The bearded player with the lopsided smile is not falling for the girl with hearts in her eyes. He's never settling down, but they can be friends. Even if he can't resist stealing kisses every chance he gets.

I was perfectly happy to keep my budding feelings for River to myself until the 'kiss'. Now, all I can think about is how good he smells and tastes. How it would feel to have his hands on my body.

Too bad convincing a player who doesn't believe in love to take a chance on me is more difficult than succumbing to his charm and ending up in his bed. Oops.

I blame River. If he was merely a player, I could walk away. But every single time I'm ready to give up on him, he gives me a glimpse of that heart of gold he keeps hidden behind a steel-enforced wall topped with barbed wire and - bam! - butterflies explode in my stomach and cartoon hearts appear in my eyes.

Lucky for me, I have the entire town of Winter Falls on my side. The residents of this kooky small town think they're the world's answer to matchmaking. Match away, Winter Falls. Match away!

With their help, maybe I can convince River there's more to us than friendship because this chemistry between us doesn't lie.

This friends to lovers small town romantic comedy features an awkward woman who sprouts sexual innuendos on accident when she's nervous, a player who thinks love exists for everyone in the world except him, a pair of sisters who don't understand the word 'privacy', and a whole town of hippies convinced they're the best matchmakers this side of the Mississippi.

Meet Not is a standalone novel in the Winter Falls Dempsey Sisters series.