In a Rush
Kate Canterbary
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· 71 ratings · 477 pages · Published: 04 Feb 2025
A revenge husband.
Pro quarterback Ryan Ralston has always known two things.
First, he’s desperately in love with his best friend Emme Ahlborg.
Second–and most importantly–he still has no idea how to tell her.
The marriage pact they made in their senior yearbook was the closest he ever came.
Years passed and Emme forgot about their promise.
Ryan never did, especially not on his thirtieth birthday.
Emme can’t catch a break. Always unlucky in love, her cheating ex is a groomsman in her best friend’s wedding—and there’s no way she’s showing up alone.
Ryan offers her the one thing better than a wedding date: a revenge husband. And he’s not just any fake husband but the NFL’s brightest star…and in need of serious reputation rehab.
Playing the part of the happy couple comes easy and soon enough, the lines between real and fake blur. They disappear altogether when there’s just one bed.
All Ryan has to do is save Emme from her ex, find her step-sister an internship, and get his wife to fall in love with him—or fumble the one thing he’s ever wanted:
her heart.
Content Notes: incidences and discussion of infidelity, incidence of body shaming, parental estrangement, parental divorce, brief mention of parental death (ALS), chronic illness (main character--endometriosis).
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- friends to lovers 19
- football 19
- marriage of convenience 17
- m-f romance 17
- sports 16
- contemporary 16
- teacher/coach heroine 14
- rich hero 14
- dual pov 14
- curvy heroine 11
- funny 11
- fake relationship 10
- athlete hero 10
- height difference 9
- found family 8
- possessive hero 8
- grumpy & sunshine 7
- first person pov 7
- sassy heroine 6
- good grovel 6
- forced proximity 5
- alpha male 5
- grumpy/cold hero 5
- new adult 4
- sweet/gentle hero 4
- competent heroine 3
- praise kink 2
- angst 2
- class difference 1
- cheerful/happy heroine 1
- sweet/gentle heroine 1
- poor heroine 1
- childfree 1
- friends with benefits 1
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- geography
- massachusetts 13
- rhode island 10
- usa 6
- north america 5
- content warnings
- death / grief 8
- past child neglect 8
- fatphobia 7
- alcoholism 7
- terminal illness 6
- mental trauma 4
- past abuse 1
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