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Sunkissed by My Best Friend
A Short and Sweet Romance
2026
First Published
4.40
Average Rating
62
Number of Pages

Sometimes, the best love story is the one that’s been right in front of you all along. This book features characters you meet in The Coffee Loft season one novel Bean Wishing for a Latte Love. She’s always been there for him, but he’s been too afraid to take the leap. Now, after years of friendship, Reid wants more. Briella has always loved Reid, but she's carefully hidden her feelings from him. As best friends for eight years, they've shared everything except the truth about how they really feel. After a surprise invitation to a Valentine’s Gala and an unexpected trip to Hawaii, the line between friendship and something more begins to blur. Reid has always been in love with Briella, but he’s never had the courage to confess. He’s waited for the perfect moment, but as their tropical vacation unfolds, it’s clear there’s no more time to waste. He wants to show her that he’s not just her best friend—he’s the man who’s loved her all along. Will Briella take a chance on the one man who’s always had her heart, or will she let the fear of ruining their friendship hold her back? ♥♥♥♥♥ Sunkissed by My Best Friend is a sweet friends-to-more romance that will leave you swooning. It’s a standalone short story in the Coffee Loft world with a guaranteed happily-ever-after. Previously published as part of the Splash of Romance, Banter and Blushes anthology.

Avg Rating
4.40
Number of Ratings
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Author

Tia Marlee
Tia Marlee
Author · 12 books

Tia Marlee enjoys delivering swoon worthy HEA's in her clean and wholesome romance novels. A small-town girl at heart, Tia's stories have that small-town, Hallmark charm with a dash of real life, and a laugh thrown in for good measure. Tia is the author of the Piney Book Wishes series featuring unexpected love stories based in small-town Piney Brook, Arkansas. She is also proud to be part of the multi-author romcom series The Coffee Loft season one and two. Tia resides in Texas with her husband and three teenaged children. When she's not writing or reading, you can find her standing barefoot in her front yard, loving on her 80 pound lap dog, or hauling kids from one activity to the next.

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