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Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend

A Marriage of Convenience Sports Romcom

Kate Watson

Written by
Kate Watson
Length
10 hrs 37 min
Rating
4.4 / 5
Series
Catching Feelings, Book 1
Publisher
Little Biks Creative
Released
2026-05-28

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What it is

It's not about the wedding, it's about the marriage…license.

Sean

When my ex cheated and begged me to take her back, I made a rash, too-public vow: the next woman I kiss will be my wife. It seemed like a good idea at the time—anything to stop being everyone’s second choice. The ultimate fallback guy.

Then the Kayla Carville walks into my bar, all bold and stunning. When she hears my ex tearing me apart, she kisses me to shut her up. And when she learns about my stupid promise, she offers me a way to save face: we’ll claim we’re engaged.

The thing is, this isn’t about some stupid vow anymore. It’s about finding the courage to stop being the backup goalie and finally go for what I really want.

If I can.

Kayla

My ex is the worst, so my dad bought me a baseball team.

Classic billionaire-dad move.

Now I’m living in a small Southern town that hates me, trying to convince everyone I’m an absolute delight, not some generic “Boss Babe.”

They’re not buying it.

Except for Sean O’Shannan, the hot hometown hockey hero and bar owner who gave me the courage to break up with my fiancé months ago. He’s the kind of guy who remembers my smoothie order, saves a seat for me at the church potluck…and proposes when he discovers I don’t meet the team’s “ownership residency requirement.”

Saying yes is easy.

The hard part?

Not falling for my husband.

Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend is a swoony closed-door marriage of convenience sports rom-com brimming with delicious banter and chemistry but with no explicit scenes or cursing.

About the series

Catching Feelings in order →

Catching Feelings — 5 books, 5 of them charting here

  1. 1 Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend: A Marriage of Convenience Sports Romcom4.4
  2. 2 Planes, Reins, and Automobiles: A Grumpy Sunshine Road Trip Romcom4.6
  3. 3 The Setup Man: A Forbidden Dating Sports Romcom4.8
  4. 4 The Fall Classic: A Cinderella Sports Romcom5.0
  5. · Since We've No Place to Go: A Very Merry Romantic Comedy (Catching Feelings)4.9

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