Get ready for your next favorite romantic comedy, THE REAL DEAL, from #1 New York Times bestselling author Lauren Blakely!
St. Martin's Griffin
July 2018
On Sale: July 10, 2018
336 pages ISBN: 1250165938 EAN: 9781250165930 Kindle: B0763T1396 Paperback / e-Book Add to Wish List
April Hamilton wants you to know she hasnβt been on GigsForHire since that time she sold her futon after college. She doesnβt even spend that much time online. And even if she did, she would not be looking up personal ads. But going home alone for her family's summer reunion is an invitation for every single relative to butt into her personal life. She simply canβt handle another blind date with the butcher, the baker or the candlestick maker from her hometown. So when she finds the GigsforHire ad for a boyfriend-for-hire, sheβs ready to pay to play.
Heading Home and Need a Buffer? Iβm the REAL DEAL.
Theo Banks has been running from the past for years. Heβs this close to finally settling all his debts, and one more job as a boyfriend-for-hire will do the trick. Heβs no gigolo. Please. Heβs something of an actor, and he knows how to slip into any role, including pretending to be Aprilβs new beau -- the bad boy with the heart of gold.
Even if it means sleeping in close quarters in that tiny little bed in her parentsβ inn. Even if it means spinning tales of a romance that starts to feel all too true. What neither one of them counts on is that amid the egg toss, the arm wrestling, and a fierce game of Lawn Twister that has them tangled up together, they might be feeling the real deal.
She only wanted to show her family once and for all that she had no need to settle down.
He didnβt expect to have the time of his life at her parentβs home.
They didnβt plan on loving every single second of the game.
But can a masterful game of pretend result in true love?
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