The Playboy & His Best Friend by Julia Keanini

Ethan is a playboy. There isn’t a kinder way to say it. It isn’t that he wants to break any hearts, but dating and leaving women became a habit when he was in the military. Back then he had to move on. The only serious women in his life were his mom and his best friend, McKenna. But as Ethan looks to the future, he sees that if he continues dating the way that he has, his life ahead looks lonely. However when Ethan tries to mend his dating ways, it just doesn’t seem to be working. He wants to go on more than one date with a woman, but there’s always a reason it just doesn’t work out. Enter Juliet Lemon.

Juliet has a curse. Or as her best friends like to think of it, a blessing. But either way, it’s weird. If Juliet goes on a date with a man, he ends up marrying the very next woman he dates. It happened with Juliet’s two best friends, Jake and Everly, and then it happened sixteen more times.

When Juliet finds herself in need of employment and Everly convinces her to monetize her “blessing,” Jake is nervous. He doesn’t want Juliet to go on dates with just any shmo off the street. So he thinks of Ethan, his good friend, who’s been trying to date more seriously but can’t seem to find his Mrs. Right. And he decides if Juliet is going to go along with Everly’s crazy plan at least he can see to it that she does it with a man he trusts.

So the date is set. Juliet will become Ethan’s marriage maker. But will her blessing work to help him find long-term bliss? Is Juliet’s blessing even what it seems? Or could something a bit more magical be involved?