Bending The Rules

Mariah Dietz Independently Published

From USA Today Bestselling Author Mariah Dietz comes a delicious, angsty, and addictive sports romance about falling for your brother's best friend. It started with a crush. The best stories always do. Our story sounds predictable, short-lived, and destined for failure. Lincoln Beckett is the star wide receiver at Brighton University-- smart, funny, and like many would guess, heartbreak shines in his dark eyes and is etched across his jaw. He's popular, a guaranteed draft pick, and worst of all: my brother's best friend. I tried not to like him. I have an entire list of reasons, reasons that have become my rules for dating. Rules that Lincoln continues bending.

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Defining The Rules

Mariah Dietz

It started with friendship.The best stories always do.Our story sounds unlikely.Bizarre.A fable.Like wine and cheese and my favorite pair of jeans, Things got better over time-Too good, it seemed.Arlo Kostas was the starting running back for Brighton University.His quick smile and sharp witWas enough to disarm even the biggest cynic.And his perfectly defined abs and more perfect face, Convinced the rest.I was homesick, Counting down the days until I returned home for spring break when we met.Clinging to memories I'd been trying to hold onto for yearsAnd then he tipped my world upside down.Maybe it was bad luck.Perhaps we were jinxed, But things between Arlo and I were doomed, Right from the very start.We were supposed to be friends but like everything, Things kept getting blurred, Now, we're Defining the

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Page Number : 364

Forgetting The Rules

Mariah Dietz

Rumor has it...It all started with a lie.I met Ian Forrest, middle linebacker and Roman God reincarnated last winter. Dark hair and steel eyes, granite stacks of muscles, and a secret smile that made me weak.You see, once upon a time, I Rose Cartwright, believed in happily ever after's.But life had taught me too quickly that rules are necessary and that gilded cages won't protect your heart. Yet, our lives began to weave together-a seamless and beautiful tapestry of 'non-date' dates.By the time summer arrived, so had my nerves. He was leaving for two months, so I drew a hard line in the sand and labeled what we shared a friendship, though we'd both known it was more.Now, it's the beginning of our senior year, and once again, everything is bringing us together.Only now, the secrets are bigger, the lies greater, and the stakes are even higher.Will the pressure break us apartOr will I be able to forget the Rules? This is book five in The Dating Playbook Series, but can be read and enjoyed as a complete standalone.

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Exploring The Rules

Mariah Dietz

Chloe Robinson is determined to be more spontaneous, exciting, and 'fun'-whatever that means. Her resolve is put to the test when she learns her twin sister has arranged for them to return to their junior year at Brighton University with a road trip across the country with their best friend, Cooper, and the one person Chloe works to avoid at all costs: Tyler Banks.Tyler Banks is the heir to Banks Luxury Resorts and Hotels, and this year's "star football player." Tyler's life and future appear bright and endless as the universe, except, his life is in a constant state of balance and currently his greatest balancing act is allowing Chloe to ignore him and believe he's her enemy when she's becoming his reason to succeed.Two and a half weeks.Seven cities.And one game of truth or dare that is about to expose everything.

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Page Number : 308

Bending The Rules

Mariah Dietz

It started with a crush.The best stories always do.Our story sounds predictable.Short-lived.Destined for failure.Lincoln Beckett is the star wide receiver of Brighton University-smart, funny, and like many would guess,heartbreak shines in his dark blue eyes and is etched across his steel jaw.He's popular, a guaranteed draft pick, and worst of all:My brother's best friend.It's a tale of unrequited love.I tried not to like him.I have an entire list of reasons.Reasons that led me to Derek Jones.Derek's the other starting wide receiver for Brighton University.A transfer who's proving to be a promising athlete that doesn't play by the rules.His brown eyes hold promises-ones solely for me.When Lincoln offers me a sideways glance, Derek stares.And when Derek leans closer, it's Lincoln whose touch I feel.Adversaries on the field-and now off.It wasn't meant to be a love triangle.That was reserved for the classics,Gatsby and Mr. Darcy.I've never been uncertainUntil now.

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Writing The Rules

Mariah Dietz

Poppy Anderson was nailing her sophomore year at Brighton University. She liked her classes, had the greatest best friend, and was finally ready to start dating again. Or she was ... until her ex, Mike, transferred to Brighton and started exchanging long stares and inside jokes that Poppy thought he'd forgotten.Paxton Lawson was long ago labeled 'The Golden Boy.' Starting quarterback and team captain at Brighton University, his future was brighter than the sun until a short path of indiscretions tarnished his name and potentially his future. When he learns that his sister's best friend, Poppy, has backed herself into a corner and is facing as many doubts and uncertainties as he is, Paxton suggests the biggest ruse of the year: a fake relationship.Writing the rules was supposed to make things clear, defined, and definite. Only, their relationship becomes increasingly complex as the lines are blurred, days become weeks, and kisses for show begin to feel like confessions.Can lies lead to truths? And what happens when the rules they wrote begin to expire?One lie, Two hearts, And fifteen years of friendship are about to be put to the ultimate test.Writing the Rules is a complete standalone and can be read independently, but is book 6 in The Dating Playbook serie

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The Weight Of Rain

Mariah Dietz

One night changed my life-one that I barely remember. When I close my eyes, my mind paints a picture of his smile and shades the contours of his hands, the deep scar around his bicep. I'm an artist, yet my hands are unsteady. With his presence, he has unknowingly broken that something inside of me that makes me who I am. Being around him is like standing in a rainstorm. First the drops tickle my skin, and then they coat me, refusing to be ignored. Finally, they soak into me, reaching parts of me I don't think anyone has ever touched. When dreams turn into reality, will the picture in my mind transfer to paper?

ISBN10 : 1944206019 , ISBN13 : 9781944206017

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