R&R Reads | Playing Flirty

Playing Flirty

Shameez Patel

Save to Your Books

100% of affiliate revenue supports R&R Reads

The game is on for two nerds who love to outplay each other . . . even when their hearts are on the line, in this charming and geeky romantic comedy perfect for fans of Olivia Dade and Jen DeLuca.

For Rose Marie Jones, risks are a hard no—except for Game Night. For one precious evening a week, Rose can forget about her demanding boss and her lackluster love life and focus on beating the pants off her friends. But none of them brings out her hyper-competitive side quite like William Ashdern. Her best friend’s half-brother, William is the paragon of a sexy nerd. The tall, dorky, and handsome game designer is Rose’s playing nemesis.

But when Rose decides to enter a contest with the board game she’s secretly invented, there’s only one person who can help her win. Now what has always been a game between Rose and William is getting a lot more serious. And after spending her entire life trying not to lose, Rose might finally be ready to risk it all—and play to win.

Get the Bindery app

Posts about this title from R&R Reads

R&R Reads\ \ Ebony\ \ • Feb 20 2025

🍃✨2025 Anticipated Releases PART TWO

*via Goodreads

…some of these do feel like speculation but aye…the post is already up. 🤷🏾‍♀️don’t get mad at me get mad at Goodreads…and then delete it and download StoryGraph to support a black owned business😉

#bookstagram #books #romancebooks #fantasybooks #blackauthors #diverseauthors #diversebooks #2025bookreleases

42 books

Posts about this book from across Bindery

Chanterelle Solace\ \ Sabie\ \ • Dec 19 2025

Join for free

Get a Rec from me & What my Taste in books look like

What are some books that represent your taste overall and do we have any in common? 👀

Before we dive into this, Bindery now has an option to request recs and you can go to the 🔗 in my bio and click “Get a Rec” and ask for details of what you’d like from the books I’ve read! I’m also making lists of 2026 releases in fantasy, romance and horror so far so happy to share some of these early on with you guys (these will be recs of what I’m looking forward to rather than what I’ve read) so GO GO GO 🤎

As for my taste in books, I’m never going to be the type that picks only 5 top books for the year guys and I’ve learned to accept it because honestly, what do you mean my top 5 books in one year? I would have to host a meeting with myself for a whole month to decide that 😭 So instead, you guys get my taste in books throughout various sub-genres that I yap about all the time!

Here is a list of the books (if you prefer to read through it or for accessibility needs)🤎: Cottagecore: 🍄 Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries 🍄 After the Forest by Kell Woods 🍄 A Witch’s Guide to Love and Poison by Aamna Qureshi 🍄 The Geographer’s Map to Romance by India Holton 🍄 The River has Roots by Amal El-Mohtar 🍄 An Arrow to the Heart by K.R. Bacher

Cozy Fantasy: 🍄 The Baby Dragon Cafe by Aamna Qureshi 🍄 Legend & Lattes by Travis 🍄 The Teller of Small Fortunes by Julie Leong 🍄 The Nameless Restaurant by Tao Wong 🍄 Watermoon by Samantha Sotto Yambao 🍄 The Spellshop by Sangu Mandanna

Witchycore: 🍄 The Hedgewitch of Foxhall by Anna Bright 🍄 House of Frank by Kay Synclaire 🍄 The Lone Wolf Cafe by Sydney Wilder 🍄 The Witch and the Tsar by Olesya Salnikova Gilmore 🍄 A Witch’s Guide to Magical Innkeeping by Sangu Mandanna 🍄 Best Hex Ever by Nadia El-Fassi

Retellings, Fairy Tale & Historical Fantasy: 🍄A Sorceress comes to Call by T.Kingfisher 🍄 What the River Knows by Isabel Ibanez 🍄 Divine Rivals by Rebecca Ross 🍄 We Shall be Monsters by Tara Sim 🍄 The Briar Book of the Dead by A.G Slatter

The rest is in my pinned comment!

#fantasybooks #topbooksof2025 #favoritebooks

74 books

Chanterelle Solace\ \ Sabie\ \ • Dec 3 2025

Join for free

5 Gamers Romcom

Do you enjoy Gaming x Reading cross-overs? 📚 🎮

I’ve been in a big gaming slump this year and while I havent been playing much, I have played a few WONDERFUL games that are definitely on the top of my list this year! So, I went to the next best thing which is what I’ve been enjoying this year: Gaming x Reading Cross-overs and this started with Next Level Love by Shameez Patel, who has single handedly gotten me back in Romance again AND made me obsessed with Gamers Romcoms

I then went on to read 4 other Gamers Romcoms in October alone haha 😂 Next Level Love is the only book in here that releases early 2026 so go and request it in NetGalley to read it and yap about it with me👀

Here’s a list of the above books and if you read them, let me know what you think: 🍄‍🟫 Playing Flirty by Shameez Patel 🍄‍🟫 Next Level Love by Shameez Patel (coming out early 2026, pre-order this or request it from NetGalley) 🍄‍🟫 Roll for Romance by Lenora Woods 🍄‍🟫 Playing for Love by Jeevani Charika 🍄‍🟫 Role Playing by Cathy Yardley

#romcom #gamersromance #gamersromcom

5 books

R&R Reads\ \ Ebony\ \ • Feb 20 2025

🍃✨2025 Anticipated Releases PART TWO

*via Goodreads

#bookstagram #books #romancebooks #fantasybooks #blackauthors #diverseauthors #diversebooks #2025bookreleases

42 books

Arcane Nights Press\ \ Cassidy\ \ • Jan 16 2025

Join for free

New Books Released January 14th

Here are just some of the many books that came out today! We’re talking romance, mystery, fantasy, and more!

16 books