Ashton Locke has had a thing for Keiko Jarrett since college. So when she proposes adding friends with benefits to the mix, he’s intrigued, but wary. Sure, he’s always wanted her, and is definitely not ready to settle down with anyone, but what happens if one of them crosses the line? Keiko is ready to take her flirty friendship with Ashton to the next level of hot. But she never bargained for feelings to intrude and cause complications. She laughed at Ashton’s hesitation and promised she’d remain heart-whole. Some promises are meant to be broken and as Keiko and Ashton’s “benefits" bleed in all aspects of their lives, Keiko needs to convince Ashton that love is worth the risk.

She knows her heart is at risk Professor Âine Reid has crushed on Darian Tisdale since college. She succumbed to his sexy charms more than once, but when he made it clear he only wanted friends with benefits, she friend-zoned him, no benefits on offer. Now co-workers up for the same tenure track promotion, Âine has more reason than ever to keep Darian at arm’s length. He tempts her like no other, but she values his friendship too much to take another risk with her heart. Can he prove that he’s changed? Darian knows he hurt Âine long ago. He wants to prove that he’s now ready for more and to take their friendship to the next, more permanent and sexy level. He thinks she feels the same except when she signs up for a dating site, Darian knows he has his work cut out for him. He’s all in for the challenge except there’s the career making promotion they are both up for. Can their friendship and sizzling chemistry combust to create a win-win for them both?

What started out as a sexy impulse just got serious… Emmerson Collins and Royce Hanson have been friends since college, but when two of Emmerson’s friends propose a dare years later—no-strings-attached hookups with others in their friend group—she’s in. Royce has always been her secret fantasy, and she’s more than ready to make that a reality. But just as things heat up in their friends with benefits relationship, Royce has a new proposal—a marriage of convenience. Saying yes should be easy. He needs a wife to fulfill the terms of his grandmother’s will in order to save his family’s company, and having a successful husband will make Emmerson’s bid to become her young niece’s guardian that much easier. When the attraction is undeniable but the arrangement is fake, what happens when the feelings become all too real?