I never imagined I’d be bringing a fake boyfriend home for Thanksgiving, but desperate times call for desperate measures.
What do you do when your mother is determined to pair you up with the uber-boring son of a family friend this Thanksgiving for a couples competition that she invented to make our celebration more exciting? The obvious solution is to bring my boyfriend—except I don’t have one of those, and the holiday is only a week away. Like I didn’t already have enough problems dealing with my demanding boss.
When my friend Zach volunteers to pretend to be my date, it seems like the perfect solution. All we have to do is let my family believe he’s my boyfriend, win the competition, and go home full of my mom’s delicious Thanksgiving dinner. Our no muss, no fuss arrangement is exactly what I need to get me through the holiday with as little stress as possible.
Despite having no time or desire for a relationship, the more time we spend together, the more intrigued I am by the fun, thoughtful guy I’m discovering Zach to be. But he’s been very clear that he’s on a romance-burnout inspired break from dating. As our relationship evolves and my world slowly implodes, my feelings for him only intensify. Will he ever be ready to give romance another shot?
