The Bartender's Fake Date

Benny De Carlo’s anonymous blog has gone viral, and his readers are determined to learn who “Guy” is—the unnamed first love at the center of every post.

Benny refuses to reveal him, even when a book deal depends on writing the story a happy ending.

Jack Knox, the bartender who accidentally discovers Guy’s identity, is the only person who can play the part, protecting Benny’s secret while hoping the attention will help his family’s struggling bar.

All they have to do is pretend to be a happy couple, but their small town pushes the act into the spotlight at the annual Sailors and Mermaids Festival.

Falling in love was never part of the plan, and the performance starts to feel dangerously real.