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How to Not Fall for Your Best Friend
Romance
How to Not Fall for Your Best Friend
Book 3 of the How Not to Fall series
234 pages · First published 2020
Peyton knows exactly what she wants in a future husband, and her best friend Max seems to possess nearly every quality on the list. Unfortunately, Max once stopped an almost-kiss by telling her he loved her like a sister and insists he never intends to marry anyone. Determined to move on, Peyton proposes a one-week competition in which they will each go on as many dates as possible and find suitable partners for an upcoming wedding. Fifteen dates later, the plan becomes increasingly absurd as Peyton realizes the person she wants to choose at the end may still be the best friend she is trying not to love.
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Mild romantic content, including kissing
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Apple-Cinnamon Tea
A mellow tea pour suits romantic anticipation and a little escapism.
What you'll need
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- Steep the black tea with the cinnamon stick. Stir in warmed apple juice and garnish with an apple slice.
- Garnish: Apple slice and cinnamon stick.
- Glassware: Mug.
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Mint Julep
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A warming pour with a sharp edge suits romantic anticipation and a little escapism.
What you'll need
- 2 oz bourbon
- 8 mint leaves ↗
- 1/2 oz simple syrup ↗
- Crushed ice
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How to mix it
- Gently muddle mint with simple syrup in a julep cup. Add bourbon and fill with crushed ice; stir until the cup frosts, then mound with more crushed ice.
- Garnish: Mint bouquet.
- Glassware: Julep cup.
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