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Ryan Shay

The Right Move by Liz Tomforde

Windy City series

the fake boyfriend who set real boyfriend standards.

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the line that explains him

“I’m not easily distracted, but if I could manifest my perfect distraction, it’d look a lot like her.”
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spice level: 🌶🌶

the book behind him

The Right Move

by Liz Tomforde

  • fake dating romance
  • forced proximity
Tropefake dating romance / forced proximity
Love languageacts of service
Would he text backimmediately

who he is

ryan shay did not want a roommate. he made that very clear. and then he bought her coffee anyway.

that’s the thing about ryan. he doesn’t say the big things out loud. he just shows up. learns your order. clears his schedule. does a hundred small things that add up to something that wrecks you completely if you’re paying attention.

forced proximity has never hit harder. because he wasn’t supposed to care. and then he did. and he couldn’t stop.

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Ryan Shay quotes

‹ Ryan Shay quotes

“I’m not easily distracted, but if I could manifest my perfect distraction, it’d look a lot like her.”

— The Right Move
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