Lambda Literary award winner and national bestselling author Alexandria Bellefleur returns with a steamy sapphic rom-com about a quiet bookseller and a romance novel cover model who agree to a modern-day marriage of convenience...
Tansy Adamsâ greatest love is her familyâs bookstore, passed down from her late father. But when it comes to actual romance⊠Tansy canât get past the first chapter. Tired of her stepfamilyâs questions about her love life, Tansy invents Gemma, a fake girlfriend inspired by the stunning cover model on a bestselling book. Theyâll never actually meet, so whatâs the harm in a little fib? Yet when real-life Gemma crosses Tansyâs path, her white lie nearly implodes.
Gemma van Dalen is a wild child, the outcast of her wealthy family, and now the latest heir to Van Dalen Publishing. But the title comes with one tiny condition: she must be married in order to inherit. When Gemma discovers a beautiful stranger has been pretending to date her for months, she decides to take the charade one step furtherâand announces their engagement.
Gemma needs a wife to meet the terms of her grandfatherâs will and Tansy needs money to save her struggling bookstore. A marriage could be mutually beneficial, if they can fool everyone into thinking itâs a love match. Unexpected sparks fly as Tansy and Gemma play the role of affectionate fiancĂ©es, and suddenly the line between convenient arrangement and real feelings begins to blur. But the scheming Van Dalen family wonât give up the company without a fight, and Gemma and Tansyâs newfound happiness might get caught in the falloutâŠ