 103,000

Sales info:

This is the first book in my bestselling series - the seventh book will be published in January 2021 and I'm continuing to write in this world.


Sample text:

Sonia gestured and Ty realized a bit late that there was someone standing behind her. Given her height and that her bag and coat were wet, he figured it was the woman he’d met at the entrance to the club. She was dressed in black and that messenger bag was massive. She held a camera in one hand now.

She’d also pushed back her hood and Ty could see her face. She was tiny, her eyes blue and thickly lashed. Her black turtleneck and coat made her look paler and more delicate than she probably was. Her hair was black and cut short, and she wore no make-up. He could see the end of a tattoo peeking out from beneath the cuff on the hand that held the camera. She also wore a heavy silver ring on that index finger.

Ty stood up, wishing he hadn’t taken off his jacket. It wasn’t because she was attractive or that her steady gaze was locked with his. What made his mouth go dry was that he recognized her.

Shannyn Hawke had been pretty in college, but now she had more verve. She seemed both more guarded than he remembered and more audacious. More importantly, Shannyn was the one woman in the world who had told Tyler off, then disappeared before he could set her straight.

She hated his guts.

He’d never expected to see her again, but here she was at F5F, as wary as a street cat, holding his gaze like she’d dare him to remember.

Time hadn’t changed her opinion of him, that was for sure.

But twelve years had taught Tyler to seize opportunity when and where he found it. For a long time, he’d wished for a chance to replay that conversation or argue his own side better than he had. It was one of the moments he’d always wanted to fix.

Ty liked fixing things.

Opportunity was knocking.


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Italian
Already translated. Translated by Gaia Bordandini Baldassarri
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