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Narrated by:
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Noah B. Perez
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Miranda Jay
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By:
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Mia Sosa
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True love begins with a terrible ex in this steamy rom-com by USA Today best-selling author Mia Sosa.
Meet Vanessa Cordero. A cynic with a colorful past. You see, in college, Vanessa devised a profitable side gig: For a reasonable fee, she’d date your latest crush...and make his life miserable. Too clingy? Check. Jealous? Check. A mother's worst nightmare? Check, check, check. By the time Vanessa was done with him, your guy would be ready for...YOU.
Meet Jason Torres. A certified commitment-phobe. Jason doesn't plan on getting married anytime soon (if ever), much to his mother’s dismay. What he needs is a temporary girlfriend. A totally inappropriate girlfriend. Someone his mother will hate. So she'll abandon her hopes of getting Jason to the altar—for a while at least.
Enter Lisa, Vanessa's younger sister. She's got her eye on Jason and convinces Vanessa to come out of retirement for one last starter ex engagement. The rules are simple: no touching, no fooling around, and definitely no falling in love. But nothing's going according to plan. Because Vanessa can't ditch Jason no matter how hard she tries. And the longer these two are around each other, the more neither of them wants to be apart.
©2024 Mia Sosa (P)2024 Audible Originals, LLC
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Honesty should be something that we are all learn to be comfortable with. It maybe the delivery that is the skill that needs to be honed, but sincerity  goes along way. 
We struggle with being honest because we either don’t want to hurt the other person or we don’t want to expose our own vulnerabilities. However, if one is not honest, then everything after that is built on a false pretenses.
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A great life Lessions in communication and relationship, intimate or not.
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Surprise ending with the listen.
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