The Challenge: A Friends-to-Lovers Romance
Deana Farrady
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars
3.50
· Steam/Spice level: 5 of 5
Explicit and plentiful [?]
· 2 ratings · 265 pages · Published: 05 Mar 2019

Workaholic Jasmine knows her neighbor, lazy blogger Matt, is just kidding when he flirts with her. The guy's never serious about anything, especially the women that stream through his life.
Flighty Sara knows reserved PhD Harrison would never look at her twice, except as a friend.
Then Sara suggests The Challenge, and the world flips on its axis, never to return.
It's different.
It's two love stories.
It hurts. And feels good.
There are open door love scenes. And language. And a happy ending.
Dear Reader,
This standalone friends-to-lovers romance was one of the first romances I ever published. It's very different from my usual fare. It was originally entitled Eight to Midnight. Then, for reasons not entirely clear to me now, I switched the title to Leakage. I have rewritten it extensively to fix multiple issues. It has a PhD nerd, a womanizing blogger, enemies, friends, games, emails, a token canine, and one of my favorite settings ever, the Green Lake neighborhood of Seattle.
Love,
Deana
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