A fun, feel-good romantic comedy for fans of Sophie Ranald, Lindsey Kelk, and Sophie Kinsella.★ ★ ★ ★ ★ “Kate O’Keeffe delivers another delightful read, full of fun, humor, and a wonderfully romantic happily ever after.” – Whitney Dineen, bestselling author of The EventWhat do you do when you’ve agreed to a dating pact with your best friends, but you’re stuck in a fake relationship with the last … you’re stuck in a fake relationship with the last guy you’d ever want to date?
Twenty-five-year-old Erin Andrews has got a problem. She works for the country’s most successful rugby team but a bitter past tells her all pro sports players are self-satisfied, arrogant jerks. There’s no way on this sweet Earth she’d date one. That’s why she agrees to a pact with her best friends to find good guys to date, and for her that definitely does not include guys like the “Wild Boy of Rugby,” Nick Zachary.
So, when Nick is in desperate need of a reputation rehab, the big bosses turn to her as the nice, ordinary girl who can get his image back on track. For Erin, being that girl is the last thing she would ever want to do. That is until she realizes just how much being Nick’s high profile fake girlfriend can do for her dream of becoming a fashion designer.
But playing this game of make-believe begins to feel real, and Erin wonders if the “Wild Boy of Rugby” could be her happily ever after…
No Horrible Bad Dates is a fun, heart-warming enemies to lovers rom com for fans of Sophie Kinsella, Helen Fielding, and Lindsey Kelk, and TV shows like Jane the Virgin. It’s a full length novel and can be read as a stand-alone title.
High Tea series is a spin-off of Kate O’Keeffe’s bestselling Cozy Cottage Café series.
BRONZE MEDAL WINNER AT THE READERS’ FAVORITE BOOK AWARDS 2020!
PLACED 3RD IN THE ROMANCE WRITERS OF NEW ZEALAND KORU AWARD OF EXCELLENCE FOR 2020!
Readers LOVE No More Horrible Dates!:
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ “Kate O’Keeffe delivers another delightful read, full or fun, humor, and a wonderfully romantic happily ever after.” – Whitney Dineen, bestselling author of Relatively Normal
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ “I loved every minute of it.” – Laura Heffernan, author of the Gamer Girl series
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ “Super cute story!!” – Goodreads reviewer
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ “You won’t want to miss this hilarious story line and the great dialog that keeps it happily moving along.” – Bookbub reviewer
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ “It’s funny, sad, realistic and just an enjoyable read. Cheering for Erin’s happy ending makes the book difficult to put down.” – Goodreads reviewer
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ “Great final story in this adorable series.” – Bookbub reviewer
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ “These books SLAY me. They’re seriously incredible and I’m obsessed. These books are oh so funny and oh so romantic. I recommend these to anyone and everyone.” – Amazon reviewer
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ “I couldn’t put this book down from start to finish!”– Amazon reviewer
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ “Oh my goodness! I loved this book!” – Amazon reviewer
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ “I enjoyed this book so much that I’m going to read the first six books in the series.” – Goodreads reviewer
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ “Loved this laugh out loud, sexy, fun and engaging adventure filled with exciting charters, fun to quote witty banter and undeniable, unexpected passion…. was a great read from beginning to end.” – Bookbub reviewer
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ “Love the High Tea Books! Must Read!!” – Amazon reviewer
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ “I’ve spent the last few days reading ALL of ‘The Cozy Cottage Series’ and ‘High Tea Series’. I’ve never been so obsessed with a series. Kate O’Keeffe is a great storyteller. The romance and humor tie together with so much fun mixed in.” – Amazon reviewer
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It’s Time For “No More Horrible Dates” & A Laugh or TWO!
He’s been a VERY bad, BAD Boy…
And gotten HimSelf IN some HOT Water,
Sooo He’s gotta have a Fake GirlFriend to OverHaul His image as a Rake!
Enter the Laws who’s just made a pact to have “No More Horrible Dates,”
Much less… “No More Horrible Dates” with Guys of His ilk!
See He’s a PLAYER… In MORE ways than ONE,
And She doesn’t Date jocks who know Noth’n ’bout RoMANce!
But…She wants Her Fashion Line,
Sooo it’s Quid Pro Quo TIME…
And She’ll just have to sideline Her “No More Horrible Dates” pact for a Time;
HowEver, there seems to be SomeThing MORE to HIM than meets the Eye,
And as She Dates this Guy…
She begins think’n She just might have “No More Horrible Dates!”
But WHAT will happen when their Time expires…
One-Click “No More Horrible Dates” & see for YourSelf!
I was granted, via B00|{$P®0UT, an ARC of Kate O’Keeffe’s “No More Horrible Dates: A romantic comedy of love, friendship . . . and tea (High Tea Book 3) (Cozy Cottage Café 7).” I recommend this book to others based upon its own merits. All opinions expressed within this review are uniquely my own & freely given!
Until next time… Happy Reading!
This was a good read. Erin is woman that just wants to find her happily ever after. Instead she just gets losers. In comes Nick and he needs a pretend relationship to make him look good. Of course by the end it all becomes real and they get their happy ending.
Refreshing and entertaining romance! Interesting and fun characters! Fun to read the dynamics between the characters. Would recommend!
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This was a fun book. Well written, with a great plot and a perfect cast from Erin and Nick on down. A hot Rugby player and tea…what more could you ask for? Definitely recommended.
This is a great read with an awesome storyline that has well developed and engaging characters that have lots of chemistry. The smooth flow of the storyline makes for a good reading time.
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This is another great addition to a wonderful series and follows Erin as she sets out to have no more horrible dates. Cue the bad boy rugby player who she is asked by her work to help but being his “fake” girlfriend. Well you just have to read it to find out.
Once again Kate O’Keeffe has written a great story that includes a great sense of humour and wonderful incidents that I’m sure some can relate to. You definitely end up feeling good while you read it. Just a hint – avoid late night reading unless you are sure you aren’t going to wake anyone else up when you laugh. I have totally enjoyed this series and the author.
I really like this series and the author.
Her books are humorous and spirited.
I laugh with her quirky characters and follow the twists of her plot.
If you love romantic comedy this series is it.
This story is a delightful, fun, and romantic read. It is wonderful written and a good storyline. I love all the characters. It was a joy to read.
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Erin is dealing with a broken heart, has a job working with jocks and has made a commitment to not date another jock. But when her company needs her to fix Nick’s bad boy rep by fake dating him, she realizes it will give her opportunities to get her on the path to her dream career. Spending time with him she begins to see there’s more to him than what she thought. There’s twists, comical moments that have you laughing out loud. A great ending to this fun series.
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Another great read by Kate O’Keeffe. Erin has had some terrible dates and hates jocks but is secretly looking for a HEA guy while her friends are looking for a HFN guy. At work she takes on a fake relationship with bad boy rugby player Nick, to clean up his reputation. Will it remain fake and will he pass the HFN vetting process?
Loved this laugh out loud, sexy, fun and engaging adventure filled with exciting charters, fun to quote witty banter and undeniable, unexpected passion…. was a great read from beginning to end. Excellent reading and looking forward to the next fun filled journey!
Erin doesn’t like rugby players. At. All. Nick is a rugby player with a bad reputation. He needs an overhaul before he loses his endorsements and maybe even his place on the team. Erin works for the team and offers to be his fake girl friend to polish his reputation. Can these two make it nice in public? Can she get over her aversion to rugby players? Will they accidentally fall in love? Fun read
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Designer Fashion and Rugby
I think that this is the best of the High Tea series. The characters all come across as very real people. This is a heartwarming and clean romantic comedy that could easily become a Hallmark movie ( or series). The plot is quite believable and the ending is satisfying and realistic. I received this ARC book for free from Booksprouts and this is my honest review.
Book three in the High Tea series also part of Cozy Cottage Café series, a well written book that kept me turning pages. Erin Andrews and the “Wild Boy of Rugby,” Nick Zachary have a lot to get through before they can have a happy ending. There are things happening around them that will have a effect on their lifes. I enjoyed reading. I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
Erin Andrews is the Sponsorship Account Manager for the Hawks rugby team, so her first non-negotiable rule is that she doesn’t date jocks, even though that’s all she is surrounded with! She is in a pact with Darcy and Sophie to just be happy for now and not date jerks. However, secretly, she really does want to find “The One” and she wants it to be as romantic as possible! Which is why she doesn’t date jocks. Her world is full of arrogant, self-interested, womanizing professional rugby players who wouldn’t know romance if it leapt up and slapped them in the face. She meets Chris Gower in the grocery store line and asks if he plays sports.
Going through all sorts of questions, Erin finally asks Chris who he purchased flowers for? They were for his great-aunt who had recently died. He invited her to go out for a drink since he swore he was not a rugby player. But there were still rules to follow here — because the members of the pact she belonged to were sick of dating a string of jerks, weirdos, and straight-up idiots. So she had to have their approval first. But he was so perfect! Until he drank way too much and took her to his great-aunt’s wake… which was actually his dead girlfriend’s wake. It didn’t go well.
At work, the bosses need a nice girl to pretend a fake relationship with rugby player Nick Zachary to clean up his reputation. Nick Zachary is sponsored by Bennett motor. But an embarrassing incident may jeopardize that, and the team can’t afford losing that sponsor. Normally she would never, ever date one of these guys. But this could actually help her reach her dream of becoming a fashion designer. It’s only for a short time, right?
Barely tolerating Nick based on his bad reputation alone, they begin to date and she starts to see another side to him. Feelings begin to change as she gets to know the real person under the façade. Could they actually fall in love?
This was another cute and funny story about the horrors of the dating world and how the ladies survived it. Grab your copy – you won’t want to miss this hilarious story line and the great dialog that keeps it happily moving along.
I am loving this series. This is the story of the third of 3 friends and I’m really hoping the author can find some more friends to write about! I can relate to the main character being “non tall” and love that it’s actually a really an important part of the storyline.
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I have enjoyed this series. they are all wonderful and tell the story of bad date after bad date. each getting worse than the last. And the women who have vowed that they will not go on anymore bad dates. It is rather an adventure to accomplish this goal. fun to read …
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Another good romp with the girls of High Tea. This is an enjoyable series that can be read as standalones with no problem. This is Erin’s turn and it is a little less comical than the others but still a really good romance. Love the girls and the setting of the teahouse.
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A faux romance is intended to help a guy with a bad boy reputation.
After knowing the guy for years, she thinks really getting to know the guy is the last thing she wants – until she wants it.
Some bad boys are determined to live up to their rep in misguided efforts to save others from them.
Some people just do not have the courage to reach for whom and what they want and hang on.
Read on to find out if this bad boy and nice girl can make good.
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This is a delightful romantic comedy which is a perfect read if you want an upbeat happily ever after story. It makes me smile just reviewing it. The characters are engaging and it’s easy to relate to them. Erin avoids all pro sports athletes because of a bad past experience. However, now because of her job with a top rugby team and her nice girl image, she is roped into a scheme to date a player to help his image. She goes into this willingly, falls for this player against her better judgement, gets confused by his antics and the story unfolds.
I found this book difficult to put down as I was enjoying it so much. The playful banter, the good winning out, the day to day living, the honesty of it all was just refreshing.
I have enjoyed this entire series and will no doubt read it again just for fun. Well done Kate O’Keeffe!