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Don't You Dare Paperback – February 21, 2022

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It was never meant to be more than a dare.

A party game. A dare. A single kiss.

That’s all it took to flip my world upside down.

I’ve always classified myself as straight, and as far as I can tell, so has he.

I didn’t think one kiss would change that, but I was so wrong.

Now, I can’t stop thinking about him. In all the ways I shouldn’t.

My best friend.

Aspen.

His taste is branded in my memory, his touch seared in my skin.

And I want more.

This simmering attraction I feel only grows with passing time.

Which is why I start tossing out new dares.

Riskier ones that toe lines we never thought we’d cross.

I’m gambling with our friendship, knowing it could ruin us.

But there’s so much more at stake here.

Like my heart.


*Don't You Dare is a new adult college romance featuring two best friends, too many baseball puns, scorching dirty talk, and a whole lot of bi-curious exploration. Not suitable for anyone under 18 years of age.*

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  1. “I dare you to let me love you the way you deserve to be loved. Wholly. Completely. And out in the open, where the world can see.” My throat constricts around the words, but I continue to push them out anyway. “I love you. I’m so stupidly in love with you. And I dare you to love me too.”
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  2. “There are far worse things in the world than falling in love, Aspen. No matter who it’s with.”
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B09T2XK772
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Independently published (February 21, 2022)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 410 pages
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 979-8418534934
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.15 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 0.93 x 8.5 inches
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CE Ricci is an international best-selling author who enjoys plenty of things in her free time, but writing about herself in the third person isn’t one of them. She believes home isn’t a place, but a feeling, and it’s one she gets when she’s chilling lakeside or on hiking trails with her dogs, camera in hand. She’s addicted to all things photography, plants, peaks, puppies, and paperbacks, though not necessarily in that order. Music is her love language, and traveling the country (and world) is the way she chooses to find most of her inspiration for whatever epic love story she will tell next!

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Don’t You Dare!
Keene is dared at a party to kiss his best friend. So he did. He didn’t think anything of it. Only he should have. That kiss opened up a can of worms he wasn’t ready for! Now he’s trying to deal with figure out his sexuality and on top of that trying to hide his feelings for his best friend.Aspen kissed his best friend for a dare and that was that. Until it wasn’t. Until years later when he finds out his best friend has had feelings for him since that dare. Now he’s gotta figure out where to go from there.And then they start something I don’t think they were ready for! And the rest they say is history!This book was the third book I’ve read from CE Ricci and I love it! I fell in love with the River of Rain duet and I’ve read every book of hers since then!
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Miss S.
5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing story
Reviewed in the United States on March 1, 2024
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One of the best friends to lovers mm romances I've read so far ❤️

Their story is beautiful and messy, they're not only trying to figure out their feelings for each other, but also trying to figure out themselves, what they want and how they identify. It's never an easy journey, and hearts are easily broken, but these guys are not about to give up on each other. Not for long at least.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing story
Reviewed in the United States on March 1, 2024
One of the best friends to lovers mm romances I've read so far ❤️

Their story is beautiful and messy, they're not only trying to figure out their feelings for each other, but also trying to figure out themselves, what they want and how they identify. It's never an easy journey, and hearts are easily broken, but these guys are not about to give up on each other. Not for long at least.
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Not Alice
4.0 out of 5 stars A sweet best friends to lovers romance
Reviewed in the United States on April 20, 2022
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Friends to lovers and sports romances are not my usual tastes in the romance genre. But Aspen and Keene were great, intriguing characters with definite chemistry. You could feel how much they ached for each other. The spicy scenes were well written and on point. (That mouth on Pen!) a few things didn’t work for me. I’m not super into sports so I felt like I didn’t fully “get” how being out would effect Keene’s career which meant that tension in the plot was lost on me. The teammate bully thing felt a bit trite and one dimensional. However, other than these mild issues, the book was a sweet indulgence with great characters with just the right amount of angst/ conflict and spice. (Mild spoilers below)

There were some predictable elements, such as the Toppr and teammate issue as well as the inevitable break up. However, I found the inclusion of Bristol and her input to be both a breath of fresh air, a voice of reason and a comic relief in the mid to later portions of the book. I thought how Keene and Pen overcame their issues to come back together was written perfectly with a believable arch. Both characters showed realistic growth within themselves and within the relationship. The conclusion felt satisfying and complete. Greta book!
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R.A. McLaughlin
5.0 out of 5 stars well written and true to life
Reviewed in the United States on March 16, 2024
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One dare leads two BFFs to eventually discover their mutual passion. One thing leads to another and they decide on some hands on experimentation during their Junior year of university. Only to find out that a bulletproof friendship is, indeed, the best platform to launch a relationship. Aspen’s trust issues lead to some angst during and after a high stress moment involving a forced coming out in a baseball stadium, though there is a satisfying conclusion! There is some mention of the rampant homophobia in pro sports (particular baseball, which has the worst reputation in regards to toxic masculinity), however it doesn’t go into such a degree of detail that causes to reader to truly feel the trauma there. Which I’m personally thankful for, there’s enough darkness in the world that there’s no need to enumerate it here. Definitely worth the read! The chemistry is scorching.
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Kelly
5.0 out of 5 stars so sweet and cute💕
Reviewed in the United States on March 4, 2024
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This was such a fantastic read and it also felt very real if that makes any sense. A lot of it felt very real and raw like I was hurting with them and I think that’s just fantastic to feel when reading anything. I think out of all the MM books I’ve read so far this one felt very true I guess. Figuring out who you are and what it all means and the depth of emotion it gives off. I would really recommend reading this book
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4.0 out of 5 stars Fluffy
Reviewed in the United States on April 29, 2024
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Cute, Fluffy, quick enjoyable read. Pretty surface, aspen is an as*hole. Didn't love that twist tbh, I wouldn't take him back. Would not reread
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Kari
3.0 out of 5 stars Great story
Reviewed in the United States on July 18, 2022
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I will start off by saying I also bought the Audible narration with this book which was absolutely amazing! (That review on audible) This was a beautiful bi-awaking story I loved Pen and Keen's relationship and friendship. I did have some hang ups with this book but it was all on me. This book falls in what I would call "traditional romance love story" A couple of gets together they have a romantic relationship and then something happens and they break up for a time. I think I've become a cynical in my Romance reading because what happened and their separation I couldn't forgive I was so mad For the injured party (for spoilers i won't say who) and yes all the right things were said in the groveling but I was so mad that I almost didn't finish because it was that brutal. (again this is just my personal view) The spicy scenes in this book were very good! I think the only thing I was kind of disappointed in is they were only told in the POV of one character. I feel like in these kind of books where they are both exploring this new type of relationship I want know how they are both feeling with these new experiences. (again personal preference) but overall I did think it was a beautiful story very well written with fantastic narrators yes a lot of it was predictable but it was still a great read.
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5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best friends to lovers stories!
Reviewed in the United States on July 10, 2022
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Nothing like a friends to lovers story that gives you all the feels! Friends to lovers is by far one of my favorite tropes and “Don’t You Dare” did not let me down one bit. Ce Ricci did not miss at all with this one. I’ve noticed that many friends to lovers storylines skimp over the friendship aspect of it all. “Don’t You Dare” was developed in true genuine friends to lovers fashion. Aspen and Keene have been lifelong friends. I’m talking from babies sharing bath time. These two are inseparable and have a friendship that we all dream about. One night and one dare changes everything. This may sound cliche but it’s far from it. Post dare, We are fast forwarded 2 years later and their friendship seems unchanged until a night of partying brings a strong sense of Deja Vu. Keene finds himself in a bit of an identity crisis and Aspen volunteers to be of assistance. What are best friends for right? Aspen and Keene were everything. These two couldn’t be more different but that’s the beauty of their friendship. I loved both of these characters! They were so much fun to read about! The chemistry was off the charts and I enjoyed their witty banter. These two were so hoooooooot together. The storyline and character development were on point! Knocking boots with your best friend is bound to get messy and boy does it get complicated! Chile the level of angst had me frustrated as hell 🤦🏾‍♀️I highly recommend this book! Ce Ricci was a new to me author and I was impressed! I’ll definitely be checking out the rest of her catalog!
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Aislie Banaga
5.0 out of 5 stars JUST… AMAZING!!!
Reviewed in Canada on February 26, 2024
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This book made me cry, and that always never happen. The author made an amazing job in making readers feel the emotion of the characters. #Booktok never fails to suggest amazing recommendations
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5.0 out of 5 stars Good lord
Reviewed in Brazil on April 11, 2022
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What dambed wild ride this one was! I swear at many moments I wanted to scream my head off.... HOW CAN U BE SO DAMN STUBBORN Aspen?! Seriously?!? Keener was just one of the biggest sweetheart I've seen. A true golden retriever. And if I'm gonna be sincere anout what happened I dunno if I would be able to forgive.... gosh I understand that that kind of love doesn't come around easily, u gotta have lots of extra points with the universe for something like that, but even though I dunno if I could be strong emough to go past the hurt and even the humiliation like Keen did. Reading it hurt a lot! Aspen's pain hurt me too but he dug his own grave and bought his own coffin so... yeah sorry (but not really). Just like with the other books I've read from CE this one was no less of a freaking disconcerting and deeply emotional of a ride and I totally recommend!
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Joshua
5.0 out of 5 stars Me encantó y lo recomiendo!
Reviewed in Mexico on February 24, 2022
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Ce Ricci es una de mis autoras favoritas, por lo que obviamente voy a leer todo lo que escriba, gracias a ella descubrí mi amor por el romance MM 🤍.

Me encantaron Aspen & Keene, su amistad, las bromas, la confianza que se tienen y como poco a poco se van dando cuenta que no solo hay “amistad” en su relación, si no también atracción, deseo y amor.

Es un libro ligero de leer, pero al mismo tiempo hace que te enamores de los personajes y quieras seguir leyendo, porque la pluma de esta autora es *chef kiss*.

La escena de la ducha y sexting se va a quedar grabado en mi mente 🌚, sin duda la autora escribe las escenas 🔥de una manera que sientes que estás con los personajes y agh soy adicta a sus libros.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Sweet
Reviewed in France on April 18, 2024
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One of the best m/m story I've ever read, period.
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Aaliyah Connolly
5.0 out of 5 stars Fan girling hard!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 3, 2024
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On a daily basis, all I ever see on any of my MM book groups is the name CE Ricci.. the consistent recommendations and love of this author and I just couldn’t ignore it any longer, I am a comfort and mood reader so it takes a lot for me to finally take that step and try someone new. Well hi, please welcome me as a new and obsessed fan girl of CE Ricci! It was inevitable really. I knew I’d become obsessed because wow, Don’t You Dare was so impressive in so many ways - I am not a big lover of Friends to Lovers but this is one of those rare exceptions. This book was so heart wrenching in the best type of way, Kee & Pen were just beautiful and I loved both characters with the utmost intensity.

Pen, our frozen bae wanting to protect himself at all costs but from what? The love of his absolute life, our sweet boy Kee? The storyline, the build of their relationship, the sweet swoon moments. It was pure and soulful and I was eating every single piece up.

The chemistry and passion between these two was fireeeeee, they made me hot in allllll the right ways. Both had a mouth on em’ too which makes me FERAL. So yes, a newly converted CE Ricci fan, I’m ready to devour everything you’ve ever written and I think anyone who reads this review should do the same too. Issa 5 star thing for sure. You’re welcome 🤌🏾🫦😚✨
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