by Avery Flynn
First published 2018
Gerri Honeycut knows she is not what anyone calls pretty. High school made sure she never forgot it. Ten years later, life in Waterbury is finally steady, until a group of jerks at a wedding point a Kiss Cam at her and the most attractive man in the room. She recognizes him right away. He is a cop, he is gorgeous, and he is absolutely out of her league. Then he kisses her, and the crowd disappears. Before the night is over, he has told everyone they have been dating for months. The lie takes on a life of its own. They argue over whether she actually needs new tools to fix her broken porch. She survives a chaotic dinner with his six siblings. The kisses start feeling less like a cover story and more like something she wants. But Gerri notices he is holding something back, and the truth points straight at her mob-connected brothers. She is not waiting around to be transformed into someone more lovable. The question is whether what is growing between them is real or just another setup.
Genres: fiction, romance, adult, adult-fiction, contemporary-romance
Vibes: charming, emotional, lighthearted, romantic, witty
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, fake-dating, forced-proximity, second-chance-romance
Setting: Waterbury
270 pages · Paperback · CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform