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Also by Alexandria Bellefleur:

Damned If I Do, September 2026
Paperback / e-Book / audiobook
The Twelve Loves of Christmas, September 2026
Trade Paperback / e-Book / audiobook
Playing for Keeps, January 2026
Trade Paperback / e-Book
The Devil She Knows, November 2025
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Merriment and Mayhem, November 2024
e-Book / audiobook
Truly, Madly, Deeply, May 2024
Paperback / e-Book
The Fiancee Farce, April 2023
Paperback / e-Book
Count Your Lucky Stars, February 2022
Paperback / e-Book
Count Your Lucky Stars, February 2022
Paperback / e-Book
Hang the Moon, June 2021
Paperback / e-Book / audiobook
Written in the Stars, November 2020
Paperback / e-Book

PLAYING FOR KEEPS
By: Alexandria Bellefleur

Avon
January 2026
On Sale: January 6, 2026
ISBN: 0063258579
EAN: 9780063258570
Kindle: B0F3XWW254
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Romance LGBTQ | Romance Comedy

Lambda Literary Award winner and national bestselling author Alexandria Bellefleur returns with a steamy Sapphic rom-com about two rival publicists who are forced to work together when their mega-famous clients—a popstar and a quarterback—begin to date.

Poppy Peterson’s life is finally back on track and she’s thriving as the publicist of the NFL’s most promising quarterback (and her childhood best friend), Cash Curran. So, she doesn’t appreciate when he makes an impulsive and public pass at America’s popstar darling, Lyric Adair. When Lyric’s notorious publicist Rosaline Sinclair reaches out, Poppy is ready to face her wrath, but instead learns that Lyric is equally interested.

As Cash and Lyric embark on their ill-advised whirlwind romance, Poppy and Rosaline are forced together, each determined to protect their own client from the other. Poppy is frustrated by Rosaline’s cool demeanor, while at the same time, as a legend in the industry, she’s determined to impress her. But, no matter what she does, she can’t shake the feeling that Rosaline doesn’t like her.

That is until one steamy night, when the two women contend with their unexpected feelings and begin a messy romance of their own. But with paparazzi, tabloids, and stalker fans nipping at their heels, Poppy and Rosaline’s loyalties will be tested in ways they could never expect. 

A high energy, Sapphic, and deeply sexy romance, Playing for Keeps has everything readers expect from Alexandria Bellefleur and more!

Tropes:

• workplace romance
• forced proximity
• secret relationship
• found family
• hurt/comfort