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Rachel Van Dyken | Author-Reader Match

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Instead of trying to find your perfect match in a dating app, we bring you the โ€œAuthor-Reader Match" where we introduce you to authors as a reader you may fall in love with. It's our great pleasure to presentย Rachel Van Dyken!ย 

Writes:ย 
I write contemporary romance and my new book isย Risky Play, a sports romance out March 19th.
About:
I love writing, in fact I get anxiety when I donโ€™t write! I write in multiple genres, have listed on the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today bestseller lists. Iโ€™m addicted to Swedish fish, and I think that life would be more interesting if we all had our own soundtracks!
What Iโ€™m looking for in my ideal reader match:
I love making readers cry, in fact, I collect their tears.
Iโ€™m often found with my Kindle app open at three am with drool running down my face.
I will lie and say I'm going to the bathroom, but be reading instead.
If you donโ€™t like the smell of real books, we canโ€™t get together.
I believe historical romance is the only way to truly cleanse your soul.
Mafia romance is my drug of choice.
IT SHOULD ALWAYS INVOLVE WINE.
What to expect if weโ€™re compatible:
Murder. You should want to murder me.
Moments of sheer insanity as you laugh out loud on one page and then get choked up on the next page.
Girly, flirty stomach tumbles that make you breathe a bit faster.
If you donโ€™t feel crazy then I'm not doing my job.
You should expect to think about the book at all hours of the day and dream about it and then get mad when itโ€™s finished.
I fully expect you to use said book or Kindle as a weapon when you get to a part you donโ€™t like.
If I didnโ€™t make you feel something, itโ€™s probably not meant to be.

RISKY PLAY by Rachel Van Dyken

Red Card #1
Risky Play
Even one-night stands deserve a second chance in New York Times bestselling author Rachel Van Dykenโ€™s novel of sporting desire.

What else can a virgin do when sheโ€™s ditched at the altar? Seattle heiress Mackenzie Dupont is
treating herself to a single-girl honeymoon in Mexico and a desire to relinquish her innocence
to a gorgeous one-night stand. Fake names. True pleasure. But when she wakes up alone,
Mackenzie realizes just how much anger is left in her broken heart.

Suffering a tragic personal loss, pro soccer player Slade Rodriguez has his reasons for
vanishing without a goodbye. Right or wrong, heโ€™s blaming the beautiful and infuriating
stranger he never wants to see again. Theyโ€™re both in for a shock when Mackenzie shows up
as his new personal assistant. And they both have a lot to learn about each other. Because
they share more than they could possibly know, including a common enemy whoโ€™s playing his
own games. And heโ€™s not afraid to get dirty.

Now thereโ€™s only one way Mackenzie and Slade can win: to trust in each other and to stop hiding from the lies theyโ€™ve told, the secrets theyโ€™ve kept, the mistakes theyโ€™ve made, and the attraction that still burns between them.

Romance Sports | New Adult [Skyscape, On Sale: March 12, 2019, Trade Size / e-Book, ISBN: 9781542043724 / ]

About Rachel Van Dyken

Rachel Van Dyken
Rachel Van Dyken is a Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and #1 New York Times bestselling author known for regency romances, contemporary romances, and her love of coffee and Swedish fish. Rachelโ€™s also recently inked a deal for her Wingmen Inc. seriesโ€”The Matchmakerโ€™s Playbook and The Matchmakerโ€™s Replacementโ€”to be made into movies. A fan of The Bachelor and the Seattle Seahawks (not necessarily in that order), Rachel lives in Idaho with her husband, a super cute toddler son who keeps her on her toes, and two boxers.

Dark Elite | Eagle Elite | Seaside Pictures | Wingmen Inc. | The Bet series | Consequences Series | Bachelors of Arizona | Curious Liaisons | Liars, Inc.

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