Cassidy Figures It Out

In this clever and sizzling romance from the author of Abby Offsides, a restless PhD student and a straight-laced finance exec discover that some puzzles can't be solved with wits alone.

Cassidy Easton has never learned how to stand still, hopping from degrees to jobs to new cities and now to a PhD program in London with the potential of a lucrative job offer on the other side. The only downside: the program is funded by one of London's premier investment banks and overseen by Henry Haselton-Coates, a perfectly pressed finance guy with a chip on his shoulder.

Cass is more than happy to minimize her exposure to the cold and aloof Henry. However, after they discover a shared love of puzzles, Cass and Henry soon find themselves trading secret riddles, cryptic poems, and increasingly suggestive brainteasers—an intellectual flirtation that’s far more thrilling than her actual research . . . and far more dangerous. If whatever is going on between them got out, it would put both their reputations—and Cass’s future job prospects—at risk.

When what started as a game begins to feel like something real, Cass’s instinct to bolt kicks in. But if she wants to figure out what’s worth staying for, she’ll have to find the courage to stop running and admit that the trickiest puzzle of all might just be love.

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