A heartwarming and hilarious gender-swapped reimagining of My Fair Lady follows two very different women who join forces to makeover a hustler and take down one of Atlanta’s most powerful and corrupt men.
Proud, single mom Holly Simmons and ambitious journalist Luisa Martín Moreno have nothing in common—until Atlanta’s most powerful man, Griggs Caldecott Johnson III, turns both their lives upside down. Griggs is threatening Holly’s future and her job as the events manager at the hoity-toity Dogwood Hills Country Club, while Luisa gets fired for trying to expose his scheme to defraud an immigrant family and snatch up their land for a luxury development.
Determined to fight back, the women team up—and hatch a plan to infiltrate Griggs’s inner circle. Their secret weapon? Elijah Denvil Sweet, a charming hustler with a knack for reinvention. With a makeover, some etiquette lessons, and a little help from an entirely too cute linguistics professor, Eli transforms into “Tripp,” the kind of Southern gentleman Griggs might just trust.
As Holly and Luisa set their plan in motion, they come to realize they have far more in common than they ever expected. Along the way, they find friendship, men to love, and ultimately their true selves—and discover that getting justice can be as juicy-sweet as a Georgia peach.
How to Fake a Southern Gentleman delivers a rollercoaster of laughs, heart, and triumph, blending sharp wit and deep emotion with a pitch-perfect sense of justice—leaving readers cheering for two women who refuse to be underestimated.