Playing For Keeps

Playing For KeepsFarren puts on a good front, feigning confidence despite literally not fitting into society's narrow ideas of beauty and success. Inside, she's stuck, afraid to put herself and her ideas out there, especially the board game design she's kept a secret. She keeps things light and temporary both at work as a substitute teacher and in her relationships. Overworked Sebastian abhors anything that gets in the way of his goals, including procuring the perfect

Liz Baker and her three roommates work at the Nether Fields

What starts as a big misunderstanding quickly turns into a fake engagement

Between secret gifts and double dates

But as the dig begins

The winner of every round gets a step closer to getting out of purgatory

to survive long enough for her to see the next semester

no menus — do mind our hostess

into Quinn’s bake shop

As their bickering—and bantering—intensifies inside and outside the game

Lara must decide who—and what—she is fighting for: her kingdom

Will Xander and Lora find themselves once again amidst these stormy seas and their recent separation

We’re not equipped for life in this desolate winter wasteland