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Take a Number

by Amy Daws

A bakery partnership turns into a dating ruse

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    By New York Times bestselling author Amy Daws

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A bakery partnership turns into a dating ruse

Norah Donahue is focused on building her bakery business, while her financial partner, Dean Moser, is a flirtatious stock-market expert whose romantic attention she has repeatedly brushed aside. When she needs a fake date for her parents’ anniversary party, Dean seems like a convenient choice—and the arrangement becomes more complicated when their staged romance turns physical. The setup brings workplace entanglements and family matchmaking into a fake-dating romance, with Norah’s business ambitions and her attraction to Dean pulling her into competing priorities. This deluxe paperback edition is described as including bonus chapters and decorated edges.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers who enjoy fake-dating romance plots
  • Readers interested in romance involving business partners
  • Readers looking for adult romantic fiction centered on a bakery setting

Themes

Fake datingWorkplace relationshipsEntrepreneurshipFamily matchmakingRomantic attraction

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Book overview

From New York Times bestselling author Amy Daws comes a new deluxe paperback edition of Take a Number from her fan-favorite Wait With Me series, featuring adorable sprayed edges and all-new bonus chapters! Preorder your copy today to guarantee receiving the limited-edition decorated paperback.

Norah is certain that fake dating the cocky silent investor of her bakery could be messy...but that's what aprons are for.


Norah Donahue wants to run bakeries not have babies, but her matchmaking mother won't stop trying to play Cupid. She has her hands full getting her new business off the ground while dealing with her frustratingly flirty financial partner, Dean.

Dean Moser is a cocky stock market savant whose friends are all settling down, leaving Boulder's infamous ladies' man all alone. Recently he's set his sights on Norah, who brushes off his advances like flour from her apron.

But when Norah needs a fake date for her parents' anniversary party, her new silent investor might be just the guy for the job. He's charismatic, successful, and too much of a playboy to take it seriously. It seems like a foolproof plan...

That is, until Norah decides to break her biggest rule and lock lips with Dean in the middle of the party.

Turns out that Dean and Norah's chemistry is sizzling hot, but mixing business with pleasure could turn out to be a recipe for disaster.

Or maybe they can have their cake and eat it too.
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