"THIS BOOK HAS MY ENTIRE HEART!!" Reader review, 5 stars
"One of my all-time favorite reads" Reader review, 5 stars
"I fell completely, stupidly in love" Reader review, 5 stars
"Gave me all the warm and fuzzies!" Reader review, 5 stars
Kit Forrest is officially the saddest man in Cedar Falls. A year after his boyfriend turned down his proposal and left town, Kit's beloved bookstore is falling down around him. The old brick firehouse has overstuffed shelves, a resident orange cat with an attitude problem... and repairs Kit can't begin to afford.
Sage Ballard is a hometown boy who got famous, then became a tabloid disaster, and now urgently needs a nice, ordinary boyfriend to convince one very rich investor he's a changed man. Three months of fake dating, and Sawyer's Books will get the cash injection it needs to survive. And it's not like he has to actually be nice to the guy, right?
Kit thinks Sage is a rude, sunglasses-indoors diva. Sage thinks Kit is an earnest nerd who talks too much. But then something shifts. Sage starts turning up at the bookstore for no particular reason. Kit starts saving him the good armchair. And the cat—who bites everyone—won't leave Sage alone.
By the time the first snow falls, pretending has begun to feel a bit too real. Which would be wonderful, if the whole thing weren't built on lies. You know what they say about small towns and secrets...
Perfect for fans of KJ Charles, Alexis Hall and Zarah Detand, you can expect:
- Fake dating
- Celebrity x ordinary guy
- Grumpy x sunshine
- Small-town romance
- Forced proximity / only one bed
- Cozy bookstore setting
- Slow burn romance
- Autumn vibes
What readers are saying about this book:
"THIS BOOK HAS MY ENTIRE HEART!! I deeply, deeply love and cherish Kit and Sage... I didn't expect to like, let alone love this book. THE WAY IT PROVED ME WRONG!" Reader review, 5 stars
'Wow! This was one of my all-time favourite reads... I wanted to live in Kit and Sage's world forever.' Reader review, 5 stars
'I loved this so much! I pretty rarely 5-star contemporary romance but this deserves it... sweet, comforting, funny, heartwarming... unputdownable. I stayed up till almost 4am to finish it!' Reader review, 5 stars
'I was obsessed with Kit and Sage from the off... I really, really loved this book.' Reader review, 5 stars
'I fell completely, stupidly in love with Sage and Kit... huge Notting Hill vibes... bring your tissues.' Reader review, 5 stars
'And it was perfect! It made me laugh. It made me tear up. It kept me gripped, and I read it in two sittings... A cracking read.' Reader review, 5 stars
'So heartwarmingly gooey, I want to forget it so I can read it all over again... so painfully human, it was delightful.' Reader review, 5 stars
'I had already laughed out loud twice by the end of the first chapter... I can't recommend this highly enough.' Reader review, 5 stars
'So much more than I expected... I wasn't prepared for how funny and emotional it would be, I definitely needed tissues!... I read it in one sitting and couldn't put it down.' Reader review, 5 stars
'I absolutely adored both Sage and Kit... completely invested in their journey. Such a feel-good read - I loved it so much!' Reader review, 5 stars
