Trade Secrets — Yvonne Collins

Kali Esposito, matchmaker extraordinaire, couldn't be happier that Love, Inc., the relationship management service she created with best friends, Syd and Zahra, is back in business. After a brief setback, the girls are once again using their skills to help the lovelorn break-up, make-up or take-up with someone new.

Fun, flirtatious Kali is a little gun shy about commitment -- no big surprise when your mom's racked up four divorces and your dad's permanently AWOL -- but she's a diehard romantic when it comes to bringing others together, and her end-to-end makeovers can transform the most socially-challenged client into a confident charmer. The “Kali Method” she develops is helping Love, Inc. grow by leaps and bounds.

But when a competitor steals the Kali Method and corrupts it to turn regular guys into wicked players, Kali is forced to rethink her views on love, and come up with a plan to reclaim Love, Inc.'s trade secrets before every girl in Austin gets her heart broken.

If you enjoy books by Meg Cabot, Ally Carter and Maureen Johnson, you'll love TRADE SECRETS (80,000 words/300 pages) by Yvonne Collins and Sandy Rideout. The Toronto-based coauthors have written eight contemporary romantic comedies, including LOVE, INC., GIRL V. BOY, and THE BLACK SHEEP. Visit them online at loveincbook.com or @Collins_Rideout