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Rumor Has It

A Novel

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1 of 2 copies available
This is one bad boy who’s fit to print. A notorious jock tackles life—and love—after football with a type-A journalist in this sexy standalone from the author of Eye Candy.

“Contemporary romance perfection, with just the right amount of witty banter and stomach-flip romantic moments.”—New York Times bestselling author Lauren Layne

Barrett: As a former pro football star, I’m used to playing the field. After injuries cut my NFL career short, my second act as a broadcaster ended on live television when a hot mic picked up a little verbal . . . indiscretion. But this latest publicity stunt might just land me back on top—much to the chagrin of Catarina Everhart, the prissy, beautiful journalist who’s been assigned to date a bad boy (i.e., me) and write about it. Catarina swears I’ll never touch her, let alone kiss those full lips of hers. Based on our chemistry, I’m not buying it. . . .

Catarina: Barrett Fox seems to be doing everything in his power to make me hate him. The cocky egomaniac is infamous for his bad behavior, and now, thanks to my boss’s harebrained schemes, he’s apparently my problem. As one fake date leads to another, I start to see a different side of Barrett. He’s close with his family. He does volunteer work. And, okay, he kisses like a dream. Am I really dating Barrett Fox? Or is he playing me? Because suddenly I’m risking my reputation—and my heart.

Praise for Rumor Has It

“[Jessica] Lemmon delivers purely delicious fun in this lighthearted contemporary. . . . Hot interludes and a Cinderella-worthy ending ensure this story will capture hearts.”Publishers Weekly

“[Lemmon] turns up the friction. . . . [An] ‘opposites attract’ romantic comedy, in which their relationship blossoms after both sides learn that a public persona often hides a more complicated individual.”Library Journal

“Meet your newest book boyfriend and bestie! Rumor Has It is charming, fun, and downright hilarious.”—Serena Bell, USA Today bestselling author of Do Over

Look for Jessica Lemmon’s standalone romances with heartfelt HEAs:
FIGHTING FOR DEVLIN | FORGOTTEN PROMISES | SHUT UP AND KISS ME | EYE CANDY | ARM CANDY | MAN CANDY | RUMOR HAS IT
 
This standalone novel includes an excerpt from another Loveswept title.
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    • Publisher's Weekly

      April 2, 2018
      Lemmon delivers purely delicious fun in this lighthearted contemporary, the fourth in her True Love series (after Man Candy). After ex-NFL bad boy Barrett Fox loses his sportscasting job for calling a female referee a few unprintable names, he’s desperate to get it back. Catarina Everhart, a relationship columnist for a paper in Barrett’s home town of Columbus, Ohio, is assigned by her unscrupulous editor to pretend to date Barrett, write dishy pieces about him, and rehabilitate his image while getting lots of clicks that lead to lots of ad dollars. Catarina (amusingly a self-proclaimed writer of “fluff”) is incensed by the assignment at first, but she begins to fall for Barrett and the vulnerable side he rarely shows. Barrett is often unpleasant and abrasive in the beginning of the book—puffing on a cigar in a no-smoking restaurant and grabbing a restaurant hostess’s rear end—but Lemmon humanizes him with his shyness around his dyslexia, caring for his wastrel brother and young nephew, and willingness to make genuine apologies. After Catarina’s editor betrays them both, driving a sharp wedge through their relationship, they have to decide whether there’s more to it than a mutual career opportunity. Readers who stick with Barrett will grow to love him by the end of the story, and Catarina is a feisty heroine who isn’t afraid to own up to her feelings. Hot interludes and a Cinderella-worthy ending ensure this story will capture hearts.

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