You can visit her online where she hopes you’ll say hi! Sign up for her (very occasional) newsletter at follow her on Twitter at or visit her on Facebook. She loves her boy and the Cubs, who taught her that being awesome doesn’t necessarily have anything to do with winning. She lives in Chicago, where she writes contemporary romance, Tweets more than she ought and sometimes runs way too far. You make me want to push my writing harder.ĪMY JO COUSINS knows one thing for sure: the people who read and write romance novels are the smartest, funniest, kindest and most optimistic souls on the planet and finding a place in this community has been like coming home. For dining room table writing dates and late night wine, for karaoke and corn bread, and for the most inspiring debut novel I’ve ever read. And they’ll have to trust their feelings if their passion is going to last after the last curtain goes down and the lights go up.įor Shelley, who took me under her wing and welcomed me to Romancelandia. Two people accustomed to being in control will have to trust each other if the show will, indeed, go on. Scandal and disaster threaten her career, his reputation and the success of the play. So does the fact that they can’t seem to keep their hands off each other. Her need to control every detail of the show makes him nervous. This show might prove to be a good investment, but he’s not sure if Maxie Tyler will. He doesn’t care about art unless it turns a profit. Not even the producer with dreamy blue eyes and bespoke suits that fit him perfectly in all the right places.Ī successful venture capitalist, Nick Drake is used to calling the shots.

Her latest gig is just the break she needs, and she’s not going to let anyone get in her way. so he asks Jay to help update his look for the rest of his dates.Maxie Tyler is Chicago’s toughest stage manager. Jay wants no part of Devin, but Devin wants every part of Jay. He just wishes he could convince Jay to go out with him for real. “The date doesn’t count for the bet unless you get a goodnight kiss.” After one not-a-date dinner with Jay, Devin isn’t worried about his sister’s rules. Only Devin’s swift apologies convince Jay to accept dinner to make up for the deception. When he realizes he’s been conned into a date with exactly the kind of man he’s sworn to avoid, he’s ready to walk away on the spot. But his last boyfriend left him feeling humiliated and determined to stick to guys his own age. Jay thought he wanted to fall for an older man.

Finding out she used a thirteen-year-old picture of him to score a date with a young guy who looks like a rock star? Epically bad. When he loses a bet to her and the penalty is to go out on five dates with men she’s chosen from, he thinks that’s bad enough. Helping his sister Lucy raise her kid has put Devin’s love life on hold. A lost bet, a bunch of bad dates, and two guys who just might be perfect for each other…

Five Dates by Amy Jo Cousins