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Hold Me Today (Put A Ring On It Book 1) Kindle Edition

by Maria Luis (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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★ A TOP 25 AMAZON BESTSELLER ★

He needs a fake girlfriend but all I've ever wanted is him...

Rock bottom has never felt so good. At least, that’s what I tell myself when I bargain with the enemy and score a renovation for my hair salon.

The enemy? Nick Stamos, my best friend’s older brother.

He’s got a body and face the Greek gods would envy but his personality needs a major overhaul.

He’s surly.
A rule-follower.
Did I mention he’s seen me n*ked?

I may have crushed on him for years, but the only place I want Nick swinging his hammer nowadays is at my salon.

Except, he needs something in return. . .

A fake girlfriend.

And I’m just reckless enough to say yes.

HOLD ME TODAY is a fake relationship/best friend's older brother romance. It's the first book in the highly anticipated series, Put A Ring On It, and can be read as a standalone.
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    Put A Ring On It
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  1. Because if there’s one thing I’ve always known, it’s that if I’m the moon, sullen in the darkness and content in my solitude, then she’s the sun, setting fire to everything in her path.
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B07MVL3JS5
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Alkmini Books, LLC (15 January 2019)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 6022 KB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
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  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 474 pages
  • Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ 1793215065
  • Customer Reviews:
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Maria Luis is an Amazon Top 25 Bestselling Author.

Historian by day and romance novelist by night, Maria lives in New Orleans, and loves bringing the city's cultural flair into her books. When Maria isn't frantically typing with hot chocolate in hand, she can be found binging on reality TV, going on adventures with her other half and two pups, or plotting her next flirty romance.

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Cerberus_slave
5.0 out of 5 stars purchasing the whole series
Reviewed in Australia on 30 May 2023
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I loved this book, admittedly I wasn’t as enthusiastic when I started reading it to force myself out of a reading slump, I’m so glad I did though. Nick and Mina are childhood friends and reconnect after both having trouble in love. One fake relationship and self realisation later is all it takes for them to find each other.
Highly recommend this book, Maria killed it with hold me today and I’ll be buying the rest of the series asap!
✅Greek representation
✅Dyslexia representation
✅best friends older brother
✅grumpy/sunshine
✅spice 2.5 🌶️
✅fake dating
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Leeann
4.0 out of 5 stars Now I know how to say "I love you" in greek
Reviewed in Australia on 2 September 2022
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This was a swoony read with dashes of angst and humour and a dollop of steam. Nick is definitely a romantic, and poor Mina has so much emotional baggage from her childhood that she just doesn't know how to be in a healthy relationship, so things were always going to be an issue there. But the hea was beautiful, and the bonus greek lessons were fun!
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Manda
3.0 out of 5 stars gets better
Reviewed in Australia on 13 August 2023
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This book starts out really slow. There was a lot in the heads of the characters. I almost DNF but pushed through skimming some pages. Glad I did because it did get better. Solid 3.5 stars, written in first person, dual pov. I laughed and cried which would normally put this at a higher rating but the internal dialogue of the characters was so much that it detracted from the book and brought this from 4.5 stars to 3.5.
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Alice
5.0 out of 5 stars 5 stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Reviewed in Australia on 17 April 2023
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I adored this best friends brother, fake dating story. The FMC not believing she’s enough and the MMC showing her she’s more than enough, I’m crying! I love love loved it.
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4.0 out of 5 stars romantic read
Reviewed in Australia on 22 February 2023
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Really enjoyed this book. The characters were funny and romantic. Definitely keen to continue on with this series, also maybe learn Greek?!
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Dee K
5.0 out of 5 stars Loved it!
Reviewed in Australia on 19 January 2023
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Good fast paced, with all the feels. I cried, I laughed, there was angst. Just perfect.

Thank you
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5.0 out of 5 stars Great read
Reviewed in Australia on 18 June 2019
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This was a great story. It had depth and heart to the storyline with interesting and engaging plot. Endearing and funny characters that kept you entertained throughout. Mina is absolutely hilarious so unexpected, kind and excellent at the shock factor. She is exactly what Saint Nick needs to break him out of his good guy role. She has had such a tough time and deserves the love of an amazing, supportive, stand up guy like Nick. Enjoyable support characters in Effie and Dom. Can’t wait to read Dom’s story.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Frenemies
Reviewed in Australia on 19 February 2019
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To push n pull each other throughout their lives n go through some rather heavy emotional dramas to then find themselves revealing their feelings n longings
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5.0 out of 5 stars Great read and relatable as a person of minority struggling to fit in
Reviewed in Canada on 23 February 2024
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I love the storytelling and the relationship development. I like the relatable experiences of being a person of minority learning to fit in or be a part of a group. Thank you Maria for this wonderful story of love and friendship!
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Kathryn
5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing story, well written and hard to put down!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 11 September 2023
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Thoroughly enjoyed this read. Very hard to put down, finished in 3 days. Can't wait to read more from Maria!
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Maggie (The Librarian’s Daughter)
5.0 out of 5 stars ISO: my own Nick Stamos
Reviewed in the United States on 13 April 2020
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Maria Louis has set us up with a new series!!!! Yes, that’s me jumping up and down. It’s a good thing.

This series, titled ‘Put a Ring On It’, shares it’s name with a reality show which is featured in all three of the series books.
All three books are out and available, so if you get hooked on the first one, never fear. Number two and three are there waiting for you.

Where to start with this one...there’s so much so good!

Our story opens as we meet our leading man, Nick Stamos. Nick is experiencing a crisis of conscience. He’s about to propose to a woman...that he doesn’t want to marry. In front of cameras...it’s a hard spot to be in.

Mina, our heroine, is back in Boston. Her and Nick’s hometown. Unaware and frankly unconcerned with Nick’s current curduffle; she’s dealing with the theft of her money, the loss of a not so great contractor, and more importantly the apparent loss of a dream.

Mina and Nick have known each other since childhood. Set in the twisting and narrow streets of North Boston and featuring the Boston Greek community, Maria writes us a story of best friend’s older brother, familial expectations and obligations, and love. Love that starts in childhood as trust, moves to witty repartee which pokes at the other’s weaker spots, and matures into trust and mature love.

The true plot of the story begins with Mina asking Nick for his help. She has dreams of opening her own hair salon in Boston. Nick runs his own construction and restoration business in a Boston suburb. Due to the not so good contractor/missing money situation that Mina’s story opens with, Mina is forced into a position of having to ask Nick to help her out, at the very low cost of “please, please help me”.

Luckily for her, Nick is in a bit of a tangle himself. He’s recently returned from that proposal, sans fiancée. And that proposal? It was to be a climatic closure to a new reality show. Our boy Nick is finding himself in the media’s eye. He agrees to help Mina..for the incredibly decent counter proposal of “fake date me”.

The story features Mina’s and Nick’s families. Takes us through the tightness and closeness that is the Greek community. Maria is also able to weave in pieces of what it means to be a first generation child in America. She straddles the line of Mina and Nick being pulled to do what is “Greek” and what is “American”. Both characters struggle against the roles their families have placed them in. One family is open to their child blossoming and the other wants their child to firmly remain where their family has placed them.

We watch Nick and Mina’s relationship unwind childhood assumptions they hold regarding each other as new realizations and new understandings are born. We watch as Mina realizes that her childhood crush is gone, but the man in his place is a much more complex and compelling character than she ever realized. We watch Nick unravel pieces of Mina that he’s always seen, but understands better now. He also begins to realize that Mina is that selfless and caring woman he’s always known, but he learns just how much of herself she’s allowed others to own.

As a New Englander, I loved seeing Boston come to life in Maria’s eyes. To me, Boston is one of my favorite run away to places. I’m a history geek and have walked the “red line” (history path) dozens of times. Sometimes with guides, sometimes without. I always visit the North End. It’s small, winding streets (some with cobblestones) the crammed in buildings housing Italian restaurants and bakeries as well as churches, houses, and other businesses. In Maria’s Boston, Nick’s sister Effie, runs a ghost tour business. Trust me when I say I will be googling “Boston ghost tours” as that is one thing I HAVEN’T seen or done yet in Beantown.

Also, huge props to Ms. Luis for getting Dunkin and wicked in!! Dunkin is “thing” in the New England states. The styrofoam cups have changed to environmentally friendly paper cups, but all else that is Dunkin remains as protrayed in the book. The use of the word “wicked” is as Boston as they come. Just don’t ever use it combined with “pissa” which is another Bostonian thing.

I’d recommend this book for the brother’s best friend and fake relationship readers. This book is a seamless blend of both these troupes. As with all of Maria’s stories, the characters feel like your neighbors, friends and family by the end. If you are looking for a richly detailed, relationship growth, and character focused read; you will never go wrong with a Maria Luis book. Nick and Mina will own your heart by the end of this book.

If you are wondering who else is in the series Maria gives us some WONDERFUL hints and introductions. My all time, owns my heart, guy is in this series. Squeee!

Honestly - this one hooked me.

Wicked Smahrt Maria!
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yoneidis
4.0 out of 5 stars Divertido
Reviewed in Spain on 29 January 2021
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Que pasa con los concursantes de programas como The Bachelor cuando vuelven a casa? Pues este libro se centra en eso. Nick vuelve a casa después de participar en un programa y vuelve soltero. Mina es la mejor amiga de su hermana y pasa por un mal momento, su manitas le ha robado el dinero para la reforma, así que acaba pidiéndole ayuda a Nick.
Mina siempre ha estado detrás de Nick pero nunca ha pasado nada entre ellos ya que el la consideraba off limits, pero cuando ve que la fecha del estreno del programa se acerca y los paparazzi empiezan a fijarse en el, le propone un trato: el hará la reforma a cambio de que ella se haga pasar por su novia.
Muchos momentos divertidos y apasionados después y os podéis imaginar el final.
Me ha encantado.
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SR
5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful read - so worth it!
Reviewed in India on 27 April 2019
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I read this book via KU and loved it so much, went ahead and bought it! I normally wait for a good deal to happen, but just couldn't be bothered to wait in this case! This is my 1st book by Maria Luis and I'm really glad I found her. It's one of the best 'brother - sister's best friend' romance books I've read, atleast for me! First of all the cover is incredibly sexy, the hero Nick, as an another reviewer wrote, is absolutely swoon worthy (sigh!) and the heroine is a fighter and absolutely kick ass! I love it when the heroine is a tough cookie and this one has courage and sass in spades. I loved everything about her, even her name, Ermione! The Greek family mayhem, the sizzling attraction between the two, the supporting characters - just loved and enjoyed everything about this book! Lately, thanks to KU I've found some authors who seem to excel at turning a romantic/hot scene into a laugh riot. Maria Luis is one of them. Just couldn't stop laughing at the staircase-tryst-aftermath scene! Sometimes I wonder if the writers have come across personal experiences to be able to transform the tone of a scene so well??!! (Lol!!) Eager to read the next 2 books in this series - the 2nd one thankfully is coming out soon! Will be looking forward to that one :)
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