fake slackers

Agreeing to go to a wedding with a guy she gets stuck with in an elevator is something Lucia hills wouldn’t normally do. But there’s something about Avon Carson that’s too hard to resist. On the eve of his ex’s wedding festivities, Avon is minus a plus one. Until a power outage strands him with the perfect candidate for a fake girlfriend… After Lucia and Avon have more fun than they ever thought possible, Avon has to fly back to Los Angeles and his job as a pediatric surgeon, and Lucia heads home to San Francisco, where she’s the mayor’s chief of staff. Too bad they can’t stop thinking about the other… They’re just two high-powered professionals on a collision course toward the long distance dating disaster of the century–or closing the gap between what they think they need and what they truly want…

I have a sword that could slay legions, and a needle that can save millions. Reaper, the world's best hitman is forced into a fake marriage with a pretty girlboss, though he's her glorified meatshield, neutralizing threats from all directions. "Please, no touching! We're not actually married!" Skyler Westwood screamed as he ran. "Trying to run?" The pretty girlboss grinned smugly. "That's not happening, you're mine!"

Lauren thought she had her life figured out—until her boyfriend of three years dumps her just days before Christmas, calling her a "liability." To make matters worse, he’s now engaged to her coworker, Rosette Goldberg. Humiliated and heartbroken, Lauren devises a bold plan to save face: at the company holiday party, she introduces the mysterious and devastatingly handsome trillionaire Alexandro "Lex" Castello as her new boyfriend. What starts as a harmless lie quickly spirals out of control. Alexandro, intrigued by Lauren’s fiery spirit and audacious scheme, agrees to play the part. But he’s not one to do anything without a motive, and Lauren can't shake the feeling he’s hiding something. As their pretend romance takes them from glittering galas to intimate moments, sparks begin to fly. Yet with the media circling, jealous exes scheming, and secrets threatening to surface, the line between make-believe and reality blurs. Will Lauren and Alexandro’s arrangement unravel under the pressure—or could it be the start of something neither of them expected? **Fake it until you feel it, or risk losing it all.**