Books like 'It's Always Been You'
Readers who enjoyed It's Always Been You by Samantha Brinn also liked the following books featuring the same tropes, story themes, relationship dynamics and character types.
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Man Feast by Krista Sandor
Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsDenver's hottest CEO is about to meet his match. Billionaire workaholic Jasper Bergen calls the shots—and that’s just the way he likes it. Period. As CEO of Bergen Enterprises, he’s dedicated his life to keeping his family’s mountain sports empire profitable. But sales have plateaued, and the company needs a jumpstart. Enter Elle Reynolds... -
Fraudulently Ever After by A.R. Casella, Denise Grover Swank
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsShe’s cursed to live out romance tropes gone wrong. As a millionaire bad boy looking for a fake girlfriend, he is one. They’re a disaster in the making...and each other’s last hope. Tina I’m cursed.Yes, really. I broke a boy’s heart because he wasn’t romance hero material, and his nonna cursed me to live out my favorite plotlines...without the happy ending... -
The Amendment by Melanie Moreland
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsRichard VanRyan has it all. A loving wife, a beautiful family, great friends, and a career he excels at. He's riding high on the crest of life.What happens when the ride stops? When the unthinkable becomes reality and life may never again be the same?The Contract has changed... -
Your One True Love (A Second Chance Romance) (The Bennett Family) by Layla Hagen
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsShe’s the one who got away. This time, he refuses to let her slip through his fingers. *A sizzling second chance romance* Daniel Bennett has no regrets, except one: letting go of the woman he loved years ago. He wouldn’t admit it out loud, but he’s been pining for Caroline ever since. But his meddling family can read him like an open book... -
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Dirty Playboy by Sloane Howell, Alex Wolf
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHe’s obsessed with her.She wants nothing to do with him.Rick Lawrence doesn’t get attached to women. He beds them and sends them on their way.Then, he sees her.Mary Patrick is the ultimate good girl—religious, moral, responsible. She spends all her time at church or with her nose in a book.The second he lays eyes on her he must have her.She makes him want to be better... -
Mother Faker by Brittanee Nicole
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMoving with my three best friends and our seven kids into a dilapidated brownstone in Boston may have seemed like the most insane thing I’d do this year. Apparently the universe said hold my beer. Because last night I got drunk and married my boss. Don’t worry, it’s all fake. Or at least everything after 'I Do' will be. Beckett Langfield is grumpy, rich and hates kids... -
Dirty Little Midlife Drama by Lilian Monroe
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsGeorgia wants a fresh start, and that doesn't include the handsome cowboy from her past.But Sebastian is in town now, and he has no intention of leaving until he gets what he wants...My high school sweetheart kissed me so naturally, I slapped him.Listen, I’m forty-three years old. I’m divorced. I’m in a new town. I don’t need ghosts from the past haunting me anymore... -
Unforgettable In Love by Bella Andre, Jennifer Skully
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsLyssa Spencer is the apple of the Maverick Billionaire's eyes, the sister they adore and vow to protect. But Lyssa isn’t a little girl anymore, and she wishes they could see she’s a grown woman who is perfectly able to take care of herself. Thankfully, her new boss, Cal Danniger, certainly appreciates and respects her abilities. And she appreciates Cal...in every way possible... -
Playing Pretend by Cassie-Ann L. Miller
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFiring my sassy, smart-mouthed assistant should have solved all my problems. Right?Wrong. Turns out we'll need a fake marriage for that. Oh boy!I should have fired Eliza Jenkins the night she overstepped her qualifications in a high-profile client meeting.Or the time she called me stuffy, uptight and grumpy to my face...Categorized as:
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The Merger: A Billionaire Fake Marriage Romance by JA Low
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsEmma Banks is a strong, single, independent woman who’s busy building her fashion empire. She doesn’t have time for men unless it’s on her terms–quick and convenient. Emma makes no apologies for the way she lives her life. That was until Anderson West walked in.All six-foot-six of him. He was supposed to be a bit of fun to pass the time.But then Vegas happened... -
Melted Hearts by Annie Dyer
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLiam Rosehill was the most arrogant man I'd ever met.He might’ve rocked the charts with his band for more than a decade, but rocking my world was a hard no.I needed him to expand my business..He needed me to polish his image.We were about to stage our wedding to get what we both needed.It was purely a business transaction. With a man who made my anger bubble and something else simmer... -
Ex Best Thing by Marika Ray
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFirst rule in the sister’s handbook: don’t date your sister’s ex-boyfriend.Oops.If there was one man on the planet I shouldn’t be looking at twice, it’s Daire Beneventi. Sure, he’s my sister’s ex, but he’s also the leather jacket to my quilt tote bag... -
Graham: A Holiday Romance by Logan Chance
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe holidays are not jolly this year. After losing my job, they’re downright depressing. It’s all good, I take that big lump of coal, and turn it into an opportunity to get my homemade soaps into Mountain Goat Resort. I just need to convince Graham Steele, the owner. If I can nail this deal, everything will be merry and bright... -
Serving the CEO by M.S. Parker
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIf someone had told me three months ago that I would walk down the aisle to marry my boss, Derrick Thomas, the hot as hell but super demanding and arrogant CEO of Broker Publishing, I would have called them a damn lunatic.But here I am, all dressed in white, ready to tie the knot with the man of my dreams. Or so you would think... -
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Ruthless Mogul by Scarlett Avery
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratings365 days in exchange for $200 million dollars. That’s all it takes to save my family’s legacy. I just have to say two words, ‘I do.’I’m across the country when I find out my father hired a big-time publicist to announce my upcoming wedding to one of the most powerful billionaire moguls in the country. A king in the hotel industry. The problem is, it’s news to me. I’ve never even met this man... -
Brute & Bossy by Mia Mara
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsHaving a baby with my new personal assistant? That wasn't exactly what I had in mind when I promoted her to be my fake girlfriend.As the owner of a ski resort, I've got ski bunnies lined up 'til next Christmas.But I need a different type of woman to help clean up my reputation for the investors.Enter Raylene Harleson...Categorized as:
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Mister Billions by Cassie-Ann L. Miller
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsBossy. Infuriating. Sexy as sin... I can't stand the man.And he's waiting for me at the altar.I'm up to my eyeballs in unpaid rent. So is half this town.Cannon Kingston is the devilish, arrogant billionaire with the power to save us all. But he wants something in return...My hand in marriage.The terms of our twisted contract are simple... -
Jameson Fox by Nina Levine
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsRule number one if you’re going to fake marry a billionaire: only marry him if you like him and he likes you.Jameson Fox is the most infuriating, arrogant, frustrating, presumptuous, self-important alphahole I have ever met.He stole my company from me five years ago. Now, he’s made me an offer I can’t refuse: fake marry him, and he’ll give it back... -
Oops I Married a Rock Star by Nadia Lee
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWhat happens in Vegas stays in Vegas...Except when you drunk-marry your bandmate’s baby sister...DevlinIn my defense, I didn’t know Becca was Max’s sister.The chapel, a case of mistaken identity and a lot of booze messed things up.As hot and funny as Becca is, I can’t jeopardize the band’s survival...Categorized as:
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That First Date by Jenn McMahon
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsMy new boss has lost his mind.Marc Ford is everything that I’m not. He wants a long term relationship that leads to marriage and a house full of kids, but I want nothing to do with being tied down to someone. In fact, I have never been in a relationship in my life... -
Avery by Kat Savage
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAvery Fletcher makes a better friend than a lover—at least he thinks so. Well, him and every woman he’s ever dated. Now his encounters are brief and satisfying. There’s really no need to complicate things.Though, when he sits alone on his porch listening to the cicadas, he has a brief lapse in judgment and yearns for someone to talk to.Helena Davenport doesn’t need a man—nor does she want one... -
A Very Merry Alpha Christmas: A Holiday Romance Box Set by Logan Chance
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIs there anything hotter than getting your very own alpha for Christmas? How about three filthy alphas instead? This is a fun and steamy holiday collection filled with not one, but three naughty alphas just for you. NORTH: North Caspian, a very successful alpha boss and his lively employee, Holly Winterbourne, will heat up your holiday and kindles...Categorized as:
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How to Not Fall for Your Ex by Meg Easton
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThey dated twelve years ago. Because of an anonymous dating app, they’re about to unknowingly date each other again.Timini Jensen doesn’t think there’s a point to dating. Relationships drag people down. After all, nobody runs faster when they’re in a three-legged race, right? Plus, there’s the part where she seems to pick guys who are only pretty on the outside... -
Covered In Paint: Book Five of the Art Of Love Series by Donna McDonald
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsArtists See Things Differently, Including Love In his 42 years of living, Drake Barrymore had seen the best and worst life had to offer. He had loved and lost a wife. He had managed to raise his son alone. But now all he can think about is a woman who is way too young for him. Dr... -
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Love in Disguise by Dana LeCheminant
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsKit Morgan has always hated change—he’s as steady as they come.At least, that’s what his friends think. Feeling trapped by a routine he never wanted but everyone expects, Kit is almost glad when his life suddenly falls apart—especially when it leads to him running into his middle school girlfriend, Skyler, who happens to need a fake fiancé for a family reunion...Categorized as:
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Hating and Dating Your Boss with Style!: A Romantic Comedy by Alina Jacobs
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBad day at work? Try having someone steal your beloved hotel.Oh, and the new boss is absolutely the worst. Work hard and ye shall be rewarded…Wrong. The Maxine Hotel was supposed to be mine. I invested my meager savings into the upkeep.I slept in a freezing-cold attic like Cinderella but with way more overeating. I dealt with entitled guests and feral children on a daily basis... -
Broken by Alexis Winter
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLibrarian's Note: This is an alternate title/cover edition for ASIN B07WRXPCQT“He wanted what wasn’t his.”He stops moving but doesn’t let go of me.He has a look in his eye…Intense. Predatory. Claiming.“But I’m not yours either.”“Tonight, you will be.”The moment she made that stupid bet with me I should have walked away... -
Fake It For Christmas by Layla Valentine
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIt was bad enough agreeing to play my boss’s girlfriend for the holidays,Then I had to go and fall for his brother…HER:Billionaires just aren’t like the rest of us, are they?No sooner has my boss requested my assistance at a winter wedding, we’re boarding a private jet to Aspen, and I’m being introduced to every member of his filthy rich and utterly insane family as his girlfriend – and he... -
If You Give a Billionaire a Bride by Ann Einerson
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsI, Everly Townstead, need to stop fantasizing about my brother’s billionaire best friend.Should I have accidentally married the notorious charmer in Vegas? No, because he’s trying to buy my family’s company.Nothing says trust and unity between two businesses like an (accidental) marriage of convenience, right?3 reasons why I absolutely cannot fall for my fake husband:1... -
Otherwise Engaged by Avery Keelan
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA steamy, enemies-to-lovers, fake engagement standalone novel.THAYERI thought inventing a boyfriend would help get me out of trouble, but it landed me in more.My little white lie put me in the crosshairs of Bennett Bradford. Satan in a suit. He might be easy on the eyes, but he's rough on the heart. I learned that one the hard way...Categorized as:
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King Size: A Royal Bad Boy Romance by Lexi Whitlow
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMy one-night-stand wants me to pose as his queen.He's insufferable. Cocky. And hotter than sin itself.I'll say yes--to get my family out of debt. Then I'm gone.But I'm pregnant with two heirs to the throne.And this king-size lie is starting to feel real. Owen: I never wanted to be king--and I never planned on having a wife...Categorized as:
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To Have & To Hoax by Sienna Blake, Sarah Willows
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThis sassy romance duo have teamed up to bring you a sexy, fun and hilarious new series. You’ll love these hot-as-sin Billionaires…Down Under ;) Logan Skye.Drop-dead gorgeous and knows it, shameless playboy and confirmed bachelor, heir to a luxury hotel empire.He has everything a man could want: fast cars, faster women, more money than God...Categorized as:
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Can't Get You Off My Mind by Emma Roman
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe rule: Get married and have a baby.When Grandpa Stinson dies, he expects nothing more than to keep his grandsons together, running the family's multibillion-dollar business. But he's got just one unfaltering rule: they have to get married and have a baby first. The brothers disagree...wholeheartedly.But it's set in stone. Follow the rule or you're the one grandson out of luck..Categorized as:
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Dirty Words by Tara Crescent
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIf you’re going to write dirty stories about your neighbors, don’t give them tiny c*cks. A standalone romance with an HEA ending and no cliffhangers. Love thy neighbors? No way. Never going to happen. Ethan Burke and Lars Johansen are chiseled male perfection, with their cocky smiles, bulging biceps and washboard abs. They're also rich, arrogant jerks. Ugh...Categorized as:
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His Fake Girlfriend by Jolie Day
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAaron Patterson. Cold. Controlling. Domineering jerk. CEO of our rival company. ...And my new fake boyfriend. The first time we met, he gave me nothing but a false name. And a promise of what he would do to me when he got me alone. It could have been great. But an urgent call forced me to leave. Dressed, alone, without hope of getting naked with the hot stranger...Categorized as:
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First to Fall by Jenny B. Jones
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhen I woke up this morning, I became aware of two things:One, I felt hungover, and I knew I hadn’t had a drop of liquor.And two, I was pretty sure I had accidentally married someone.I, Olivia Sutton, have a Ten Year Plan. It’s air-tight and written in permanent ink. You know what’s not on the plan? Getting married to the man I used to love to hate... -
La formula dell'attrazione by Paola Chiozza
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsVenere in acquario? Luna nella terza casa? Rebecca Pennington non crede nelle stelle, ma ci lavora. È ingegnere aerospaziale, risolve il Cubo di Rubik in sette secondi e nella vita ha una sola certezza matematica: odierà in eterno Chase Reeve Goldsmith.Poco importa che lui sia l'uomo più sexy, ricco e intelligente che abbia mai conosciuto, sarà sempre il suo peggior nemico...Categorized as:
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Drunk on You by Nikki Ash
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAnastasia If I want to prove to my dad that I can take his place as CEO of our family’s liquor company, I need to show him I won’t let work consume my life the way it did his. He wants me to be a family woman? I can fake it till I make it. A fake fiancé is the perfect solution, and the man I’ve found is the ideal candidate... -
Marrying Hope by Vikki Jay
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA sinfully rich and wickedly hot businessman like Zach Teager has no business in my bland, rickety world. Yet, he barges in like a storm, leaving everyone mesmerized by his charms.Every evening I find him at my doorstep in the pretense of a silly promise he’s made to my son. And let’s not talk about my boy, Ray who believes Zach is some sort of a Prince and maybe he is. But not of my story... -
Mr. Notting Hill by Louise Bay
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIt’s the most embarrassing night of my life. Not only did I literally run into the hottest guy I’ve ever laid eyes on in a hotel lobby, but the ice-cold water and whipped cream I’m carrying (don't ask) end up all over me.If that wasn’t enough, that same guy -- the hottest one of all time -- donates twenty-five thousand pounds during a charity auction... to win a date with me... -
The Buy-In by Emma St. Clair
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratings"You can't Schitt's Creek a town, Tank.""And you can't verb a noun, son."When a family of former pro football players buy a small Texas town, they didn't intend to start a war with its residents ... or to fall in love. Ever since his career-ending injury, Pat has bounced from job to job, idea to idea, short-lived relationship to short-lived relationship... -
Borrowed Bride by Noah Hardy
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsSomething Old, Something New, Someone Borrowed out of the Blue…Zoe Fitzpatrick will do anything for her catering clients, but this is getting ridiculous.It’s the wedding of the year in DC and the bride and groom have eloped...Categorized as:
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Real Fake Husband by Jolie Day
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsHe called me “Goody-Goody.” He called me “Nosy-Josie.” He called me other things while he pulled my pigtails. Now, his grandmother left us a surprise inheritance.The catch? We have to get married and live in her small NYC apartment.For a month. With just one bed. When I arrive, he’s not the cheeky jerk I hated. He’s piping hot. Tall. Sinfully tattooed. A stunning villain... -
The Beach Wedding by Lucy Kevin, Bella Andre
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsTHE BEACH WEDDING is the first book in the fun and romantic “Married in Malibu” series — a spin-off of Lucy Kevin’s New York Times bestselling “Four Weddings and a Fiasco” series. Lucy Kevin is the "sweet" pen-name of New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Bella Andre (who writes the #1 bestselling series about The Sullivans)... -
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The Unwanted Bride by Nadia Lee
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsHe got a fake fiancée to avoid an arranged marriage...except she turns out to be his arranged wife after all.Ambitious, driven and independent, billionaire Huxley Lasker refuses to marry the vapid bride his family has chosen to further their legal dynasty. Instead, he asks Grace Lain, a hot one-night stand from a few weeks earlier, to be his fake fiancée... -
Two Truths and a Marriage by Nicole Snow
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe grumpiest billionaire accidentally scores a sunshiny fake fiancee and pure chaos in this hilarious, sweet, and deliriously steamy romance by Wall Street Journal bestselling author Nicole Snow.I can still pinpoint the exact second when my life became two truths and a lie.You don't forget delivering a mountain of fresh-baked sweets to a man like Dexter Rory... -
Fool Them Once by Kyra Parsi
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsEthan and I did not get off to a great start in our… well in anything, really. He thought I was a burglar who’d broken into his penthouse in the middle of the night, I thought he was a sexy serial killer who was there to scary-movie-murder me… you get it. And that was just the beginning. A teaser if you will...Categorized as:
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Yeah, I Hate-Ate Your Cupcake!: A Romantic Comedy by Alina Jacobs
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn my defense, my twin sister is engaged to the love of my life.Ok, so he’s my ex of two weeks, but I have totally been in love with him since we were kids!Guess he wanted the pretty twin. *shrug emoji* What else is new in my life?They decided to break the news to me in a public place.Probably because they thought it would keep me from losing it.Ha! I am the queen of humiliating experiences... -
His Sweet Pea (The May Flowers Series) by Vivian Ward, Flirt Club
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsPretending to be my enemy’s girlfriend is a recipe for disaster...but he made me an offer I couldn’t refuse. Danny was my first love but he sabotaged me when we were competing for one of the most lucrative art scholarships. That’s when he became my number one enemy and I kissed his sweet ass good-bye. That was nearly a decade ago. And all these years later, I still hate him...Categorized as:
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