One viral video later, the world thinks Nathan and Bree are the perfect couple.

Then her plan backfires as she spills her deepest, darkest secret to a TMZ reporter. A stubborn Bree is not happy about it and decides to rebel with a couple-okay, maybe more than a couple-of tequila shots. Then, as usual, Nathan comes to the rescue and buys the entire building. But one more rent increase could mean the end of the studio entirely. After a car accident ended her chance at becoming a professional ballerina, Bree changed paths and now owns her own dance studio, with big dreams to expand it. In any case, she has other things to worry about.

Nope! Nothing but good old-fashioned, no-touching-the-sexiest-man-alive, platonic friendship for Bree. The only problem is that she can’t admit her true feelings, because he clearly sees her as a best friend with no romantic potential, and the last thing Bree wants is to ruin their relationship. The friend zone is not the end zone for Bree Camden, who is helplessly in love with her longtime best friend and extremely hot NFL legend, Nathan Donelson. Follow along as I read the novel during a 3 hour flight, or see my overall review below. The Cheat Sheet by Sarah Adams is a closed-door romance but still considered adult, not YA, which I thought would be a great place to start because I’m a twenty-something-year-old attempting to navigate the world of adult lit without going down a rabbit hole of spice. So many of my book community friends LOVE romance and have convinced me to give it a shot. Oh, and did I mention we have to date publicly for three weeks until after the Super Bowl because we signed a contract with.oops, forgot I can’t tell anyone about that!īottom line is, now my best friend is smudging all the lines and acting very un-platonic, and I’m just trying to keep my body from bursting into flames every time he touches me.I am not usually a contemporary romance reader, but I’ve been slowly becoming more intrigued with the books I see talked about on Instagram and Tiktok. Our friendship is going swimmingly until I accidentally spill my beans to a reporter over too much tequila, and now the world seems to think me and Nathan belong together. (I’m not crying, I’m just peeling an onion.) Nothing but good old-fashioned, no-touching-the-sexiest-man-alive, platonic friendship for us! Everything is exactly how I like it! Yes.

The first step is admitting, right? Except, I can never admit it to him because he clearly doesn’t see me that way, and the last thing I want is for things to get weird between us. Hi, my name is Bree Camden, and I’m hopelessly in love with my best friend and star quarterback Nathan Donelson (so is half of America, judging by the tabloids and how much the guy dates). Is it ever too late to leave the friend-zone?

Sarah adams the cheat sheet