Writing the Rules

The Dating Playbook, Book 6

By: Mariah Dietz

Narrated by: Aaron Shedlock, Sarah McEwan

Our relationship is a ruse. Only it feels like the most honest and true part of my life.

Poppy Anderson was nailing her sophomore year at Brighton University. She liked her classes, had the greatest best friend, and was finally ready to start dating again. Or she was… until her ex, Mike, transferred to Brighton and started exchanging long stares and inside jokes that Poppy thought he'd forgotten.

Paxton Lawson was long ago labeled the "golden boy." Starting quarterback and team captain at Brighton University, his future was brighter than the sun until a short path of indiscretions tarnished his name and potentially his future. When he learns that his sister's best friend, Poppy, has backed herself into a corner and is facing as many doubts and uncertainties as he is, Paxton suggests the biggest ruse of the year: a fake relationship.

Writing the rules was supposed to make things clear, defined, and definite. Only, their relationship becomes increasingly complex as the lines are blurred, days become weeks, and kisses for show begin to feel like confessions.

Can lies lead to truths? And what happens when the rules they wrote begin to expire?

One lie, two hearts, and fifteen years of friendship are about to be put to the ultimate test.

Writing the Rules is book six in The Dating Playbook series, but can be enjoyed as a standalone.

©2021 Mariah Dietz (P)2024 Podium Audio

love the dating playbook

Pax & Poppy are everything!! I love that they found each other & the epilogue is amazing!! Thanks Mariah!!

One of my favorite books!

I have loved this story since it came out. The wonderful addition of the audio performance, will make it one of those books I listen to again and again.