Costa Rica Escape Series by Eden Wilde

One retreat. One ex-best friend. Zero chance of reopening old wounds…. Maya Fox has one chance to rebuild her life. After a very public PR disaster threatens her career, her boss sends her to a luxury Costa Rican wellness retreat with strict come home restored… or don’t come back at all. Six days of yoga, meditation, smoothies, and forced vulnerability with strangers? She can survive that. But on arrival day she gets a shock. Jack, her best friend from high school... moreOne retreat. One ex-best friend. Zero chance of reopening old wounds…. Maya Fox has one chance to rebuild her life. After a very public PR disaster threatens her career, her boss sends her to a luxury Costa Rican wellness retreat with strict come home restored… or don’t come back at all. Six days of yoga, meditation, smoothies, and forced vulnerability with strangers? She can survive that. But on arrival day she gets a shock. Jack, her best friend from high school. The boy who kissed her under graduation lights… then walked away and left her heart in pieces. Now, in a place designed for healing, Maya is forced to confront more than a bad breakup and career burnout. Between sweaty partner exercises, jungle hikes, and way too much organized emoting, she can't deny that somehow he’s still the only person who knows exactly how to steady her. Still gentle. Still safe. Still the boy she fell for. And she begins to see what she never allowed herself to face— that part of her has been standing still ever since he left. One kiss changes everything. Now she's falling again. But the retreat is ending. Flights leave at dawn. And Maya still doesn’t know why he walked away all those years ago… or whether she’s brave enough to risk her heart again. Because falling for him once nearly broke her. Falling for him twice might cost her everything. .. or finally set her free. Falling for My Ex-Best Friend is a sweet, warm love story filled with laughs, the kind of love that refuses to stay in the past, and the courage to begin again. Perfect for readers who crave heartfelt emotion, slow-burn tension, and second chances that feel like coming home. less

One weekend. One fake engagement. Zero chance of falling in love. .. Rory Lane has always been the quirky, out-of-step black sheep of the family, and her Aunt Cassandra never lets her—or her mom—forget it. So when she gets a final warning at work, an eviction notice, and an invitation to her perfect cousin’s destination wedding all in the same afternoon, one thing is. She cannot show up in Costa Rica as the single, unemployed disaster who’s moving back in with her parents... moreOne weekend. One fake engagement. Zero chance of falling in love. .. Rory Lane has always been the quirky, out-of-step black sheep of the family, and her Aunt Cassandra never lets her—or her mom—forget it. So when she gets a final warning at work, an eviction notice, and an invitation to her perfect cousin’s destination wedding all in the same afternoon, one thing is. She cannot show up in Costa Rica as the single, unemployed disaster who’s moving back in with her parents. Enter Jude Hart—her best friend’s twin brother and longtime arch-nemesis. He’s arrogant, infuriating, wildly successful… and he owes her. They make a deal. He’ll be her fake fiancé for one tropical wedding weekend. She’ll give him something he’s wanted from her for years. Cut One shared villa. One enormous engagement ring. One extremely opinionated cockatiel. No strings. No feelings. No one gets hurt. But Jude turns out to be very convincing as a fiancé. Her family adores him. He’s thoughtful, patient, unexpectedly kind—and the way he looks at her doesn’t feel pretend at all. And soon the lines begin to blur. Neither one of them can deny it. This feels more real than they ever expected. Both of them are quietly falling, but too afraid to say it— so used to distance, it would be easier to walk away, than to admit what they truly want. Because it’s just for the weekend, right? But just when they begin to whisper about forever, a secret betrayal knocks Rory off her feet and shatters the fragile trust between them. Can Rory find it in her heart to forgive him—and believe she’s worthy of being chosen for real? Will Jude finally fight for the one woman he’s always wanted but never thought he deserved? Or will one beautiful fake weekend be all they ever get? Just Faking for the Weekend is a sweet, warm love story filled with laughs, the kind of love that refuses to stay quiet, and the courage to choose it when it’s the harder choice to make. Perfect for readers who crave heartfelt emotion, slow-burn tension, and an ending that feels like coming home. less